Impressive Georgian country house & detached lodge cottage.

Description

Elm House is a substantial Grade II Listed country house and is approached over two tree lined drives. There is an attractive mixture of predominantly Georgian and timber frame with the principal front elevation facing south and presenting a brick façade with large sash windows. To the rear is the older
timber frame part of the house which is rendered with a shallow pitched roof of glazed black pantiles.

Elm House offers over 6,000 sq.ft. of accommodation across three floors and benefits from being extensively refurbished. Of particular note are the well proportioned reception rooms, all of which enjoy southerly views. The hall is pleasantly proportioned with an elegant staircase rising to the first floor
and provides access to the dining room and drawing room with beyond the panelled sitting room. The older rear part of the house has the kitchen, east facing breakfast room, a large home office, utility room, cellar and cloakroom.

On the first floor there is a part galleried landing approached over the principal staircase, which gives access to the principal bedroom suite, which has a dressing room, en-suite bathroom and a further raised nursery bedroom/dressing room. There are a further two large, south facing bedrooms, each with their own en-suite bathrooms as well as three more bedrooms and a family bathroom on the first floor.

The second floor has been partly converted and provides a further bedroom with its own shower room and a boarded out loft room used for storage. Elm House sits in the middle of attractive and well-established gardens. The garden also features a hard tennis court and a delightful early 19th Century
greenhouse with a productive vine. Close to the house and situated within a flint walled enclosure is the heated swimming pool (21'8" x 13'7") with an outhouse providing storage and changing facilities.

Outbuildings To the rear of Elm House are an attractive range of traditional outbuildings. The buildings comprise: Potting shed & apple store, workshop and 2 garages, open wood store, a pair of loose boxes, former coach house and main machinery/play barn.

Elm House Lodge
Situated a short distance back from Elm House and set within its own garden overlooking countryside is Elm House Lodge. It is an attractive, period (not listed) lodge cottage constructed of red brick under a slate and concrete tile roof with timber casement windows. The accommodation is well laid out with an entrance hall leading to a sitting room and dining room. Beyond the dining room is a well-fitted kitchen, a pantry/ utility room and cloakroom. On the first floor are three bedrooms and a fully fitted bathroom. Adjoining the lodge is a former cart shed used for general and garden storage. The gardens lie around the lodge and are an attractive mixture of lawn, surrounded by flower beds and borders and interspersed by specimen trees.

Grassland
To the north of Elm House is a block of grassland of approximately 7 acres (2.9 Ha) which is interspersed by mature oak trees and surrounded by belts of trees, making it a very attractive and sheltered block of permanent pasture with views over the Waveney Valley.

Location

Elm House is situated on the edge of the picturesque village of Hoxne in attractive, rolling countryside, straddling the Waveney Valley on the Suffolk/ Norfolk border. Hoxne is a thriving village with a popular pub, The Swan, a post office withgeneral stores and has a Primary School. There is an active village
life centred around the Village Hall and Sports Pavilion. Hoxne is one of the oldest settlements in the world. It gaveits name to an Ice Age; the Hoxonian Period and was also the source of the Hoxne Hoard, the largest find of Roman Gold and Silver in Britain, now housed in the British Museum. Hoxne is also renowned as the place where King Edmund was captured and slain in 870 AD.

The pleasant nearby market towns of Eye, Diss and Harleston provide for everyday needs including local and national chains of shops, hostelries and regional commercial operations. The house is in a rural location which is readily accessible being close to the A140 linking Ipswich and Norwich providing access to the A14 and A12. There are frequent mainline trains to London Liverpool St. Station from Diss and Ipswich and air travel from Norwich Airport (27 miles) and Stansted International Airport (74 miles).

Square Footage: 10,995 sq ft


Acreage: 12 Acres

Additional Info

Services: Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Broadband

Local Authority Waveney District Council

Council tax band - G