Worlingworth, Near Framlingham, Suffolk
- PROPERTY TYPE
Detached
- BEDROOMS
8
- BATHROOMS
4
- SIZE
5,372 sq ft
499 sq m
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Freehold
Description
Hallway, drawing room, sitting room, study, reception hall, snug, kitchen, orangery/dining room, utility room, cloakroom and cellar. Five first floor bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms. Three second floor bedrooms, dressing room and bathroom.
Attractive formal and informal gardens with lawns, ponds and woodland. Substantial cartlodge, buildings and barns. In all, approximately 4.8 acres.
Location
Halcyon House is set back from a country lane on the northern edge of the village, surrounded by established gardens. Worlingworth itself has a village pub, The Swan as well as a shop. It is just 5.5 miles from Framlingham, which is best known locally for its fine medieval castle. Framlingham offers a good choice of schooling in both the state and private sectors and also benefits from an excellent variety of shops including a Co-operative supermarket, a medical centre, public houses and restaurants. The delightful small town of Eye is just over 7 miles away and offers day-to-day shopping facilities, as well as further schooling. It is well known for its motte and bailey castle and its varied cultural activities throughout the year, which include theatre productions, classical music concerts and an annual art exhibition. Aldeburgh and the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, home to the Aldeburgh Festival, are within easy reach. For commuters, the main railway station at Diss provides direct services to London's Liverpool Street Station, Ipswich and Norwich. Located approximately 13 miles from the property, Diss also offers an eighteen hole golf course, tennis and squash clubs, an indoor swimming pool and gym, as well as Tesco, Morrisons and Aldi supermarkets. Just over 19 miles from the property is the county town of Ipswich, which offers further national shops and services.
Description
Halcyon House is a most attractive former rectory situated at the end of a sweeping driveway. The house is Grade II Listed and is believed to date back to the 16th/17th century with extensive remodelling in the early 19th century. The property is constructed from brick and timber frame with rendered and colourwashed elevations, enhanced by two bays under pitched tile roofs.
The house has been beautifully and sympathetically updated in recent years and boasts a wide range of original features including open fireplaces, high ceilings and attractive sash windows.
A front door opens to a hallway with fitted cupboards and doors off to the reception hall, drawing room and sitting room. The dual aspect drawing room has a ceiling height of 9’9 and has vast windows overlooking the grounds as well as a open fireplace. The sitting room again has high ceilings and sash windows to the front. In addition is a fireplace with wood burning stove and doors off to the study and orangery. The study offers privacy away from the core of the house and there is a door to the exterior.
Located centrally within the house is the reception hall which has stairs to the first floor landing, access to the cloakroom with WC, the cellar, kitchen and the snug. Here, there is a wood burning stove and window with attractive views. There is a stunning kitchen fitted with some bespoke wall units and granite worktops. In addition is a kitchen island. There are sash windows overlooking the garden and a door to the utility room and also the orangery. This works as a fabulous dining room and has wall to wall windows overlooking the grounds as well as a glazed roof with fitted blinds.
On the first floor there are five double bedrooms as well as three recently refitted bath/shower rooms that are beautifully presented. From the landing, stairs lead up to the second floor where there is a central dressing room with fitted wardrobes and doors off to bedrooms six, seven and eight. All three bedrooms are doubles and overlook the grounds. Bedroom six has an en-suite bathroom.
Outside
Halcyon House is approached through gates onto a curving gravel drive which culminates in a wide parking area and leads to the cartlodge, buildings and barn. The double cartlodge measures approximately 20’ x 18’3 and attached to this are buildings with a store room above. Adjacent to the building is a historic small barn and further range of brick and timber outbuildings. Adjacent to these is a buried rainwater harvester which could ideal for watering the garden during the summer months.
The house itself sits centrally within its established grounds which are interspersed by numerous trees, a large pond, which is believed to be the original village swimming pond and with a backdrop of the attractive village church. There is a strip of woodland that runs along one side of the property. To the rear of the house is a south facing patio leading onto a croquet lawn with steps down to the garden, adjacent to which are domestic outbuildings. To the west of the house is a courtyard with Wisteria entwined pergolas and Box hedging. There are several long established fruit trees including Mulberry, Quince and Apple. Beyond the more formal gardens is a flower meadow/paddock. In all, the grounds extend to approximately 4.8 acres.
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Services - Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating system with bottled gas for the stove. Underfloor heating in the kitchen and orangery.
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EPC - Rating = N/A (Grade II Listed)
Council Tax - Band H; £4,126.08 payable per annum 2024/2025
Local Authority - Mid Suffolk District Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Rd, Ipswich IP1 2BX; Tel:
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Worlingworth, Near Framlingham, Suffolk
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Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode- Diss Station9.5 miles
Clarke & Simpson is an independent firm of Chartered Surveyors dealing in rural property matters including estate agency, residential lettings, farm and land sales, professional valuations, estate management, auctioneering and architectural work. With a team of over thirty working from our office in the medieval town of Framlingham, we pride ourselves on our wealth of experience and knowledge and do our very best to a offer a completely dedicated, personal and professional service.
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HistoryThe business was started in Christopher Clarke's playroom back in 1989. Christopher had previously been the managing director of a large corporate agency and was keen to get back to his original roots of selling property and offering a first class personal service. The business may have grown but there is still the great enthusiasm from all the team to offer the highest quality care and attention.
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