Avenue Cottage School Lane | Ufford | Woodbridge | | IP13 6DX

Fine & Country Woodbridge present Avenue Cottage - an enchanting ‘chocolate box cottage’ with beautifully established gardens extending to approximately a quarter of an acre (sts) located in the much sought after village of Ufford. A rare opportunity to restore and modernise this unique period home.

 OFFERED WITH NO ONWARD CHAIN wall mounted fan heater in the bathroom and storage heaters within the reception rooms  GRADE II LISTED PROPERTY ENJOYING A CORNER PLOT and two primary bedrooms. We have been advised that gas is laid on in the road and that the cottage has a number of crittall windows. Avenue Cottage enjoys good access to the  PERIOD HOME WITH TIMBER FRAME AND THATCHED ROOF Suffolk Heritage Coastline and offers a rare opportunity to restore and modernise a unique period home within a desirable village served by two highly regarded public houses. Inter-  SITTING ROOM WITH OPEN FIREPLACE nal viewing is essential to appreciate the full potential of this cosy, timber framed, thatched  GROUNDS OF QUARTER OF AN ACRE (STS) home.  CLOSE TO WOODBRIDGE AND SUFFOLK HERITAGE COAST  OPPORTUNITY TO MODERNISE AND RESTORE

About The Property Avenue Cottage is a Grade II Listed three bedroom detached timber framed property with colour washed walls under a thatched roof. This enchanting character home could be described as the “quintessential chocolate box cottage” and is set in beautifully established gardens extending to about a quarter of an acre (sts) within the highly re- garded village of Ufford near Woodbridge. The property occupies a corner plot were The Avenue meets School Lane in an area known as “Lower Ufford” by the local com- munity. We are advised that Avenue Cottage has been occupied and enjoyed by the same family for over ninety years. Arranged over two floors the accommodation comprises: Oak front door opening to the entrance porch, dual aspect sitting room with an open fireplace, dual aspect snug with an open fireplace (believed to have been the former kitchen) featuring exposed timbers to Directions the ceiling and a small kitchen and bathroom on the ground floor. An enclosed staircase Head north (direction ) on the A12. As you approach Woodbridge, continue on accessed via the central sitting room leads to the three first floor bedrooms with exposed the A12 until you reach the 3rd roundabout. Turn right here (2nd exit) onto the timbers to the walls and ceiling (two double bedrooms and a single bedroom). The central A1152/Woods Lane. Drive down the hill to the junction with traffic lights. Turn left here double bedroom acts as a through room providing access to the adjacent single bedroom. onto the B1438. Continue through Melton, up the hill past Ufford Park Hotel, Golf & Spa. Outside the gardens are predominantly laid to lawn with a selection of established trees, Towards the end of this road just before the ‘No Entry’ signs (take care here), turn right shrubs, flowers and bushes enclosed by hedged boundaries. There are two storage sheds into The Avenue. Continue for 0.3 miles and then take a sharp left onto School Lane. in the garden and a well that is located to the front of the property. The cottage has a Avenue Cottage will be found on the left hand side.

The accommodation at Avenue Cottage incorporates three bedrooms (two doubles, one single) two reception rooms and one bathroom. There are period features throughout with exposed timbers to walls and ceilings. Many of the rooms also feature crittall windows and the sitting room and snug both boast feature brick fireplaces.

Accommodation with approximate room sizes: Ground Floor Entrance Porch – 6’4 x 4’8

Dual Aspect Snug – 13’8 x 8’10 (max) reducing to 7’7 - with timber framed window to the front and crittall windows to the side.

Sitting Room – 13’4 x 11’7 - with exposed timbers to the ceiling and feature red brick fireplace with tiled hearth and surround.

Kitchen – 6’8 (max) x 6’3 (max)

Bathroom – 6’2 (max) x 5’6 (max) plus a recess by the door

An enclosed carpeted staircase approached via the sitting room leads to the first floor landing.

First Floor

First Floor Landing

Bedroom One – 14’2 x 10’2 (max) reducing to 7’10 by the built in wardrobe

Bedroom Two – 13’11 x 11’10 reducing to 10’6 at the chimney breast (middle through bedroom)

Door to: Bedroom Three – 14’5 (max) x 7’2 (max)

Agents note: the third bedroom is accessed by the middle ‘wall through’ bedroom and could be used as a dressing room or to create en-suite facilities subject to the necessary consents.

