SUFFOLK, Drinkstone, Nr Bury St Edmunds EQUESTRIAN, ANNEXE, LAND, OUTBUILDINGS

Beautifully presented four bedroom bungalow with detached annexe, 6.5 acres (STMS) and equestrian facilities, including manège, in village location between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket.

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ACCOMMODATION Annexe
Living room / kitchen; bedroom; ensuite shower 

 

OUTSIDE Front and rear gardens; 'Hobbit' house with central chimney and built in barbecue / grill; Rhino greenhouse; garden shed; pergola; raised decking area for outdoor seating; terrace area; slate potted plant area with water feature; small nature pond; orchard planted with approx 40 fruit trees including apple, pear, plum and quince.

Equestrian facilities
Vehicular driveway; gravel parking area; fenced L-shaped stable yard with four loose boxes and tack room; feed / hay barn; lean-to shed for machinery storage; fenced sand and rubber manège; three post and rail fenced paddocks. The yard benefits from a permanent water and electricity supply.
6.5 ACRES (stms)

 

APPROXIMATE DISTANCES Woolpit 2 miles; Elmswell 4 miles; Stowmarket 7 miles; Bury St Edmunds 9.5 miles; A14 junction 2.7 miles 

LOCAL NOTES The pretty Suffolk village of Drinkstone is situated between the market towns of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. The village has a playing field, children's playground, All Saints Church and a modern village hall, host to a wide range of activities. The neighbouring villages of Woolpit and Rattlesden provide a range of local shops, pubs and primary schools and Woolpit also has a health centre, a tea room, hair dressers, Coop, bakers, fish and chip shop and petrol station /shop. Stowmarket, with a good range of everyday amenities, has a mainline rail link to London Liverpool Street. Bury St Edmunds provides an excellent and more extensive range of schooling, shopping, recreational and cultural facilities. There is easy access to the A14 linking to Ipswich and the A12 to the east and Cambridge and London via the M11 to the west.

 

ACCOMMODATION The current owners have extended and updated the property creating a spacious kitchen / breakfast room with French doors to the rear garden and outdoor living space. The kitchen has fully integrated Neff appliances including two ovens, warming drawer, ceramic hob with extractor over. There is a one and a half ceramic sink and drainer, space for a wine fridge, a range of floor and wall cupboards, including full length pantry cupboards, and Silestone worktops. There is a half glazed door to the utility room which has a stable door to the outdoor terrace area. The utility room has a butler sink inset into an oak worktop, wall and floor cupboards, oak work tops, plumbing for automatic washing machine, space for dryer and space for free standing fridge and freezer. The hallway, bathroom, kitchen and utility room have high quality Karndean flooring. In the sitting room there is a duel fuel burner which has a recently had a new flue installed.

To the rear of the bungalow the master bedroom has double French doors which open to the pergola terrace area. The ensuite shower room to the master bedroom has a large shower cubicle, wash hand basin in vanity unit and wc. The family bathroom has a panel bath with shower over, wash hand basin in vanity unit, WC and tiled walls. There are two further bedrooms, and the fourth bedroom is currently set out as a dining room.

 

ANNEXE Formerly the detached garage, the annexe has a bedroom and ensuite shower room and a kitchen living area creating a self contained space, perfect for visiting guests or business use (subject to planning)

 

The property is very much suited to outdoor living and there are several outdoor seating areas: the terrace; pergola; and raised decked seating area. The garden which is at different levels has beds with shrubs, bulbs, rose bed, clematis, jasmine, and fern. There is nature pond, water feature and also a slate area for potted plants. The hobbit house is in a fenced lawned area and is fabulous for outdoor entertaining with a central chimney with a built in Kota barbecue and grill.

From the garden a pedestrian gate leads to the stable yard and paddocks beyond.

A gravel driveway from the road leads to a parking area at the front of the bungalow and the annexe.

 

EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES The gravel driveway from the road leads to the equestrian facilities and good sized parking area with ample space for vehicles such as horse box and motor home.

The timber stable yard has a tack room, three loose boxes approx. 12' x 12' external measurement and a larger corner box. The tack room has storage boxes, saddle and bridle racks. To the rear of the stables there is a barn which stores approximately 150 conventional sized hay bales. In this area to the rear of the stable block there is a machinery store and Rhino greenhouse.
The fenced manege is approximately 25m x 45m with a sand and rubber surface.

There are three post and rail paddocks. Water to the paddocks can be supplied by hosepipe from the yard. To the far end of one paddock there is an enclosed orchard which has been planted with around 40 fruit trees including apple, pear, plum, Damson and quince.


 

WEST SUFFOLK DISTRICT COUNCIL

 

EPC RATING - D  

SERVICES Mains water, electricity and drainage
Oil fired central heating
 

AGENTS NOTE The property is on two different Land Registry titles:
Bungalow, stable block, and 3 ACRES (stms);
3.5 ACRES (stms).
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