Duke StreetHintlesham, Ipswich, IP8 3PW

Barn House is an exceptional timber framed Suffolk barn, newly refurbished by the current owners to an exacting standard. The result is a beautifully appointed home of wonderful scale and proportion, offering light-filled, accommodation comprising a rare traditional layout.

Extending to approximately 3,447 sq ft, the property is approached via a recessed front door which opens into a striking vaulted reception hall with limestone flooring. From here, double doors lead to the superb triple aspect drawing room featuring a woodburning stove set within a brick fireplace and French doors opening onto the garden terrace.

Across the hall lies a generous study, also with access to the terrace via bifold doors, while opposite sits the impressive kitchen/breakfast room. Beautifully fitted with bespoke cabinetry by Orwell's of Ipswich, the kitchen includes integrated Fisher & Paykel appliances, granite worksurfaces, tiled flooring and a three oven AGA with electric hob. This space flows seamlessly into a utility area with stable door to the terrace. Beyond, a versatile dining/family room features wooden flooring, a further woodburning stove and additional French doors leading outside.

An oak staircase ascends to the first floor, where there are four bedrooms, including a superb principal bedroom with newly installed ensuite shower room, alongside a further luxurious, newly fitted family bath/shower room.

Situated beyond the dining room, a secondary hallway with cloak/shower room gives access to a separate staircase rising to sound proofed first floor cinema room, equipped with a professional surround sound system, ideal for both entertaining and relaxation.

OUTSIDE
A pair of five bar gates provide access to a wide shingled parking and turning sweep, fronting onto which is a substantial double garage/workshop with an internal staircase to a loft room, which offers the potential for a home office/studio/games room. The gardens lie mainly to the rear of the barn and has dog proof fencing and osier weave fencing and natural hedgerow. Laid mainly to lawn there are a number of mature Ashe trees, two timber garden stores and a wide terrace ideal for alfresco dining running the length of the barn. In all the plot extends to about one acre.

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