The Street, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7

An imaginative restoration and extension of a detached period cottage combining period charm with contemporary vision to create an interesting home arranged on two floors to provide two/three bedrooms (one of which could be used as a studio), 19ft kitchen/dining room, one/two further reception rooms; one incorporating brick fireplace, study, quality ground floor shower/wet room, off road parking and beautiful gardens extending to approximately 1/5th of an acre (subject to survey) in part divided by a tiny brook. All situated close to the village centre with nearby general store/sub-post office/bakery.

Hitcham lies about 7 miles to the north of the market town Hadleigh with Stowmarket, Bury St. Edmunds, Colchester and Ipswich only 5, 14, 23 & 15 miles distant respectively; the latter two offering main line rail links with London's Liverpool Street Station

Believed to date back to the 17th Century and extended in about 2001, the property, which is listed Grade II, is part of timber frame construction under a straw thatch with later additions mainly of cavity wall construction clad with weatherboarding under mainly clad tiles and some slates. The property benefits from oil fired radiator heating.

The accommodation is as follows:

ON THE GROUND FLOOR

Part glazed door to:

Sitting Room

With raised open fireplace, double radiator, exposed wall studs, TV aerial socket, window overlooking the front garden, two wall light points, door and staircase rising to first floor (south), additional door to inner hallway and further ledged timber door to:

Study

Widening slightly at one end x about 5ft with window to side, under stairs storage cupboard with pine door, brick floor, exposed ceiling timbers and wall studs and wall light point.

Inner Hallway

With light oak staircase rising up to the principal bedroom/studio, mellow brick floor, centre light point, radiator, pine doors with Suffolk latches accessing the shower room and 3rd bedroom, part glazed panelled door to:

Kitchen/Dining Room

With dual aspect windows; overlooking the gardens and including substantial glazed door to same; the latter offering views across the brook and herring-bone pattern mellow brick floor. The kitchen comprises a stainless steel single drainer sink unit inset into a range of worksurfaces with cupboards and drawers under, integrated ceramic hob with extractor above, integrated oven, additional storage recess, part tiled walls, range of wall cabinets including two units with glazed doors, centre light point, double radiator, recess and plumbing for a washing machine, under stairs storage cupboard with lighting and ledged pine door, oil fired serving radiator and domestic hot water.

Bedroom 3/Additional Sitting Room

With two contemporary vertical radiators, tv aerial socket, single glazed French doors in solid pine accessing a pea-shingle seating area and overlooking the grounds and brook, halogen spotlighting.

Shower/Wet Room

fitted out in a contemporary style with white suite comprising tiled shower cubicle incorporating glazed screen, heated tiled floor with drain at one end, washbasin with chromium mixer set in a slate up stand, low level w.c. with concealed cistern in a mosaic tiled surround, fitted heated wall mirror incorporating concealed down lighting, radiator/heated towel rail finished in white, spotlighting, extractor fan and window to side.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR (NORTH)

Bedroom 1/Studio

With attractive pitched ceiling, pine floor boards, built in eaves storage cupboards, 5 amp lamp points, some exposed timbers, cast iron style radiator in white, quadruple aspect windows, one overlooking the gardens to the side, another overlooking the rear garden and brook, two up lighters and numerous power points.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR (SOUTH)

Bedroom 2

With attractive pitched ceiling with exposed timbers, some exposed wall studs, double radiator, exposed and polished floor boards, 2 wall light points and window to side.

OUTSIDE

Parking

A five-bar field gate to the front of the property leads to a driveway providing off road parking for two/three vehicles.

Gardens

The property stands well back from the road within beautiful gardens extending approximately 1/5th of an acre. To the front the gardens are laid to a mixture of lawn and pea shingle with a variety of flower and shrub borders and pathways to either side accessing the rear gardens. Immediately behind the cottage is a pea shingle seating area offering views over the gardens and the brook. A decorative brick retaining wall and steps to the right rise to an upper level, which is laid to lawn with two mature silver birch trees. The lawns are terraced on three levels with a timber garden shed and summer house on the top level. On the lower level a walkway winds itself adjacent to the brook forming a particular feature of the garden. The brook is flanked by mature trees including a weeping willow.

Outside Lighting