A rare opportunity to purchase a former Japanese temple in the grounds of a historic manor house has become available in Herringswell, near Newmarket.
The temple is on the market with Cheffins at a guide price of £515,000.
It lies within the grounds of the Grade II listed Herringswell Manor, a Tudor-style manor house which sits on land originally owned by the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.
It was constructed in 1985 by Japanese craftsmen brought in by the Shi-Tennoji monks, who occupied and ran an international school on the site at the time, and encompasses the traditional style of a temple building, with rendered walls and a green copper roof.
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The building is now a residential home, with this property boasting three bedrooms, two bathrooms and access to delightful themed communal gardens shared by this gated community.
The entrance hall, which has a tiled floor and high ceilings, provides access to a cloakroom with low-level WC, as well as stairs to the first floor and a set of double doors opening to the “exceptional” open-plan kitchen/living/dining room.
This room also benefits from high ceilings, in addition to exposed structural beams.
The central dining area includes a purpose-installed lift to the first floor, and leads to a spacious and bright living area with long windows and two pairs of doors opening on to an outside decking, which overlooks the beautiful gardens and ornamental fishpond.
The kitchen area is fitted with a range of base and wall-mounted cupboards and features an integrated oven, hob and extractor hood.
There are three bedrooms and a family bathroom off the first-floor landing, which enjoys a seating area overlooking the front of the house.
All three bedrooms include sloping ceilings and exposed structural timbers. Bedroom three is where the self-contained lift opens, and bedroom one has its own en-suite shower room with a walk-in shower cubicle, hand basin and low-level WC.
The family bathroom features a bath, hand basin and low level-WC.
Outside, the temple is approached via a shared pathway leading to the front door, with two allocated shingled parking spaces to the front of the property.
To the rear, the communal gardens offer “a wealth of colour”, with established trees and shrubs and a large, ornamental pond creating a tranquil feel.
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The approach to Herringswell Manor and its grounds is via security entrance gates at the end of a long, shingled driveway through an attractive woodland.
Herringswell is a small village just over eight miles from Newmarket and 12 miles from Bury St Edmunds, with easy access to the A14 and A11.
For more information, contact Cheffins.
PROPERTY FACTS
Temple 2, Herringswell
Guide price: £515,000
Cheffins, 01638 663228
cheffins.co.uk
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