Braiseworth, Suffolk

An exceptional new country house built to a very high specification in a wonderful rural setting. Perfect for the modern family and adaptable for the decerning downsizer ,

Priory Cottage stands in a fabulous rural setting on a no-through lane, away from busy roads, with exceptional south-facing country views. Built by the current owners to their own design, and completed to the highest standard, it provides versatile accommodation, cleverly designed to suit both a large family, and a downsizer. This almost ‘off grid’ home is served by its own private borehole, a private treatment plant, air source heat pump with Calor gas back up boiler and solar panels, which, if added to with the addition of batteries, may then provide full ‘off grid’ living. The accommodation is arranged over three floors and provides living space, with a huge dining hall, huge utility, and enormous en suite bathrooms. It is clear that this is a home designed by, and for, an occupier looking for the perfect balance of space over practicality and ease of living, briefly it comprises:

Reception Hall

Cloakroom - with WC and oak vanity unit with wash basin and storage below.

Dining Hall - a magnificent double-aspect room with bi-fold doors to terrace, creating a superb outlook over the garden and views beyond. Stairs to first floor.

Sitting Room - a double-aspect room with glazed double-height gable window and central fireplace, fitted LPG gas fire, bi-fold doors to terrace and garden, exposed timbers and oak flooring.

Open-plan Kitchen/Breakfast Room - with a fantastic triple-aspect French and bi-fold doors through to the terrace and gardens beyond. This well-planned space offers sitting and dining areas, along with an extensive shaker kitchen with island incorporating pantry and larder cupboards, book shelving, oak work surfaces, upstands, concealed fridge, Siemens warming drawer and microwave, space for range cooker, dishwasher, space for drinks fridge. Stainless-steel double sink unit with filtered drinking tap.

Laundry Room - a huge space, extensively fitted with matching painted shaker storage units, with quartz and oak work surfaces, inset with stone glazed butler sink, space and plumbing for washing machine, laundry bin, recycle bin, further shelves and alcoves with space for American fridge freezer, and stable door to rear porch.

Study (ground-floor bedroom 6) with oak floor and a pair of built-in cupboards and door to en suite shower room extensively tiled with easy entry walk-in overhead shower with low-level WC, and fitted wash hand basin, heated towel rail and ‘jack n jill’ door to laundry room.

First-floor

Landing - with shelved store cupboard and a separate shelved walk-in linen cupboard. Automatic concealed fire door.

Bedroom 1 - a double-aspect room overlooking the gardens and fields beyond, with a range of built-in wardrobe cupboards and walk-in en suite with freestanding bath, separate shower cubicle with overhead rain shower, vanity unit with inset wash basin, storage below, WC, and heated towel rail.

Bedroom 2 - with bay window, en suite extensively tiled with large walk-in shower cubicle, hand-held and rain shower over, vanity unit with drawers under and wash basin over, WC, heated towel rail.

Principal Bedroom Suite - a double-aspect room with panoramic views over the garden and rolling countryside beyond, semi-divided with rough sawn painted divider, backing on to Dressing Room extensively fitted with a large range of built in wardrobes, en suite extensively tiled comprising a freestanding bath with central waterfall tap and hand-held shower, walk-in shower cubicle, hand-held and overhead shower, display alcoves, low-level WC, bidet, heated towel rail, and vanity unit with storage below and granite work surface with twin wash hand basins, shaver point and vanity lighting over.

Second-floor

Bedroom 4 - a double-aspect room with large glazed gable window.

Bathroom - extensively tiled with panelled bath, modern vanity unit with wash hand basin and storage below, large walk-in shower cubicle with overhead rain shower, and low-level WC.

Bedroom 5 - a spacious room with large aspect window built into the eaves with high ceiling and door through to

Attic - with high-level glazed window.

AGENT’S NOTE It is felt that Bedroom 5 and the attic may lend themselves to the creation of a self-contained teenage/au pair suite, if required, subject to planning permission.

Outside The property is approached via a gravel drive with two gated entrances leading to extensive parking and two separate double cart lodges, both with machinery store and plant rooms to the rear, borehole filtration and purification system, accumulator and access to loft storage, one also has a useful home office with cloakroom.

The gardens are predominantly laid to grass, enclosed with mature hedges and open fencing, a small natural pond and a large landscaped terrace with professional planting - 1.39 Acres in total STS

• Freehold
• EPC rating B
• Council Tax F – Mid Suffolk
• Ofcom states ultrafast broadband is available
• Ofcom states mobile signal is available
• Private borehole and treatment plant
• Solar panels
• Air source heat pump