About The Area Ufford is located approximately 3 miles to the north of the market town of Woodbridge which is steeped in history and has a good selection of schools and many amenities including shops, restaurants, two theatres, sports clubs and medical facilities. The village of Ufford has two distinct parts: the lower part is now a conservation area, known as Lower Ufford. Here there is a public house, The White Lion, a Parish Church and many beautiful walks over the water meadows and along the River Deben. The upper part of the village – known as Ufford – also has a public house, The Crown, and a garden centre - ‘Crown Nurseries’. The Ufford Park Hotel Golf & Spa (with 18 hole golf course, driving range and spa membership) is within approximately one mile of Ufford and the village also benefits from a bus service (with bus shelter by The Crown public house), a school bus and a host of organizations including Gardening, Tennis, Football, Bowls, Bridge, WI, Sports, Social and Friendship clubs, a play scheme and out-of-school club. Pictured above – St Mary’s Church, Ufford. Pictured below – quaint bridge over River Deben near the White This beautiful and much sought after village is well placed for visiting Lion Public House. some of the county’s best loved attractions such as , , Orford and Castles, Sutton Hoo and the world renowned Concert Hall at Snape Maltings. For lovers of the outdoors and nature, nearby attractions included RSPB , , the forests at and the foot ferries at Bawdsey and Butley. The County Town of Ipswich is approximately 13 miles from Ufford and approximately 70 miles east of London Liverpool Street with a train time of approximately 1 hour 10 minutes.

Local Schools Private Schools: The Abbey School, Woodbridge (Preparatory), Woodbridge School (Senior). Hall (Preparatory), Framlingham College (Senior). State Schools: Woodbridge Primary School, St Mary’s C of E Primary School, Melton Community Primary School, Farlingaye High School. Children’s Nurseries: Melton Day Nursery.

Outside Council Tax Avenue Cottage is approached via a pedestrian gate in a picket style fence District Council – Band D £1643.82 (2018/19) accessed via School Lane. A section of the fence can be lifted out to provide vehicular access to an area that has been used for off road parking Local Schools to the rear of the cottage. Private Schools: The Abbey School, Woodbridge (Preparatory), Woodbridge School (Senior). Brandeston Hall (Preparatory), The gardens are predominately laid to lawn with a selection of bushes, Framlingham College (Senior). trees and shrubs enclosed by a laurel, conifer and mixed hedge boundaries. State Schools: Woodbridge Primary School, St Mary’s C of E Primary

School, Melton Community Primary School, Farlingaye High School.

Children’s Nurseries: Melton Day Nursery.

There are raised beds to the front of the cottage with established flowers and bushes. There is a rockery to the side of the workshop/shed stocked with a selection of flowers, bushes and heather.

Outbuildings Garden Shed – 11’ x 7’8 Pitched roof, windows to the front and side, door, power and light.

Workshop/Shed – 7’6 x 6’2 Pitched roof, windows to the front and side, door and light.

Former Coal Bunker

Feature Well – to the front of the cottage

The property benefits from an outside tap and external lighting.

Services We are advised by the vendors that mains electricity, water and drainage are connected.

Agents Note: we are advised by the vendors that gas is available in the lane but that it is not connected to the property. Potential purchasers are advised that they will need to make their own enquiries.

Fine & Country Estate Agents (and its subsidiaries and their joint Agents where applicable) for themselves and for the vendors or lessors of this property for whom they act, give notice that (I) these particulars are a general outline only for the guidance of prospective purchasers or tenants, and do not constitute the whole or any part of an offer or contract (II) Fine & Country cannot guarantee the accuracy of any description, dimensions, references to conditions, necessary permissions for use and occupancy and other details contained herein and prospective purchasers or tenants must not rely on them as statements of fact or representations and must satisfy themselves as to their accuracy, (III) No employee of Fine & Country (and its subsidiaries and their joint Agents where applicable) has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty or enter into any contract whatever in relation to the property, (IV) Fine & Country (and its subsidiaries and their joint Agents where applicable) will not be liable in negligence or otherwise, for any loss arising from the use of these particulars and Fine & Country (and its subsidiaries and their joint Agents where applicable) have not tested any apparatus, equipment, fixtures and fittings or services and so cannot verify that they are in working order or fit for the purpose. A buyer is advised to obtain verification from their Solicitor, (V) Photographs will only show certain parts of the property and no assumptions should be made in respect of those parts of the property that have not been photographed, items or contents shown in the photographs are not included as part of the sale unless specified otherwise. It should not be assumed the property will remain as shown in the photographs. Photographs have been taken using a wide-angle lens.

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