Silver Street, Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14

A charming, well-presented, semi-detached cottage peacefully located in this rural hamlet setting, with around 5.8 acres, triple bay garage, stable block, barns and equestrian arena/manege.

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

Driveway & parking, gardens & grounds, stable block with five stables, detached cartlodge/garage with storeroom above, modern barn, two dilapidated barns, manege and a paddock.

In all about 5.83 acres (sts)

THE PROPERTY
118 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 country cottage accommodation in brief leads in from a charming storm porch which gives access via an oak panelled front door into the sitting room, that features an exposed brick fireplace with bressummer beam and inset log burning stove. A latch door gives access to an inner hall which has a tiled floor and stairs leading to the first floor, with under stairs storage cupboard and a doorway opening into the kitchen/dining room. The kitchen features a range of base and eye level units with roll top timber effect worksurfaces, inset stainless steel sink unit, electric hob with oven below and extractor fan above. The room benefits from a tiled floor, French doors out to the rear terrace, a window overlooking the garden, a Velux roof light and a door leads into the utility/boot room. This room affords further worksurface, a Grant combi oil fired boiler, space and plumbing for a washing machine, a door to the garden, a tiled floor, coat hanging space and a storage cupboard. Continuing on the ground floor off the inner hall, there is a semi-vaulted double bedroom with a window to the front, and a well fitted and stylish, modern shower room. Traditional steep cottage stairs lead up to the first-floor landing bedroom/study which has a window to the rear and gives access through to a double bedroom to the front, with exposed floorboards and built-in double alcove cupboards.

OUTSIDE
To the front a gated fenced frontage gives access from the lane to the mainly lawned front garden with an ancient apple tree, copper beech and cherry tree. A pedestrian path leads to the front door and around to the side, giving access to the rear garden. There is a 1200 litre modern oil tank to the side. To the rear the garden has a stone paved terrace that runs across the rear of the cottage, providing excellent alfresco dining and entertaining area and the rest is mainly laid to lawn with an aluminium greenhouse and flower beds and borders to the side. There is a superb timber clad detached triple bay cartlodge/garage on a brick plinth with oak pillars to the front, under a clay roman tiled roof, with a storeroom above that has Velux roof light windows to the rear and a gable end first floor level door, without stairs. The excellent stable block yard is fence and gate enclosed with a concrete turn out area and oak posted canopy to the front of the five stables. This building is also timber clad on a brick plinth under a roman clay pantile roof. To the rear of the stable block is a superbly versatile modern tin clad barn, open to the one side. There is a concrete hardstanding muck heap clamp and two further dilapidated barns (that are believed to contain asbestos), which are still generally utilised for storage. Of further significant interest there is an all-weather ménage arena (circa 22m x 50m STS) and the paddocks to the rear are mainly fence enclosed. There is a mainly fenced footpath running along the side of the paddocks and a rarely used one towards the end of the land.

LOCATION
118 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 (Understood to be compliant as does not discharge to a water course).
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.