Priory Road, Snape

Full Description

There are wonderful walks from the property particularly the Sailors Path off Priory Road that leads to Aldeburgh. The village of Snape has a primary school, a garage shop, three public houses and there are several varying shops affiliated within the Snape Maltings complex. The A12 is only a short drive away and provides ready access to London which is about 90 miles from the property. Situated in the sought-after Suffolk Heritage Coastline, the town of Aldeburgh is also easily accessible and provides ample facilities for sailing, golf, and the fishing enthusiast.

Owner’s comment:

 The original part of Priory Lodge was built by the Dowager Countess of Cranbrook in about 1910 as a gatehouse to the Snape Priory.  It was then occupied by her gardener and his wife. Since then, the house has been substantially enlarged and somewhat altered. Some original features do however remain. For example, the house is still served by the most beautifully constructed brick well, very deep and positioned over an aquifer which supplies the house with copious quantities of the purest water. Not many gardens can boast seven established oak trees some of which are many hundreds of years old. We have loved living here for the last eighteen years. It has always been a second home for both us and our predecessors in title, and a refuge for us, our children, and grandchildren. Memories abound, marquees and barbeques in the garden, the grandchildren in the treehouse, archery competitions, target shooting, croquet, always dogs, bonfire parties, Christmas parties and so much else. We will miss it but time marches on and all good things must come to an end.

Description:

Priory Lodge is approached from Priory Road and shares the start of the main drive entrance to Snape Priory. Turning immediately to the left there is an ample parking area. Wooden picket fencing with wired in lower sections (ensuring that the entire garden is secure for dogs) encloses the front of the house and grounds, with a garden gate forming the access point to the property. The house is mostly of brick construction with colour washed wooden cladded elevations, with the main section of the house being under a cross hipped pan tiled roof. The house benefits from modern double insulated glazing throughout.

Entering the house at its mid-point, large glazed French doors lead you directly into the hallway, with French white oak floors. Heading to the left takes you through to the kitchen:

Kitchen 13’10 x 15’10 (4.21m x 4.82m):

Fitted with shaker style blue coloured base units, under a white worktop. Ceramic tiled floor. Large Belfast sink with chrome mixer tap and separate filtered water tap. Four burner gas hob (supplied by bottled LPG located externally), soft duck egg tiled splash back, integrated Bosch dishwasher, wall mounted John Lewis double oven, larder cupboard. Opening onto:

Dining room 13’10 x 8’1 (4.21m x 2.47m):

Open plan off the kitchen. With painted pine flooring. Cupboard housing water cylinder. Double doors leading out onto the terrace. Stairs leading up the first floor. Through to:

Sitting room 13’10 x 15’10 (3.97m x 4.82m):

With painted pine flooring. Fireplace with working log burner, wooden mantle and surround, brick hearth. Bay window with plantation shutters. Ceiling height feature bookshelf. Through to:

Book room/study area:

A small lobby room with desk area. Door leading out to side of the house.

From Dining room, a straight staircase leads up to the first-floor landing:

Bedroom 2 10’6 x 10’0 (3.2m x 3.04m):

With eaves storage airing cupboard. Corner shelving section. Roof hatch. Coir sea grass flooring.

Bedroom 3 9’10 x 15’1 (3m x 4.60m):

Fitted double sided bunk beds. Tongue and groove wall panelling. Cupboard. Coir sea grass flooring.

Shower room 7’5 x 5’1 (2.25m x 1.56m):

Shower cubicle with sliding glazed door. Small mosaic tiles. Chrome overhead rain shower with thermostatic mixer tap. W/c, wash hand basin.

Returning from the landing downstairs to the main entrance:

Hallway

From the main central door, turning to the right along the hallway.  Cloakroom W/C with wash hand basin. Utility Cupboard (plumbing for washing machine and separate dryer). Through to:

Bathroom 13’9 x 6’2 (4.19m x 1.88m):

Ceramic effect limestone flooring. Double raised ceramic wash hand basins with lower marble worktop. Cream tiling. Shower cubicle with power shower. Bath with mixer tap. Chrome towel rail.

Through to:

Master bedroom 13’9 x 16’0 (4.19m x 4.88m)

With French white oak floors. Vaulted ceiling with skylights. Fitted wardrobe. Large end section of French glazed doors with fine views over the garden.

Heading out to the garden, adjoining the main house there is the studio annexe accessed through large double French glazed doors:

Art studio annexe 17’8 x 12’9 (5.38m x 3.89m)

With slate tiled floor, vaulted ceiling. Corner glazed ceiling height window section with views over the garden.

Worktop with sink inset with freezer below. En-suite WC with wash hand basin (NB there is the necessary plumbing in place to make a shower room).

NB this room could be connected to the main house if desired, it also has potential to create a self-contained holiday let annexe (the ceiling is high enough to create a mezzanine sleeping area).

Garden

The grounds are believed to extend to somewhere approaching one acre (subject to survey and measurement) and include an attractive, lightly wooded copse comprising several ancient oak trees, and silver birches.

Workshop outbuilding

With lean to log store. Large wood clad workshop. With Godin log burner stove.

Greenhouse, Shed & Treehouse.

Directions:

Priory Lodge is about half a mile from Snape village and stands about a third of a mile to the west of Snape Crossroads. Priory Road is accessed from the A1094 (Farnham Road). Heading from Snape to Aldeburgh you would turn right into Priory Road, with Priory Lodge on your left.

Services:

Mains electricity.

Water is provided by a deep aquifer well supplied to the house by way of a submersible pump and filtration system. 

Note owner’s comment: the house is served by the most beautifully constructed brick well, very deep and positioned over an aquifer which supplies the house with copious quantities of the purest water.

Heating is electric with ample radiators throughout the property.

Drainage: the property is served by a septic tank drainage system (Klargester) with pumping station. This was installed by Binders of Ipswich in late 2017 and is maintained by them.

Agents Note:

The boundary of the property does not include the parking area, however Priory Lodge has right of way over the driveway to Snape Priory, and the owner has had a long-standing informal but established arrangement to use this area for parking. 

Accommodation comprises:

Sitting room; Dining room; Kitchen; Master Bedroom (with en-suite bathroom); Two further bedrooms; Shower room; Art studio annexe (with potential to create self-contained holiday letting accommodation); Gardens (circa 1 acre STS) with large workshop outbuilding (with log burner stove), shed and a treehouse.

Tenure: Freehold

Guide price: £650,000 subject to contract