2 bedroom flat for sale

A superb, luxurious ground floor apartment, located within this impressive former Manor house, with its own private access and enjoying communal grounds of around 8.4 acres.

Entrance hall, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting/dining room, bedroom with en-suite shower room & dressing area, second bedroom and a family bathroom.

Gated access over a long driveway through communal landscaped grounds of about 8.4 acres. Two allocated parking spaces and visitor parking.

THE PROPERTY
Apartment 6, The Manor is a superbly luxurious ground floor apartment set in around 8.4 acres (sts) of excellent communal grounds. This highly regarded development is a stylish, sympathetic conversion of a Grade II Listed manor house and estate buildings, into distinctive contemporary apartments and houses.
Extending to approximately 1,258 sq ft, the apartment benefits from period features such as the high ceilings and original lead lined windows.

Apartment 6 is set to the rear of this stunning building with the added advantage, over those with communal entrance halls, of having a private entrance from its parking space, that is accessed from the back drive.

In brief the well-presented accommodation which benefits from oak, parquet and tiled flooring comprises an entrance hall linking the reception room, kitchen, family bathroom and bedrooms. The main reception room enjoys the fabulous traditional proportions of this manor house conversion, with double aspect widows to the ‘front’ and side, a beautiful mantle and surround fireplace with inset remote controlled gas log effect fire and built in TV/storage cupboards. The kitchen breakfast room boasts granite worksurfaces to the breakfast bar and the kitchen units, with a Neff electric hob with oven below and extractor hood above. New Neff microwave oven, integrated dishwasher, washer/dryer, below counter larder fridge and separate freezer. The main bedroom again enjoys spacious proportions, with a semi vaulted ceiling and a dressing area as you walk into the room with cupboards also housing the gas fired boiler. The beautiful parquet flooring has recently been overhauled to return it to its original quality and the room benefits from an ensuite shower room that if stylishly fitted with a modern shower, basin and wc suite. The second bedroom, which is also a double sized room is adjected to the family bathroom, which is fitted with a bath with shower attachment, wash basin and wc, and there is an obscure glazed window to the hall for shared light.

OUTSIDE
The Manor is approached through electric wrought iron gates, with a long sweeping gravel driveway that leads to the front of the Manor around to the allocated parking. The delightful communal grounds benefit from extensive mature specimen trees. The Japanese Garden has hard and soft landscape elements including gravel paths, feature rockeries, planted with traditional species (including bamboo, acers, magnolias), Japanese style benches, stone lanterns, bamboo wing fences, etc for residents to enjoy. A ‘Circular Walk’ to the perimeter is roughly 1km and starts near the former gym taking in the woodland and path from The Manor past The Lodges into the Japanese garden, past The Temple and back to the drive.

LOCATION
The Manor is set in a secluded peaceful country setting within approximately eight acres of idyllic landscaped grounds, on the edge of the village of Herringswell. This small rural village benefits from a Village Hall and Church, with further amenities in the villages of Kentford, Tuddenham and Red Lodge, which are all about two and a half miles away. The nearby horseracing town of Newmarket is just 7 miles away and offers a good range of amenities including schools, shops, supermarkets, restaurants and leisure facilities. The cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds and the University City of Cambridge offer a wider range of amenities. There is excellent access to the A14 and A11 (M11) and a branch line connection from Kennett to Cambridge and Ipswich. Cambridge, Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway offer direct rail lines into London, with the fastest trains taking under one hour. Stansted International Airport is approximately an hour’s drive.

DIRECTIONS- IP28 6SW
(Sat-Nav should not be followed to the property postcode in this instance, as incorrect location guidance – USE IP28 6SW POSTCODE TO THE FARM BUILDINGS, OPPOSITE THE GATES)

From Bury St Edmunds take the A14 west towards Newmarket and Cambridge. Take the Tuddenham and Barrow exit (junction 40). Turn right at the top of the slip road and continue to Tuddenham. Bear left into the High Street in Tuddenham and proceed through the village. After passing Tuddenham Mill on the left, take the 2nd left turn into Herringswell Road and proceed until you reach the formal gated entrance on the right, opposite the former Estate Farm buildings.

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PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Calor gas fired central heating.
Local Authority West Suffolk Council
Council Tax: Band D
Tenure The property is leasehold (SK322521) with a share of the freehold (SK339620)
Service Charge £TBC as rebate due on last years.
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1800Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Varies depending on network provider. Please visit to check availability.
Viewing Only by appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops.
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