14 bedroom farm house for sale

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION The Grove is understood to date from the 1720s with the E-shaped farm building originally converted in 1970. The plot comprises of a five/six bedroom house, a two bedroom cottage and five holiday cottages (four being one bedroom and one being two bedroom). The principal residence has been an outstanding family home and is being offered to the market for the first time in approximately 25 years. With generous reception space comprising dining room, drawing room, which benefits from a wood burning stove, and a versatile room currently used as bedroom six. The heart of any home is the kitchen and The Grove benefits from an inviting AGA kitchen/breakfast room with ample space for a table and chairs. The ground-floor is further comprised of a wet room, utility room and cloakroom. The principal residence is further enhanced by five first-floor bedrooms (one en-suite) and family bathroom. The holiday cottages are well divided from The Grove being located in a separate wing of the E-shaped complex. The gardens are also divided, furnishing both the owners and holiday makers with privacy. The six cottages are a selection of one and two bedrooms, each with their own outside space, and have all been renovated in a sympathetic fashion with high-quality bathroom facilities and cottage-style kitchens. Further benefits include an L-shaped presentation garden, extensive parking facilities and a central courtyard. 

SITUATION The Grove enjoys an outstanding rural setting and sits centrally within its 6.38 acre grounds with 4.24 acres equine fenced into three paddocks. Surrounded by farmland on a peaceful little lane adjoining the picturesque village of Kersey and Sudbury, with no immediate neighbours, the property is well placed for countryside walks with a range of public footpath and bridleways from the property close by. Only three miles from the picturesque village of Boxford with its range of facilities and amenities including a butcher, post office, village stores, primary school and pub and the nearby market town of Hadleigh offering a more extensive range of shops, a health centre, doctors surgery, dentists, pubs and restaurants. The branch line station at Sudbury is five miles distant and joins the mainline to London Liverpool Street at Marks Tey. The Historic village of Lavenham is five miles and Long Melford is seven miles. The Roman town of Colchester (direct line to London Liverpool Street lies 13 miles due south (approximately 30 minutes drive). 

AGENTS NOTE A covenant on land that is currently used as parking and orchard states 'not to carry on or in the property or buildings to be erected on the property anything that may be or grow to be a nuisance, annoyance or disturbance to the transferors or successors.' This only affects ¾ of an acre. 

SERVICES Mains water and electricity are connected. Private drainage. Oil-fired heating to principal residence. Calor gas heating to the five cottages. NOTE: None of these services have been tested by the agent. 

BROADBAND SPEED: Up to 1000Mbps (source Ofcom).

PHONE COVERAGE: EE and O2 (source Ofcom).

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