SUFFOLK, Bacton, Nr Stowmarket EQUESTRIAN / LAND / LIFESTYLE / COUNTRY COTTAGE

Charming period thatched Grade II listed village property with 4.5 ACRES (stms), stable block and idyllic country garden. 


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Turkey Hall is full of character and has spacious accommodation spread over three floors, with many original features including inglenook fireplaces, exposed timbers, oak flooring, original doors, brick floor to the sitting room, tiled kitchen floor, and second floor bedroom with exposed eaves. There is a potential fifth bedroom on the ground floor adjacent to ground floor wc.

Outside there is a row of three large loose boxes, block built with pantiled roof and a large double garage building also block built with pantile roof. . Two gateways with five bar timber gates offer 'in and out' access. To the side of the garage there is a timber lean to currently used as a log store. The beautiful grounds extend to 4.5 ACRES (stms) including a productive orchard, paddocks with mature hedge boundaries and several small ponds.


 

ACCOMMODATION Sitting/living room; kitchen/breakfast room; dining room/music room; study/potential bedroom 5; boot room.
First floor landing/office; Jack and Jill family bathroom; main bedroom with ensuite shower; two further bedroom; second floor bedroom.

 

OUTSIDE Country cottage garden; summer house; double garage building with lean-to log store; Electric Vehicle charging point; block of three loose boxes and concrete yard; orchard; former lunging ring; paddocks with mature hedge boundaries. 18 solar panels with approx. £2,500 pa in tariffs. 

 

APPROXIMATE DISTANCES Stowmarket 6 miles; Diss 12 miles; Bury St Edmunds 16 miles; Ipswich 19 miles; Norwich 31 miles; Topthorn Arena 10 miles. 

LOCAL NOTES Turkey Hall, on Turkey Hall Lane, is set back from the village of Bacton with the outlook to the rear over its own grounds, paddocks and countryside beyond, yet a short distance from amenities. The Mid Suffolk parish of Bacton has an active local community with village shop/post office, garage, doctor's surgery, primary school, 12th century church and "The Bull" public house. Finbows Yard also hosts several business including DIY; antiques, furniture and a café. The well served market town of Stowmarket offers good education, recreational and commercial facilities as well as a mainline rail station offering a regular service to London (Liverpool Street) taking approximately 80 minutes.

There is good outriding from the property.

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ACCOMMODATION From the outside porch the external door leads to the sitting room. This fabulous room has brick floor, superb inglenook fireplace with log burning stove and exposed timbers. Internal doors lead to an inner hallway and dining/music room. There is a door leading to the kitchen and the stairs to the first floor, leading to the first floor landing office, family bathroom, and further stairs to the attic bedroom. The country-style kitchen has floor units with work top over, inset stainless steel sink/drainer and space for a free standing cooker, washing machine and fridge. There is a boot room off the kitchen with a door to the garden.

From the ground floor inner hallway at the rear of the house there is cloakroom/WC, a door to the outside, the study, which is potentially bedroom five, and a second set of stairs lead to the first floor bedrooms. The master bedroom has an ensuite shower room. The family bathroom has a bidet, wc, panel bath and wash hand basin with a second door, 'Jack and Jill' style, leading to the first floor landing/office and also serves the attic bedroom on the second floor.

 

OUTSIDE Turkey Hall is enclosed behind two timber five bar gates, that offer an 'in and out' entrance and exit.
The cottage style garden wraps around the house with many shrubs and plants to the front of the house such as hollyhocks, akebia, lilacs, variety of roses and lavender. There is a summer house in the rear garden with some fruit trees. There is also a separate orchard with a variety of fruit trees, such as plums, apples, pear and damson. The paddocks lie beyond.

There is a range of three large loose boxes which are block built with a pantile roof and a concrete yard and there is a former all weather lunging area. There is excellent outriding from the property.
The double garage has up and over door and there is a lean-to log store.

There are 18 solar panels sited in the paddock which have an income of approx. £2,500 per annum.

 

SERVICES 18 solar panels
Mains electricity and water
Private septic tank drainage
 


 

 

AGENTS NOTES Calor gas central heating is available to radiators on the ground floor rooms except the study, however the calor gas tank requires to be relocated.
Part of the thatch is due to be replaced although there have been some repairs made, the cost of this is taken into consideration on the asking price. For further information and details of the local thatcher please contact agent.