Whiting Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33

A charming Victorian mid-terrace cottage with garden, superbly located a short walk from the town centre, within the medieval grid.

Sitting room, dining room and kitchen. Two first floor double bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Terrace and garden with rear access and outbuildings.

THE PROPERTY
46 Whiting Street is a terraced home in the medieval grid conservation area, believed to date back to the Victorian era. The property has, in recent years been rented out and hence has benefited from gas and electricity safety checks and a reasonable level of maintenance and could now benefit from updating and possibly, subject to the necessary consents that are believed could be given, extension/conversion to further the current accommodation.

Presenting mellow red brick elevations under a slate tiled roof with Victorian sash windows to the front and double-glazed windows to the rear, it also benefits from gas fired radiator central heating. The panelled front door with window light above, gives access to the sitting room which boasts a timber framed sash window to the front and an open fireplace with tiled insert surround and traditional mantle piece. A steep Victorian staircase leads up between the two reception rooms to the first floor. The dining room, to the rear, enjoys exposed original floorboards, another fireplace, a good store cupboard below the stairs and door off to the kitchen. The galley kitchen is fitted with a range of base and wall mounted units, worksurface with tiled splashbacks, stainless steel sink unit and a 4-ring electric cooker with extractor fan above. There is also a wall mounted gas fired boiler, space and plumbing for a washing machine and double-glazed window and half glazed door out to the garden. There may be potential to incorporate the outside WC and storeroom into the accommodation.

On the first floor there are two comfortably proportioned double bedrooms which are either side of the staircase, that again enjoy original character features and there is access through the back room to the bathroom. The bathroom presents a white suite with panel enclosed bath, low flush WC and a wall mounted wash basin, double glazed window to the rear and an airing cupboard.

OUTSIDE
The property fronts onto the pavement and benefits, to the rear, from an area of hardstanding/terrace to the back of the house, next to the two attached brick outbuildings, one of which is a wc, the other a store. Subject to the relevant required consents, it is considered probable that the property might be improved, by extending into this area in order to enlarge the kitchen and incorporate the wc into the house, as a ground floor cloakroom. There is gated path access across the garden for one neighbour, and the garden, which is a good size for the centre of town, is mainly laid to lawn, with a selection of shrubs, and with a small tree to the rear before the 2nd garden terrace area, which is bordered to the rear by a characterful west facing period red brick wall.

LOCATION
The property stands at the quieter Westgate Street end of Whiting Street, a short walk from the centre of town. Bury St Edmunds is a thriving medieval market town located in the heart of East Anglia and offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the public and private sectors, extensive shopping and leisure facilities, and cultural amenities including the beautiful, historic Theatre Royal, which is the last working Regency playhouse in Britain and the beautiful Abbey Gardens. There is good access to the A14, A11(M11) and the railway station at Bury St Edmunds offers links to mainline services to London’s Liverpool Street and Kings Cross.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services - Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage
Parking - Zone D Resident Permit Parking and there is occasionally the opportunity to rent a garage/extra space within a short distance of the property within the grid.
Local Authority - West Suffolk Council
Council Tax - Band B
Tenure - Freehold
Broadband - Ofcom states speeds available up to 1,000 Mbps
Mobile Coverage/Signal - Yes
Viewing via Jackson-Stops. Tel.