high hall NETTLESTEAD • SUFFOLK high hall NETTLESTEAD • SUFFOLK NETTLESTEAD • SUFFOLK A fascinating Grade II* Elizabethan house (A14) 3 miles • Ipswich 6 miles (Liverpool St from 60 minutes) • Manningtree 17 miles Aldeburgh 28 miles • Cambridge 1hr • (distances and times approximate) High Hall Ante hall • Dining Hall • Sitting room • Drawing room • Playroom/cinema Kitchen/breakfast room • Butler’s pantry • Boot room • Wine Cellar Master bedroom suite • 6 further bedrooms • 4 family bathrooms Linen room • Attic rooms Coach House • 3 car carport with office/games room over Stores • Workshop • Greenhouse Formal gardens • Swimming pool & pool house • Tennis court Orchard • Pond • Paddocks In all about 8.11 acres 2 self contained detached Cottages and development site with planning permission for a further 2 bedroom cottage available by separate negotiation These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Suffolk Nettlestead is a small hamlet located approximately 6 miles from the county The village is well situated for commuting from Ipswich and Manningtree town of Ipswich. Nettlestead is surrounded by some of the prettiest Suffolk with regular services to London Liverpool Street. The A14 is just 3 miles east towns such as Needham Market, Lavenham and Hadleigh all offering an and provides direct links north to Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge, and array of shops and restaurants. Ipswich is within easy reach and provides a south to the A12 and on to the M25. The pretty coastal town of Aldeburgh more extensive range of shopping, recreational and educational facilities. is just 28 miles east. High Hall High Hall is an exceptional Elizabethan Grade II* listed property positioned “The Buildings of England”, is that the Hall was “on the Wentworth’s estate discreetly on the edge of Nettlestead village. Pevsner suggests that High and probably built by them as a dower house or, more likely a hunting lodge” Hall is “clearly only a fragment”, however, the contemporary and much- because of its fine vantage points overlooking the surrounding countryside. admired architect Eric Sandon, in his book Suffolk Houses (1977), “cannot High Hall is approached up a gravel drive to a turning area at the front of find evidence to support this assertion”. the house. The front door leads to an ante hall with flagstone floor leading One supposition, contained in James Bettley’s recent Pesvner update into the hall. The main hall is often used as the dining room. Leading from the hall are the kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room and The staircase has 7 flights, with channelled newels (formerly with ball finials) drawing room. The drawing room is a particularly fine room with oak and widely-spaced turned balusters. The stairs rise 2 floors. The principal panelled walls and large working fireplace. The room enjoys pretty south bedroom suite is located on the first floor and there are 3 further bedrooms westerly views over the gardens. The kitchen/breakfast room features a and 2 bathrooms, cinema/play room, laundry room and linen room. central island and oil fired Aga with French doors leading out on to the The second