£595,000 /Sale price

A comfortable single storey home, with an impressive main reception room, standing in grounds of around 0.3 of an acre in one of the most desirable residential areas, on the outskirts of town. Entrance hall, drawing room, kitchen/dining room, garden/breakfast room, cloakroom, three bedrooms and a family bathroom.Driveway, gated parking, garage/workshop, pole barn garden storage and established private gardens.In all about 0.3 of an acre (sts)THE PROPERTY57 Horsecroft Road is a well presented modern single storey property, superbly set in mature gardens in this excellent edge of town location.The property is believed to be block built with rendered elevations under a tiled roof and benefits from gas fired central heating and double-glazed windows throughout. The property also benefits from the roof mounted solar panels to the rear.A panelled half glazed front door leads into the entrance hall and through to the central hallway, which with a Velux window light above, gives access to the reception rooms and bedrooms for the property. The drawing room is a superbly proportioned room with a semi-vaulted ceiling, large windows to the front and side, oak flooring, an open fireplace capable of housing a log/multi-fuel burning stove and currently housing a low maintenance electric feature stove. The room also benefits from a shelved and cupboarded unit to one wall with space for a desk. The modern kitchen/dining room affords good space for a dining table and boasts windows to both side elevations and half glazed French doors open through to the breakfast/garden room. The kitchen is well fitted with a comprehensive range of base and wall mounted units with the worksurface inset with a stainless-steel double sink unit, 4 ring gas hob and there is a double over built in at chest height. There is also space and plumbing for a washing machine, dishwasher and an upright fridge/freezer. The modern Worcester gas fired boiler is wall mounted in the corner. The garden/breakfast room, beyond the kitchen, affords excellent views down the garden with French doors to the rear and double-glazed windows to the side and rear and a double-glazed roof window above, with two very useful pantry/store cupboards to the side. The three well-proportioned bedrooms lead off the central hallway and there is a family bathroom presenting a four-piece white bathroom suite incorporating a P-shaped bath with a separate shower over the bath, a concealed cistern wc, bidet and pedestal wash basin, with a window to the side and a radiator towel rail. There is also a cloakroom.OUTSIDEThe property is well approached over a gravelled driveway under the boughs of a wonderful mature Oak and is set back from the road with lawned front garden and gravelled parking and turning area. The gated side access leads to the detached traditional single garage/workshop, which to the rear of, is good garden storage afforded by the open sided pole barn store. The hedge and fence enclosed rear gardens are of particular note and extend to about 0.3 of an acre and are predominantly laid to lawn with shrub borders with cut paths through meadow grass and wildflower beds with a fabulous possibly Edwardian summerhouse that is set on a turntable in order to enable it to always face the sun throughout the day. There are well stocked shrub and flower beds, mature trees and orchard area, with an unkept vegetable garden to the rear. There is also understood to be an old Anderson shelter to the far end of the garden.LOCATIONThe property occupies an appealing, (about a 5-minute walk to local shops and a circa 20-minute walk into the town centre) position on this well-regarded road on the southern side of Bury St Edmunds. Horsecroft Road and the connecting Hardwick Lane are well known for the high-end bungalows and family homes in generous grounds and is especially convenient for the West Suffolk Hospital. Bury St Edmunds offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the public and private sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. Newmarket, the headquarters of racing, is only 14 miles away and the University City of Cambridge is only 28 miles away and offers unrivalled schooling opportunities and excellent shopping and amenity facilities. There is good access to the A14 and A11 (M11) and the railway station at Bury St Edmunds offers a link to mainline services to London Liverpool Street and Kings Cross. DIRECTIONS From the town centre proceed west along Out Westgate Street and at the Spread Eagle Pub and Tesco's Express traffic lights proceed over and then immediately bear left up Horsecroft Road, just to the right of the Butchers shop. Continue up the road and the property will be found on the left under the Oak tree just after the speed reduction measures in the street.PROPERTY INFORMATIONServices Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage. Local Authority West Suffolk Council Tax Band CTenure FreeholdBroadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 1800MbpsMobile Signal/Coverage Yes varies depending on network provider. Please visit to check availability.Viewing Only by appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops. Tel.