Hawstead House H A W S T E A D 8

Hawstead House Hawstead, Suffolk

AN EXCEPTIONAL ARCHITECT DESIGNED COUNTRY HOUSE IN A MATURE PARK LIKE SETTING

Distances 5 miles Newmarket 21.5 miles, Cambridge 33 miles (London Kings Cross Station from 45 minutes)

Accommodation • 7 bedrooms, 3 bath/shower rooms (2 en suite), reception hall, sitting room, drawing room, dining room, study, garden room • AGA kitchen/breakfast room, larder, butlers pantry, gun room, cloakroom, laundry room, cellar & workshop • Detached stable annexe 4 bedrooms, bathroom, reception room, kitchen, utility, garden & garage • Garaging, outbuildings, formal gardens, sunken garden, wooded garden and a paddock • About 6.17 acres OFFERS INVITED Arc Shopping Centre. Cultural amenities include the impressive Georgian Theatre Royal and the Abbey Gardens, both of which are home to the annual Festival. The nearby centres of Newmarket, Cambridge and are all within easy reach and the property is well located for road communications with the A14 being some 4 miles to the north. For the rail commuter there is a fast and regular service to London’s Kings Cross from Cambridge taking approximately 45 minutes and from Stowmarket to London’s Liverpool Street Station which takes approximately 85 minutes. The international airport at Stansted is some 45 miles away, where in addition to air services there is an express train service to London. Description Hawstead House is a fine example of a 1930’s country house, which remains largely unchanged since it was built for Captain R P Carr in 1939. The house was designed by Scott and Johnson Architects of Cornhill, Hill Bury St Edmunds and the original hand drawn and coloured plans still hang on the landing and are to be included with the sale. The house presents striking red brick elevations under a series of pantile roofs surmounted by three striking chimney stacks. The house faces northeast, but all reception rooms and bedrooms are south facing and gain enhanced natural light through large bay windows, overlooking the gardens. The rooms facing north/east are almost all service rooms. Situation A sweeping gravel driveway leads to the front door which Hawstead House occupies a private setting in the has attractive door casing and the original entrance heart of the village, well screened by a mature and leading into a spacious reception hall. dense evergreen border. It is positioned between Just to the right of the front door, in the lobby is a large the church to the north and the village green to the cloakroom with original gun cabinet, hand wash basin south. Hawstead is an extremely well regarded village and separate low level cloakroom. The reception hall with a recently constructed village hall, Maglia Rossa features an original oak stripped floor and a broad oak cafe and cycle shop and an active local community. staircase with shaped balustrade, which is said to have The nearby cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds been made from a single tree, from here a panelled offers a full range of schooling, recreational and door leads into a sitting room with a stone fire place shopping facilities, including the newly opened with brick surround and hearth. This side of the room has built in cupboards, bookcases and an attractive arched alcove. There is also a pair of glazed doors to the garden with arched gothic tracery. The drawing room features an attractive pine fire place with marble slips and hearth, a wide bay window with fitted window seat and panelled walls. There is a generous dining room, which again features a wide bay window with window seat and stone fire place with fitted cast iron stove. At the north western end of the house is an enclosed garden room with bi-fold doors originally shown on the plans as a Loggia and now enjoyed all year round. The traditional Butler’s Pantry still retains its hard wood work tops and fitted china and glass cupboards. The flower room is now a laundry. A well fitted study features a built-in work station, cupboard and library bookshelves. There is a comfortable kitchen/breakfast room with AGA and a range of old pine wall and base units. There is a walk-in larder fitted with shelving and tiled work tops. The rear lobby is fitted with shelving and has a door to the back garden, a second door to the enclosed courtyard and a third door to the cellar which holds the central heating boiler and hot water cylinder. The cellar is said to have belonged to the original house. There are seven bedrooms, the master of which has an en-suite bathroom. A second family bathroom with shower and separate cloakroom, a shower room with small airing cupboard, a large walk-in airing cupboard and a back staircase to the kitchen. Adjoining the house there is a brick built motor house with sliding wooden doors. There is a covered passage to the house. Across the drive from the house is a charming converted stable block, retaining its original timber partitions and offers extremely appealing accommodation giving further accommodation currently used for short term lets. The stable block would make a suitable business venue (subject to the necessary consents). Outside On the southern border there is a red brick and Hawstead House enjoys a delightful setting in mature flint wall and beyond this an old carriageway known parkland like grounds. To the east there is a wide road as the drift which whilst owned by Hawstead House frontage with dense evergreen border and a sweeping is subject to rights of way in favour of the adjoining “in and out” gravel driveway leads to the front of neighbour for access to their paddock. A sunken the house where there is a large gravel parking and garden was created from a former carriage wash and turning circle leading to an attached garage. The now provides a stunning setting for an Italianate gravel driveway sweeps on around past the stables parterre. There is a useful pole barn/ tractor store and a further single garage with further parking area in a small enclosed paddock, which leads to a beyond. The principal formal gardens lie to the south larger paddock separated from the formal gardens and west of the house and are predominantly laid by traditional estate fencing. On the western to lawn interspersed with mature shrubs, trees and boundaries there is a fantastic wood with specimen topiary. trees including, Wellingtonia, Yew, Beech and Oak and a wooded garden and summer house. In early spring the woods, wooded gardens and paddocks are awash with snowdrops, aconites, bluebells and daffodils.

