Location

Maltings House is located outside the village of Bentley within an area of predominantly 17th century properties and a delightful church. The village provides local amenities including a pub, village hall, primary school and shop. Maltings House falls in the catchment for East Bergholt High School. Ipswich and Colchester offers a full range of private, state and sixth form colleges. Colchester also has a grammar school.

Maltings House lies some 4 miles to the south west of Ipswich and 3 miles north of Manningtree. The historic town of Colchester is 10 miles to the south. The A137 Ipswich to Manningtree Road and the A12 are within easy access from the property. Manningtree, Colchester and Ipswich all offer regular train services to London's Liverpool Street Station from 60 mins, 50 mins and 65 mins respectively. For the sailing enthusiast, the Rivers Stour and Orwell and Alton Water are all close by, as is the Suffolk and Essex coastline. The area provides very good
walking and cycling routes.

Description

Maltings House is a charming Grade II Listed detached period house, which dates from the late 17th century occupying an attractive position and enjoying extensive views over the surrounding countryside.

The house is constructed from timber frame and brick with rendered elevations under a tiled roof. The house benefits from numerous internal features that include fireplaces, exposed beams and stud work and attractive windows with far reaching views. The versatile, spacious and light-filled accommodation is laid out over two floors with the ground floor accommodation comprising traditional reception rooms to the front with the drawing room benefitting from a wood burner and French doors out on to a terrace. The rear entrance is gained via a lobby. One door off the lobby leads to the rear of the house into a large sitting room (currently used as a home office) with stairs to a double bedroom with an en suite shower room. The other door continues into the kitchen/breakfast room and the remainder of the house. The kitchen has an oil fired Aga, tiled flooring with underfloor heating and benefits from base units, granite and wood work tops, double butler sinks and a large walk in pantry. The drawing and sitting rooms of the house are particularly light with windows on three aspects. The property has five double bedrooms two of these are en suite.

OUTSIDE
The property is completely surrounded by fields offering outstanding views across the surrounding countryside. Approached via a 5 bar gate Maltings House is reached across a gravel drive which leads around the property to a large parking area fronting the double garage with a large storage area above. The garden is mainly laid to lawn and benefits from a range of mature shrubs and trees, including a large beech, several oaks and a horse chestnut. There are two terrace areas, one at the side of the house with a magnificent wisteria.
There is a wood store and raised vegetable bed. The boundary is delineated by established hedges and a low brick wall to the front. The pump in the front of the garden has its own listing.

Directions

Leave Ipswich on the A137 towards Brantham. Pass a turning signed Hubbards Hall Farm and then take the next right turn towards Bentley. Follow this road for a short way and the house is the second property on the left.