Glemham Road, Sweffling, IP17

Tucked into the Suffolk countryside of the Alde Valley, 1 & 2 White House Farm Cottages is a wonderfully characterful period home that has been tastefully renovated and extended by its current owners, striking that rare balance of updating a home for modern living while keeping its cottage soul fully intact.

Approached through a white picket gate, the cottage's mellow red-brick elevations are softened by roses, wisteria and jasmine, setting the tone before you're even through the front door. Inside, a herringbone brick-floored dining hall greets you, with a cast iron range set within the fireplace and exposed beams a reminder of the building's age. Beyond this, a further sitting room centres on an inglenook fireplace with wood-burning stove, its exposed timbers and garden outlook making it a genuinely characterful room to relax in.

It's to the rear that the current owners' work really shines. The cottage has been extended to create a striking kitchen/breakfast room, its vaulted ceiling and pair of roof lanterns flooding the space with natural light, while sleek cabinetry, marble-effect worktops and a run of integrated appliances bring a thoroughly contemporary edge without ever feeling at odds with the building's period origins. A separate utility/boot room sits alongside, keeping laundry and outdoor clutter out of sight, together with a ground-floor shower room and further cloakroom facilities.

Upstairs, the cottage is served by two separate staircases, a quirk of its history as two cottages joined into one, with an internal connecting door cleverly disguised as a cupboard linking the two sides. One staircase rises from the sitting room to the principal bedroom, a well-proportioned room with its own built-in storage, sitting alongside the family bathroom. The second staircase, rising from the dining room, leads to two further bedrooms set within the eaves; one has the benefit of an airing cupboard, while the other has no fitted storage, with both making use of the shower room on the ground floor, reached via the stairs back down to the dining room.

The gardens are every bit as appealing as the house itself. To the front, a picket-fenced garden filled with roses, wisteria and jasmine gives the cottage genuine kerb appeal, with gravelled parking for two cars and a brick-and-timber shed with log store close by. The rear garden has been thoughtfully arranged across upper and lower lawned terraces, with well-stocked flower borders, mature trees and hedging providing both colour and privacy, together with a further garden building offering useful additional space, whether as a workshop, studio or simply extra storage.

For a buyer looking for a genuinely characterful Suffolk cottage that has already had the hard work of a sensitive renovation done for them, 1 & 2 White House Farm Cottages is a rare find.

Set within the rural Alde Valley, the cottage enjoys a peaceful countryside setting while remaining within easy reach of the historic market town of Framlingham, well known for its 12th-century castle, highly regarded schools and thriving high street of independent shops, cafés and restaurants.

The Suffolk Heritage Coast, including Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings and Orford, is within comfortable driving distance, while Woodbridge and the county town of Ipswich provide further shopping, schooling and mainline rail connections to London's Liverpool Street. The surrounding villages and countryside offer excellent walking, cycling and riding, with the A12 providing convenient road links throughout Suffolk and beyond.

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Sitting room

3.79m x 6.22m

Dining room

3.79m x 4.48m

Bathroom

2.73m x 1.56m

Utility room

2.49m x 2.35m

Kitchen

2.49m x 5.27m

Bedroom one

3.79m x 4.32m

Bedroom two

3.79m x 3.54m

Bathroom

1.64m x 1.81m

Parking - Driveway