2 Greensleeves

About this property

This cottage offers a quiet and relaxing break away with beautiful walks on the doorstep, bird watching and the coast nearby, 2 Greensleeves is a characterful mid terrace cottage with exposed beams, a wood-burning stove and three bedrooms on the 1st floor, two of which overlook charming Benhall Green. Through a stable door at the rear of the cottage is a sunny courtyard garden with table and chairs, perfect for alfresco dining or peacefully reading a good book.

On the ground floor the front door opens from the front garden up a small step into the carpeted living room with the stairs to the first floor and door to the kitchen ahead of you which leads to the ground floor bathroom and courtyard garden. the kitchen and bathroom floors are tiled with underfloor heating.

The living room is a bright room overlooking Benhall Green, the living room is full of character with period features, two large comfortable sofas facing the wonderful inglenook fireplace with wood-burning stove and a flat-screen Smart TV with free Samsung Plus Channels (please note that the Terrestrial channels are limited for the area)

The stylish new kitchen with heated tiled floor is a bright room overlooking the courtyard garden, units run along one side with an integrated electric single oven with grill with ceramic hob, under counter fridge with freezer compartment, and a freestanding microwave, please note there isn’t a full dining table due to the size of the kitchen.

Off the kitchen is the newly fitted bathroom with bath and shower over, WC and basin and there is a large, frosted window facing the courtyard, heated tiles and there is a useful large storage cupboard.

Leading to the first floor up the open tread wooden stairs rise from the living room to the first-floor landing with doors to the double bedroom which is a sunny, south-facing bedroom with a double bed, small chest of drawers with bedside lamp and a door leading through to the single bedroom (which doesn’t have a private entrance), the single bedroom which may lend itself to being a nursery with the travel cot or a calm reading room with the large window and view of the village green also has a single bed to offer flexible sleeping arrangements.

The twin bedroom is L shaped two 2ft 6in single beds, a useful built-in wardrobe and a window looking out to the rear courtyard.

Outside this quintessentially English cottage has stone steps leading from the road up to the gate into the large garden and flagstone path leading to the front door, there is off-road parking on the green and at the rear of the property is an enclosed courtyard garden with a sunny, and a garden shed where bikes can be stored safely.

The quiet Suffolk village of Friston is ideally placed to explore the beautiful Suffolk heritage coastline, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, including several nature reserves. Friston is also great for the attractive popular coastal towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold, with an excellent choice of pubs, restaurants, independent shops, galleries and tea rooms. Two miles from Friston is the well-known Snape Maltings Concert Hall, offering world class concerts and musical events throughout the year, and home of the annual Aldeburgh Festival held in June. The Maltings also has interesting shops and galleries as well as an rspb nature reserve with lovely riverside walks and river boat trips along the estuary. Family fun can be found at nearby Leiston Long Shop Museum with 200 years of local history, or with the animals at Easton Park Farm or Africa Alive, while history is on display at Framlingham and Orford castles or the Anglo-Saxon site of Sutton Hoo.

Accommodation

Three bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x twin, 1 x single accessed through the double bedroom.

Ground-floor bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC.

Kitchen.

Sitting room with a woodburning stove

Central heating with woodburning stove.

Electric oven, grill and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer.

Smart TV with Samsung Plus Channels, WiFi.

Bed linen and towels included in rent.

Off-road parking.

Courtyard, patio area, shed, patio furniture.

Sorry, no pets and no smoking.

Shop 1.5 miles, pub 1.4 miles.