Churchgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33

A beautiful and well-proportioned townhouse with a good-sized garden, standing in a prominent position within the Medieval grid, a short distance from the town centre.

Entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, rear hall, cloakroom and cellar.
Two first floor double bedrooms, jack and jill bathroom and a family shower room. Two second floor double bedrooms.
Garden with terraced area.

THE PROPERTY
57 Churchgate Street is a beautiful and well-presented, Grade II listed late Georgian town house, presenting a partially painted white brick front elevation with small-paned sash windows. There are period features throughout the property with fireplaces, dado and picture rails and a three-room cellar. The generous accommodation of 1875 sq ft (174 sq m) is arranged over three floors and comprises, a spacious entrance hall with wooden floorboards, staircase leading the first floor and doors through to the dining room and sitting room. The sitting room has twin windows to the front aspect with original shutters and an attractive feature fireplace with stone hearth, marble surround, mantel piece and an iron grate. The dining room features a useful walk-in pantry cupboard and leads into the garden room, which has a quarry tiled floor and double doors lead to the garden. The kitchen is fitted with a range of base and eye level units, integrated slim-line dishwasher, AEG double oven, four ring hob with extractor hood over, space and plumbing for a washing machine and a window to the rear overlooking the garden. There is a rear hall with a door leading to the garden and also accesses the cloakroom.

On the first floor there are two large double bedrooms, which share a ‘Jack and Jill’ bathroom. There is also a good-sized family shower room with a fully tiled shower cubicle, low level wc, pedestal wash hand basin and part-glazed window the front aspect. On the second floor there are two further double bedrooms, both with windows to the front aspect enjoying views of The Unitarian Meeting House.

OUTSIDE
The garden is of particular note being a good-sized town garden with lawned area and various shrubs. There is a large terraced area abutting the rear of the house, ideal for alfresco dining.

LOCATION
Bury St Edmunds offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the private and public sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. There are numerous high-quality restaurants and cultural amenities including the beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal and The Abbey Gardens. The University City of Cambridge is approximately 28 miles away and offers unrivalled schooling opportunities and excellent shopping and amenity facilities. There is good access to the A14, A11 (M11) and the railway station at Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services to London’s Liverpool Street and King’s Cross. Alternatively, there is a regular train service from Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes. Stansted International Airport is approximately 50 minutes by car.