Battisford, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14

A picturesque 16th Century cottage, with potential to customise, in a rural setting with fine south facing views

Valley Cottage is Listed Grade II and understood to date from the early 16th Century. Requiring general updating, the cottage offers light and flexible use accommodation, benefits from an oil-fired central heating system and extends to over 2,000 sq ft. Many of the rooms display a wealth of exposed timbers and enjoy far reaching southerly views across the varied surrounding countryside.

There are three connecting reception rooms on the ground floor, together with a kitchen and rear garden hall and a separate garden room. There are also ground floor bath and shower rooms plus three further cloakrooms.

The first floor, with its sloping ceilings, is approached by two staircases, the first of which accessing two double bedrooms, a nursery room/study, which has the potential to be a bathroom, whilst the second stairs access a further double bedroom with a dressing room off and access into the 4th, interconnecting, bedroom which has the potential to be an en suite bathroom (planning permission being applied for).

OUTSIDE
Approached from a quiet country lane the driveway offers ample parking provisions and gives way to the large double garage/workshop (32ft 5in x 16ft 7in / 9.87m x 5.06m) offering potential for an annexe/games room conversion. The gardens extend to about ½ an acre and mainly laid to lawn, with vegetables beds, fruit cage and small orchard.

LOCATION

The parish of Battisford is easily accessible to both Stowmarket and Needham Market (6 & 3.5 miles respectively) both of which provide a full range of local shopping and commercial facilities as well as access to main line rail services which run to London Liverpool Street Station in about 80/85 minutes approx. The A14 dual carriageway, which bypasses both, provides a direct link to Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge and the Midlands as well as the county town of Ipswich (12 miles).

DIRECTIONS (IP14 2HN)

From Needham Market travel in a westerly direction on the B1078. In the parish of Barking turn right opposite The Barking Forge, signed to Battisford. Proceed along this lane for approximately one mile turning left into Valley Road, where the property will be found second on the right.

DISTANCES

Needham Market – 3 miles
A14 & A140 – 3.5 miles
Stowmarket Station – 6 miles (London Liverpool Street 80/85 mins approx
Ipswich – 12 miles

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AGENT’S NOTE
Purchasers should satisfy themselves regards the proposed route of the National Grid’s Norwich to Tilbury new pylon run which is currently proposed to pass through the valley a third of a mile to the east of the property.

PROPERTY INFORMATION

Services: Mains electricity and water are connected. Private drainage system. Oil fired central heating system.

Council Tax: F (Mid Suffolk District Council)

Broadband: Broadband checker search reveals that standard and ultrafast services are available.

Fixtures & Fittings: Items regarded as fixtures are initially excluded from the sale, although certain items may be available by separate negotiation.

Covenant: The cottage will have the benefit of a covenant over the meadowland to the rear against residential or commercial development.

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Postcode: IP14 2HN

Electrical Test Certificate: Dated 29th November 2024 is available for the property.

Planning: Plans and an application have been submitted for planning permission to create a first-floor bathroom.