Long Beren Upper Street, Oakley, Suffolk IP21 4AX

Long Beren Upper Street, Oakley, Suffolk IP21 4AX

Long Beren Upper Street, Oakley Suffolk IP21 4AX An exceptional and unique barn of great character and design, set in one and a quarter acres and enjoying a quiet and hidden location within the village of Oakley. Entrance hall, 3 receptions, kitchen/breakfast with snug, wet room, 4/5 bedrooms, bathroom, en-suite shower room and large attic room. Landscaped gardens with orchard, pond, arboretum and flower meadow. Open bay garaging, workshops and stores. Guide Price 795,000

Location The property is set off the beaten track in Upper Street, Oakley and enjoys a semi-rural location with views over fields to the rear. Oakley is a hamlet in the Waveney Valley lying to the east of Diss and to the north of the small town of Eye. The town is steeped in history and provides an interesting range of local shops and a wide array of social and medical facilities. Hartismere High School offers secondary education to sixth form level and is highly regarded, achieving an 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating in November 2014. The town is also well located for access to the A140 just a mile or so away providing a direct route to Norwich and Ipswich, both around 25 miles distant. Just across the county border into Norfolk is the thriving market town of Diss providing local and national shopping, sporting and leisure facilities including an 18 hole golf course and driving range. There is a mainline rail station at Diss providing regular intercity services to Norwich (20 minutes), Ipswich (23 minutes) and London Liverpool Street (around 90 minutes). The renowned Suffolk Heritage Coast around Southwold is within 40 minutes or so by car. The Property The structure is believed to date back to 1760 and in 1996 the owners converted the barn into a fine family home, finishing it to an exceptionally high standard. It exhibits a resourceful and thoughtful use of materials, including larch for the inserted floors from the Woburn Estate and six oak posts from the old Scole bridge as well as stained glass windows dating between 1907-1920, believed to be the work of Jessie Marion-King of Glasgow, a member of the Art Nouveau movement during this time. Other quality fixtures include bespoke metal work by Diss Ironworks, hand made oak doors, oak sills, solid pine staircases and a bespoke oak kitchen incorporating iroko worktops, a butler sink and Rangemaster cooking range (LPG hob and electric ovens) and Corian worktops in the utility. There are terracotta tiles laid to the kitchen and utility, Chinese slate to the hallway and ceramic floor tiles to the ground floor wet room whilst the first and second floors feature wide pine floorboards. All floors benefit from underfloor heating. The attention to detail continues externally with a diamond patterned pantile roof and waney edged oak cladding to the elevations with windows and doors finished in Farrow & Ball colours.

Outside The property is approached from the road via a farm access, over which the property enjoys a right of way. A field gate opens onto a long driveway which leads up to a large gravelled area featuring a large open bay car port and workshops. Within one of the outbuildings is the boiler room which contains a Danish Reka wood chip boiler (installed 8 years ago to replace the now redundant oil tank). The owners have painstakingly landscaped the gardens to create an orchard which includes quince, apple, pear, walnut, varieties of plum, hazelnut and mulberry and additionally wild garlic and lily of the valley. There are indigenous double hedged boundaries, beech hedges and a variety of trees including silver birch, rowan and 16 varieties of oak are planted to one side of the wild flower meadow which has bee orchids. Services Mains water and electricity are connected to the property. Private drainage. Reka wood chip boiler providing underfloor heating and hot water. Please note that the services/appliances/central heating and heating system/plumbing and electrical installations have not been tested by the selling agents and the purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the condition and warranty of these items. Agents Note In accordance with the Estate Agents Act 1979 we declare that the vendor of this property is a member of staff of TW Gaze. Directions From Diss head towards Great Yarmouth on the A143, turning right at Billingford into the village of Oakley. At the T-junction turn right into Low Street and then take the left hand turn into Upper Street. Follow the road for around one mile. Viewing Strictly by appointment with TW Gaze. Freehold Ref: 16507/REY

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