High Street, Aldeburgh, IP15

A superb and sensibly priced Victorian two/three bedroom townhouse with sea views. This fine period property features a truly wonderful outlook from the top floor and provides a flexible layout over four floors. While the property requires basic modernisation, it does have considerable potential as a holiday let or indeed as a fine holiday home. NB the property might well have the potential (subject to the necessary consents) to convert to two separate flats: an upper 2 bedroom maisonette with the possibility of a balcony with a sea view, and 1 bedroom ground / lower ground floor flat with terrace.

Accommodation comprises:

Living room; cloakroom W/C; Games/office/bedroom 3 (lower ground floor); Two bedrooms (first floor) with shower room; kitchen/ reception 2 (top floor - with sea view).

Proposed accommodation as two separate units (subject to the necessary consents):

Unit 1:

Upper maisonette (accessed at ground floor level with the principal accommodation over the 1st and 2nd floors):   Top floor reception room with balcony*; Kitchen; Two bedrooms; Shower room.

*The property has the benefit of planning permission for a rear extension which would create a truly wonderful top floor room with a balcony and sea views (more information upon request).

Unit 2:

Garden maisonette (accessed at ground floor level - accommodation over the ground and lower ground floor); Reception room with open-plan kitchen; Bedroom; Bathroom; Courtyard terrace. 

Location:

The property occupies a brilliant location right in the heart of the popular coastal town of Aldeburgh, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Famed for its pebble beach and iconic 'Scallop' sculpture by Maggi Hambling, Aldeburgh is a thriving seaside resort with an exceptional array of amenities. There are excellent restaurants, including the celebrated Fish & Chip Shop, The Lighthouse restaurant and the recently opened The Suffolk restaurant. Aldeburgh also offers a wonderful selection of cafés, independent shops, galleries, a delicatessen, butchers, and wine merchant. The Aldeburgh Cinema was founded in 1919 and is one of the oldest cinemas in the country. Aldeburgh has tennis, golf and sailing clubs. Thorpeness (2.5 miles) has a charming boating lake, country club and golf club. Snape Maltings (5.9 miles) is home to a renowned concert hall, with various concerts and cultural events throughout the year.

Services:

Gas central heating and water. Mains drainage.

Terms:

Guide price: £495,000 subject to contract

Tenure: Freehold