Upper Street, Stanstead, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10

A fabulous Grade II listed unmodernised timber framed house of significant character, superbly set in around 1.5 acres of private gardens and grounds.

Entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, garden room, rear hall & utility/boot room and a cloakroom. First floor landing room, four bedrooms and a family bathroom & en-suite bathroom. Second floor attic/loft box room.

Gated carriage driveway, parking, detached double garage, attached storerooms, gardens and grounds. Dilapidated outdoor swimming pool and a natural pond.

In all about 1.49 acres (sts).

THE PROPERTY
Maltings is believed to date back to the 17th century and is understood to have originally been thatched and now presents re-lime rendered (circa 1996) elevations under a clay tiled roof. The property will benefit from modernisation and improvement internally and could, subject to the relevant consents, be substantially enhanced by an extension to the rear. The current owners have been custodians of this wonderful home for the past 30 years and have relatively recently replaced the oil-fired boiler.

The accommodation in brief comprises a stable style front door which leads into a hall and to the main staircase leading to the first floor. There are two main reception rooms, the sitting room of which is well proportioned with good height exposed ceiling timbers dating back to the 17th century, a wonderful bressummer beamed inglenook fireplace with brick hearth and a log burning stove, and a window alcove to the side. The dining room features another inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam and log burning stove and has an alcove cupboard to the side. There is also a garden room of this, with a tiled floor, French doors and windows to the garden and a cloakroom to the side. The kitchen/breakfast room with tiled floor is low ceilinged area to the breakfast table corner of the room (5’10 approx) with the rest of the room generally being of 6’0 or more. There are windows to the front and rear with a charming late Georgian/early Victorian fitted corner unit, and a dated range of base and eye level units. The rear hall has a brick floor, a door to the garden, stairs to first floor and leads into a utility/boot room which also has the brick flooring, re-vamped windows to the side, a modern Grant oil fired boiler, original ‘retro’ base units, an airing cupboard and a pantry store cupboard. Accessed from outside and attached to the house is (what is believed could have been a bakehouse) a brick outbuilding with former fireplace and a second former outhouse that houses the now redundant pool plant machinery.

From the first floor a landing room there is access to two bedrooms and the dated family bathroom. Bedroom two has low doorway access to the side of the chimney breast which leads into a third bedroom, which has a large alcove storage cupboard and a door that leads up to an attic/loft box room. The fourth bedroom which, with the third bedroom, is accessed from the second stairs, has a dated en-suite bathroom leading off it.

OUTSIDE
This superb property is approached through the 5-bar gated entrance across a gravelled carriage driveway, which leads across the front of the house and provides parking and access to the block built detached double garage. The grounds, that extend to around 1.49acres (sts) are mainly lawned with an excellent selection of mature shrubs and trees, a natural pond to the corner of the plot, surrounded by Willows, some charming brick and flint wall divisions and an outdoor swimming pool requiring restoration. The outstanding edge of village rural location of this country lane, with no direct neighbours, is an exceptional feature of this property, affording the grounds a very high degree of privacy and seclusion.

LOCATION
Maltings is located on the outskirts of this historic parish rural village, which lies just to the north of Long Melford. Long Melford is well known and sought after for its attractive, well served main street and enjoys several well-regarded restaurants including Scutchers and The Black Lion and has good range of everyday facilities. More extensive shopping and cultural facilities are available in the market town of Sudbury or within the historic Cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds to the north, which offers a full range of schooling, recreational and shopping facilities, including the Arc Shopping Centre. Cultural amenities include the impressive Georgian Theatre Royal and the Abbey Gardens.

For the commuter there is a link line train from Sudbury station (with good parking) to Marks Tey, on the main line to London Liverpool Street, which takes approximately 80 minutes, Sudbury to London.

The international airport at Stansted is about 33 miles away and in addition to air services there is an express train service to London.

DIRECTIONS
From Bury St Edmunds head southwest on the Horringer Road and then take the left turn to Whepstead (B1066). Proceed through the villages of Whepstead, Brockley and Hartest. Once in the centre of Hartest and after passing the village Green, take the left turn and continue onto Shimpling Road. Proceed along Shimpling Road and at the T junction turn right onto Dale Farm Cottages Road, signposted Stanstead 2 miles, continue onto Upper Street, where the property will be found on the left, just past the equestrian centre and before the 30mph speed limit sign.

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PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority Babergh Mid Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band G
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1000Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - varies depending on network
provider. Please visit to check availability
Viewing Only by Appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops –

Agent’s Note: It is believed that the private drainage system is not compliant with the General Binding Rules 2020. Purchasers are encouraged to carry out their own investigations.