The Street, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31

A Georgian village home benefitting from spacious accommodation, front and rear gardens and parking, within this highly regarded village connecting, with easy footpath access, to Bury St Edmunds.

Entrance porch, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and shower/cloakroom. Four first floor bedrooms and a family bath/shower room.

Driveway/parking spaces, front garden, rear garden and garden shed.

THE PROPERTY
Rose Cottage is believed to date back to the Georgian era, being an Estate cottage that is believed would have been part of the Fornham Hall Estate. The property is of Woolpit white brick construction under a slate tiled roof with modern white brick porch added to the front elevation with mellow red brick and flint under clay plain and pantile roofs to the rear and a small flat roofed, timber clad single storey extension to the rear. It benefits from double glazed windows in the main and gas radiator central heating.

The accommodation in brief comprises a modern double glazed panelled front door with side screen windows leading into the front entrance porch which has a quarry tiled floor with single glazed windows to either side, a half-glazed door opens into the drawing room which is well proportioned with double glazed window to the front, an inglenook fireplace with log burning stove and quarry tiled hearth and half height alcove cupboards to either side and double doors open through to the dining room. The dining room offers a full wall of fitted storage cupboards, double glazed window and door to the rear garden, stairs to the first floor and a latch door through to the kitchen/breakfast room. Fitted with a range of base and eye level units, rolltop worksurfaces with tiled splashbacks, hardwood drainer surface with underset double bowl ceramic butlers sink, gas range cooker set into a high mantled alcove, integrated De Dietrich fridge and space and plumbing for a dishwasher. Double doors lead through to the sitting room and a further door leads into the shower room/cloakroom and the utility room beyond, which has quarry tiled flooring, stainless steel sink unit, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, window to the side and a half-glazed door leading out to the garden. On the first floor there are four bedrooms, the fourth of which is accessed via bedroom three. There is also a modern family bathroom with bath, separate double shower cubical, wc, wash basin, tiled floor and half tiled walls and a double-glazed window to the side in the sloping ceiling.

OUTSIDE
Rose Cottage owns the tandem drive and parking area to the front leading to the timber clad shed and fence enclosed private front garden which is south west facing and benefits from a high degree of privacy being high wall and fence enclosed with a gate from the shared path, leading to the block paved path extending to the stone paved terrace which is ideal for alfresco dining and entertaining. The garden is mainly laid to lawn with flowering and herbaceous beds and borders. The rear garden is laid to gravel with a paved terrace and enclosed by a flint wall and fence.

There is shared pedestrian access to the front over the path that leads to the neighbouring property, Christmas Cottage.

LOCATION
Rose Cottage is set back from the road in a private setting, opposite the popular and well-regarded village pub in the centre of this picturesque and sought-after village. The Fornhams collectively offer a useful selection of amenities that include the All Saints Hotel, Golf Club and Spa, another pub, a Pizza restaurant, Community Centre and parish churches. The village is a short distance from the historic cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, which provides a full range of schooling, recreational and shopping facilities, including the Arc Shopping Centre and there is a bus route which leads into the centre.

The property is well located for road communications with easy access to the A14, A11(M11) and for the rail commuter there is a fast and regular service to London Kings Cross from Cambridge taking approximately 60 minutes and from Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street Station which takes approximately 85 minutes.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage.
Gas fired radiator central heating.
Local Authority West Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band B
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speed available of up to 1000Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes
Viewing Only by appointment with Jackson-Stops. Tel.