Detached house for sale in Clopton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13

Exciting development project, former Victorian schoolhouse on about 4.95 acres of grounds.

Description
Wychwood is an attractive red brick, Victorian house, converted from a school house in the 1960s and now requiring some modernisation, offering the new owners an incredible opportunity to fashion a superb family home.

The building occupies a wonderful position within almost five acres of grounds. To the immediate rear of the house is a generous terrace, ideal for al fresco dining, which leads to verdant lawn; there is a large wood, a haven for wildlife,

Internally, the accommodation flows remarkably well, comprising well-proportioned rooms with delightful period features including arched windows and picture rails.

The front door opens into the reception hall, with doors off to the sitting room and cloakroom, and stairs up to the double aspect guest bedroom. At the heart of house is the spacious, double aspect sitting room, with a wood-burning stove and French windows out to the west-facing terrace.

Beyond the dining room are the dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, which leads through a useful workshop, and dining room. Stairs in the dining room lead up to a further four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Wychwood offers ample parking, a double garage and the former village hall, a tin tabernacle, now requiring considerable renovation.

Location
Wychwood enjoys a rural situation and yet is only 5 miles from Woodbridge, a market town on the west bank of the River Deben. Wickham Market and the coast at Aldeburgh are also readily accessible with Ipswich, Suffolk’s county town, approximately 7 miles to the south with its regular inter city rail service to London’s Liverpool Street station. There is a primary school at Wickham Market and state and independent schools at Woodbridge and Ipswich. Sport is well catered for in the district with golf courses at Woodbridge, Bromeswell and Ufford and sailing either on the tidal rivers or at sea. There are many attractive walks and rides in the surrounding Suffolk countryside.

Square Footage: 2,876 sq ft

Acreage:
4.95 Acres

Directions
Travelling north on the A12 turn left outside Woodbridge at the Wyevale Garden Centre on the B1079. Continue north towards Otley and at the junction with the B1078 turn right and Wychwood will be seen on the left.