Tattingstone cottage with pool for sale at £900,000 guide

Orchard Cottage dates back to 1948 and has been renovated and extended by the current owners, Peter and Annette Shawler. 

Felixstowe builders F W Rogers built the property, and the couple discovered that Mr Shawler’s grandfather Jimmy Read, a labourer, had a hand in constructing the home.

“After we moved in we looked through the deeds and discovered that F W Rogers built the original house,” said Mrs Shawler.

“We checked with Pete’s mother and she was able to confirm it. We had no idea. It was a wonderful surprise.

“Pete was very close to his grandfather and he was over the moon. It’s given us such a close connection to the house.”

The kitchen has a range of wooden base and wall units (Image: Savills)

The time has now come for Peter and Annette to say goodbye to the home, as the couple look to downsize.

“We’ve done a lot of work over the years and it will be very difficult to say goodbye,” Mrs Shawler said. “It’s been a fabulous place to live and we have some lovely memories.

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“It’s a very peaceful setting and is great for bird watching. We call it our own little Shangri-La.

"But the time is right for us to downsize. We hope the next owners will be just as happy here."

The dining area sees a lot of natural light with seamless interaction with the kitchen (Image: Savills)

Inside, the ground floor accommodation comprises a kitchen/diner, living room, study and cloakroom, with stairs in the entrance hall leading to the first floor.

The kitchen/diner has been fitted with a comprehensive range of base and wall units. There is also space and plumbing for a washing machine.

The kitchen space opens through to the breakfast/dining area with a door leading out to the rear garden.

A walk-in larder cupboard offers extra food storage, and the study can be used for a variety of needs.

The sitting room has patio doors out to the rear garden (Image: Savills)Double doors lead into the full width living room, which has patio doors out to the garden.

The stairs leads to a large landing space on the first floor with access to four bedrooms, with the master having an en suite with bath, WC and wash basin as well as built-in wardrobes.

The second bedroom also has an en suite and built-in wardrobe.

One of the bedrooms in Orchard Cottage, and two of the bedrooms include en suites (Image: Savills) The bedrooms are versatile and can have different uses depending on an individuals needs (Image: Savills) Two further bedrooms are versatile spaces, with the first floor completed by a walk-in store cupboard and walk-in wardrobe, allowing for plenty of extra storage.

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Outside and there is a large blocked paved area to the front of the house which leads to a double garage with electric roller doors.

To the rear is a terrace with a covered seating area which also has a retractable sun blind.

Orchard Cottage comes with a Westminster heated swimming pool (Image: Savills)

The terrace opens out to a lawned garden with herbaceous beds and a heated Westminster above ground swimming pool with filter shed to one side.

Beyond this are further grounds, classified as agricultural land, which houses a productive vegetable garden, asparagus beds and raspberry canes along with two polytunnels.

There are also composting bins, a garden machinery shed, garden store shed and garage/boat store. A further garden shed and two solid entrance gates are at the very end of the gardens, which open onto Vale Lane.

The home has plenty of field and garden space, as well as outbuildings (Image: Savills) Orchard Cottage is in Tattingstone, a sought-after village on the Shotley peninsula, and is equidistant between Ipswich and Manningtree.

Tattingstone has amenities including a primary school, pubs and farm shop, with both Ipswich and Manningtree having a wider range of facilities, as well as main line train services to London Liverpool Street.

For more information, contact Savills.

PROPERTY FACTS

Orchard Cottage, Tattingstone
Guide price: £900,000
Savills, 01473 234800
savills.co.uk