3 bedroom mews house for sale

Built in 1878 of mellow red brick construction with decorative gault brick detailing under a pitched and slate roofline, The Drays forms part of the mid Victorian maltings complex and gives an historic taste of the 19th Century industrial flavour of Long Melford. Converted in the 1990’s, today the Drays is a desirable mews of attractive three storey townhouses providing spacious and well-proportioned accommodation. Benefitting from off road parking together with a partially converted garage, No.8 enjoys a west facing garden to the rear that has been landscaped for ease of maintenance.

Situated in a pleasant position on the southern periphery of the village The Drays is within a brisk walk of the excellent range of everyday amenities the village has to offer. Located on the border of Suffolk and Essex, Long Melford was a prosperous medieval wool town in the Middle Ages, the wealth of which is reflected in the high status of the fine timber framed residential architecture, Melford Hall and Kentwell Hall. Set within a landscape immortalised by the artist Gainsborough, Long Melford has the most dramatic village green in the county, dominated by one of England’s most spectacular medieval parish churches.

Long Melford has a thriving community enjoying local amenities including butcher, bakery, supermarket, post office, doctors’ surgery, dentist, primary school, a number of tea rooms and craft shops, together with several historic village inns. The nearby market town of Sudbury offers a further range of schooling, shopping, recreational and cultural facilities together with a rail link via Marks Tey to London's Liverpool Street station.