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Distances Strickland Manor Farm Station 1 mile, ’s Yoxford, Saxmundham, Suffolk Liverpool Street Station from 115 minutes, & 12 miles, Woodbridge 19 miles, 25 miles, SUPERBLY SITUATED PERIOD BARN CONVERSION SET IN London’s Liverpool Street Station from 65 minutes. A QUIET RURAL SETTING CLOSE TO THE HERITAGE COAST (All mileages and times are approximate)

Summary • 6 Bedrooms, 4 Bath/Shower Rooms (3 En Suite), Galleried Drawing Room, Dining Room, Sitting Room, Reception Hall/Study, Garden Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room • Mature Gardens, Tennis Court, Swimming Pool, Pool House, Island Gazebo, Large Garage, Garden Store • Gravelled Parking Sweep • About 3.5 acres • Offers Invited Situation Strickland Manor Farm is situated on a no through road just outside yet still within walking distance of the village of Yoxford, which has excellent day-to-day facilities, while the nearby market towns of and Saxmundham provide more extensive amenities. The village of Yoxford has two pubs and restaurants, a village shop, primary school and doctors surgery. The neighbouring village of has a well renowned delicatessen as well as a celebrated butcher, Creaseys. Emmerdale Farm shop is also nearby just outside the village of Darsham. The larger town of Saxmundham has both a Waitrose & Tesco supermarket and also benefits from a rail link to London Liverpool Street via Ipswich. Nearby Darsham also has a local station linking to London via Ipswich. The popular towns of Woodbridge, Southwold and Ipswich the county town of Suffolk provide an extensive range of shopping, recreational and educational requirements.

Set in the undulating and sought after Suffolk Heritage coastline Strickland Manor Farm is equidistant between Southwold and Aldeburgh, which is well known for its renowned music festival at Snape, home of the Britten/Pears concert hall. The popular coastal villages of , , and Orford are also close by. Description Strickland Manor Farm dating to 1772 is a particularly impressive period barn conversion of enormous character. Listed Grade II of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, the house has been converted to provide both light and bright accommodation with numerous period features. Internally the house has a particularly impressive double height and galleried sitting room with a dining hall directly opposite providing a fantastic entertaining space that is also light and bright with full height French windows opening out to both the courtyard garden to the rear as well as the lawned gardens to the south. There is also a separate sitting/ TV room, a large kitchen breakfast room, a study and garden room. The house has great period character with open fireplaces fitted with wood burning stoves, exposed beams and studwork and wooden floors. The addition of a garden room has improved the house greatly benefitting from full height windows and doors overlooking the gardens to the south. The accommodation flows remarkably well with six bedrooms three of which are en-suite. The gardens and grounds of Strickland Manor Farm are a particular feature of the house and have been greatly improved by the current owners with sweeping lawns interspersed by numerous mature trees to one side of which is a large heated 20’ x 40’ swimming pool and pool house with electricity installed. To the southern aspect of the house is a terrace and BBQ area beyond which are two ponds with a jetty and bridge across to an island with a gazebo looking back towards the garden and barn. Curving graveled paths lead down to a tennis court in the far southern point of the garden beyond which is a separate access to the gardens from the road. Services Oil fired central heating. Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Postcode IP17 3JD Tenure Freehold with vacant possession, Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills. Directions From Ipswich take the A12 north. Take the left turn and continue through the village of Yoxford. Take a left turn onto Strickland Manor Hill and continue out of the village. Strickland Manor Farm will be found shortly on the left hand side. Approximate gross internal floor area 456.5 sq m / 4914 sq ft (Excludes Restricted Head Height & Galleried Area)

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Bedroom 6.10 x 5.41m Bedroom 20' x 17'9" Down Galleried Area Down 6.10 x 5.38m 20' x 17'8" This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Bedroom Bedroom Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). 4.62 x 4.52m This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not 4.09 x 3.53m guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. 15'2" x 14'10" Galleried 13'5" x 11'7" Area

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Kitchen / Breakfast Room 6.65 x 5.77m 21'10" x 18'11" Reception Room 6.65 x 4.80m Bedroom Galleried Bedroom 5.31 x 4.60m 6.83 x 6.63m 21'10" x 15'9" Area 5.36 x 4.57m 22'5" x 21'9" 17'5" x 15'1" 17'7" x 15'

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Dining Room Garden Room 5.33 x 4.52m 6.53 x 4.55m 7.59 x 4.52m 17'6" x 14'10" 21'5" x 14'11" 5.31 x 4.55m 24'11" x 14'10" 17'5" x 14'11"

This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. Ground floor

Important Notice Savills Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 50 Princes Street, Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1RJ 1: They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form 01473 234800 part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact 2: Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. [email protected] The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection www.savills.co.uk or otherwise. 18/04/04 PO.