The Street, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10

A charming Suffolk cottage with exceptional flexibility, substantial outbuildings, and a beautiful setting beside St Lawrence's Church.

Description

Occupying an enviable position alongside the historic St Lawrence's Church in the highly regarded village of Great Waldingfield, Walnut Tree Cottage is a distinctive part-thatched detached home offering over 3,570 sq ft of versatile accommodation, together with an impressive range of outbuildings and mature gardens. Believed to date from the 16th century, and extended in the 1980's, this charming Grade II listed cottage is a fine example of period architecture and has been included within prints via the artist Clive Madgwick who is one of Britain's most popular and commercially successful artists.

The accommodation is thoughtfully arranged and has a series of generous reception rooms, which includes an impressive dual-aspect sitting room, centred around a wood-burning stove set within a characterful inglenook fireplace, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. Off here is the beautifully appointed kitchen and separate utility room. There is also a superb open-plan living and dining room, which has a wonderful vaulted ceiling and an attractive exposed brick feature wall with a wood-burning stove. The property also benefits from two generous ground-floor double bedrooms. One bedroom enjoys the benefit of an en suite bathroom, whilst the second is served by a shower room. On the first floor are two further bedrooms - a double and a small double - both enjoying attractive outlooks over the surrounding grounds, together with a family bathroom serving this level.

Walnut Tree Cottage is approached via a generous gravel driveway providing ample off-road parking for numerous vehicles. Mature gardens of approximately half an acre surround the cottage, with established trees, hedging, a pond, and attractive planting creating a wonderful sense of privacy and tranquillity. From within the grounds there are delightful views towards the church and across the surrounding Suffolk countryside.

Within the gardens there is a substantial detached barn extending to approximately 1,300 sq ft., with water and power supplied. The barn incorporates extensive garaging, a dedicated workshop and a well-presented studio/annexe room. The building offers excellent scope for a variety of uses including home working, creative pursuits, hobbies or ancillary accommodation, subject to any necessary consents. A further detached garden studio, also with water and power, provides an additional private workspace, whilst a charming summer house with decking offers the perfect place to relax and enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Space for parking a motorhome is provided with an electric hook up point.

Location

Great Waldingfield is a charming Suffolk village approximately three miles from Sudbury, offering a village green, post office and general store, a takeaway, public house and primary school. It hosts a thriving village community, with many clubs and annual events.

The property enjoys a unique historical setting adjoining St Lawrence's Church, which featured as a filming location in the BBC series Lovejoy. The house also has literary connections through acclaimed author Claire Tomalin, whose memoir A Life of My Own references the property.

Further enhancing its appeal, the property is situated just moments from the Community Orchard and The Old School Wood, two beautiful community-maintained green spaces providing wonderful opportunities for walking and enjoying the surrounding countryside.

Sudbury provides an excellent range of shopping, leisure, educational and recreational facilities. There are two leisure complexes, an arts centre, museums, and small quay side theatre adjacent to the beautiful river Stour. The town station provides shuttle trains through to the main London and Colchester line with regular services in to Liverpool Street (direct trains from Colchester take from 50 minutes).

The village of Lavenham, one of England’s finest preserved and medieval weaving villages is around 4 miles away containing a wealth of period houses and cottages, a stunning parish church and magnificent timbered Guildhall. To the north is the Cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds with good links by the A14 to Cambridge, the M11 and the East coast.

Square Footage: 3,570 sq ft


Acreage: 0.45 Acres

Additional Info

Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Fibre to the Property (FTTP) 1000mbps available