Breckey Ley NOWTON • BURY ST EDMUNDS • SUFFOLK Breckey Ley Nowton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5LT Superbly positioned house and cottage set in mature gardens and parkland 8 bedroom red brick house Range of outbuildings and stables Tennis court and former swimming pool Well maintained gardens 2 bedroom Lodge Mature parkland enclosed by woodland About 78 acres (32 hectares) Available as a whole or in three lots 1.5 miles Bury St Edmunds centre • 1.5 miles A14 (Junction 44) 32 miles Cambridge • 80 miles London (distances are approximate) Savills Cambridge Unex House, 132-134 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PA Contact: Adrian Wilson or Oliver Carr
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[email protected] 01223 347 231 or 01223 347 274 www.savills.co.uk History Breckey Ley (formerly called Brakeley House) forms part of the wider Nowton Estate. This was in the ownership of the Oakes family for over 150 years. Breckey Ley was built around 1880 as the dower house for Nowton Court and occupied by the family ever since. Situation Breckey Ley occupies a very attractive and private parkland setting on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds within the parish of Nowton in West Suffolk. Approximately 1.5 miles to the north is the centre of the historic town of Bury St Edmunds, a popular market town which offers excellent shopping, St Edmundsbury cathedral and recreational facilities including the Theatre Royal, Abbey Gardens & Art Gallery. The town has convenient communications being just off the A14 with easy connections to the west for Newmarket and Cambridge and to the east for Stowmarket and Ipswich.