For Sale5 Bedroom House in Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33£695,000

An elegant Georgian townhouse standing in the town’s historic grid, offering well-appointed accommodation over three floors, plus a good cellar, with an excellent walled rear garden with outbuilding. <br/><br/>Hallway, sitting room, dining room, snug, kitchen/living room and a utility/cloakroom. Cellar. <br/><br/>First floor master bedroom, second bedroom/reading room, family bathroom and a storeroom/former shower room. <br/>Three second floor double bedrooms and a family bathroom. <br/><br/>Mainly walled garden with gate access and outbuilding shed/workshop. <br/><br/>THE PROPERTY<br/>27 Guildhall Street is an elegant early 19th century Grade II listed Georgian townhouse well located, close to the centre of this sought after market town, in the historic grid. The property features appealing gault brick elevations with an early 19th century shop front to one side of this double fronted property, the door and window to that side framed by slender half columns and a cornice. The house offers comfortable, versatile accommodation over three floors, together with a good useable cellar. The flat roofed extension to the rear, that significantly enhances the ground floor reception and living space, being a single open-plan room, has been stylishly fitted and presented with kitchen units and a log burning stove fireplace, affording this traditional property the benefit of modern preferences.<br/><br/>The versatile accommodation, in brief, comprises a ¾ glazed front door, with ornate fanlight window above, opening into the central hallway. Doors off the hall lead to the two reception rooms to either side, that are currently used by the owners as their study/workrooms, rather than the sitting and dining room space that they could serve. To the rear, with a door from one of these, is a characterful snug room with former fireplace, built-in shelving and a sash window to the rear, which is open, with a curtain track divider, to the stairwell. With stairs, that afford the charm of the beautiful original carved Georgian handrail, that turns up to the top floor landing, a door to the cellar steps and doors off to the ground floor cloakroom, with useful utility space and the spacious kitchen/living room to the rear. This open-plan room benefits from double glazed windows to the side (one having formerly been a doorway opening) and French doors with side screen windows opening to the rear garden terrace, a comprehensive range of base and eye level units to one wall, with woodblock worksurfaces, inset electric hob with Neff oven below, space and plumbing for a dishwasher and larder fridge, a tile floor throughout and a modern log burning stove fireplace. Timber edged steps lead down to the brick and flint lined cellar, with glazed former grate to the pavement at the front – ideal for wine storage, with good head height.<br/><br/>Off the first-floor landing, with secondary glazed window to the rear, the master bedroom enjoys a traditional sash window to the front with internal folding shutters, a feature fireplace and exposed floorboards. The second bedroom on this floor is currently used as a study/reading room and the main family bathroom is light and airy, with a secondary glazed sash window to the rear, a panel enclosed enamelled bath with separate shower over the bath, concealed cistern wc, bidet and wall mounted wash basin. Previously having been connected to the 2nd bedroom there is a superbly useful storeroom that has been a shower room in the past, that now has the wall mounted boiler and built-in linen and wardrobe storage. <br/><br/>The top floor affords three further double sized rooms and a second family bathroom with panel enclosed bath, with shower over, wc, wash basin and an airing cupboard housing the hot water tank.<br/><br/>OUTSIDE<br/>The mainly brick and flint walled gardens of this charming property are an excellent attribute, being well designed, landscaped and presented, with a brick paved alfresco dining and entertaining area accessed from the kitchen French doors, with shrub and flower borders and side return to the former back door. Stepping up to the south facing lean to green house, a brick and paved pathway leads to the garden gate (which affords convenient access to College Lane to the rear/side) and the exceptionally useful detached outbuilding shed/workshop, that has power and light; the path continuing on through the low picket fence to the well-established kitchen garden, which again benefits from paved pathways and raised edge beds. The main central garden, beyond the low terrace, is lawned with flower borders and there is a small feature pond.<br/><br/>LOCATION<br/>27 Guildhall Street is located in the heart of the medieval grid in a prominent and convenient position. The town offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the private and public sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. There are numerous high-quality restaurants and cultural amenities including the beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal and The Abbey Gardens. The University City of Cambridge is approximately 28 miles away and offers unrivalled schooling opportunities and excellent shopping and amenity facilities. There is good access to the A14, A11 (M11) and the railway station at Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services to London’s Liverpool Street and King’s Cross. Alternatively, there is a regular train service from Stowmarket (14 miles) to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes. Stansted International Airport is approximately 50 minutes by car.<br/><br/>DIRECTIONS<br/>From our offices at the town end of Guildhall Street head south down the street proceeding over Churchgate Street, beyond which No.27 will be found on the left.<br/><br/>PROPERTY INFORMATION<br/>Services Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage<br/>Local Authority West Suffolk Council<br/>Council Tax Band E<br/>Tenure Freehold<br/>Broadband Ofcom states speeds available up to 1800Mbps<br/>Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - varies depending on network provider. Please visit www.ofcom.org.uk to check availability<br/>Viewing Only via Jackson-Stops <br/>Tel. 01284 700535