HISTORIC MEDIEVAL FARMHOUSE WITH PERMISSION TO BUILD TWO NEW DWELLINGS Elms Farm, Mendlesham, Stowmarket, IP14 5RS

Freehold

Wealth of original features including historical wall paintings

Elms Farm, Mendlesham, Stowmarket, IP14 5RS Freehold

7 bedrooms ◆ 3 bath/shower rooms ◆ 3 reception rooms ◆ 2 studies ◆ kitchen/breakfast room ◆ cellar ◆ outbuildings ◆ double garage ◆ 2 outbuildings with permission to develop ◆ about 2.6 acres ◆ EPC rating = Listed Building

Situation Distances: Stowmarket 5 miles (London Liverpool Street from 75 minutes) (All mileages and distances are approximate)

Elms Farm is situated just outside the mid Suffolk village of Mendlesham which offers a range of local amenities including a parish church, a public house, post office/store and health centre.

There is a good range of schooling opportunities available in the area including Mendlesham CPS receiving a good Ofsted rating. The independent schools Framlingham College & Culford are approximately 16 miles and 23 miles away respectively.

The A140 lies about 1.5 miles from the property and the town of Stowmarket just 5 miles to the south, with a direct rail service to London Liverpool Street from 75 minutes. Description Elms Farm is listed Grade II* being of Special Architectural and Historic Interest and believed to date from the late 15th century with 16th and 19th century alterations.

It is a fine period farmhouse of great character constructed from a timber frame and rendered under pitched pantiled roofs. Features include exposed fluted beams and stud work, leaded windows, octagonal crown-posts and fine open inglenook fireplaces.

The most important features of the house are the 16th & 17th century wall paintings in a number of the rooms.

The well proportioned ground floor accommodation comprises the entrance hall which gives access to the principal reception rooms. The dining room benefits from a wood burner and provides the steps down to the cellar. On the other side of the hall is the high status drawing room with red ochre wall painting motifs, three of which are over the open fireplace depicting a shield surrounded by stylised foliage. There is a sitting room off the inner hall and a study. The second study is next to the kitchen along with a cloakroom.

The Aga kitchen/breakfast room has wooden base and wall mounted units with tiled worktops and an island unit and large pantry/utility room. The secondary staircase is accessed via the kitchen.

The first floor accommodation offers six bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms. The second floor has a seventh bedroom.

Outside The property is approached through wooden, double gates across a gravel drive through a courtyard surrounded by a range of outbuildings.

The front of the house, which is covered in delightful wisteria and roses, has a formal garden mainly laid to lawn, beyond which lies a parterre garden, summer house and wooded area with a bird hide. There is a second gated entrance to the property, through wooden gates, which give access across a gravel drive leading up to the front of the house. The garden also benefits from a pond and orchard.

Elms Farm Barn The traditional timber framed barn has been granted a change of use of an Agricultural Building to a Dwelling house Class C3. Planning reference DC/17/02241. The accommodation comprises 3 bedrooms, 2 bath/shower rooms, 3 reception rooms, kitchen, utility, gardens & parking.

Elms Farm Bungalow The agricultural building adjacent to the main house has been granted a Part Q to convert into a bungalow. Accommodation will comprise 2 bedrooms, kitchen/reception room & bathroom.

Services Mains water, electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Directions Travelling north on A1120 from Stowmarket continue through Stowupland, turn left at the sharp left hand bend onto Saxham Street