Property description
A Delightful Grade Ii Listed Detached Period Cottage In Approximately 1/2 Acre Of Landscaped Grounds On A Country Lane With Rural Views.Dating Back To 1425 The Property Was Once Owned By The Duke Of Norfolk.Offering Four Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility.The Property Is Situated In The Village Of Cornard Tye, Which Is A Short Distance From Sudbury Town Centre With An Extensive Range Of Shops, Bus Services And A Train Service To London'S Liverpool Street Via Marks Tey..
Bathroom Skylight window, smooth ceiling, radiator, panelled bath with hot and cold taps with shower above and perspex shower screen, pedestal hand wash basin with hot and cold taps and a close coupled w.C. Bedroom 2 Smooth ceiling, radiator, two windows one overlooking the pond and one overlooking the front of the house and the golf course/driving range beyond. This room has a wealth of exposed beams in the walls. Bedroom 3 Textured ceiling with window to the front and also a small window at floor height to the front, it has a wealth of exposed beams and a lead light panelled window between the room itself and the corridor. Utility Accessed via a door from the kitchen, smooth ceiling, space for tumble dryer under a block wood worksurface, radiator, window and door to the rear, tiled floor and part tiled walls. Door to downstairs w.C. Outside Outside the house there is a surround garden which runs from the front, up both sides of the house and around the back of the house amounting to some 1/2 an acre with mature shrub and hedge borders, it is sectioned off into three enclosures, one enclosure has a front garden, a side enclosure is to the pond and there is a back enclosure to landscaped lawns, shrub beds, flower beds and a patio area. We understand planning permission was granted for a detached garage. There are a couple of external sheds and the property benefits from views of the surrounding countryside. There are no near neighbours. Master Bedroom Smooth ceiling, two radiators, window to each side of the garden and one side overlooking the pond and the otherside overlooking landscaped gardens. Living Room Textured ceiling with oak beams, radiator, exposed beams to walls, view through the oak beams to the dining room, fireplace currently containing a fish tank, but could be opened up to form a chimney for open fire, window to front and another window to side overlooking the pond. Landing The upstairs of the house is characterised by sloping walls which mirror the slope of the thatched roof of the house, this is common to all rooms upstairs, that is the corridors, the bathroom, and the four bedrooms. There are two main corridors the first one has a textured ceiling, radiator, exposed beams, with steps up and over to the second corridor which leads to the master bedroom and the bathroom, this is a newer section to the house and there are no exposed oak beams. Kitchen The kitchen is accessed from the dining room, it has a smooth ceiling, it has two windows to one side and one window to the other side, all windows overlook the landscaped garden, there is a range of base and wall units, with part tiled splashback and a worksurface in two different materials, part wood blocked and part surface tiled, one and a half bowl ceramic sink unit with mixer taps, standing space for fridge freezer and freestanding space behind the cupboard doors and under the work top for a dishwasher and a washing machine. There is an oil fired central heating boiler also fitted behind a base cupboard unit under the worktop. There is space for a large cooker, the kitchen is fitted with floor tiles, radiator. Entrance Hall Old oak front door with obscured window pane, textured ceiling, wealth of exposed oak beams, wattle and daub walls, radiator, understairs storage cupboard, exposed oak beam walls, old cross panelled wood door to the dining room. Downstairs w.C. Textured ceiling, exposed beam walls, close coupled w.C. Wall mounted hand wash basin with hot and cold taps. Directions Take the A134 Newton Road from the centre of Sudbury towards Colchester, follow this road until you pass Wyevale Garden Centre, which is on your left after about 1 mile. After passing the garden centre on the A134 towards Colchester there is a road on the right signposted to Cornard Tye. Take this road and after 200 yards there is a road on the left called Joes Road. Go down this road for about 400 yards and Grassmere Cottage can be found on your left hand side opposite the golf driving range. Dining Room Textured ceiling, oak beamed ceiling and walls, radiator, old block paved flooring, covered fireplace which could be revealed if required, window to front, stable door to kitchen with obscured glass pane, door to living room. Bedroom 4 Textured ceiling, wealth of exposed beams, window to the front, further window to the side, this room currently has no door. It does have a lead light glass window between this room and the landing area.