The Street, Monks Eleigh, Ipswich, IP7

A superbly presented stylish, detached home, backing onto an orchard, in ¼ acre gardens, wonderfully designed and finished to a high specification throughout, well positioned in this sought after village (affording a good pub and village shop), near Lavenham. Vaulted entrance hall, drawing room, Aga kitchen/breakfast room, dining room/potential ground floor bedroom, cloakroom, ground floor shower/wet room, rear hallway and utility room. Galleried first floor landing, master bedroom with en-suite bath/shower room, two further double bedrooms, family bath/shower room and an upper first floor reception room/large bedroom four. Gravel drive & parking area, attached double garage, gardens and alfresco entertaining and BBQ terrace area. In all about 0.27 of an acre (sts) backing onto fields to the rear. THE PROPERTY This exceptional, well presented, modern detached home benefits from good character features such as exposed brickwork chimney breast, working fireplaces, timber floors, Oak framed French doors and full gable, picture windows with the view up the garden. The excellent accommodation is split level and in brief comprises: A storm porch entrance leading to the hardwood panelled front door that, with side screen windows, gives access to the vaulted entrance hall, with galleried landing above, understairs store cupboard and mostly oak planked doors giving access to the reception rooms and Cloakroom, through which the ground floor shower wet room/WC is accessed. This wet room affords the ability to utilise the current Dining Room, on this level, as an occasional bedroom if required for elderly guests. There is also a fine, spacious Drawing Room which benefits from a fireplace with inset log burning stove, and oak framed double glazed French doors opening to both the front and rear gardens, and windows to the front, side and rear. There are steps up from the hall to a half landing rear hall, with double glazed, timber framed door to the rear porch and garden, and gives access to the Utility/Boot Room and country styled Kitchen/Breakfast/Dining Room. This is a light and spacious room with a ding area/breakfast area with large picture window affording a good view up the garden to the rear, French doors out to the terrace, and a bespoke fitted kitchen presenting a comprehensive range of base and wall mounted framed kitchen units, an oil fired Aga range cooker with back up 2 ring electric hob that is set into the polished granite kitchen island worktop, a built in Neff electric fan oven and separate microwave oven, further woodblock worksurfaces with inset ceramic 1 ¼ bowl ceramic sink unit, an integrated fridge, freezer and dishwasher. The galleried 1st floor landing gives access to the three main double bedrooms, an airing cupboard that houses the pressurised hot water cylinder, and the family bathroom, which benefits from a separate tile panelled bath and shower cubicle. The master bedroom, on this floor, is a large room with superb built in wardrobe cupboards, a picture window to the rear affording a view up the garden and a luxuriously appointed en-suite bath/shower room. A short staircase gives further access from the 1st floor galleried landing to the fully vaulted Sitting/Reception Room (possible use as a Guest Bedroom) which benefits from the full end gable, again looking up the garden, being double glazed and a fireplace with inset log burning stove. OUTSIDE The house stands back from the road behind a high hedged frontage with a gravelled drive leading to parking and the double garage, with two sets of double opening oak doors to the drive. The front garden is mainly lawned with a roofed terrace opening from the sitting room, which also opens to the rear terrace. The rear garden, which extends up the south facing slope behind the house, benefits from the paved terrace (an ideal location for alfresco dining with a westerly orientation) to the immediate rear and shallow steps up to the lawn, which is planted with an assortment of interesting specimen trees. LOCATION Farthings is well located within this popular historic village, set in a slightly elevated position on the road through the village, opposite The Old Guildhall. The village benefits, unlike many, from the charming community run village store and post office and the well-regarded pub, both of which are within easy walking distance of the house. It is also home to the Lavenham Falconry venue, Corn Craft Tea Room and Café, Sarah's Attic Antiques, the Brett Gallery and The Outrageous Cake Company at Bridge Farm Barns. Set in the particularly sought after and attractive Brett Valley, with the river running from Lavenham down through the valley it is also within easy reach of the charming villages of Kersey, Chelsworth, Brent Eleigh and the small towns of Lavenham and Long Melford, which combine to provide exceptional facilities. The larger towns of Hadleigh, Sudbury and Colchester provide a full range of amenities and the latter a direct line to London's Liverpool Street. The cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds and the A14 being about 30 minutes' drive to the north. PROPERTY INFORMATION Services Mains Water, Electricity and Drainage. Oil Fired Central Heating. Local Authority Babergh District Council Council Tax Band G Tenure Freehold Broadband We are informed that there is an average superfast broadband speed of 80 Mbps Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes Viewing Only by appointment with Jackson-Stops. Tel: 01284 700535