5 bedroom detached house for sale

Grade II Listed farm house with delightful landscaped gardens and substantial garaging off a country lane.

Description

Rookery Farm is Grade II Listed and believed to date back to 1480 with early 17th century additions. The house is built from timber frame under pitched fish-scale and plain tiled roofs at the front and plain tile and slate roofs to the rear. The house is south facing and has been sympathetically extended to the rear creating a very appealing family home. Internally there are some wonderful features including Inglenook fireplaces, exposed timbers, feature mullion windows and attractive outlooks over the gardens. There are further features on the first floor including vaulted ceilings in several of the bedrooms. A recent two storey guest wing has been added on one side of the house (first floor bedroom to be completed). The attractive gardens are well established with numerous trees, herbaceous borders and seating areas. To the far end of the garden is a pond and a hard tennis court with summer house to one side. The large parking area fronts a triple car port with workshop/garage to one side.

OUTSIDE

Rookery Farm is set back from the lane and approached over a gravelled curving drive which culminates to the side of the house and with a triple carport/garage. There is an attractive paved terrace which opens out to lawns. A side entrance leads to a sheltered and paved terrace with wisteria adorned pergola ideal for alfresco dining and doors to the side hall of the house. A path with retaining brick walls and box hedging lead through the attractive private gardens. Wide lawns are edged with deep flower and shrub borders. There is a pond beyond the main lawn with a further path to the hard tennis court with a double yew hedged walk and a summer house.

Recent improvements to the house include:
New oil fired boiler and tank. New pressurised hot water tank .
New drive, new3 bay cart lodge. Three new log burners + flues etc. New oak flooring in the dining room/lounge/study
area. New carpets in the bedrooms and landing/stair case. The windows are secondary glazed. New shower in wet room. Old cart lodge converted into large garden room. Sauna installed. New Klargester. Jacuzzi/hot tub. New kitchen/hob & oven. New larder, new shower room. Stone floors through kitchen & small garden room. Nine external censored flood lights. Tennis hut with electrics. Whole house re-decorated inside and out. 60 saplings/trees planted along with the garden being opened up plus three large trough planters. Large patio laid in the back garden.

Location

Rookery Farm is wonderfully position back from the lane and at the end of a curving drive with established gardens which abuts onto open countryside. The house is located in the peaceful hamlet of Daisy Green on the edge of Great Ashfield and benefits from many walks and bridal ways nearby. The much larger villages of Elmswell and Norton are within easy reach and provide excellent day to day shopping facilities, primary schools and village pubs. Elmswell also has a railway station with direct trains to Cambridge. The A14 is readily available providing excellent access to the local market towns of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket which both offer a much wider range of shopping, educational and recreational facilities. Stowmarket also provides InterCity train services to London’s Liverpool Street Station approx. 75 minutes. The A14 also gives access to Newmarket, Cambridge, Ipswich, The M11 and national and motorway networks. Sporting amenities include racing at Newmarket and golf at Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Worlington. There is river and sea fishing and sailing on the rivers Stour, Orwell, Alde and Deben. Independent Junior and Senior schools in the area include Culford, South Lee, Great Finborough, Woodbridge, Framlingham College, Orwell Park and Old Buckenham Hall.

Square Footage: 3,135 sq ft


Acreage: 2.6 Acres

Directions

From Bury St Edmunds proceed eastbound on the A14 and take the Elmswell turning. After passing Elmswell church continue to the cross roads and turn left and continue north through Elmswell passing over the railway line and continue into Great Ashfield. Take a right turn into School Road, signposted Daisy Green & Village Hall and continue along this road for about a quarter of a mile, pass a right hand turn and Rookery Farm will be seen set back from the road on the left.

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Additional Info

SERVICES
Mains electricity and water, oil fired central heating. Private drainage.