Mill Street, Gislingham, Eye, Suffolk, IP23

An exceptional and superbly presented Grade II* listed village house offering generously proportioned accommodation, set within beautifully landscaped gardens approaching 1.4 acres (sts).

Dining hall, drawing room, garden room, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, study area, utility/boot room, inner hall & cloakroom.

First floor master bedroom with dressing room & en-suite bath/shower room, five further bedrooms, a ‘jack & jill’ shower room and a family bath/shower room.

Gated driveway & parking, garage/workshop/games room outbuilding (planning permission for one bedroom annexe), double garage, former stables, gardens & grounds, orchard area, moat, original well and separate side access.

In all about 1.36 acres (sts).

THE PROPERTY
Manor Farm House is a superbly presented period property believed to date back to the 15th century and displays a fine timber frame throughout, a wealth of period detail and being Grade II* listed indicates a building of particular importance and national significance.

It has been sympathetically improved & modernised over recent years and presents colour washed elevations with a part jettied frontage displaying period timber carvings, all under slate roofs.

The accommodation extends to over 3,500 sq ft of accommodation, arranged over two floors and in addition, planning consent has been granted for the conversion of an outbuilding into a one-bedroom annexe.

An entrance door leads into an impressive dining hall, which features an inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam housing a wood burning stove, a pamment floor, dual aspect mullion windows and a butler’s pantry with fitted shelving, cupboards and a wine fridge. Leading off the dining hall is a study area, which features a combination of floorboards and a brick floor with a window to the rear aspect. The boot/laundry room is fitted with a butler sink, granite work surfaces with cupboards under and a separate utility cupboard with plumbing for an automatic appliance. There is a door and window to the rear garden, floorboards, built-in double cupboards and access to the cloakroom. The inner hall has a mullion window to the rear aspect, features stairs leading to the first floor and a door leads into the kitchen, which is comprehensively fitted with a range of base and eye level units, polished wood worksurfaces, butler sink and a two oven Aga inset into the original fireplace with drawers, cupboards and work tops to either side and there is also an electric oven and hob. Windows overlook the rear garden and a door leads into the sitting room, which was the former dairy, with triple aspect mullion windows and a door leads to the garden. Continuing on the ground floor there is an attractive, heavily timbered drawing room, featuring a fabulous rare dragon beam and an inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam, housing a wood burning stove, mullion windows to the front and side aspect and a door leading into the garden room, which is glazed to three aspects and double doors lead to the garden.

On the first floor, accessed via the first set of stairs on the southern end of the house, the landing has a door leading to the stairs to the twin attic rooms and also leads to the master bedroom suite, which has dual aspect mullion windows, an original fireplace (not in use), two double wardrobes, a double airing cupboard, a walk-in dressing room with fitted hanging rails and shelving and a side mullion window. The en-suite bathroom features a roll top ball and claw foot bath, separate shower cubicle, vanity stand wash basin with cupboards under, low level wc, towel rail, mullion window to the side aspect and polished wood floorboards. Bedroom two has twin double aspect mullion windows, a fitted range of wardrobes and a Jack and Jill en-suite, which also serves a single bedroom with a mullion window to the rear aspect. A rear landing, which has a second set of stairs from the ground floor, accesses three further bedrooms, all with mullion windows and a family bath/shower room.

OUTSIDE
Manor Farm House is approached via automatic solid wood double gates, leading to a shingle drive and parking area with well stocked flower and shrub beds and borders and leads to a garage, workshop and large vaulted games room, which has planning permission and listed building consent to convert into a one-bedroom annexe.

The beautifully landscaped rear gardens have retained much of the former moat and feature a lowered deck seating area, a jetty and an attractive wooden footbridge leading to further grounds and an abundance of mature trees, including willow, silver birch and oak and there is an orchard area containing apple and pear trees. Immediately abutting the rear of the house, there are various seating areas and a fabulous, roofed pergola seating area, an original well and pleached hornbeam trees on the boundary.

To the rear of the garden there are former stables, which would be ideal for a number of purposes and this area can also be accessed via a five-bar gate and a separate side entrance, which also accesses a double garage. In all the grounds extend to 1.36 acres.


LOCATION
Manor Farm House is situated on the west side of the village, in an attractive location abutting farmland. Gislingham is a thriving Mid-Suffolk village with an active local community and offers a range of everyday amenities including a village store, primary school with a 2024 Ofsted rating of Good with Outstanding Behaviour & Attitudes and a fine parish church. The surrounding villages offer further amenities, as do the market towns of Stowmarket, Diss and the historic cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds, which offers an excellent range of amenities with schooling in the public and private sectors, extensive shopping facilities and a good range of leisure facilities including health clubs, swimming pools and golf clubs. Cultural amenities include the beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal and The Abbey Gardens.

There is good access to the A14, A11(M11) and for the rail commuter there is a fast and regular service from Diss and Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street taking approximately 95 minutes and 80 minutes respectively. Norwich is also easily accessed by road and rail.

DIRECTIONS
From Bury St Edmunds, head in a north easterly direction on the A143 passing through the villages of Great Barton, Ixworth and Stanton. On the Rickinghall bypass turn right onto the B1113, Finningham Road and then turn left into Mill Street. Continue on Mill Street entering into the village and after a short distance, just before a right bend, Manor Farm House will be seen on the left, set back from the road behind solid wooden gates.

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PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating.
Local Authority Mid Suffolk District Council
Council Tax Band G
Tenure Freehold
Broadband Ofcom states speeds available of up to 45Mbps
Mobile Signal/Coverage Yes - varies depending on network provider. Please visit www.ofcom.org.uk to check availability
Viewing Only by appointment with the sole agents Jackson-Stops Tel: 01284 700535