Location
The village of Alpington has a village primary school which was last rated as Ofsted outstanding. Good everyday shopping facilities including a doctors’ surgery are available in the nearby village of Poringland, about two miles, whilst the larger village of Loddon (six miles) also has good everyday shopping facilities as well as a doctors’ surgery and dentists, and a secondary school with a good OFSTED rating. Norwich, the Cathedral city and regional centre of East Anglia, is about 6 miles to the north with a mainline railway station to London, Cambridge, Liverpool and Great Yarmouth. The Waveney Valley market town of Bungay is about 10 miles to the south.
Description
Field House is a spacious period home which has been extended by the current owners to offer substantial accommodation in a delightful position with countryside to three aspects.
The ground floor provides excellent rooms including a large sitting room with views out into the gardens, sunny conservatory, a family room which opens into the impressive, modern kitchen breakfast room, a formal dining room perfect for social occasions and an ideal home office which is a now essential space for any prospective purchasers looking to work from home.
Six bedrooms to the first floor are served via a family bathroom as well as a family shower room and the principal suite comprises of both a dressing room as well as an en suite. The bedrooms feature pleasant aspects to make the most of the surrounding countryside views.
The property is approached via a gravel driveway which comfortably provides off road parking for numerous vehicles and leads to a detached double garage with power and lighting connected for secure storage. The gardens extend to 1.2 acres and surround the house to give a wonderful sense of space and the opportunity to create various areas of interest within the garden. The current owners have utilised the space to have a mainly laid to lawn garden but featuring mature shrubs, trees, a pond and a kitchen garden as well as opting for low level fencing to make the most of the excellent views beyond the house over paddocks and countryside. A timber built building in the garden is used as a home gym as well as an adjoining garden store and an additional outbuilding provides further garaging for one vehicle as well as workshop and storage space.