5 bedroom detached house for sale

A beautifully presented period farm house standing in 7 acres of superb gardens, paddocks and woodland with substantial barns, outbuildings and detached annexe.

Entrance hall, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, study/studio, office, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, shower/cloakroom and cellar.

First floor master bedroom with en-suite shower room and en-suite cloakroom, bedroom two with en-suite cloakroom, three further bedrooms, family bath/shower room and a cloakroom.

Detached annexe.

Driveway, double cartlodge & parking, formal gardens, informal gardens & grounds, paddocks, woodland, weather boarded barn, stables and outbuildings. In all approaching 7 acres (sts).

THE PROPERTY
A beautifully presented detached farm house with substantial and comfortable accommodation arranged over three floors. Hall Farm House is Grade II listed (listed as Hall House) as being of special architectural or historic interest and has undergone a comprehensive programme of restoration and sympathetic modernisation over recent years, to include, a new roof, rewiring, plumbing, new central heating system, new kitchen, new bathrooms and the creation of new rooms, resulting in a delightful home with well proportioned, family accommodation.

Presenting predominantly colour washed rendered elevations with some pargetting, under a series of pantile and plain tile roofs, Hall Farm House benefits from over 3,200 sq ft of accommodation plus additional annexe accommodation, all standing in beautiful private grounds with many substantial outbuildings and totalling around 7 acres (subject to survey).

The reception hall has a pamment floor and features the easy rising stairs to the first floor with a cupboard under and accesses the ground floor accommodation with a twin fronted sitting room with window shutters, fireplace housing a wood burning stove with shelved cupboards to each side and panelled walls. The drawing room also has twin windows to the front aspect and a fireplace with a pamment hearth, housing a wood burning stove, shelved cupboard, bookshelves and a door leads into the double aspect dining room, which has exposed wooden floorboards and a door leads into the inner hall, which has oak floorboards, accesses the two roomed cellar with brick floors and leads into a study/studio, which has a fitted work station, shelving and a side aspect. The vaulted kitchen/breakfast room is well fitted with a range of base and eye level units, solid oak work surfaces, integrated appliances, including a dishwasher, two built-in double pantry cupboards, an inset Rangemaster oven with extractor over and has a door leading to the garden and a further door leads into the rear hall, which has a pamment floor, door to the garden, secondary stairs leading to a vaulted office and a door leads into the utility room, which is fitted with a single drainer stainless steel sink, work surfaces with cupboards under and space for appliances and windows to the side aspect. Continuing on the ground floor there is a shower & cloakroom situated off the inner hall.

The first floor, which has a split-level landing, leads to three double bedrooms with the twin aspect master having an en-suite shower room and an en-suite cloakroom, bedroom two also has a twin front aspect, an en-suite cloakroom and a built-in wardrobe, bedroom three has a double aspect and built-in wardrobe/cupboard. There is also a family bathroom adjacent to bedroom three.

On the second floor there are two bedrooms, both with rear aspects and a cloakroom.

OUTSIDE
To the front of the property is an expanse of lawn with various mature trees and a bordering flint wall to the front. Approaching the house through a five-bar gate to the rear, there are areas of gravelled driveway and parking leading to a detached double cartlodge. There are areas of formal lawns with an abundance of mature trees and shrubs and many herbaceous borders and beds. The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of Hall Farm House and also boast substantial outbuildings with a very well maintained large traditional weather boarded barn with a pantile roof, consisting of two separate areas with ideal storage and workshop facilities, machinery and garden tool storage, together with log store. Adjoining the barn there are stable facilities with two boxes, a tack room/store, a further store and a lean-to greenhouse.

A further detached barn was converted to an annexe a few years ago and now provides ancillary accommodation of 680 sq ft with a large sitting room/dining area, kitchenette and ground floor shower and cloakroom and a large vaulted first floor bedroom with a double aspect.
The grounds continue to the rear of the barns and annexe with areas of grass and a large woodland measuring about 2 acres. A five-bar gate leads into fenced paddocks of around 3 acres, which have a water supply. In all around 6.8 acres (subject to survey).

LOCATION
Hall Farm House occupies a most pleasant location along Summer Road heading out of the village and offers a high degree of privacy within its grounds. Walsham le Willows is an attractive and popular village with a thriving community and a pleasing mix of period and modern housing. It offers a range of facilities including a hardware/country store, butchers and delicatessen, two public houses, primary school and offers good access to the A14 and to the mainline station at Stowmarket which offers a fast and regular service to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 85 minutes. The historic cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds lies approximately 11 miles away and offers a full range of schooling, recreational and shopping facilities and cultural amenities including the impressive Georgian Theatre Royal and the Abbey Gardens. The nearby centres of Newmarket, Cambridge and Ipswich are all within easy reach.

The international airport at Stansted is some 60 miles away, where in addition to air services there is an express train to London.

There are excellent local schools in both the public and private sectors including South Lee, Old Buckenham Hall, Culford and Barnardiston.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services -
House: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating. Intruder Alarm System
Annexe: Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority Mid Suffolk District Council
Council Tax Band G
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Predicted superfast speeds of 80Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes
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