Belchamp Walter Road, Borley

A wonderfully located and beautifully presented Grade II listed home in about 1.66 acres, with an annexe, garaging, paddocks, charming gardens, far reaching views and no direct neighbours.

Entrance hall, drawing room, kitchen/dining room, sitting room/snug, garden room, utility room, laundry room and cloakroom. First floor split level landing, master bedroom with en-suite, three further bedrooms and a family shower room.

Gated driveway, parking, detached garage, detached double cartlodge with self-contained 2 storey annexe, store shed & wash house, paddocks with field shelter and gardens & grounds.

In all about 1.66 acres

THE PROPERTY
Woodburn Cottage is a superb Grade II listed house that is understood to date back to the 17th century with a 1950’s side extension providing high ceilings to the reception rooms on that side of the house and a garden room extension to the rear in 2015. The property benefits from oil fired central heating and exceptionally benefits from hardwood framed double glazed windows throughout, which were granted permission by the conservation officers at the same time as the garden room extension.

The beautifully presented accommodation comprises in brief; a front door with lead storm porch hood giving access to the central reception hall which features a parquet floor, stairs to the first floor with oak handrail, a glazed rear door with side screen windows and doors to the drawing room and dining room. The drawing room features parquet flooring, an inglenook fireplace with exposed brick chimney breast, bressummer beam and inset log burning stove, bespoke fitted bookshelf and cupboards set into an alcove to the side and French doors and picture windows to the rear overlooking the garden and wonderful views beyond. The dining room which is part of the original cottage has a wealth of period character and charm and is open plan to the kitchen and features an exposed brick floor, disused inglenook fireplace with carved bressummer beam and alcove pantry store cupboard. The kitchen is superbly fitted with a range of base units and a sideboard dresser with hardwood work surfaces, an underset ceramic butler sink, integrated dishwasher and a high mantle fireplace style alcove with electric range cooker. There is a half-glazed door and a window to the side, a window to the front and a rear hall leads to a boiler room and the sitting room beyond. The utility room features a window to the side, a ceramic 1½ bowl sink with drainer and worksurface, a quarry tiled floor and houses the floor mounted oil-fired boiler. The charming sitting room features exposed brick flooring, wall and ceiling timbers, a fireplace with inset log burning stove with alcove cupboards to both sides and doors lead to the garden room and a utility/cloakroom. The utility cloakroom features a wc, wash hand basin and a worksurface with space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. The garden room features a vaulted ceiling, exposed floorboards and provides excellent views of the garden through windows to the sides and to the rear French doors and a glazed gable end.

On the first floor, a split-level landing with built-in storage cupboards leads to four bedrooms, the master of which features built-in wardrobe cupboards, an en-suite shower room and a Juliet balcony with double doors, providing wonderful views to the rear. Bedrooms two and three have exposed timber vaulted ceilings and bedroom four is a single room with a Juliet balcony to the rear. There is also a family shower room, with alternative space for a bath, if required.

OUTSIDE
Woodburn Cottage is delightfully approached across a gated gravel driveway with hard surface tarmac entrance, that gives access to the detached single garage and a spacious gravel parking and turning area, which leads to the double bay cartlodge garage which has excellent annexe accommodation to the side and above and is surrounded by a small copse with mature trees, a large horse pond and a stumpery.

The annexe living space affords superb ancillary accommodation to the main house, ideal for multi generation living, holiday let income opportunity or as an excellent home office. Redeveloped by the owners in around 2018 the annexe has been finished and presented to a high standard and is accessed via double French doors from an enclosed private gated side garden. The accommodation features a ground floor kitchen/dining area with fitted kitchen units, worksurface, sink and electric hob and oven, with space and plumbing for white goods. An inner lobby leads to the separate shower, cloakroom and store/airing cupboard and a spiral staircase leads up to the first-floor vaulted ceiling bedroom, which also gives plenty of sitting room space, Velux rooflight windows to the rear and French doors that open to a ‘Juliet balcony’.

The gardens and grounds of this wonderful home are particularly noteworthy with flagstone paved terraces and paths, a fence enclosed delightful ‘cottage garden’ with lawns, a wealth of mature shrub and flower borders, a beautiful lily pond and, being south facing, terraces that are ideal for alfresco dining and entertaining, all benefiting from the outstanding far reaching countryside views to the rear. In addition to this, the front and side gardens, in which there is a detached brick built former washhouse outbuilding shed, there is an orchard paddock and paddocks to the rear, which are livestock fenced and benefit from a field shelter/stable.

LOCATION
Woodburn Cottage is fabulously positioned in this elevated setting, giving it panoramic countryside views, on the outskirts of the village and within easy access to the historic village of Long Melford and the thriving market town of Sudbury, both of which offer an excellent range of everyday facilities. The market town of Sudbury provides a rail link to London’s Liverpool Street via Marks Tey (about 80 minutes). Alternatively, there is a mainline service from Colchester with fast and regular trains taking about 48 minutes. The historic market town of Bury St Edmunds lies 10 miles to the north and offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the private and public sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. There are numerous high-quality restaurants and cultural amenities including the impressive Georgian Theatre Royal and the Abbey Gardens.

There are excellent local schools in both the public and private sectors including South Lee, Finborough, Old Buckenham Hall, Culford and Barnardiston.

DIRECTIONS
From nearby Long Melford leave the centre of the village along Hall Street in a southerly direction and proceed towards Sudbury until you turn right into Borley Road at Rodbridge Corner just before the Nethergate Brewery site, signposted towards Foxearth. Proceed down this road, over the bridge and take the next left turning. This road proceeds around a hard right-hand bend and up through the village of Borley, past the church. Continue to the crossroad and Woodburn Cottage will be found just after the crossroad on the left.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water and electricity. Modern private drainage. Oil fired central heating for the house and electric heating for the Annexe.
Local Authority Braintree District Council
Council Tax Bands Woodburn Cottage – F Annexe - A
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1000Mbps
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