Orchard Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33

A well-proportioned, impressive three storey Victorian villa town house with rear garden, superbly located just off the town centre.

Entrance hall, open plan sitting/dining room, kitchen breakfast room, utility room and cellar.
Two first floor bedrooms and a family bath/shower room. Two second floor bedrooms and a cloakroom.

Front garden, enclosed rear garden and residents parking by permit.

THE PROPERTY
Understood to date from the late 19th century and originally one of a pair of houses known as “Ashfield Villas”, 11 Orchard Street is an elegant semi-detached Victorian town house. The property occupies a prominent setting in a popular residential street within easy reach of the town centre and offers well-presented accommodation over three floors together with a useful cellar.

The panelled entrance door which features a stained-glass light over leads into the entrance hall, opening into an impressive double reception room featuring two fireplaces, fitted library bookshelves and an attractive bay window overlooking the front garden. From here there is a partly glazed door with steps down to a useful cellar which benefits from natural light and provides excellent storage. From the main reception room, a pair of sliding glass doors lead into a well fitted kitchen/breakfast room featuring a range of contemporary base units with hard wood work tops and integrated appliances. The kitchen is partly vaulted and a series of bi-fold oak doors open into the rear garden. Immediately adjoining the kitchen is a utility area with further work tops and plumbing for automatic washing machine.

An easy rising staircase leads to a large first floor landing and to the spacious master bedroom with a wide bay window and fitted wardrobes. A second bedroom on this floor has views across the rear garden and features an original cast iron fireplace. The family bathroom is at the rear of the house and is fitted with a contemporary suite featuring a double ended bath, low level wc, pedestal hand wash basin and a tiled corner shower cubicle (which needs to be replaced), with tiled floors and a wall mounted towel rail. A further flight of stairs leads to the second floor where there are two further bedrooms both featuring large dormer windows and a cloakroom with low level wc and pedestal hand wash basin. An airing cupboard houses a gas fired central heating boiler.

OUTSIDE
The property sits back from Orchard Street with a small front garden with steps up and pathway leading to the front door. There is a “low maintenance” front garden with flower beds featuring variegated shrub trees and bushes behind a low brick wall. The rear garden enjoys a pedestrian access across the neighbours property and is paved with steps up to a raised terrace with borders retained by low brick walls featuring a mix of climbing and herbaceous plants.

LOCATION
Orchard Street is widely regarded as one of the best residential addresses in Bury St Edmunds and lies just north of the town centre. It is designated a conservation area and features a pleasing mix of period homes. 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.

DIRECTIONS
On Foot: From the Butter Market proceed past Moyse’s Hall on the left and bear round into Looms lane taking the first left into Wells Street, continue down Wells Street into Orchard Street where No 11 can be found at the bottom, on the left hand side. Alternatively, head down St John’s Street and bear right into Church Walks, and around the corner into Orchard Street, where the property will be found on the right-hand side.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
Local Authority West Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band C
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1000Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes
Viewing Only by appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops. Tel.