5 bedroom detached house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Situation

Sycamore Farm enjoys a quiet rural setting just outside the village of Bramford which lies just to the north west of the county town of Ipswich. The town has a wide range of shopping and recreational facilities and where there are regular intercity rail services to London's Liverpool Street scheduled to take just over an hour. The A12 and A14 are within a few miles and provide easy access to Cambridge and the Midlands to the west and Colchester and London to the south. There are excellent educational facilities in both the private and state sectors with The Royal Hospital School and Orwell Park School within close proximity. There is a choice of golf clubs within the area the nearest being Hintlesham and there are excellent sailing facilities including Woolverstone Marina, Ipswich Haven Marina and the Royal Harwich Yacht club. There is also a health and fitness spa in the village with swimming pool.

Description

Sycamore Farm is believed to date originally from the 15th century and is Grade II Listed as of being of Architectural and Historical Interest. It is of traditional heavy oak timber frame construction under a plain tiled roof. The house has been extended in the 17th and 18th centuries to provide extensive accommodation, which incorporates at the western end a self-contained cottage wing which is separately serviced, but could be easily used in connection with the house if required.

The house is set back from the road at the end of a gravel drive and is surrounded by established gardens with a large railed meadow to the rear, ideal for those with equestrian interests. A wrought iron gate through an old brick and flint wall provides access to the shingled drive area in front of the house. There is a superb and extensive range of farm buildings which lie to the north west of the farmhouse which are detailed later within these particulars. Sycamore Farm lies adjacent to the tributary of the River Gipping. Internally there is a wealth of features throughout the house including exposed timbers, open fire places, sash and casement windows with well proportioned accommodation.

Accommodation

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5 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 2 Shower Rooms, Entrance Hall, Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Study, Cloakroom, Utility Room/Boot Room

Self Contained annexe comprising: Kitchen/Dining Room, Sitting Room, 2 Bedrooms, Bathroom

Gardens, extensive range of outbuildings including workshops, stabling, former craft units, meadow land

OUTSIDE

The gardens surround the house and are mainly laid to lawns with established trees around the gardens.There are several domestic buildings around the property used mainly for garden storage on the south western corner of the gardens is a large detached concrete block workshop/garage.

THE FARM BUILDINGS & EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES

There is useful and impressive range of mainly modern outbuildings lying just to the north west of the house. Approached by the same drive, but branching off onto an additional drive to gain access to the buildings at the rear. There is three phase electricity and water connected to the outbuildings. The main buildings detail as follows;

Brick Store/Workshop, 49'6 x 17'6

Adjoining former Granary, 28' x 16'

Two stables and WC facilities

Brick garage, 17'6 x 9'6

Range of three stables, each 12'7 x 11'8

Former bull pen, now enclosed to provide useful storage and carriage house, 36'6 x 18'10

Large steel framed open span building, 50' x 30' and 15' to the eaves, covering the yard area

Two concrete framed former cattle yards, each 60' x 30' with concrete floors and roller shutter doors

Old cow shed and calf shed - two old buildings of block construction

Former threshing shed, now used as a horse box shelter, 29'6 x 15'7

Open fronted concrete framed four bay implement store, 60' x 20'

A range of stables (8 in total), each with double doors, hardcore floors, approximately 20' x 10', plus two bay hay store

Modern steel framed manege building, 100' x 47', with 17' to the eaves with concrete wall plus cladding on the western side

To the north west of the buildings is a schooling area on sand, useable throughout the year with post and rail fencing. Adjoining this area is a further paddock which abuts the stream and boarded by post and rail fencing and totals about 2.4 acres.

Lot 2: There is an adjoining field on the other side of the lane of approximately 25.34 acres which is available at a guide price of £160,000.

SERVICES

Private water supply with a right to connect to the main if required. Mains electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating.

POSTCODE
IP8 4NN

COUNCIL TAX
House: band G
Annexe: band A

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Mid Suffolk District Council

FREEHOLD WITH VACANT POSSESSION

VIEWING

Strictly by appointment with Savills

Directions

From Ipswich proceed out on the Bramford Road. Pass over the River Gipping and continue to a give way. Turn right and first left and follow this for a short way and after crossing over a small bridge (Somersham Brook) the entrance will be seen on the left hand side.