An elegant and beautifully presented Grade II listed, centrally located townhouse, standing in one of the most sought-after residential streets in Bury St Edmunds, with a rear walled garden, basement and a small parking space.
Entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, conservatory/garden room, kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom and rear hall. First floor master bedroom with en-suite shower & dressing room (former bedroom), second bedroom, family bathroom and a cloakroom. Two second bedrooms and a cloakroom.
Walled southwest facing gardens, summer house with power & light and off road parking at front for a small car.
THE PROPERTY
A superbly presented townhouse with an original panelled front door with ornate leaded window above leading into an entrance hall with exposed floorboards, a sash window to the front with original Yorkshire sash sliding shutters and featuring the stairs leading to the first floor, doors into the principal reception rooms and a door into the cloakroom. The drawing room is an elegant room and features a sash window to the front with original Yorkshire sash sliding shutters, two traditional open fireplaces with moulded surrounds and mantlepiece with inset Georgian grates, built-in alcove shelving and cupboards, stained glass French doors to the orangery/garden room and exposed floorboards. The dining room has exposed floorboards, built-in alcove shelving and cupboards and doors lead back to the hall and into the orangery/garden room. The kitchen/breakfast room has a porcelain tiled floor and a glazed door out to the courtyard garden and features a wide range of base and eye level units with hardwood block worksurfaces, tiled splashbacks, inset 1¼ bowl ceramic sink unit, breakfast bar, space and plumbing for an electric range style cooker with extractor hood above, white goods and an upright fridge freezer and there is a boiler store cupboard. There are three skylights set into the ceiling and a door leads into the orangery/garden room. The orangery/garden room is timber framed and predominantly double glazed with a single door and two sets of French doors opening out to the southwest facing walled garden. The roof is Perspex glazed with five electrically operated rooflight windows and there are built-in cupboards, and a further door leads into the rear/side boot room/ hall, which is Perspex roof glazed with cobbled flooring, built-in storage shelving, exposed brick wall and leads to the parking area to the front, for one car. The basement/studio room is fully decorated and used as part of the main accommodation as a cinema room and is below ground featuring two store cupboards and built-in eye level units.
An easy rising staircase with Georgian banister handrail leads up to the first-floor landing with large sash windows to the front and rear, exposed floorboards and space for a study/reading area. The master bedroom suite has sash windows to the front and rear and is a spacious room, having formerly been two rooms, now used as a comfortable bedroom with dressing room and en-suite shower room. This could be reversed to create another bedroom if needed. A second bedroom has a sash window to the front, a characterful feature fireplace with alcove cupboards to either side and exposed floorboards. There is also a family bathroom and separate cloakroom. Stairs lead up to the second-floor landing which gives access to two further bedrooms and a cloakroom.
OUTSIDE
The excellent southwest facing, mainly paved rear garden is a good size and is principally brick and flint wall enclosed with raised brick flower beds and borders, silver birch, maple and holy trees with a garden house to the end, with a tiled roof and a veranda to the front, power and light. There is a single small car parking space off the road to the front and a separate charming courtyard entrance to the side with access to the kitchen.
LOCATION
Well Street is one of the town's most popular residential streets and offers a pleasing mix of period housing and sits in a conservation area within easy walking distance of the town centre's amenities. Bury St Edmunds offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the public and private sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. Newmarket, the headquarters of racing, is only 14 miles away and the University City of Cambridge is only 28 miles away and offers unrivalled schooling opportunities and excellent shopping and amenity facilities. There is good access to the A14 and A11 (M11) and the railway station at Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services to London Liverpool Street and Kings Cross.
DIRECTIONS
From the Butter Market in the town centre head in a north easterly direction passing Marks and Spencer's on the right. At the former Cornhill shopping centre bear right into Brentgovel Street and then immediately left onto Well Street, where No.15 will be found toward the end on the left, just before the junction with Orchard Street.
PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage.
Local Authority West Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band G
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1800Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes
Viewing Only by appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops. Tel. 01284 700535
Elegant and beautifully presented
Grade II listed period house
Sought-after residential street
3 Reception rooms
Master bedroom with en-suite shower & dressing room
3 Further bedrooms
Family bathroom & 3 cloakrooms
Walled southwest facing gardens
Summer house with power & light
Off road parking for a small car
