Walsham-le-willows, Bury St. Edmunds

SITUATION & LOCATION This unique detached chalet style property was individually architecturally designed and built by the family of the present owners in 1997 for their own occupation. Based on a German style build, the accommodation was specifically designed to create a large living space with views over the garden as can be seen from the generous living/dining room with charming Inglenook fireplace and wood burning stove. The large ground floor bedroom with en suite bathroom was also designed as a fundamental feature of this home, thus combining ground floor living and sleeping accommodation, whilst still benefiting from ample first floor accommodation for family visitors or friends - ideal for those purchasers seeking a home to retire to or family's seeking an individual home in such a lovely village.

Aside from the versatile and generous accommodation, the property also offers scope for further improvement and adaption. There is a large kitchen/breakfast room with utility off as well as a useful separate ground floor cloakroom. The first-floor bedrooms could be reconfigured to create three separate bedrooms, two of which already benefit from en suite shower rooms. There is oil fired central heating, the ground floor having underfloor heating and there is Upvc double glazing throughout.

The generous gardens are well established, and the driveway provides good parking for several vehicles and is complemented by the large double garage with useful staircase to a first-floor room ideal for conversion to a Den or office/studio.

The sale of this property offers a lovely opportunity to purchase a unique home in such a pleasant location. Available to purchase now, CHAIN FREE, viewings are recommended.

Walsham le Willows is a beautiful Suffolk village located around 2½ miles (4 km) south-east of Stanton within the Mid Suffolk council district. Queen Elizabeth I, granted Walsham le Willows to Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, in 1559. Because the village is documented unusually fully in surviving records of the time, the Cambridge historian John Hatcher chose to use it as the setting for his semi-fictionalised account of the effects of the mid-14th century plague epidemic in England, The Black Death: A Personal History (2008). Walsham-le-Willows has a non-League football club Walsham-le-Willows F.C. currently in the Eastern Counties League who play at Sumner Road. The Meadow has been the home of the village football and cricket clubs going back to the late 1800s and the old pavilion still survives on the far side of the ground.

The village is also home to the popular bar and restaurant, The Blue Boar. There is a strong sense of community in the village with many events and clubs organised through the village hall and other amenities with multiple shops and businesses, a gym, primary school and excellent connections to the historic market town of Bury St Edmunds. 

ENTRANCE HALL With hardwood entrance door, UPVC sealed unit double glazed window; under stairs storage cupboard; tiled floor. 

CLOAKROOM With WC and wash hand basin, UPVC sealed unit double glazed window; radiator.  

OPEN PLAN LOUNGE/DINING AREA 23' 11" x 17' 10" (7.29m x 5.45m) L-Shaped This very spacious room includes a large brick Inglenook style fireplace with Oak Bressemer beam and brick hearth incorporating wood burning stove; triple aspect UPVC sealed unit double glazed windows with aluminium framed seal unit double glazed sliding patio doors to rear garden; part vaulted ceiling with skylights; fitted carpet. 

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 17' 10" x 16' 3" (5.46m x 4.97m) Extensively fitted with matching wall and floor cupboard units with work surfaces over incorporating one and a half bowl double drainer sink unit with mixer tap, integrated larder fridge and freezer as well integrated dishwasher, built-in electric oven and ceramic hob with extractor canopy over; UPVC sealed unit double glazed windows to side and rear as well as UPVC sealed unit double glazed French doors to rear garden; tiled flooring. 

REAR LOBBY/UTILITY Further range of wall and floor cupboard units with work surfaces over, plumbing for washing machine and space for dryer; wall mounted Wallstar oil fired boiler (serving central heating and domestic water) part glazed door to outside; tiled flooring. 

GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM SUITE COMPRISING:  

BEDROOM 16' 0" x 11' 3" (4.89m x 3.44m) With double aspect UPVC sealed unit double glazed windows; range of fitted wardrobe cupboards along one wall; fitted carpet. 

EN SUITE BATHROOM 9' 0" x 6' 4" (2.75m x 1.94m) Including panelled bath with shower mixer tap, pedestal wash basin and WC; tiled shower enclosure with thermostatically controlled shower and glass pivot door; ceramic to floor. 

STAIRCASE LEADING FROM ENTRANCE HALL TO 1ST FLOOR:  

GALLERIED LANDING Range of fitted wardrobe cupboards; fitted carpet; Velux window. 

BEDROOM 13' 11" x 11' 6" (4.26m x 3.52m) With sloping ceilings; UPVC double glazed window and Velux windows; radiator; carpet. 

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM With WC and pedestal wash basin, tiled shower enclosure with Plumbed in shower and glass shower screen, Velux window. 

BEDROOM 11' 6" x 13' 0" (3.53m x 3.98m) With UPVC sealed unit double glazed window and Velux window, radiator. Sloping ceilings. Door leading to bedroom three. Carpet. 

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM With WC and pedestal wash basin, tiled shower enclosure with Plumbed in shower and glass shower screen. Sloping Ceiling. 

BEDROOM Leading off bedroom two. Radiator; access to loft space; fitted wardrobe cupboards. Sloping ceilings. Carpet. 

OUTSIDE The property occupies a generous plot with established gardens to the front, side and rear. A shared private entrance way provides vehicular access onto Upper Meadow with direct access to the property and onto the good-sized concrete private driveway which provides good parking for several vehicles and leads to the:

Detached brick and tiled double garage

With twin up and over doors; personnel door at side, light and power. Internal enclosed staircase leading to first floor room with window, boarded. Ideal as den or home office.

The formal gardens are to the front, side and rear and enjoy a high degree of privacy bounded by Fencing and established shrubs trees and bushes. These gardens enjoy a southerly aspect and are predominantly lawned. Directly to the rear of the lounge and the kitchen is a concrete patio with timber pergola. 

SERVICES Mains water and electricity are connected. Mains Drainage. Oil fired central heating. 

TENURE Freehold 

COUNCIL TAX Band F 

ENERGY PERFORMANCE (EPC) Current D
Potential C