Silver Street, Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14

A superb 2-3 bedroom semi-detached cottage, peacefully set on a quiet country lane on the outskirts of this popular village, with off road parking, gardens and a paddock extending in all to around 3 acres(sts).

Entrance porch, sitting room, kitchen/dining room, utility/boot room, family shower room, double bedroom, inner hall and a store cupboard. First floor landing bedroom/study area and a double bedroom.

Driveway & parking, gardens & grounds, detached garage/workshop outbuilding and a paddock.

In all about 2.91 acres (sts).

THE PROPERTY
120 Silver Street is a semi-detached house, built of a traditional clay lump construction with a timber clad exterior under a clay pantile and slate roof. The house benefits from a modern single storey rear extension and has double glazing and radiator central heating throughout. The accommodation in brief leads in from a charming storm porch which gives access via an oak panelled front door into the sitting room, which features an exposed brick fireplace with bressummer beam and a tiled floor. A latch door gives access to an inner hall which also has a tiled floor and the stairs lead up to the first floor with spacious under stairs storage cupboard beneath. There is a doorway opening into the kitchen/dining room, which features a comprehensive range of base and eye level units with timber effect worksurfaces, inset ceramic 1½ bowl sink unit, space and plumbing for a dishwasher, a 5-ring electric hob with extractor fan above and a built-in Bosch chest height double oven. The room also benefits from a tiled floor, aluminium French doors out to the rear terrace, a window also overlooking the garden, two Velux roof lights and a doorway opening through to the utility/boot room, which affords further worksurface space, a Grant floor mounted oil fired combi boiler, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, a stable style door to the front path and side garden. Continuing on the ground floor off the dining area is a family shower room and from the inner hall there is a semi-vaulted double sized bedroom with a window to the front.

Traditional steep cottage stairs lead up to the first-floor landing bedroom/study that has a window to the rear and gives access to the double bedroom with exposed floorboards and views to the front.

OUTSIDE
To the front a gated fenced frontage gives access from the lane to a mainly lawned front garden with a pedestrian path leads to the front door and gravel path from there leading around to the side giving access to the rear garden and outbuilding/garage. There is a 1200 litre oil tank to the side. To the rear there is a stone paved terrace that runs across the rear of the cottage, providing excellent alfresco dining and entertaining area. There is a traditional, mainly tin clad timber framed garage/outbuilding with concrete base, under a corrugated tin roof with double doors giving vehicular access to the shared driveway and a personal door giving access to the private garden. To the side there is a paddock which is mainly fence and hedge enclosed and extends the whole to around 3 acres (2.91 acres sts) in all. A public footpath crosses the shared drive to the fenced route that leads off to the rear.

LOCATION
120 Silver Street is in Ward Green which is conveniently located for easy access into the village and lies approximately 10 minutes from the town of Stowmarket, which has a mainline railway station leading to London’s Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes. Old Newton itself enjoys a thriving local community with a primary school, football and cricket club, village shop and Chinese takeaway. In the neighbouring village of Haughley there is a Co-Op convenience store, public house, bakery and Indian restaurant. Stowmarket offers a good range of everyday local shopping and for more comprehensive facilities the towns of Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds offer an extensive range of shopping and schooling in both the public and private sectors.

DIRECTIONS
From the A14 junction 49 ‘Tot Hill’ follow the signs for Haughley and drive down the hill on Fishponds Way and into the village. Once in the village take the first main turning on the right into Station Road. This road will take you out of the village and proceed over the railway line to Old Newton. Silver Street is the first turning on the left when you are driving into the village and proceed about 1 mile when the property will be found on the right-hand side

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water & electricity. Private drainage (non-compliant).
Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority Mid Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band B
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.

Agents Notes – The fence line division between 118 and 120, that is staked out on the ground, for identification, is to be fenced by the purchaser of 118 Silver Street.

The private drainage system that currently serves 120 Silver Street and is located within the boundary of 118, is to be decommissioned and relocated to within the boundary of 120, within 6 months of the purchase or by mutual agreement with the owners of 118 Silver Street.

There is a right of access for 118 across the shared driveway to the left of 120, that provides access to the private rear parking, garaging, stables and barns for 118.