Chartered Surveyors / Estate Agents Guide Price An extended period cottage with £395,000 Freehold delightful south facing garden at Ref: P6558/J Rose Cottage the rear, in an accessible location 37 Ash Road close to Wickham Market. Lower Hacheston Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 0PB Contact Us Entrance hall, inner hall, sitting room, garden room/bedroom Clarke and Simpson three, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and Well Close Square cloakroom. Framlingham Suffolk IP13 9DU Two double bedrooms and bathroom. T: 01728 724200 F: 01728 724667 Generous driveway. And The London Office Good size, partly landscaped gardens. 40 St James’ Place London SW1A 1NS [email protected] www.clarkeandsimpson.co.uk Location Rose Cottage forms part of the accessible village of Lower Hacheston located between the villages of Wickham Market and Campsea Ashe. Wickham Market has an excellent range of shops, including a Co- operative supermarket, together with a doctors’ surgery, library and primary school. Campsea Ashe is a rural yet convenient village with easy access to the A12. The village benefits from a popular dining pub, The Duck, together with a shop and railway station, that includes an impressive community café, with services running to Lowestoft to the north and Ipswich to the south, which has connecting trains to London’s Liverpool Street station. The village is also home to Clarke & Simpson’s Sale Room. The property is conveniently positioned close to Suffolk’s Heritage Coast, with the popular town of Woodbridge being 7 miles to the south-east. Snape Maltings, with its world famous concert hall, is just over 4 miles away and Aldeburgh, with its sailing and 18 hole golf course, is approximately 10 miles. The rettyp riverside village of Orford is 7.5 miles. Description The property comprises a charming period cottage, that was extended and completely refurbished approximately 10 years ago, occupying a wonderful semi-rural, but accessible location in Lower Hacheston between Wickham Market and Campsea Ashe. The cottage enjoys a stunning outlook at the rear, across the large, partly landscaped rear garden and towards the meadowland beyond. Facing almost due south, the rear garden benefits from the sun throughout the day. There is a generous amount of accommodation on the ground floor, with an entrance hall and spacious inner hall, that can also be utilised as a study area if required, a sitting room, garden room or third bedroom, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, utility area and cloakroom. On the first floor there are two double bedrooms, one of these has been fitted out with a good range of wardrobe cupboards and storage shelves, together with a well fitted bathroom. Outside there is a generous parking area and good size, partly landscaped gardens to the front and rear which extend to just over 0.25 acres in all. In 2014 planning permission was granted to create a double garage with room above within the front driveway and to erect a balcony/decking area on the rear elevation serving the principal bedroom. That planning permission lapsed in 2017, but an application to renew that permission could be submitted. Extracts of the lapsed application are available on request. The Accommodation The Cottage Ground Floor A wooden front door with side lights opens into the Entrance Hall With door to Cloak Cupboard, radiator, engineered oak flooring, fitted shutters, recessed spotlighting and door to the Sitting Room 12’7 x 11’7 (3.84m x 3.53m) A delightful reception room with fully glazed French doors and side lights providing wonderful views of the garden and meadows beyond. Vaulted ceiling with exposed roof truss elements, TV and telephone points and radiators. Returning to the Entrance Hall an opening provides access to the Inner Hallway A spacious reception area with oak staircase rising to the First Floor. Engineered oak flooring throughout to match the Entrance Hall, fitted storage cupboards, door to Boiler Cupboard, recessed spotlighting, radiator, telephone point and doors off to Garden Room/Bedroom Three11’6 x 10’7 (3.51m x 3.23m) Another delightful reception room, that could also be utilised as a third bedroom if required, and with fully glazed French doors providing wonderful views of the rear garden and beyond. Engineered oak flooring to match the remainder, TV point and radiator. Kitchen/Breakfast Room 12’8 x 10’ (3.86m x 3.05m) With window on the front elevation overlooking the driveway and gardens, together with fully glazed door providing good views to the rear and access to the patio. Well fitted with good range of cupboard and drawer units with Iroko wooden block worksurface over incorporating a ceramic sink with mixer tap and drainer. Four ring Bosch gas hob with light and extractor hood over and double oven and grill below. Recess and plumbing for dishwasher. Matching peninsula breakfast bar with range of drawers. Engineered oak flooring to match the remainer, radiator, recessed spotlighting, extractor fan and opening through to the Dining Room 9’0 x 8’0 (2.74m x 2.44m) Linking wonderfully well with the kitchen/breakfast room, and with window overlooking the patio and gardens. Engineered oak flooringto match remainder. Radiator. Returning to the Inner Hallway there is an opening to a modest Utility Area With plumbing and waste connections for a washing machine and with extractor fan, recessed spotlighting and door to Cloakroom With WC, pedestal wash hand basin with tiled splashback and radiator. Engineered oak flooring to match remainder. Stairs from the Inner Hallway rise to the First Floor Landing With recessed spotlighting, built-in Linen Cupboard, recessed spotlighting and doors off to Bedroom One 11’5 x 10’5 (3.48m x 3.17m) A charming double bedroom with wonderful views to the rear of the garden and meadows beyond. Partly vaulted ceiling, TV and telephone points and radiator. Bedroom Two 12’8 x 10’0 (3.86m x 3.05m) Another good size double bedroom with extensive range of fitted wardrobe cupboards and shelves, radiator and TV point. Window on the front elevation overlooking the garden and driveway. Bathroom A good size bathroom that was fitted out to a highstandard and with suite comprising circular bath with centre aligned mixer tap, shower cubicle, WC with concealed cistern and mounted wash basin with recessed mirror over. Wall light points, shaver socket, heated towel rail, extractor fan and recessed spotlighting. Outside The property is set back from Ash Road, and approached over a generous concrete parking and turning area. From here a brick edged pathway, that is flanked by gardens, leads up to the covered porch and front door. The front gardens are principally laid to grass forease of maintenance, but with borders containing some maturing shrubs and trees, and partly screened from Ash Road by a mature, established hedge. A gate set within a willow weave fence provides access to the rear. This is a delightful area, and facing due south, enjoys the sun throughout the day. There isa patio immediately adjoining the rear of the house, and this can be accessed from the Kitchen/Breakfast Room. Beside this is an area enclosed by a pergola and beyond this is a former vegetable patch, that is partly screened by a mature Portuguese laurel hedge. Beyond these are the gardens, which were originally landscaped and comprising a central walkway that is flanked by gardens that are laid to grass and which backs onto meadows beyond. In all the gardens and grounds extend to approximately 0.27 acres (0.11 hectares). Viewing Strictly by appointment with the agent. No more than two related viewers will be admitted to the property and assurances must be provided that neither party has Covid-19 symptoms. Viewers must bring with them appropriate PPE (mask) and sanitise accordingly. EPC Rating = C Services Mains water, electricity and gas connected. Private drainage. Gas fired central heating. Council Tax Band D; £1,783.34 payable per annum 2020/2021 Local Authority East Suffolk Council; East Suffolk House,Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1RT; Tel: 01394 383789 NOTES 1. These particulars are produced in good faith, are set out as a general guide only and do not constitute any part of a contract. 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