4 bed semi-detached house for sale

Hollow Lane, Chelmondiston, (Near Pin Mill), Ipswich IP9

The property
Cheyne House, which is for sale for the first time since 1963, is a charming unlisted attached cottage which thanks to various extensions, measures an impressive 2021 square feet.

The house requires some modernisation in places but has been well looked after; highlights of the ground floor include a sitting room with an inset log burner, a large family dining room with a second log burner and which overlooks the courtyard, a kitchen/breakfast room with an electric Aga and pine units, and a separate dining room.

There are four bedrooms on the first floor as well as a large landing and two bath/shower rooms.

Features of note include a mix of timber casement and sash windows, exposed wood floors, original brickwork, wooden doors with brass fittings and exposed ceiling beams.

Grounds & outbuildings
The bulk of the gardens lie to the front of the house and either side of a sweeping shingled driveway which is accessed from Hollow Lane via private electric gates.

There is ample driveway parking, a spring-fed pond, several areas of lawn, a potting shed, and an array of well-tended plants, shrubs hedges and trees including a flowering bramley apple; the garden sits below Pin Mill Road and a number of substantial trees, including two large oaks, provide privacy from passers-by.

The rear garden is private and entirely paved – it includes an original workshop building with a lean-to shed, a modern summer house/barn with a verandah and a covered approach, which could make for a fantastic studio or work-from-home office. The house benefits from an additional right of access to the rear garden via neighbouring properties.

There is also an attached single garage with electric doors which connects internally to the utility room.
Location

Cheyne House is located off Hollow Lane in the village of Chelmondiston on the Shotley Peninsular.

There is a great deal on offer within an easy walk including St Andrews Church, Hollingsworth’s village shop and Post Office, The Red Lion pub/restaurant and many miles of rural walks including those along the south bank of Orwell River in the direction of Woolverstone or Shotley.

Pin Mill waterfront is just 650 meters from the property, with its sailing club, renowned river views, Studio Café and the famous Butt and Oyster Pub.

Ipswich town centre is reachable by car in around fifteen minutes and Manningtree and Ipswich mainline stations provide direct services to London Liverpool Street with journey times of 60 and 70 minutes respectively.

The house located brilliantly for access to some of the area's best private schools including Ipswich High School (one mile) and The Royal Hostpital School in Holbrook (three miles).
Directions

Postcode: IP9 1JA
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Points to note

The Property is connected to mains water, electricity and sewerage. It has an oil-fired central heating system. Parts of the house use an immersion water heating system. Ofcom states that Superfast Broadband is available to the property with download speeds of 80 Mbps and upload speeds of 20 Mbps.

The property is registered under Council Tax Band D with Babergh District Council and payments in 2026/27 of £2319.06.

An energy performance has been carried out with results awaited.

Some photographs used in the marketing were taken in the summer of 2025 by our client.

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