The Street, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28

A superb family home, delightfully set in around 3 acres of wonderful mature lawned and wooded grounds, with a heated swimming pool. Entrance hall, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, study/rear hall, conservatory, utility/boot room & cloakroom. First floor master bedroom with en-suite shower room and walk-in wardrobe, four further bedrooms and a family bath/shower room. Annex studio/bedroom with shower room. Driveway, garage & parking for several vehicles, outdoor heated swimming pool with terrace, former kennel outbuildings, mature gardens and wooded grounds. In all about 3 acres (sts). THE PROPERTY Borderlands is a superb period property which is believed to date back to 1890 having been built by The Culford Estate for the head gamekeeper at the time, hence the run of former kennels set in the grounds to the rear. This charming home has been owned by the same family for the past 60 years and is well maintained and benefits in the main from secondary glazed windows and oil-fired central heating. The property has well-proportioned accommodation and affords an annex/studio room, which is connected via the garage and gives excellent further versatility and scope for improvement if required. Built principally with mellow red brick under a clay tiled roof, the property had an open timber framed front porch which has been filled to enlarge the hallway and the current owners have extended to the side of the house to enlarge the drawing room and create a spacious first floor en-suite bathroom. The accommodation, which extends to over 3,400 sq ft, comprises an entrance hall opening to the principal reception rooms, benefitting from large picture windows affording views across the main lawn to the front. The house is orientated side on to the drive and street beyond and is set well back behind the original brick and flint wall frontage and woodland buffer to the front. The drawing room is very well proportioned and features an open fireplace with shelved alcove to the side and windows to two elevations. The dining room also features a fireplace with hearth housing a coal effect gas fire and has windows to two elevations. The kitchen/breakfast room, which has a hatch in the floor with steps leading down to the cellar, is fitted with a range of base and eye level units, hardwood worksurfaces, an Aga range cooker and integrated appliances including a Bosch dishwasher and fridge/freezer. There is a central island with granite worksurface and inset combi microwave oven. French doors lead to the conservatory and a further door leads to the utility room. The sitting room/snug features a large window overlooking the courtyard garden, an open fireplace with alcove shelving and a door to the rear hall/study. On the first floor there are five family bedrooms and two bath/shower rooms (one en-suite) both with a shower and separate bath. The annexe bedroom/studio features an en-suite shower room and is attached by the garage to the house and benefits from separate access to the rear and from the courtyard garden. OUTSIDE The House is approached over a long-gravelled drive, which it shares initially with its neighbouring property Woodlands. There is parking to the side of the house and access to the rear with further parking, leading to the double garage. The garage which has an up and over door to the front, houses the pool plant equipment and has a personal door through to the courtyard garden and offers scope to be converted into further accommodation if required. The wonderful grounds extend in all to around 3 acres (sts), predominantly lawned with mature shrub and flower beds and borders and a superb selection of mature trees, some of which are covered by a tree preservation order. There is a heated outdoor lined swimming pool with diving board, superbly set within a fenced and hedged enclosure with paved terrace and surround. The former game keepers kennel building can be found to the rear of the grounds and opens onto a possible meadow/pony paddock and is brick built with a clay tiled roof, offering good scope and potential. LOCATION Borderlands backs onto the prep-school of Culford, the well-regarded independent school, the sports facilities of which, can be utilised by the public through membership. Culford is a small village with a village hall, community centre and a parish church in the school grounds. There are wonderful local footpath walks and easy access to the nearby Kings Forest. The village lies just north of the historic cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, which offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the public and private sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. Cultural amenities include the beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal and The Abbey Gardens, both of which are home to the annual festival. Flempton golf club lies just 2.5 miles away and for the rail commuter there is a mainline station at Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes. The international airport at Stansted is about 50 miles away and in addition to air services there is an express train service to London. Schooling: There are excellent local schools in both the state and the independent sector, the latter including Culford, Old Buckingham Hall, Ipswich School, Framlingham College and St Joseph's College.