School Lane, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, IP31

An outstanding and luxuriously presented family home, set in walled gardens of around 0.69 of an acre, in this sought after location close to Bury St Edmunds. Entrance hall, kitchen/living room, sitting room, dining room, study, playroom, rear hallway, two cloakrooms and a utility room. Galleried first floor landing, master bedroom with dressing room & en-suite bathroom, guest bedroom with en-suite shower room, three further bedrooms and a family bath/shower room. Electric gated drive, wall enclosed gardens of about 0.69 of an acre, all weather tennis court, studio/office outbuilding with sauna, garden stores & workshop and alfresco entertaining terrace. THE PROPERTY This stunning period property is believed to have been built in the 19th century for the head teacher for the ''Bunbury Estate' school in the village, which was one of the first in the country to educate girls. The original property being of gault brick and flint construction beneath a tiled roof with outstanding Barley twist chimneys. The property has recently been significantly extended and improved, with the utmost care and attention to detail, creating a spacious and luxuriously finished home of substance and character. The whole house benefits from oak framed double-glazed windows and doors and a separate ventilation system, avoiding the need for ''trickle' vents in the windows. The ground floor benefits from underfloor heating throughout and there are stylish radiators to the first floor. Ceiling speakers have also been installed to many of the rooms, including outside speakers around the terrace. There are two halls, one to the front door as the formal entrance and a second to the side leading in from a porch. The ''lifestyle' kitchen/breakfast/family room is the principal room in the house with beautiful Neptune kitchen, a range style cooker with gas hobs and electric ovens made by Aga and set into the high mantled fireplace style cooker alcove, Corian work surfaces to the island and units, underset double Belfast sink and integrated ''Neff' dishwasher, bin cupboards and wine rack. There is also an American style fridge freezer alcove. There is limestone flooring throughout the kitchen/dining area, with a vaulted ceiling and Velux windows which opens to the galleried landing above and three sets of oak framed arched doors to the rear garden terrace. The family area has oak flooring and a wall mount for a tv, double doors open to the sitting room, which has a bay window to the front with bespoke built-in window sofa. A fireplace gives a focal point for the room and there is a wall mount for the tv. A cupboard off this room houses the sound system for the surround speakers. There are two further reception rooms to the front of the house, the dining room and the study/snug, which has bespoke built-in bookshelves and cupboards to one wall, a beautiful exposed brick floor and a fireplace housing a log burning stove fire. To the rear off the side hall is a cloakroom, playroom with built-in storage cupboards, shelving and a wall mounted tv. To the other end of the house is another door leading out to the garden from the utility room and a second cloakroom. On the first floor, the galleried landing gives access to the master bedroom, with walk-through dressing room, en-suite bath/shower room, which is luxuriously fitted with a claw foot short, deep slipper bath, walk-in shower, vanity wash hand basin, wc, tiled floor with electric underfloor heating and ceiling speakers. There are four further double bedrooms (one en-suite) and a family bath/shower room again with tiled floor and underfloor heating. OUTSIDE The grounds are a particular feature of this superb property and extend to about 0.69 of an acre and are enclosed by brick and flint walls. The property is approached through electric gates over a gravelled drive leading to a turning circle and spacious parking area to the front and side of the house. To the rear is an excellent limestone paved terrace with lighting, speakers and brick-built BBQ. There are two useful brick and flint outbuildings to the side and a timber garden shed with log store off the limestone walkway, with oak pergola, which leads to the all-weather tennis court. To the other side of the drive is a detached studio/office with power, light, air conditioning unit and fitted infra-red sauna and attached garden store. LOCATION Great Barton is a very sought after small village situated approximately 3 miles north east of the historic market town of Bury St Edmunds located in the heart of East Anglia. The village itself is served by a village shop/post office, petrol station and convenience store, public house, two churches and well-regarded village primary school. More extensive facilities can be found in the Cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds. The town offers an excellent range of amenities, with schooling in the public and private sector's, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. There is good access to the A14, A11 (M11) and the railway station at Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services to London's Liverpool Street or King's Cross. Alternatively, the mainline station at Stowmarket offers a regular service into London's Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes