Property description
This charming four bedroom detached property is nestled in the desirable village of Wenhaston, offering a fantastic blend of period character and modern living. The property comes with ample off-road parking, garage and car port. Including a beautiful, well established spacious garden, this property is one to view!
Description - As you step through the main back door, you enter a welcoming entrance porch, which also serves as the location of the front door. To the left of the porch, you'll find a barn currently used as a storage and outbuilding area, complete with electricity for convenience.
The sitting room, a spacious and bright triple-aspect space, is filled with natural light and features recently-fitted bi-folding doors that open directly onto the rear garden. There is a charming wood-burning stove, adding warmth and character to the room. French doors lead from the sitting room into a cosy snug, which functions as a walk-through space connecting to the kitchen.
The kitchen is well-appointed with a fitted oven, microwave, and hob, providing all the essentials for cooking. It offers seamless access to the double-aspect dining room, which boasts an inviting inglenook fireplace, perfect for gatherings. From the dining room, the original cottage-style stairs ascend to the first floor.
Adjacent to the kitchen, a stable door opens into the rear hallway, which leads to the utility room. This room features a worktop and additional space for appliances, offering both practicality and storage and leads to the downstairs bathroom, complete with a bath, toilet, and basin. Beyond the bathroom, a walk-in pantry provides even more storage space. The rear hallway leads to the office/snug, which is enhanced by its own wood-burning stove, and a further set of stairs leading up to the master bedroom.
Upstairs, on the first floor, the stairs from the dining room lead to a spare room, a double-sized room with built-in cupboards, overlooking the front aspect of the property. From here, you enter a further double bedroom, featuring a Velux window that lets in natural light and offers lovely views of the rear and side of the property. This spacious room can easily serve as a peaceful retreat or a functional living space.
Next is the dressing room, which acts as a walk-through space leading to the shower room. The shower room is well-equipped with a shower, toilet, and basin, and a Velux window for additional light and ventilation. Finally, a further double bedroom, currently used as the master, completes the upstairs accommodation, and there are stairs leading down from this room into the office/snug.
Externally, at the rear of the property, you'll find a garage, a carport, and ample off-road parking, providing plenty of space for vehicles and additional storage. A greenhouse is also included. Additionally, there is a convenient log store for fuel and an oil tank, ensuring the home is well-equipped for its heating and maintenance needs. The garden is beautifully maintained, featuring a variety of mature plants, shrubs, and flower borders that add colour and charm to the outdoor space. There are also vegetable plots, offering the opportunity to grow your own fresh produce. A private patio area provides the ideal spot for outdoor relaxation or dining, making this garden a peaceful and versatile retreat.
Location - Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet is a civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Within a popular village, with a lively community, you're well served for amenities such as a local campsite shop, post office, village hall, a pub and the coast is nearby. There are several commons and woods around the village and it has many beautiful walks. Transport links here are excellent with the A12 running north to Lowestoft and south to London via Colchester and Chelmsford, and regular fast services into London Liverpool Street from Ipswich, connected from the East Suffolk Line. The coasts at Southwold, Walberswick and Dunwich are all 10 to 15 mins drive from the village.
This property is situated near Halesworth. The market town of Halesworth is a pretty town with a wide range of independent shops mainly situated along a pedestrianised Thoroughfare and Marketplace. There is a weekly market on Wednesdays. The town has a primary school, library, railway station and excellent bus links to other local towns. Norwich the county city of Norfolk is located approximately 24 miles north, Ipswich the county town of Suffolk is 31 miles south and the popular regency resort of Southwold is only 9 miles to the east. A similar distance away is the heritage coastline and the nature reserves of Minsmere and Dunwich. Halesworth has so much to offer from the Halesworth Arts Festival and numerous other events at The Cut arts centre, the annual Ink Festival which encourages aspiring writers, the Latitude Music Festival at Henham.
Tenure - Freehold
Services - Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected. Heating is provided for by way of oil fired central heating, the boiler was last serviced in October 2024. Electrical wiring was last checked in 2015. Roof gable ends replaced in 2023. (Durrants has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fittings or services and so cannot verify they are in working order).
Local Authority - East Suffolk – E
Epc - E
Viewing - Strictly by appointment with the agent's Halesworth office. Please [use Contact Agent Button].
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