6 bedroom detached house for sale

A beautiful, stylishly presented period family home, superbly set in parkland grounds of about 10 acres, with an excellent range of outbuildings, garages and barns.

Entrance hall, reception room/home office, drawing room, dining room, study/media room,
family room/snug, kitchen/breakfast/garden room, cloakroom, buttery/workshop and a boiler room rear hall.

Galleried first floor landing, master bedroom & separate dressing room, five further bedrooms, sitting room/bedroom six, three family bath/shower rooms and an office room.

Versatile two storey detached barn with planning consent granted to convert into an annexe.

Driveway, parking, ‘12 car’ barn store/garaging, further outbuildings/stables, gardens, grounds and a pond.

In all about 10.2 acres (sts)

THE PROPERTY
Barningham Hall is an outstanding family home of significant character and substance, being originally a timber framed farmhouse, which it is understood, to have been extended to the front and the side, initially by the Georgians and subsequently by the Victorians. The house, which has not been grade listed, has in the past few years been superbly updated and modernised by the owner and is stylishly presented and maintained to a high standard, benefiting from high ceilings and well-proportioned rooms in the main. Appealing and character features include open and feature fireplaces, wood burners, some exposed timbers in the oldest part of the house, excellent views from the principal rooms across its gardens, parkland grounds and to the outbuildings, being as it is, so well positioned in the setting.

The excellent accommodation is arranged over three floors, with the three top floor rooms used as occasional bedrooms and an office. This spacious (circa 5,500 sq ft) home is arranged in the traditional Georgian style with the main reception rooms opening off the central hall, to the front and side, with the stylish modern open-plan kitchen/breakfast/garden room, family room/snug, boiler room/side hall and utility, being to the rear of the building and overlooking the part walled rear garden and accessed from the side off the block paved parking area. The flow of the accommodation is ideal for modern day family living, that is substantially set around the kitchen. There are four spacious first floor bedrooms, a sophisticated dressing room, a first floor ‘teenage’ sitting room/bedroom 5, a luxurious family bath and shower room, 2nd family bath and shower room and another separate family shower room off the back staircase for the main benefit of the guest room to the rear.

THE BARN
Accessed from either the front or rear drives, the two-storey detached block built and timber clad two storey barn was granted consent by West Suffolk Council (DC/24/0860/HH) on 16th September 2024 (with 3 years to start works) to be converted to make a comfortable and spacious 2-3 bedroom annexe, ideal for a dependent relative, being a convenient distance from the main house and already benefiting from its own private drainage system.

Currently it is used for garaging and as a workshop on the ground floor and has been a store area and home office studio to the first floor, which is accessed by the internal staircase.

OUTSIDE
The grounds of this wonderful home are a most appealing feature being fence enclosed, superbly maintained, and thoughtfully set out and arranged, with maturing trees that enhance the interest of the parkland pasture and outlook from the house.

The property, which is set well back from the road, is approached over a long, gated gravelled driveway which leads past the pond on the left, to the front of the house and splits providing access to a block paved parking area abutting the side of the house or bearing right to the block paved yard, off which the outbuildings and garages open, or continuing around to the two storey barn, on the gravelled drive. The drive conveniently continues past the barn, back to the road through a 5-bar ‘rear’ gate across the neighbouring barns shared access.

To the rear of the house the private formal garden is laid to lawn with well-tended flower beds and a stone paved terrace ideal for alfresco dining, a pergola leading down to a garden/summer house and is part high brick and flint wall enclosed, with a Ha Ha ditch and fence division to the pasture. There is also a ‘Gardeners Rest’ and wc outbuilding, with door to the front garden. The pond at the front of the property adds further to the charm of this excellent country home. The house sits well in its land, with the trees and pond to the front, the main pasture area with trees planted to the rear (including an area formerly used as a vineyard that sides the road at the end) and the formal gardens, yard and outbuildings around the house which in all extend to around 10.22 acres with farmland arable farm fields to the rear. There are no public footpaths or rights of way across the land.

In addition to the main barn, the property has an excellent range of garages and outbuildings including two ‘6 car’ connected garage/storage barns, former stables, now utilised as garden and grounds store rooms, a large corner box stable/log store and an attached single storey barn/workshop which could also work for an ‘American box’ stable building, if required.

LOCATION
Barningham Hall is well located in this peaceful semi-rural area north of the A14 and Bury St Edmunds in charming rolling countryside walking distance from the village which offers a local convenience store, primary school, parish church and ‘The Royal George’ public house. Nearby is Knettishall Heath Nature Reserve and SSSI, and Riddlesworth Hall Prep School.

More comprehensive facilities can be found in the cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds which offers a full range of schooling, recreational and shopping facilities, including the Arc shopping centre. Cultural amenities include the impressive Georgian Theatre Royal and The Abbey Gardens.

The nearby centres of Cambridge and Newmarket are within easy reach and the international airport at Stansted is about 52 miles away where, in addition to air services, there is an express train service to London. For road communications the A11 is easily accessed via Thetford and for the rail commuter there are fast and regular mainline services from Diss (13 miles) and Stowmarket, taking approximately 90 minutes from Diss to London’s Liverpool Street.

DIRECTIONS
From Bury St Edmunds head in a north easterly direction on the A143 towards Ixworth and Stanton. Upon reaching Stanton turn left onto the B1111 and proceed out of the village past the farm shop and on to Barningham. Once in the village, turn left onto Church Road, next to the convenience store and proceed out of the village, past the church and continue until you go over a small bridge and Barningham Hall will be found on your left.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water & electricity.
Septic Tank private drainage.
Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority West Suffolk Council
Council Tax Band G
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 33Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - varies depending on network provider. Please visit to check availability
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