At the heart of the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape, this handsome family home has a choice of social spaces and four beautiful bedrooms – one of them a ground-floor en-suite. Within gorgeous grounds and only 2 miles from Orford, it boasts a wood burner and sauna for all-season appeal.
This striking rural retreat has driveway parking so you can unpack and explore the surrounds at leisurely pace. Carry self-catering supplies straight into an elegant kitchen/diner complete with an AGA and all the must-haves of home. Doors lead into a choice of adjacent social spaces – a delightful lounge with soft seating arranged before a wood burner and TV, and a snug boasting a library of books. Also off the kitchen is a handy utility room, WC and – for the ultimate in laid-back leisure – an infrared sauna. The first of the cottage's four bedrooms is on the ground floor: a super-king-size with its own en-suite shower room. Three more bedrooms are on the first floor, alongside a refreshing shower room. Choose between a pretty single bedroom, a stylish king-size room and a super-king-size room which has its own dressing room and en-suite bathroom. Expansive grounds wrap around the property – to the front a lawn and driveway greet your arrival, while at the rear the enclosed south-facing garden has plenty of space for younger guests to let off steam. The patio is furnished for dining alfresco and links effortlessly via folding doors to the kitchen/diner.
A network of paths leads into the surrounding countryside; head south and historic Orford is home to an iconic castle, ancient quay and welcoming inns and eateries. World-renowned Snape Maltings is within 3.5 miles, while well-heeled Aldeburgh (9.5 miles) sits on the coast beside Thorpeness, famous for its Peter Pan-inspired boating lake and pseudo Tudor and Jacobean-style properties. For a real sense of history visit the awe-inspiring Anglo-Saxon burial ground at Sutton Hoo (10.5 miles).