Steeplechase, Hundon, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10

A superbly positioned and appointed, spacious three-bedroom country house with exceptional detached two-bedroom annexe, set in around ½ an acre, in a gloriously tranquil rural setting.

Hall, dining/reception hall, sitting room, Aga kitchen/breakfast & living room, utility/boot room, larder and cloakroom. Galleried first floor landing room, master bedroom with en-suite, two further bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Annexe with hallway, kitchen, cloakroom, dining room/study & open plan living room, two first floor double bedrooms and a shower room.

Gated driveway, parking area, double bay carport garaging, garden store and greenhouse.
In all about 0.5 of an acre (sts)

THE PROPERTY
Hill House is a wonderful period property dating back to the early Victorian era being of brick construction under a slate tiled roof with a substantial and sympathetic extension completed by the current owners in around 2009, being brick and block built with rendered and glazed elevations under a clay pin-tiled roof. The versatility of this family home has been significantly improved and enhanced by the addition of an outstanding detached annexe building that is principally oak clad under a clay pantile roof and was constructed in 2019.

The main house accommodation is essentially open plan and leads in from the entrance hall, past the boot room/utility, and through double doors into a central dining room hall that enjoys excellent views of the fabulous rear gardens through a wall of sliding double glazed doors and windows. The sitting room features an open fireplace with oak surround and mantel and has an exposed terracotta pamment floor, that, as with the whole of the ground floor, benefits from underfloor heating. The southern ground floor wing of the house is entirely dedicated to the outstanding, vaulted Aga kitchen/breakfast and living room which features a comprehensive range of base and eye level units, an island unit with granite worksurfaces, underset stainless steel sink units, space and plumbing for a dishwasher, space for an underset drawer-fridge and a built-in microwave. There is an electric Aga range cooker with adjoining Aga Module electric hob and oven, set into an inglenook mantled fireplace surround. The porcelain tiled floor runs throughout this wing and there is an elevated inset fireplace with log store below and alcove recesses to either side. Three Bi-fold doors open to both the east and west terraces, and there is an array of rooflight windows affording a superbly light and airy feel to the rooms. The utility/boot room, that can be accessed from the kitchen, has a half glazed stable door to the east terrace and benefits from a further range of solid pine base and eye level units, underset ceramic butlers sink, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. There is a walk-in larder with shelved walls and slate/marble cold surfaces. The boot room benefits from fitted storage for coats, shoes and boots and there is a home office workstation. This room gives access through a sliding pocket door to the well fitted cloakroom with large storage cupboard.

On the first floor a galleried landing gives access to an impressive, semi-vaulted master bedroom which features a large range of built-in wardrobe cupboards, glazed sliding door out to a Juliet balcony and a substantial en-suite bathroom/dressing room with bath, shower cubical, double bowl sinks, wc, bidet, his and hers fitted cupboards and radiator towel rails. There are two further bedrooms both with built-in wardrobe storage cupboards and shelves, a modern family bathroom and a walk-in airing cupboard with an immersion cylinder.

The excellent Annexe shares the oil and utility supplies with the main house. The property is double glazed and has a separate oil-fired boiler for the ground floor underfloor heating and hot water. The kitchen features a range of solid timber base units with hardwood worksurfaces, underset ceramic butlers sink and space and plumbing for a larger fridge and washing machine with a cloakroom to the rear. There is a clever rolling door division between the hallway and the dining room/office, making the space hugely versatile, with an internal glazed ½ wall sharing light through to the spacious open plan living room that, as with the main house dining hall, benefits from large, glazed windows and doors to the rear garden. The first floor is very light and airy with electric underfloor heating and comprises of two spacious double bedrooms and a stylish family shower room.

OUTSIDE
A gravelled gated driveway, which is electric ready, leads from the quiet country lane to a parking and turning area, double bay cartlodge garage and the Annexe, with a pathway and steps to the main house entrance hall. The charming well stocked and established cottage garden extends in all to around 0.5 of an acre, giving the House and Annexe a high degree of privacy. There is a high hedged front boundary and gardens front, side and rear with a fenced boundary to the rear, which overlooks the neighbouring horse paddocks – all dog proof. To the rear of the cartlodge garage, there is a lean-to store; beyond this, there is a stylish large timber framed greenhouse (10’ x 14’) with water and electric supply, fenced chicken enclosure plus a garden shed. The garden benefits from several fruit trees including apple, plum, pear and greengage.

LOCATION
Hill House is wonderfully set towards the top of Steeplechase, a quiet no-through road country lane, on the rural outskirts of the popular village of Hundon. A number of walks are accessed direct from the property. Hundon is a well-regarded Suffolk village with a pleasing mix of modern and period housing. The village offers a good range of amenities including a village shop and post office, village hall, floodlit all weather playing surface, primary school and two village pubs, The Rose & Crown and The Plough. Further everyday facilities are available in the medieval market town of Clare some 4 miles away and there are comprehensive shopping and leisure facilities in Bury St Edmunds. The village is easily accessed from the A143 (Bury St Edmunds to Haverhill road) alternatively along the A1092, which runs west from Long Melford. The nearby A1307 offers ready access onto the A11 and M11, which provides a motorway link to the M25 and London. For the rail commuter there is a fast and regular service from Audley End to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 50 minutes, alternatively there is also a link from Cambridge to Kings Cross and Liverpool Street.

DIRECTIONS
To the village, from Bury St Edmunds, proceed in a south westerly direction along the A143 through the villages of Horringer, Chedburgh, Depden and Wickambrook. Turning left at the Stradishall crossroads onto the B1063 signposted to Hundon. Follow this road and on the sharp left-hand bend turn right, signposted to the village of Hundon. Follow this road into the village, past the pub and the primary school, down the hill to the crossroads at the bottom. Turn right and proceed along Lower Road, which changes to Valley Wash, pass the right turning to Church Street back into the village, and Steeplechase will be the next right hand turn with a post box on the green. Proceed up the lane and the house will be on the left towards the top.

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PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage.
Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority West Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band F
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1800Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - varies depending on network provider. Please visit to check availability
Viewing Only by appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops. Tel.