WENHASTON GRANGE ,

WENHASTON GRANGE HANDSOME GRADE II* LISTED COUNTRY HOUSE WITH SUPERB ACCOMMODATION BEAUTIFUL FORMAL GARDENS IN A QUITE AND RURAL POSITION

Halesworth 1.5 miles, (connecting train service to Ipswich), 12 miles, Ipswich 30 miles (London’s Liverpool Street Station from 65 minutes), Norwich 30 miles

• 7 Bedrooms • 4 Bath/Shower Rooms • Washroom • Reception Hall • Drawing Room • Dining Room • Sitting Room • Study • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Boot Room • Utility • Cloakroom • Wine Cellar • The Granary with fully self contained guest apartment • Outside home office, Party Barn with Kitchen, • Heated Swimming Pool, Changing/Shower/Steam Room, Hard Tennis Court, Garaging, Cart Lodges, Summerhouse • Traditional Outbuildings. • Mature Formal Gardens & Grounds, Paddocks • In All About 8.5 Acres

savills.co.uk SITUATION Wenhaston Grange occupies an idyllic rural position in the hamlet of Mells, approached from a quiet country road. The house stands well back approached by a carriage way drive behind brick and flint walls in amongst stunning gardens and grounds in the idyllic surrounding countryside of the Blyth River valley. The house is set to the south of the town of Halesworth which offers a wider range of shopping, recreational and schooling facilities along with a train station and near bye golf course. The sought-after Suffolk Heritage Coastline and particularly Southwold is about 12 miles away with superb recreational facilities including sailing and fishing. The county towns of Ipswich and Norwich are 30 miles away with excellent InterCity train links to London’s Liverpool Street Station.

DESCRIPTION Wenhaston Grange is believed to date back to the 16th Century with an early 18th Century Queen Anne brick façade, Dutch brick gable and rendered rear elevations. The house is constructed from part brick and part timber frame with excellent ceiling heights under pitched tiled roofs. The reception hall features stone flag flooring, a fireplace with wood burner and an elegant principal staircase to the first floor. The drawing room has 18th Century panelling, window seats, leaded oak doors to the gardens and an open fireplace with decorative surrounds. An open arch from the reception hall leads into the dining room with fireplace flanked by recessed display alcoves and a connecting door to the kitchen. An inner hall has a secondary staircase to the first floor and door to the wine cellar. The kitchen is located in the heart of the house with a snug sitting room to the rear with beamed ceiling, doors to the gardens and an open fire place. To one side is a study with brick floors and further glazed doors to gardens. The kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive range of wall mounted and base units with recess for cooker range and integral fridge and twin wash basins and slate work tops. There is a walk in pantry and a side utility room. Beyond the kitchen is a boot/garden room with ¾ glazed walls and full height storage cupboards and this gives access to a morning terrace, timber framed storage outbuilding, walled lawned garden and to the associated outbuildings. On the first floor are four large bedrooms with 2 bathrooms and a wash room. The master bedroom suite has a walk through dressing area. On the second floor are 3 further bedrooms and 2 shower rooms, all of which are superbly presented. To the north east of the house is a detached recently renovated Coach House/Granary with garaging, boiler store and a recently converted self contained apartment above with external staircase and guest parking area. A party barn fronts the heated and walled swimming pool with fully fitted kitchen, changing facilities and a steam room. Beyond this is a range of traditional brick outbuildings for storage, workshop, gardening use and a partly covered courtyard.

