Delightful Grade II Listed country house

Caters Farm, , Newmarket, CB8 9HP

Freehold

Rural location with superb far reaching views • Renovated and extended former farmhouse with versatile accommodation • Stunning vaulted drawing room • Useful range of outbuildings

Local information About this property • Picturesque village located in Caters Farm is a Grade II listed the south-west corner of Suffolk former farmhouse believed to close to the Cambridgeshire date from the late 16th Century border. which has been extended over the years to provide a very • Approximately 5.5 miles south welcoming and comfortable east of Newmarket and 12 miles family home. It was relatively south west of the historic town of recently listed (2001) and , is surrounded following a detailed inspection by rolling countryside with a from a local historian, it was village gastro pub at its heart. suggested that the original plan of the house was “clear but • The high tech University City of unparalleled” in his extensive Cambridge is approximately 19 local experience. To quote his miles to the west where there are comment made in 2001:- “...The extensive shopping, cultural, decision to build two chimney recreational and schooling stacks separated by an unheated facilities. room instead of the usual back- to-back arrangement was • The pretty village of financially extravagant perhaps is close by prompted by the urgent need to offering local amenities - a village separate the occupants of the shop/post office and doctor’s hall from those of the principal surgery. parlour...”

• Local schools include Of rendered elevations beneath a Wickhambrook Primary School, mix of thatched and tiled roof’s, Barnardiston Hall Preparatory the house today provides really School, Fairstead House in comfortable and versatile Newmarket and Senior accommodation over two floors and Preparatory School near with many of the classic features Bury St. Edmunds. of the period – substantial exposed timbers, vaulted • Newmarket, the world famous bedrooms, Inglenook fireplaces home of English racing, offers a and a range of brick and wide range of amenities and pamment flooring. The drawing entertainment as well as shops, room has been added in more schools and leisure facilities. recent times and provides a wonderful spacious, triple aspect • Bury St Edmunds is a vaulted space enjoying super picturesque market town, views with French doors to the boasting a Cathedral, Georgian garden and a brick chimney Theatre, many independent breast with wood burning stove. shops and the Ark shopping The original four bay farmhouse centre. incorporates the reception hall, dining room (with second which had planning permission to staircase off), sitting room and convert to a self contained family room which directly annexe with some internal connects with the lovely masonry partitions already farmhouse kitchen/breakfast installed which were not room. Here there is a central completed. There are various island and a range of painted workshops/stores, a large barn floor units with granite worktops and a former piggery all together with a very useful extending to approximately shelved pantry. Beyond is the 2,430 sq ft. utility room with access to the garden and a boiler room. The far The gardens are an absolute side of the kitchen leads to the delight, predominantly laid to brick floored rear hall, used as grass and including an orchard the every day entrance to the and various different areas house with a boot room, shower providing interest interspersed room and access to the with mature hedging with, close aforementioned drawing room. A to the house, shaped beds, a study - approached through a pergola, deep terrace, a large door set into the studwork from natural pond, and delightful the dining room and an adjacent mature trees. A wide pathway bathroom with oval bath and alongside a spinney which sits in chequered quarry tiled floor the south eastern corner of the complete the ground floor site leads to a revolving summer accommodation. house making the most of the incredible view beside which is a On the first floor there is a former paddock. master suite with vaulted bedroom, dressing area and In all 5.06 acres. shower room together with a family bathroom and the four Tenure remaining vaulted bedrooms Freehold (three of which are doubles) - are independently accessed via the Local Authority two staircases. St Edmundsbury District Council

Outside Viewing A gated sweeping drive leads to Strictly by appointment with a parking area beside the side Savills terrace. To one side is the extensive range of brick and flint and timber framed outbuildings under pantiled roofs - part of

Caters Farm, Cowlinge, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9HP Savills Cambridge 01223 347147 [email protected] savills savills.co.uk

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