Forge Cottage, The Street, Diss, IP22 1EG

Found in a pleasing and prominent position within the village of Rickinghall, the property sits within a short stroll of facilities and is surrounded by similar attractive period properties.

The village of Rickinghall adjoins Botesdale and over the years have proved to have been desirable village locations offering a lovely assortment of many period and historic properties whilst still retaining an excellent range of amenities and facilities including health centre, supermarket, public house, schooling, church and good transport links.

The nearby market town of Diss is found 7 miles to the east which provides a more extensive and diverse range of amenities and facilities along with a mainline railway station with regular/direct services to London Liverpool Street and Norwich.

This finely preserved grade II listed cottage dates back to the 16th century. Once upon a time the property was a forge and shop which was then converted into a private home.

Over the years, this wonderful cottage has been sympathetically modernised with much character being retained and on show in the form of exposed timbers and inglenook fireplaces.

Internally the cottage has been extremely well maintained and offers just over 1200 square feet of accommodation excluding the cellar, garage/workshop and store room.

The home is heated by an oil fired boiler to radiators and has the added benefit of having secondary glazed windows on all road facing windows.

When stepping into the property, you’re greeted by an entryway that straight ahead leads through to another room that could function well as a study space.

Turning left from the entrance, you find yourself in the main reception area which is a large, open, bright and airy space which is divided by exposed beams.

The kitchen, which is found from the sitting room area is presented in excellent condition with granite worktops and space for a range cooker within the inglenook fireplace.

The ground floor accommodation is completed with a utility room and the bathroom with its freestanding roll top bath.

Taking the stairs up to the first floor, you find a landing that runs the width of the cottage and has two windows providing delightful views over the rear garden.

All three bedrooms are accessed independently from the landing and two of them are good size doubles with the third being a single.

Additionally, a shower room provides a convenient washing facility at first floor level.

Positioned slightly elevated with a commanding and eye-catching presence, the cottage sits slightly back from the road with a grass verge providing a degree of separation.

When looking at the cottage from the road, to the left-hand side there is a small courtyard like area with a side gate that gives access to the rear garden.

To the right-hand side, there is a shingle driveway that leads to a garage/workshop (measures 17’5 x 9’6”) and a set of double gates the provide additional secure off-road parking under and in-front of the double bay cart lodge (measures 15’11” x 9’8”).

To the rear of the garage and accessed through the cart lodge there is a handy room which could be use for multiple things but would provide an ideal office for working from home, the overall size of this room combined with the cart lodge and garage could also be an ideal space for conversion into a self-contained annexe STPP.

The rear garden which is southerly facing is a truly is a beautiful sight with various seating areas plotted around to take in this wonderful outside space.

Over the years, the current owners have lovingly cared for their garden to create this thriving and colourful environment that is planted with a wide range of plants, bushes and trees.

Within the garden there is a pond that has a filter and uv, storage shed, summerhouse, greenhouse and netted soft fruit tunnel that provide all the spaces needed for keen growers.

Entrance porch study - 1.68m x 2.16m (5'6" x 7'1") dining room - 3.07m x 4.75m (10'1" x 15'7") living room - 4.17m x 4.67m (13'8" x 15'4") kitchen - 1.55m x 1.17m (5'1" x 3'10") & 2.64m x 4.60m (8'8" x 15'1") utility - 1.42m x 2.01m (4'8" x 6'7") bathroom - 2.46m x 2.18m (8'1" x 7'2") first floor level - landing bedroom - 4.34m x 3.73m (14'3" x 12'3") bedroom - 3.10m x 3.71m (10'2" x 12'2") bedroom - 2.87m x 2.62m (9'5" x 8'7") shower room - 2.95m x 2.03m (9'8" x 6'8") services Drainage - mains Heating - oil EPC Rating - grade II listed Council Tax Band E Tenure - freehold Anti-Money Laundering Fee Statement To comply with hmrc's regulations on Anti-Money Laundering (aml), Whittley Parish are legally required to conduct aml checks on every purchaser(s) once a sale is agreed.

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The cost of anti-money laundering (aml) checks is £50 + VAT (£60 inc VAT) per purchase, payable in advance after an offer has been accepted.

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