7 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- One of the very best village house in the county
- Impressive accommodation amounting to over 6,000 sq ft
- Outstanding period architecture throughout
- Attractive formal gardens of just over 1.5 acres
- Greenhouse, summer house, double garage and stores
Description
Dating back to the 15th century this beautiful house has been
subject of an exceptional project of renovation and restoration over recent years. It is Grade II* Listed of Special Architectural or Historical interest and is one of the finest houses within the village. The house offers over 6,000 sq ft of accommodation and is constructed of timber frame with an 18th century classic
façade under pitched tiled roofs. Many of the windows have south facing views of the formal gardens. The accommodation is particularly appealing with superbly proportioned reception rooms having high ceilings, open fireplaces, stone and boarded
floors. The older part of the house has exposed timbers, a
wood burner in the sitting room, panelled walls and many
original features.
Outside
The house is accessed by double electric gates that sweep round the front of the house culminating in a parking sweep to the rear of the house and fronting a double garage and range of stores. The gardens are a magnificent feature with numerous herbaceous beds, box hedging, clipped yews and flower borders. There are several seating areas, wide lawns and more informal wooded areas around the perimeter. There is walled sunken garden with pond, a vegetable garden with
raised beds and greenhouse and a lower garden with fruit
cage and a further nature pond. There is a delightful garden house which takes full advantage of the stunning outlooks over
these beautiful formal gardens with the magnificent church tower in the distance.
Services
Mains gas central heating, water, electricity and drainage. Super fast broadband.
Location
The Grove is set well back off Lady Street near the heart of
Lavenham’s Market Place. Lavenham is known as “Suffolk’s best preserved medieval village”. At the centre is the magnificent
Guildhall of Corpus Christi, a reminder of the town’s wealth
during the height of the wool trade. Nearby are buildings of
similar beauty including the grandiose Church of St Peter
and St Paul. This remarkable village has a useful range of
shops including a butcher, post office, pharmacy, bakery,
thriving primary school, a doctor’s surgery, traditional
grocer’s store and modern co-op and visitors dining in Lavenham are spoilt for choice. A wider range of services can
be found in Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich or Colchester and the latter has direct services into London’s Liverpool Street Station from approximately 50 minutes.
Sudbury 11.2km (7 miles) Bury St Edmunds 19.3km (12 miles)
Ipswich 28.9km (18 miles) Colchester 32.1km (20 miles)
London’s Liverpool Street Station from 50 minutes
Square Footage: 6,175 sq ft
Acreage: 1.5 Acres
Directions
From Colchester take the A134 to Sudbury. After Newton
Green bear right to Great Waldingfield and on the outskirts of the village turn right adjoining the B1115. Proceed through the village before bearing left on the B1071 to Lavenham. Proceed
through the village and turn right just before the Swan Hotel
and take the first left onto Lady Street and the Grove will be
found a short way up on the right.
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