Maritime Cottage, 4 Mill Lane, Polstead, , Essex, CO6 5AB

Guide Price - £ 285,000 - Freehold

A very pretty and beautifully presented two bedroom period cottage with good size open plan sitting/dining room with numerous exposed ceiling timbers and wood burning stove and kitchen together with two first floor bedrooms and first floor bathroom. All situated within pretty gardens and benefitting from open countryside views to the front and rear and positioned on a quiet country lane on the edge of the popular village of Polstead.

Polstead is a particularly pretty village which benefits from a community shop and public house. The nearby village of Stoke by has highly regarded primary and middle schools and the towns of Hadleigh, Sudbury, and Colchester are all within easy reach; the latter three offering main line rail links with London’s Liverpool Street Station.

Maritime Cottage was built around 1720 and is Grade ll listed and presents a mixture of brick and rendered elevations under pitched roofs clad with slates. The property benefits from Calor gas fired central heating, including a newly installed combination boiler.

The accommodation is as follows:

ON THE GROUND FLOOR

Ledged and Braced Timber Door to:

Sitting Room/Dining Room 17ft 7ins x 16ft 7ins (5.36m x 5.05m) overall. A large reception room centrally divided by way of an exposed red brick chimney breast housing a wood burning stove with brick hearth. There are three windows to the front providing views over the surrounding countryside, numerous exposed ceiling timbers, quarry tiled flooring to the dining area, three radiators, French doors overlooking and leading out to the rear gardens, dog leg staircase rising to the first floor with under stairs storage area and door to:

Kitchen 9ft 8ins x 5ft 10ins (2.95m x 1.78m) with window to the rear and half glazed door leading to the gardens. The kitchen comprises a one and a half bowl single drainer stainless steel sink unit inset into a range of tiled work surfaces with cupboards and drawers under, space and plumbing for washing machine, space for fridge, space and point for gas cooker, additional wall mounted cabinets and shelving, quarry tiled flooring, radiator and ceiling light point.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR

Landing With open balustrading, exposed pine wooden flooring, deep storage/airing cupboard and doors to the bedrooms and family bathroom.

Bedroom 1 16ft 9ins x 9ft 8ins (5.11m x 2.95m) with triple aspect windows to the front, side and rear, all offering far reaching views across the surrounding countryside, built in wardrobe, access to roof space, pine boarded flooring, two radiators and ceiling light point.

Bedroom 2 9ft 3inx x 7ft 6ins (2.82m x 2.29m) with window to the front, exposed pine flooring, radiator and ceiling light point.

Family Bathroom 9ft 8ins x 5ft 10ins (2.95m x 1.78m) with window to the rear and a white suite comprising panelled bath with tiled surround and separate electric shower over, pedestal wash basin, low level wc, radiator, ceiling light point and cupboard housing gas fired combination boiler serving domestic hot water and heating. OUTSIDE

Gardens To the front of the property the garden is laid to lawn with flower and shrub borders and with steps leading up to the front door. Immediately to the rear is a small brick paved terrace area, which in turn leads to the gardens, which are laid mainly to lawn with mature flower and shrub borders with a further paved terrace area to the rear with a picket gate leading out onto the farmland beyond. All bounded by a mixture of panelled fencing and hedging.

76 High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5EF Tel: 01473 823456

www.frostandpartnes.co.uk e-mail:[email protected]

Brick Outbuilding With power and light connected and windows to the side.

Parking There is a parking area in the lay-by down the road.

Services We understand mains electricity, water and drainage are connected.

Viewing Strictly by prior appointment with the vendors agents.

Directions

76 High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 5EF Tel: 01473 823456

www.frostandpartnes.co.uk e-mail:[email protected]

Exclusion clause: Messrs. Frost and Partners, for themselves and for the vendors or lessors of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that these particulars are produced in good faith, are set out as a general guide only and do not constitute any part of a contract. No person in the employment of Messrs. Frost and Partners has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property and intending purchaser should make their own inspection and enquiries in order to satisfy themselves.

“Frost and Partners are Authorised Intro ucers to Matthew Gallo, who is an Independent Mortgage Broker. Matthew can be contacted for completely impartial advice on 07776195254, or by email at [email protected]

Matthew Gallo is Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.”

76 High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 5EF Tel: 01473 823456 www.frostandpartnes.co.uk e-mail:[email protected]