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The south east facing gardens are quite simply stunning in every respect. The rear elevation is adorned with climbing plants as do many other of Kitchen the walls around the house. A stone terrace fronts the elevation with 3.91 x 3.05 Sitting Room 12'10 x 10' 5.49 x 3.40 various pathways featuring rose and espalier trained archways and 18' x 11'2 Study 5.18 x 2.03 recessed lighting which lead to a series of symmetrical beach hedged 17' x 6'8 Wine Cellar Changing Room garden rooms dividing a series of terraced gardens each with their own 3.96 x 1.52 3.96 x 3.76 4.88 x 2.49 13' x 5' 13' x 12'4 16' x 8'2 planting scheme and allowing vistas through each garden. In the top Entertaining Room Home Office

10.36 x 5.74 5.72 x 3.05 garden section is a raised oak framed summerhouse to one end which 34' x 18'10 18'9 x 10' Kitchen/Breakfast Room Utility Room 5.56 x 5.56 2.51 x 2.13 Cellar faces west with deep herbaceous beds and countryside views beyond. 18'3 x 18'2 8'3 x 7'

There is a productive vegetable and fruit garden with greenhouse along 5.13 x 1.22 17' x 4' one wall. A further path leads back to the outbuildings comprising a Boot Room party barn with a vaulted ceiling and steps down to a well fitted kitchen. 6.40 x 2.49 21' x 8'2 Party Barn - 118 sq m (1,271 sq ft)

There are double doors that open out to the walled swimming pool Reception Hall Drawing Room which also has changing facilities in a further section of the 5.44 x 5.13 5.56 x 3.84 Dining Room 18'3 x 12'7 17'10 x 16'10 6.17 x 4.09 Hall outbuildings. To one side is a home office which looks onto the walled 20'3 x 13'5 2.82 x 2.57 garden. There are more informal gardens to the north east side with 9'3 x 8'5

specimen trees, a flower cutting garden with green house/store and a Ground Floor hard tennis court beyond.

Boiler Store 4.27 x 2.74 4.57 x 2.03 The house enjoys a right of way over a neighbouring farm track that 14' x 9' 15' x 6'8 gives further access to the paddocks that lie beyond the formal gardens.

An off lying L shaped cart lodge has planning for office conversio n and Kitchen

Wenhaston Grange, Halesworth 1.88 x 1.60 further planning permissions exist for a substantial barn N 6'2 x 5'3 430 sq m (4,626 sq ft) Garage Living/Bedroom complex/secondary accommodation which includes a two storey 9.14 x 5.18 7.39 x 4.80 For identification purposes only. Not to scale. 30' x 17' T 24'3 x 15'9 extension to the house ( Planning ref C/13/0011, Produced for Savills. © fullaspect.co.uk

C13/0012, C/10/1554 –DC/13/3324/FUL).

Ground Floor First Floor One of the most appealing aspects of the house is its superb rural s et ting The Granary - 113 sq m (1,217 sq ft)

amidst most attractive, gently undulating countryside. Facing north-east to the front, the house enjoys uninterrupted views over the Blyth River valley. Very little disturbs the peace and tranquillity of this unspoilt part Bedroom of the East Suffolk countryside. Bedroom Bedroom Bedroom 3.61 x 3.51 5.69 x 5.49 11'10 x 11'6 4.17 x 3.84 5.84 x 3.10 13'8 x 12'7 18'8 x 18' 19'2 x 10'2

Second Floor

Bedroom 5.69 x 5.18 Bedroom Bedroom 18'8 x 17' 5.49 x 4.39 4.34 x 2.31 18' x 14'5 14'3 x 7'7

First Floor Entertaining Room

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ACCOMMODATION See floor plans

GENERAL REMARKS

Services: Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil Fired central heating.

Postcode: IP19 9HJ

Tenure: Freehold with vacant possession.

DIRECTIONS From London, take the A12 bypassing Chelmsford and Colchester. At Ipswich take the A12 in a north easterly direction bypassing Woodbridge. Pass through and turn left onto the A144 to Halesworth. Continue through the village of Bramfield and after passing the Halesworth Golf Club and crossing over the rail line take a left turn signed Walpole 2 and follow this lane for about half a mile. Wenhaston Grange will be seen on the left hand side.

VIEWING Strictly by appointment with SAVILLS. If there is any point which is of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:

1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form 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. 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 or otherwise.

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