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About
Enjoying a peaceful position within the well-regarded hamlet of Polstead Heath, Bramble Cottage is an individual three-bedroom detached residence, built in 1995 and set within grounds of approximately 0.22 acres (sts), offering spacious accommodation, private gardens, ample off-road parking and a garage.
The property is approached via a gravel driveway providing parking for several vehicles, with lawned front gardens to either side framed by mature trees and established hedgerows.
Set back from the road, the house enjoys a pleasant degree of privacy whilst the driveway continues to the side, providing access to the garage with electrically operated doors.
Internally, the accommodation is both spacious and well balanced, with a welcoming entrance hall featuring wood-effect flooring and a useful storage cupboard, providing access to the principal reception rooms and the kitchen.
The twin-aspect sitting room is a particularly attractive reception space, centred around a red brick fireplace incorporating a wood-burning stove beneath an oak bressumer beam and French doors open directly onto the rear garden.
A separate dining room enjoys pleasant rural views to the front.
Positioned to the rear of the property, the open-plan kitchen/breakfast room overlooks the garden and is fitted with a comprehensive range of base and wall-mounted units together with integrated appliances including a Hotpoint double oven, hob and dishwasher.
An adjoining utility and boot room offers additional storage, space for laundry appliances and direct access to both the garden and the ground floor cloakroom.
Extending across one side of the property, the conservatory is a notable addition, providing further reception accommodation with fitted storage, tiled flooring and views across the garden.
The first floor is arranged around a generous landing and comprises three well-proportioned double bedrooms, each benefiting from built-in wardrobes and offering comfortable family accommodation.
The bedrooms are served by both a spacious family bathroom and a separate shower room. The loft space has been boarded, offering useful additional storage.
Outside, the rear garden has been carefully maintained to create a private and peaceful setting.
Predominantly laid to lawn and enclosed by timber fencing, it offers an excellent space for outdoor entertaining, family enjoyment and gardening.
The combination of mature planting, generous proportions and the property's set-back position further enhances the sense of privacy.
Bramble Cottage occupies an attractive rural position within a small hamlet approximately 3.5 miles west of the historic market town of Hadleigh.
Hadleigh provides an excellent range of day-to-day amenities including supermarkets, independent shops, cafés, restaurants, public houses and well-regarded schools.
The surrounding Suffolk countryside offers an abundance of walking and cycling routes, whilst the nearby towns of Sudbury, Ipswich and Colchester provide a wider selection of shopping, educational and leisure facilities together with mainline rail services to London Liverpool Street.
EPC Rating: D Kitchen/Breakfast Room (6.60m x 3.08m) Sitting Room (6.87m x 4.00m) Dining Room (4.00m x 3.22m) Conservatory (7.80m x 3.03m) Utility (2.72m x 2.64m) Bedroom 1 (4.11m x 3.39m) Bedroom 2 (5.48m x 3.09m) Bedroom 3 (3.38m x 3.20m) Garage (5.89m x 3.31m)
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About Bramble Cottage Stackwood Road, Colchester
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