4 bed detached house for sale

Bells Cross Road, Barham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6

The property occupies a superb, semi rural position with excellent views to the front over woodland and to the rear over farmland yet offering easy access to the well served village of Claydon. Claydon offers a range of shops including post office, pharmacy, hairdressers, public houses and primary and secondary schooling. The Suffolk county town of Ipswich is approximately three miles distant offering a much wider range of facilities including mainline railway link to London's Liverpool Street. There is also access to Ipswich via Henley Road. The A14 trunk road offers access in an easterly direction to the A12 and Felixstowe and in a westerly direction to Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge and on to the Midlands.

This rarely available chalet style property has been in the ownership for many years, substantially extended to the rear. Features include a spacious reception hall, three good size ground floor bedrooms and superb, extended L shaped sitting and dining room with excellent views over the garden. Staircase leads to a first floor bedroom and walk-in wardrobe. The outside space is a particular feature offering good amounts of parking and turning space, the rear garden is particular feature, established and generous in size, backing onto farmland and facing due south. Viewing is essential to appreciate the location and size of plot.

Reception hall: 14' 4" x 5' 4" (4.37m x 1.63m) PVC double glazed entrance door with side windows, open tread staircase to the first floor, radiator.

Shower room: 6' 5" x 6' 2" (1.96m x 1.88m) Suite comprises generous double shower enclosure with glazed screen, low level wc with concealed cistern and wash hand basin with built-in vanity storage cupboard below, radiator, fully tiled walls, PVC double glazed window to the front aspect.

Kitchen: 13' 8" x 8' 7" (4.17m x 2.62m) Fitted with a generous range of base and wall mounted units having wooden panelled doors and drawer fronts, fitted worktops incorporating a breakfast bar, inset stainless steel one and a half bowl sink unit with mono mixer tap, electric cooker point, extractor fan connected over, plumbing for dishwasher, space for low level fridge, floor standing oil fired boiler, built-in airing cupboard, PVC double glazed door leads to the rear hall, large PVC double glazed window to the front aspect with superb views over farm and woodland.

Rear hall: 20' 9" (6.32m) Long. PVC double glazed doors giving access to the front drive and to the rear garden.

Cloakroom: Suite comprises low level wc and built-in vanity unit with inset stainless steel circular sink, PVC double glazed window to the rear aspect.

Sitting/dining room: 26' 5" x 20' 7" (8.05m x 6.27m) At the longest points. Of L Shaped design.
Sitting area:
Red brick fireplace, radiator, inset spotlights, PVC double glazed window to the rear aspect.
Dining area:
Radiator, triple aspect with PVC double glazed windows overlooking the garden, wide PVC double glazed French doors opening to the garden.

Bedroom 1: 13' 3" x 10' 2" (4.04m x 3.1m) Radiator, large PVC double glazed window to the front aspect.

Bedroom 2: 13' 4" x 8' 5" (4.06m x 2.57m) Radiator, good range of bespoke, full height wardrobes with hardwood doors inset with fitted shelves and hanging rails, PVC double glazed window to the rear aspect with views over the garden.

Bedroom 3: 10' 3" x 6' 9" (3.12m x 2.06m) Radiator, PVC double glazed window to the side apsect.

First floor bedroom 4: 12' 4" x 11' 4" (3.76m x 3.45m) Radiator, eaves storage cupboard, galleried balustrading, vanity unit with inset wash hand basin, door opens directly to the walk-in wardrobe, PVC double glazed dormer window to the front aspect with far reaching views over woodland.

Walk--in wardrobe: 9' 0" x 6' 2" (2.74m x 1.88m) Built-in full height wardrobe with triple doors.

Outside: The property is set nicely back from the road with generous frontage including large and wide bloc paved drive providing parking and turning space for numerous vehicles, this in turn gives direct access to the garage 21'8" x 9', power and light connected, electric garage door, personal door leads to the internal hall. The remainder of the garden is laid to lawn with hedged boundary, there is a wide space to the side of the property with timber garden store and useful block built workshop. Double wrought iron gates lead to the impressive rear garden incorporating a large wrap around paved terrace leading to an extensive lawn with specimen trees, flower borders, former vegetable plot with greenhouse. To the further side of the garden there is a further store and open fronted summerhouse.

Postcode: IP6 0QN

energy rating: D - 56

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