Services Water and Electricity. Private Drainage. Oil Fired Central Heating

Local authority St Edmundsbury Borough Council Council Tax Band: House G

Postcode IP29 5NL Tenure Freehold with vacant possession.

Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills. Directions From Bury St Edmunds follow Road heading south out of the town. Proceed through the village of Nowton and continue towards the village of Hawstead. Upon entering Hawstead pass the arms houses on your right hand side and continue towards the village Green, where just before the village Green you will find Hawstead House on your right hand side indicated by discreet signs at both entrances. Approx. Gross Internal Floor Area 5766 Sq Ft 535.6 Sq Hawstead House Energy Efficiency Rating Stable Annexe Energy Efficiency Rating Metres (Includes Detached Garage & Annexe)

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This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the Bedroom 4 Bedroom 1 sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown 18'3 (5.56) into bay Bedroom 2 14'10 (4.52) Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the x 14'6 (4.42) 15'3 (4.65) min x 17'11 (5.46) into bay convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed x 14'2 (4.32) Bedroom 6 CELLAR and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. 9'5 (2.87) x 9'4 (2.84) Bedroom 3 14'10 (4.52) max x 10'11 (3.33) Cellar 14'8 (4.47) Landing x 5'11 (1.80) Down 12'5 (3.76) Bedroom 7 x 12'3 (3.73) 9'9 (2.97) Bedroom 5

x 9'5 (2.87) d 13'11 (4.24) x 9'3 (2.82) Airing upboar

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Dining Room Drawing Room 18'2 (5.54) Sitting Room 19'11 (6.07) x 17'9 (5.41) into bay 14'2 (4.32) x 17'7 (5.36) into bay x 11'11 (3.63) Kitchen / Down Breakfast Room 14'9 (4.50) Garden Room x 14' (4.27) min 14'11 (4.55) x 10'10 (3.30)

Workshop Up 11'4 (3.45) Reception Hall x 7' (2.13) 16'2 (4.93) Up Larder x 8'5 (2.57) 12'2 (3.71) Study Gun Room x 5'4 (1.63) 8'8 (2.64) 9'9 (2.97) x 8'6 (2.59) x 8'6 (2.59) Laundry Butlers 8'6 (2.59) Pantry GROUND FLOOR x 5'11 (1.80)

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. Hall 30'8 (9.35) x 7' (2.13) Kitchen Laundry Reception Room Garage 19'4 (5.89) 22'3 (6.78) 19'5 (5.92) x 7'11 (2.41) x 10' (3.05) x 9'10 (3.00) Bedroom 2 Bedroom 1 Bedroom 4 12'1 (3.68) 12'1 (3.68) 12'1 (3.68) Bedroom 1 x 10'1 (3.07) x 10'1 (3.07) x 10'1 (3.07) 9'10 (3.00) x 9'4 (2.84)

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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.