Owls Hall Sternfield, Near , Owls Hall, The AN IMPRESSIVE PERIOD FARMHOUSE SET IN ABOUT 2.5 ACRES Street, Sternfield, IN A RURAL LOCATION ADJOINING FARMLAND CLOSE TO THE Saxmundham, Suffolk SUFFOLK COAST. IP17 1NG – Saxmundham 2 ½ miles – Snape 3 miles – A12 2 miles – 5 ½ miles – 22 miles

Entrance hall • Drawing room • Sitting room Dining hall • Study • Aga Kitchen/Breakfast room Preparation kitchen • Butler’s pantry Shower room & Sauna • Cellar • 6 bedrooms (1 ensuite) Family bathroom • Studio/office • Double garage Range of outbuildings • Mature gardens • Pony paddock • Kitchen garden • Natural pond In all around 2.5 acres • EPC rating F

The Property Owls Hall is a substantial Victorian Suffolk Farmhouse of partly red brick and partly rendered elevations under a pan-tiled roof. The handsome symmetrical façade displays a mature wisteria and enjoys a Southerly aspect containing the principal rooms. A further wing extends to the rear with Easterly and Westerly aspects.

Internally, the elegant and well-proportioned rooms radiate from a central dining hall and offer, on the ground floor, a variety of rooms from large formal rooms to cosier family everyday rooms. The principal bedrooms and bathrooms are on the first floor whilst there is further bedroom accommodation on the second floor. The house now offers potential and scope for updating and, perhaps, reconfiguration to reflect modern family living. Owls Hall stands in mature landscaped grounds extending to about 2.5 acres. The principal formal garden, with expanses and lawns and well-stocked flower and rose beds and borders, enjoys a southerly aspect at the front of the house whilst surrounding the rest of the house are further lawns studded by a variety of mature specimen trees together with a natural pond.

Also within the grounds are a variety of useful outbuildings including a studio/home office, double garage and various useful garden, tool and fuel stores. Along the eastern boundary is a pony paddock, partly post and rail fenced, with further pasture and a productive kitchen garden.

Location Owls Hall occupies a lovely position, away from any public highway, about a mile outside the village, set amongst the gently undulating open farmland of East Suffolk.

The market town of Saxmundham is about 2 ½ miles to the northwest which provides a wide variety of everyday amenities including numerous independent stores and high street supermarkets (including Waitrose), a doctors’ surgery, hotel, public houses and restaurants. There is also a railway station providing a branch-line service to London Liverpool Street (via Ipswich).

Snape, about 3 miles to the south, is home to Snape Maltings with its concert hall founded by Sir Benjamin Britten together with its boutique outlets. There is also a church, community hall, primary school, village hall and 3 excellent public houses. The heritage coast at Aldeburgh is 15 minutes drive to the east with access to the River Alde and beaches running up to . Alongside Snape, Aldeburgh is now a year round destination for a range of creative activities, the annual festival for music, art exhibitions, cinema, literary and poetry festivals together with a wide variety of shopping amenities, award winning bookshop and several diverse restaurants enjoying a national reputation.

The area, in general, provides tremendous opportunities for a wide variety of pursuits including cultural events, historic sites, sailing, walking, fishing, birdwatching and numerous golf courses along the heritage coast. Additional INformation

Agents Note Under the Estate Agents Act we must declare that a close relative of the vendors is an employee of Carter Jonas.

Services Mains water and electricity, private drainage via septic tank. Oil fired central heating

Tenure Freehold

Council Tax Band G £2940 (2015/2016)

Viewing Strictly by appointment through the joint selling agents: Carter Jonas T: 01787 882881 Bedfords T: 01394 779444

Directions From the A12 at (just South of to IP17 1NG Saxmundham) proceed East on the B1121. After just over half a mile, turn right sign-posted to Sternfield, again on the B1121. Follow the road for nearly a mile and the drive to Owls Hall will be found on the left (just before a right hand bend) as signed to Red House Farm and Owls Hall. Owls Hall will be found after about half a mile.

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Owls Hall, The Street, Sternfield, Saxmundham Approximate Gross Internal Area W N Main House = 4,025 sq ft / 375 sq m Garage = 328 sq ft / 30 sq m Stores = 155 sq ft / 14 sq m S E Studio = 361 sq ft / 34 sq m Workshop = 72 sq ft / 7 sq m Total = 4,941 sq ft / 460 sq m Boiler Hatch 4.49 x 3.04 F/P 14'9" x 10'0" Preparation Butlers Kitchen Pantry 5.53 x 3.95 Bedroom 4 18'2" x 13'0" 4.64 x 4.58 Sitting Room (Maximum) 15'3" x 15'0" 4.68 x 4.56 Cellar Larder 15'4" x 15'0"

Bedroom 2 3.58 x 2.76 Bedroom 1 11'9" x 9'1" Kitchen/ 5.37 x 4.65 Dining Hall 17'7" x 15'3" 7.17 x 5.38 Breakfast Room (Maximum) 23'6" x 17'8" 5.51 x 5.37 18'1" x 17'7" Linen Garden Bedroom 3 Drawing Room Store 6.80 x 4.64 7.25 x 4.66 Sauna 2.21 x 2.21 22'4" x 15'3" 23'9" x 15'3" 7'3" x 7'3"

Store 2.42 x 2.32 Study 7'11" x 7'7" F/P 4.80 x 3.65 3.88 x 2.21 15'9" x 12'0" 12'9" x 7'3" Workshop First Floor 2.84 x 2.34 Ground Floor 9'4" x 7'8"

Fuel Store 2.34 x 1.43 7'8" x 4'8"

Garage Sky Bedroom 5 6.55 x 4.65 Studio 6.23 x 3.67 21'6" x 15'3" 6.06 x 5.60 20'5" x 12'0" 19'11" x 18'4" (Maximum) Sky

Loft Space

Bedroom 6 5.87 x 3.67 19'3" x 12'0"

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