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6 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
6 bed
3 bath
1.50 acre(s)

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Service charge: £0 per annum
Council tax: Band C
Broadband: Super-fast 44Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Sitting Room/Dining Room
  • Office/Study & Snug
  • Cloakroom
  • Kitchen/Breakfast Room
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • Family Bathroom & 2 En Suite Shower Rooms
  • Annexed Accommodation Comprising 2 Bedrooms, Sitting Room/Games Room & Family Bathroom
  • Further Annexe Accommodation Comprising Kitchen/Sitting Room/Dining Room, Utility Room, With Potential For 2 Further Bedrooms
  • Range of Outbuildings Inc Offices/Garaging/Storage including parking for 12 cars
  • 1.5 Acre Plot (STS) with Over 10,000 sqft Internal Floor Area
A substantial detached Grade II Listed farmhouse dating back to the 17th Century, with a wide range of barns, outbuildings, annexe, offices, storage units and workshops, providing an internal floor area of over 10,000sqft. Set within its own plot of just over 1.5 acres (sts).

Holly Farm
Holly Farm has been lovingly and sympathetically restored by the present owner so as to provide a warm and welcoming family home which offers a versatile range of living space/office/garaging and storage. Plus a wealth of exposed timbers to most rooms.

From the exposed brick floored main entrance hall, there are doorways leading into the sitting room and also to the kitchen/breakfast room, with the sitting room featuring an inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam over and which in turn opens out to the snug, which features a built-in dresser. The kitchen/breakfast room is a particular feature of this property due to the hand built kitchen which includes a range of wall, base and drawer units with tiled work surfaces, plus Aga range cooker inset into inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam over and with mullion style window to dining room, and space for American style fridge freezer. Leading off the kitchen/breakfast room, there is a inner hall, with doorways to the rear courtyard garden, cloakroom and dining room. The dining room features strip floors, again with a wealth of exposed timbers and mullion style window to the kitchen/breakfast room. The cloakroom benefits from low flush wc, butler sink with mixer taps, built-in storage cupboards. Leading off the other side of the kitchen/breakfast room there is a rear hallway with Greystone pamment flooring, as well as built-in cupboards, with doorways leading out to the driveway as well as to the rear courtyard garden, lobby area and office with full height ceiling, with fitted cupboards and shelving, plus bow window looking into the rear hallway.

At first floor level there can be found two bedrooms, both of which are off the landing, as well as a further staircase leading to second floor. Bedroom 1 benefits from exposed floorboards, as well as eaves storage cupboards, attractive view to the front, looking across the front garden, from here there is a doorway to the inner hall where there is further cupboard space and which in turn leads through to the en suite bathroom, comprising wood panel bath with shower over, double width shower cubicle, conceal low flush cistern, vanity wash handbasin with cupboards below, plus further eaves storage and part tiled walls. Bedroom 2 also features exposed floorboards and exposed brick chimneybreast, as well as a range of built-in wardrobes, with this room opening out to an en suite shower room comprising tiled shower cubicle, vanity wash handbasin with cupboards under and concealed low flush wc.

At second floor there are two further bedrooms and a family bathroom, all of which are off the landing, one of which features exposed floorboards, whilst the other exposed timbers, including very attractive purlins. The family bathroom comprises wood panel bath with shower attachment and mixer taps, low flush wc and pedestal wash handbasin.

At ground floor level leading off the rear hallway there is a lobby area which in turn has doorways leading out to a small enclosed decked courtyard area, and also the annexed accommodation, the ground floor of which comprises hallway, a snooker room, which benefits from a wealth of natural light, as well as wonderful views over open countryside. We understand this room has been wired so it can quite easily be divided into two double bedrooms if so wished. Also at ground floor level there is a further bedroom with stable door leading out to the courtyard, plus family bathroom, wood panel bath with mixer taps, tiled double width shower cubicle, concealed low flush cistern, vanity was handbasin with cupboards below, cupboard housing hot water tank. Within this annexed area at first floor level there can be found a further bedroom/reception room which offers superb views across open countryside.

Beyond this annexed area is a utility room which houses the oil fired boiler, and provides plumbing for washing machine and dryer, from here there is a doorway leading into a shower room comprising tiled shower cubicle, concealed low flush cistern and vanity wash handbasin. Beyond the utility room there is a further annexed area which comprises a large living area/kitchen within which can be found a range of wall, base and drawer units, as well as stainless steel oven hob and extractor hood, plus tiled floors, part wood panelling, and a wealth of natural light provided by three windows and glazed double doors which overlooks the enclosed garden to rear. Leading off this room there are two interconnecting rooms which also overlook the courtyard garden and offer superb potential for conversion into further living accommodation.

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Outside
To the front of the property there is a large gravelled driveway which provides ample parking for several vehicles, as well as leading to the superb range of outbuildings which are as follows. Garage with two sets of double doors which can provide parking for four vehicles, benefits from light and power, to the rear of this there are two substantial storage areas, as well as a workshop, plus further large storage area to the right hand side. To the left hand side of this garage area there is a further garaging area, which if necessary can provide further enclosed garaging for four vehicles, with all of these areas benefitting from light and power. Workshop, this very large and well maintained workshop benefits from light and power, provides ideal workshop conditions. Leading off of this there is a staircase to first floor where there is a large potential office space, whilst to the right of the workshop there are two cart lodges. The workshop and cart lodges offer (truncated)

Location
The village of Battisford is approximately 5 miles south of the market town of Stowmarket, and 3 miles west of the small town of Needham Market. Both towns provide local shopping and schooling facilities, and Battisford itself retains a community village pub, village hall and preschool.

Services
Mains water and electricity, private drainage, oil fired central heating.

Local Authority
Mid Suffolk District Council - Council Tax Band C.

Tenure
Freehold.

Directions
From Stowmarket proceed southward in the direction of Combs village passing through the village after which you will bear left along Tannery Road for approximately 1½ miles where the road is then signposted Dedmans lane, then just before you reach a T-junction the property will be found on your left hand side.

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