Bradfield St George, Suffolk

Outstanding 5-bedroom quality period home set in 1.5 acres (STS) with 6 car garaging

CARGATE HOUSE is a fine detached timber-framed farmhouse set in a country location only a short drive from Bury St Edmunds. It retains a number of original period features, cleverly complemented by a superb extension, creating a home to suit a modern family. It offers both formal and informal reception rooms, a fantastic open-plan living space perfectly planned for family living. An outstanding converted barn to forming a 6/8 car garage/workshop.
ENTRANCE PORCH with quarry-tiled floor leads through to

RECEPTION HALL this large welcoming area, includes under stairs storage cupboards.

CLOAKROOM with vinyl flooring, built-in vanity unit with stonewash hand basin and back-to-the-wall WC.

SITTING ROOM a double-aspect room with exposed ceiling timbers and red-brick inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam and fitted wood-burning stove.

DINING ROOM with exposed ceiling timbers, feature fireplace with tiled hearth and bressummer beam.

PLAYROOM A triple-aspect room with two pairs of French doors to the garden and solid-oak floor with a clever pair of corner sliding doors to the fantastic

OPEN-PLAN DOUBLE-PITCH VAULTED ‘LIVE-IN’ KITCHEN/ SNUG/BREAKFAST ROOM with oak floorboards throughout. A light, triple-aspect room with gable windows, sliding doors to decking and garden, and two bay windows with built-in window seats and storage below. The kitchen has a range of built-in painted Shaker kitchen units with oak work surface, inset sink and drainer unit, vintage 4-oven Aga, twin-ring induction hob, separate Bosch stainless steel cooker, wine fridge, dishwasher, space for American-style fridge freezer, and an extensively shelved WALK-IN PANTRY. Above which, via a hay-barn ladder, is a KIDS’ DEN - a vaulted room with limited head height and internal window overlooking back into the kitchen.

STUDY with oak floorboards, built-in shelving and storage.

UTILITY has oak worksurface, inset butler sink and drainer, spaces and plumbing for washing machine and dryer and a range of useful built-in storage cupboards.

REAR HALL/BOOT ROOM with built-in storage cupboards, oak worksurface, stainless steel sink and drainer unit, alcove with built-in seat and stable door to outside.

WALK-IN BOILER CUPBOARD with fitted shelving, timber storage area, coat hooks and oil-fired central heating boiler.

FIRST-FLOOR LANDING with exposed timbers, shelved linen cupboard.

BEDROOM 3 overlooking the front garden.

BEDROOM 4 with wall light point and exposed timber ceiling.

PRINCIPAL BEDROOM double-aspect, with timbered beamed ceiling, built-in wardrobe cupboard, shelved recess.

EN SUITE BATHROOM with tongue-and-groove-panelled bath with mixer and separate shower attachment over, corner shower unit, vanity unit with inset wash hand basin and low-level WC.

BEDROOM 5 with shelved wardrobe cupboard ideal as a dressing room.

INNER LANDING with two separate shelved airing and linen cupboards.

BEDROOM 2 a light triple-aspect room with vaulted ceiling.

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM with a tiled shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin, low-level WC and heated towel rail.
FAMILY BATHROOM this vaulted room has tongue-and-groove dado-height panelling, large walk-in shower cubicle, tongue-and-groove-panelled bath with mixer tap over, pedestal hand basin and low-level WC.

ANNEXE
HALL- KITCHENETTE with ceramic-tiled floor, stainless steel sink and drainer unit, incorporated twin-ring hob, space for fridge below and shelving over.

SHOWER ROOM with walk-in tiled shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin and low-level WC.

BEDROOM/GYM with storage heater.

GARAGE with boiler cupboard housing hot water cylinder for the annexe, with side door, up-and-over garage door and period brick floor.

Outside
The grounds extend to approximately 1.47 acres (sts), approached over the remains of the original moat via a bridge, to automated gates opening to an elegant driveway running through the front lawn, with a magnificent Wellingtonia and a further variety of mature specimen trees. The driveway leads to ample parking and turning space, giving access to the garage and BARN of brick construction with gable and side access. Behind the barn is a small vegetable garden, whilst to the rear and side of the house are gardens laid to lawn with decking.

Garaging and workshop
Conversion of this barn has been done for the sole purpose of providing both workshop space and garaging for six cars. The workshop area has a rubber tiled floor, panel heaters, with bi-fold doors through a glass partition leading to the car storage area, including a mirrored display alcove and bar area.

General information
• Council Tax G – West Suffolk
• Electricity, water are connected
• Oil-fired central heating
• Private drainage system
• Water softener
• Ofcom states Ultrafast broadband connected
• Ofcom states mobile signal likely
• EPC - E
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