Berners Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 3LU

Part of our Signature collection, This stunning Victorian residence exudes quality, seamlessly blending period detail with contemporary design. It offers generously proportioned accommodation over three floors and is beautifully presented throughout.

This Grade II Listed property has larger than expected accommodation which has been modernised throughout, sympathetically blending many period features with contemporary attributes. It features deep sash windows, high ceilings, superb decorative cornice work, open fireplaces and panelled walls. Many rooms feature plantation shutters and there is a hand-crafted Plain English kitchen with integrated appliances.

The wide reception hall has stairs rising to the first floor, part panelled walls, oak flooring and doors off. The cellar is divided into three storage areas with 6ft high ceiling height and there is a cloakroom with period-style high-level WC, basin, marble flooring and built-in cupboards.

The impressive sitting room has a window to the front and cast-iron tiled inlay fireplace. Adjacent is the drawing room of similar proportion which has full height French doors and original shutters leading to the garden, cast-iron fireplace with marble surround and alcove cupboards with shelving over. There is a rear hall with door to the garden and a cupboard housing the boiler, water tanks and water softener.

The stunning kitchen/dining room has windows to both sides plus an extensive range of hand-crafted units by Plain English which includes base and eye-level cupboards with granite work tops, double Belfast sink and Quooker tap. There is also a matching island with granite top plus marble tiled floor with underfloor heating. There is an integrated dishwasher, a Aga-style Rangemaster Elan cooker with extraction canopy over and a door to the garden. The dining area also features a wood burner, adjacent to which is a door to a second stair flight to the first floor. The utility room has a base unit, work top, plumbing for a washing machine and a door to the garden.
The large first floor landing has a window to the rear, cupboard, part-panelled walls and doors off. Bedroom one has a window to the front, cast-iron fireplace and two triple wardrobes. Bedroom two has a window to the rear, double and triple wardrobes along with an en-suite with window to the rear and a superb period-style suite of large tiled shower, WC, basin on stand and a claw and ball bath along with half panelled walls.

A further bedroom has two windows to the side and a door through to bedroom five. It houses an en-suite/family bathroom with window to the side and a suite of period-style basin and WC, double shower, traditional style radiator and contemporary tiled floor.

There are two further bedrooms on this floor, one of which has a built-in cupboard and the other a range of bespoke alcove shelving, both with access from the rear stair flight.

Stairs rise from the first floor to a very large bedroom on the top floor which has a window to the side, eaves storage and an en-suite bathroom which has a bath with shower over, basin with cupboard beneath, WC and it is fully tiled.

Outside
To the front of the property is a paved area providing parking for two vehicles, which is enclosed by shrubs plus low brick walls and iron railings.

The beautifully landscaped gardens have extensive paving and central brick features plus raised beds and to the rear is a barbecue area, all enclosed by traditional red brick walls.

Important Information

Council Tax Band – E
Services – Mains water, drainage, gas and electric are connected.
Tenure – Freehold
EPC – N/A