• Thatch replaced in 2024 +
• Grade II listed +
• Characterful features throughout +
• Four bedroom (one en-suite) +
• Three ground floor reception rooms +
• Completely renovated and extended +
• Barn offering garaging +
• Studio above the garage +
• Beautiful formal gardens +
• Set within ground of approximately one acre +

LOCATION Lawshall is a large, rural parish, about 8 miles south of the Cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds and some 9 miles north of the market town of Sudbury with its commuter rail link to London Liverpool Street. The village has a pub, shop, primary school, 3 churches and a number of thriving societies. 

THE PROPERTY Sitting to the front of the cottage in the oldest part thought to date back to the 15th century are three principal reception rooms, each enjoying pretty views of the wrap around garden, with many original character features including exposed timbers, inglenook fireplaces, Suffolk brick flooring and casement windows. Stretching across the back of the older cottage is a rear reception hall offering panoramic views over the southerly facing rear garden and rolling countryside beyond. Steps down from this hall lead to a further inner hall with staircase to the first floor and galleried landing. This part of the house is a later addition added by the current owners at the turn of the century, completed in a sympathetic way to the property's character. In this part you will find a utility room with space for a range of white goods, fitted with matching shaker style cupboards with stone worktops, sink and stable door providing useful side access. With a wonderfully sociable kitchen/breakfast room to the rear with triple aspect providing natural light with french doors to the rear terrace. The fitted kitchen is of traditional design with a granite worktop and matching island, with an oil-fired Stanley double ring cooker, dishwasher and space for an American style fridge freezer, larder style cupboard and walk-in pantry offering ample storage. Leading off the rear reception hall is a walk-in wet room that has been more recently re-fitted to a contemporary finish.

To the first floor, there are four generous double bedrooms, three of which sit in the older part of the cottage, with a wonderful master suite sitting from front to back with adjacent dressing room, exposed timbers and private en-suite shower room. The second of the four bedrooms is situated towards the back of the house in the latter addition and enjoys elevated views over both the rear garden and rolling countryside beyond. Exposed timbers, beams and rafters on show throughout most of the first floor, with a wonderfully light galleried landing, with mullion window and floor to ceiling casement window tying together the new and the old seamlessly.