Cocks Green Lane, Great Whelnetham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30

A wonderful, superbly located and maintained, period property, set in gardens of about 0.39 of an acre, backing onto rolling Suffolk countryside.

Entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen/dining room, study, snug and a cloakroom. Galleried landing, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Driveway, parking, mature gardens, garage/garden storage, lean-to greenhouse, pond and wonderful countryside views to the rear.

In all about 0.39 of an acre (sts).

THE PROPERTY
Cocks Green Cottage is wonderfully positioned, being on a particularly peaceful no through lane. The cottage is mainly brick built with rendered elevations, under a pantile roof, believed to have formerly been a range of three Victorian cottages, this comfortable family home is set in grounds that extend to around 0.4 of an acre (with an extra 0.1 of an acre of adopted garden hatched green on the plan within these details – please ask the agent for further explanation), with fabulous rolling Suffolk countryside views to the rear.

The property, whilst benefiting from the charm of period character features, is not grade listed and benefits from double glazed windows throughout and there is a recently replaced (June 23) LPG gas fired boiler, that provides the hot water and central heating. There are porches to the front and rear of the house that are connected by the entrance hall and a passage and separate paths lead from the garage and drive to the side, to both.

The accommodation in brief, from the panelled front door and porch leads into the entrance hall, which features an exposed brick floor, former fireplace with bressummer beam and exposed ceiling timbers and the stairs leading to the galleried first floor. The sitting room has a window to the front aspect, an open fireplace with brick chimney breast and bressummer beam, exposed ceiling timbers and French doors out the rear garden. The kitchen/dining room features a range of base and eye level units, -- worksurfaces, inset double sink unit, Neff electric hob, integrated Neff appliances including a dishwasher, double oven and grill and a fridge/freezer, a water softener, tiled floor and a feature ‘fireplace’ with built in cupboards and shelving. There are windows to the front, side and rear and a utility/boiler cupboard housing the Vaillant LPG fired boiler (installed in June 2023) and has space and plumbing for a washing machine. Continuing on the ground floor there is also a study, snug and cloakroom.

On the first floor the galleried landing, with large picture window to the rear, leads to four bedrooms and two bathrooms. The main bedroom features a window to the front and a Dorma window to the rear, exposed floorboards and ceiling timbers and oak skirting boards. Bedroom two has windows to the front, built-in double wardrobes and engineered timber flooring. Bedroom three has windows to the front, side and rear, engineered oak flooring and houses the airing cupboard. Bedroom four, which is a single room, has a window to the front and exposed wall timbers. There are two family bathrooms, both with windows to the rear.

All rooms with rear aspects afford stunning views over the abutting countryside.

OUTSIDE
Approached along a wonderful no-through country lane, access to the property is over a concrete paved driveway leading to parking and the detached double garage that benefits from good ‘workshop’ space to the rear with a window to the garden. The front of the property has a hedged front boundary providing privacy, with an array of mature flower beds, borders and fruit trees. The rear gardens are predominantly laid to lawn with various block paved pathways and seating areas, further trees and shrub beds and borders, a BBQ area, lean-to greenhouse (to the rear of the garage) and a pond.

The rear gardens abut farmland and provide wonderful views over undulating Suffolk countryside. In all about 0.39 of an acre (sts).

LOCATION
Cocks Green Cottage is situated in a wonderful setting on a no-through lane, on the rural outskirts of the village of Great Whelnetham, nr Sicklesmere, with a popular public house & restaurant, village shop/post office, coffee shop/farm shop and a primary school. There are more extensive facilities available in the nearby historic cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, which offers an excellent range of recreational and shopping facilities, numerous high-quality restaurants 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. The university city of Cambridge is approximately 28 miles away and offer unrivalled schooling opportunities and excellent shopping and amenity facilities.

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 and Kings Cross. Alternatively, there is a regular train service from Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 80 minutes.

The international airport at Stansted is about 50 minutes away and in addition to air services there is an express train service to London.

Schooling: There are excellent local schools in both the public and private sector, the latter including South Lee, Old Buckenham Hall, Culford, Barnardiston and Finborough Schools.

DIRECTIONS
From Bury St Edmunds head south on the A134, proceeding past ‘The Rushbrook Arms’ public house on the left and continue past Hennessey Lifestyle coffee shop/farm shop on your right. After a short distance take the right turn into Cocks Green Lane. Proceed up and along this quiet no-through country lane and after about 0.5 of a mile, the house will be found on the right.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and private drainage
(Traditional septic system installed in 1985 that discharges to ground water, not to a water course)
Local Authority West Suffolk District Council
Council Tax Band F
EPC Rating Currently F Potential D
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 59Mbps.
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - varies depending on network provider. Please visit www.ofcom.org.uk to check availability
Viewing Only by appointment with Jackson-Stops Tel: 01284 700535