Leys Road, Tostock, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30

A superbly presented and much improved detached former rectory with extended accommodation standing a short distance from the village Green within this highly regarded village.

Entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, garden room, utility room and cloakroom. First floor galleried landing, master bedroom with en-suite bathroom & balcony, second bedroom with en-suite shower room, two further double bedrooms and a family bath/shower room.

Gated driveway & parking, double garage/workshop, timber single garage, summer house, outbuilding/store and front and rear gardens.

THE PROPERTY
Gable End is a beautifully presented detached former rectory dating back to the 1920’s and has been largely extended affording generously proportioned accommodation of over 2500 sq ft arranged over two floors. This substantial home has been extended and modernised to a high standard with particular attention to detail and stands in large gardens with an attractive summer house, many outbuildings, a double and a single garage and ample parking.

The entrance hall with its tiled floor leads to the ground floor accommodation with a kitchen comprehensively fitted with a wide range of base and eye level units, works surfaces, Belling range oven with induction hob and extractor over, plumbing for automatic appliances and an oil fired two oven Rayburn with a back boiler. There is a combination of exposed floorboards and a tiled floor and double doors lead to a garden room and a further door leads to a utility, which is fitted with a double drainer stainless steel sink, worksurfaces, base and eye level units, plumbing for automatic appliances, has a tiled floor, a door and window to the rear aspect. The large sitting room measuring 24’ x 20’ features a central double-sided fireplace housing a double-sided wood burning stove, windows to the front and rear aspects and bi-fold doors opening onto the rear terrace. The dining room has exposed floorboards, built-in cupboards and drawers and opens into the garden room, which is fully glazed to all aspects enjoying views over the gardens. Continuing on the ground floor there is a cloakroom and a cupboard under the stairs.

On the first floor a large and spacious landing, which could lend itself as a study area, has three windows to the front aspect and leads to four double bedrooms with an extremely large part vaulted master bedroom, and has an impressive fully glazed gable end with bi-fold doors opening onto a south facing balcony. There are further roof light windows, two built-in wardrobes and a door leads into an en-suite bathroom. Bedroom two has a dual aspect and an en-suite shower room and there are a further two double bedrooms and a large family bathroom.

OUTSIDE
To the front of the property there are twin driveways with ample parking areas, an integral double garage and a further single timber garage. There is an area of garden laid to lawn with borders and gate access leads to the rear garden, which is a large and attractive area predominantly laid to lawn with many shrub and flowers beds and borders and a large terrace area abutting the rear of the house. There are several mature trees and a large summer house with a veranda, under a pantile roof.

On the southeast side there is a good-sized kitchen garden with two greenhouses, vegetable boxes, vegetable patch, fruit cage and a log store/machinery barn with a pantile roof. There is a further open fronted log store with a pantile roof, garden shed and shingle parking area for a trailer or boat etc. with access via the front gates.

LOCATION
Gable End stands in an attractive position along Leys Road on the corner of Ash Lane, close to the centre of this highly regarded village, which is served by the popular ‘Gardeners Arms’ pub and restaurant and has a fine parish church. There are good schools available nearby in the villages of Norton, Beyton and Thurston and the historic cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, has first class shopping facilities with excellent cultural and educational facilities both in the public and private sectors. The town of Stowmarket with its mainline rail link to London Liverpool Street (80 minutes) is just a 15-minute drive.

DIRECTIONS
From Bury St Edmunds take the A14 east and then take the Thurston/Beyton exit. Continue following the signs for Beyton, proceeding through the village and bearing left at the junction into Tostock Road. Continue on this road, over the A14 and into the village of Tostock. Proceed towards the centre of the village along Leys Road and take the left turn into Ash Close and Gable End will be found immediately on the left.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage.
Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority Mid Suffolk District Council
Council Tax Band G
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 80Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - Varies depending on network provider. Please visit to check availability
Viewing By prior appointment with Jackson-Stops. Tel.

Agents Note: Fitted Solar Photovoltaic panels significantly reduce the electricity cost and provide a useful feed-in tariff income