House For Sale £495,000
Description
Oaken is a truly unique Grade II* village house which dates back to circa 1490. The property is thought to have been originally built as a 'Solar' wing of a medieval hall house or perhaps a guildhall and has special historical importance, most noticeably in the principal bedroom in the form of 16th century wall paintings and a magnificent carved and vaulted ceiling. The house and its wall paintings are described in the Pevsner’s Buildings of England: Suffolk and pictured in Wall’s Long Melford Through the Ages.
You enter the property into a wonderful sitting room which has exposed wood flooring with chequered style paint design, wooden wall panelling, exposed cast iron fireplace, high ceilings and exceptionally heavy timbers. There is a panelled door off the sitting room leading to a cloakroom and coat store. Through the inner hall and following the terracotta tiles brings you into the fully fitted kitchen/dining room. The kitchen is of shaker style with integrated nef fridge, Bosch dishwasher, double butler sink and emerald splashback surrounding the Rangemaster oven, 5-Ring hob and Rangemaster extractor fan. This room also has space for a wood burning stove, impressive high ceilings, exposed timbers and a door to the rear garden.
Accessed from the inner hall is the staircase to the first floor landing which has exposed elm floorboards and oak panelled storage cupboard. The principal bedroom is a true show-stopper. You instantly notice the magnificent vaulted oak ceiling with carved beams, dentil frieze and two carved masks at either end of the main timber. There are also exposed elm floorboards and honey coloured timbers.
The principal bedroom also houses some magnificent medieval wall paintings which are a truly wonderful feature and warrant its 2* listed status. The first floor also has a second double bedroom with panelling, exposed timbers and views over the rear garden, a family bathroom with sage coloured roll top bath, airing cupboard and storage cupboard.
Outside
There is a lot more to Oaken that initially meets the eye. To the rear is a substantial oak-framed and brick-fronted brew-house, dating from the house’s period as the Swan Inn in the 17th-18th centuries. To the ground floor is a large store room with plumbing, electrics and houses a separate gas boiler. To the right there is access to a kitchenette featuring double butler sink in bespoke unit and separate cloak-room/lavatory, the whole with lovely Suffolk white brick flooring; there is a staircase to access the upper floor which comprises a stunning vaulted 2-room studio which has potential to be converted into a holiday let (stp).
There is a converted barn double garage/workshop also with plumbing and electrics connected.
The property has a charming east facing garden with dining patio and a lawn with variety of trees and shrubs including an apple and bay. There is access to the rear onto the shingle driveway with parking space available for 1 car beyond the double 5-bar gates via a short unclaimed private road.
Oaken is a truly unique Grade II* village house which dates back to circa 1490. The property is thought to have been originally built as a 'Solar' wing of a medieval hall house or perhaps a guildhall and has special historical importance, most noticeably in the principal bedroom in the form of 16th century wall paintings and a magnificent carved and vaulted ceiling. The house and its wall paintings are described in the Pevsner’s Buildings of England: Suffolk and pictured in Wall’s Long Melford Through the Ages.
You enter the property into a wonderful sitting room which has exposed wood flooring with chequered style paint design, wooden wall panelling, exposed cast iron fireplace, high ceilings and exceptionally heavy timbers. There is a panelled door off the sitting room leading to a cloakroom and coat store. Through the inner hall and following the terracotta tiles brings you into the fully fitted kitchen/dining room. The kitchen is of shaker style with integrated nef fridge, Bosch dishwasher, double butler sink and emerald splashback surrounding the Rangemaster oven, 5-Ring hob and Rangemaster extractor fan. This room also has space for a wood burning stove, impressive high ceilings, exposed timbers and a door to the rear garden.
Accessed from the inner hall is the staircase to the first floor landing which has exposed elm floorboards and oak panelled storage cupboard. The principal bedroom is a true show-stopper. You instantly notice the magnificent vaulted oak ceiling with carved beams, dentil frieze and two carved masks at either end of the main timber. There are also exposed elm floorboards and honey coloured timbers.
The principal bedroom also houses some magnificent medieval wall paintings which are a truly wonderful feature and warrant its 2* listed status. The first floor also has a second double bedroom with panelling, exposed timbers and views over the rear garden, a family bathroom with sage coloured roll top bath, airing cupboard and storage cupboard.
Outside
There is a lot more to Oaken that initially meets the eye. To the rear is a substantial oak-framed and brick-fronted brew-house, dating from the house’s period as the Swan Inn in the 17th-18th centuries. To the ground floor is a large store room with plumbing, electrics and houses a separate gas boiler. To the right there is access to a kitchenette featuring double butler sink in bespoke unit and separate cloak-room/lavatory, the whole with lovely Suffolk white brick flooring; there is a staircase to access the upper floor which comprises a stunning vaulted 2-room studio which has potential to be converted into a holiday let (stp).
There is a converted barn double garage/workshop also with plumbing and electrics connected.
The property has a charming east facing garden with dining patio and a lawn with variety of trees and shrubs including an apple and bay. There is access to the rear onto the shingle driveway with parking space available for 1 car beyond the double 5-bar gates via a short unclaimed private road.