floor has three further bedrooms and 2 further family terrace and doors to the boot room and back stairs. The main staircase is bathrooms. A secondary staircase in the south corner of the first floor in the north west corner of the house and is an exceptional piece of joinery. leads down to the kitchen. Bedroom 5 4.54 x 3.55 Coach House 14'11" x 11'8" Pine Cottage F/P F/P Bedroom 1 F/P Workshop Bedroom 2 Sitting room Bedroom 1 6.05 x 5.74 6.03 x 5.79 3.51 x 2.20 4.20 x 3.99 19'10" x 18'10" 11'6" x 7'3" 4.21 x 3.40 19'9" x 19'0" 13'10" x 11'2" 13'9" x 13'1" (Maximum) Bedroom 6 Laundry 4.84 x 2.94 F/P 15'11" x 9'8" Log Store 2.24 x 2.12 7'4" x 6'11" F/P er F/P Linen Boiler room Reception Bedroom Storage 3.50 x 2.41 Dining room rd 11'6" x 7'11" 3.38 x 2.75 La Bedroom 2 Kitchen/Utility Bathroom Store 2 11'1" x 9'0" 3.73 x 3.37 Bedroom 3 2.22 x 1.98 er 3.01 x 2.48 Playroom/Home Cinema il 12'3" x 11'1" Bedroom 7/ 7'3" x 6'6" 9'11" x 8'2" Bo (Maximum) Study 6.70 x 5.72 Bedroom 3 2.71 x 2.26 F/P 22'0" x 18'9" 6.73 x 5.78 8'11" x 7'5" 22'1" x 19'0" F/P Green house Bedroom 4 Store 1 4.21 x 1.91 Kitchen 4.29 x 4.10 2.53 x 2.31 13'10" x 6'3" Ground FloorF3.01 x 2.48 irst Floor 14'1" x 13'5" 8'4" x 7'7" 9'11" x 8'2" Boot room Dressing room (Maximum) 4.52 x 4.12 4.47 x 1.84 14'10" x 13'6" 14'8" x 6'0" Garden store 5.39 x 2.50 Verandah First Floor Second Floor 17'8" x 8'2" Lime Cottage Drawing room F/P 5.86 x 5.49 19'3" x 18'0" 6.69 x 4.52 Butlers 21'11" x 14'10" pantry Sitting room Bedroom 1 4.12 x 3.97 4.09 x 3.97 Kitchen Breakfast 13'6" x 13'0" 13'5" x 13'0" area Carport Approx. Gross Internal Floor Area: Office/Games room F/P F/P 8.11 x 5.39 8.11 x 5.14 Main House 6,025 sq.ft. / 560 sq.m. 26'7" x 17'8" 26'7" x 16'10" Coach House 1227 sq.ft. / 114 sq.m. F/P Porch to Ante Hall Boiler Room 94 sq.ft. / 9 sq.m. Dining room Attic rooms Larder Bedroom 3 Bedroom 2 2.34 x 2.25 Dining Hall Green House 87 sq.ft. / 8 sq.m. Kitchen 3.37 x 2.72 3.64 x 3.35 7'8" x 7'5" 10.60 x 3.27 3.37 x 2.43 6.60 x 5.57 10.10 x 2.48 3.36 x 2.43 11'1" x 8'11" 11'11" x 11'0" 34'9" x 10'9" 33'2" x 8'2" 11'1" x 8'0" 11'0" x 8'0" s 21'8" x 18'3" F/P er (Maximum) il P Sitting room ve F/ 4.21 x 3.45 Bo 13'10" x 11'4" Ea This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a Ground Floor First Floor statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the Ground FloorFirst Floor last page of the text of the Particulars. Outbuildings are not shown in actual location or orientation. Ground Floor Third Floor Bedroom 5 4.54 x 3.55 Coach House 14'11" x 11'8" Pine Cottage F/P F/P Bedroom 1 F/P Workshop Bedroom 2 Sitting room Bedroom 1 6.05 x 5.74 6.03 x 5.79 3.51 x 2.20 4.20 x 3.99 19'10" x 18'10" 11'6" x 7'3" 4.21 x 3.40 19'9" x 19'0" 13'10" x 11'2" 13'9" x 13'1" (Maximum) Bedroom 6 Laundry 4.84 x 2.94 F/P 15'11" x 9'8" Log Store 2.24 x 2.12 7'4" x 6'11" F/P er F/P Linen Boiler room Reception Bedroom Storage 3.50 x 2.41 Dining room rd 11'6" x 7'11" 3.38 x 2.75 La Bedroom 2 Kitchen/Utility Bathroom Store 2 11'1" x 9'0" 3.73 x 3.37 Bedroom 3 2.22 x 1.98 er 3.01 x 2.48 Playroom/Home Cinema il 12'3" x 11'1" Bedroom 7/ 7'3" x 6'6" 9'11" x 8'2" Bo (Maximum) Study 6.70 x 5.72 Bedroom 3 2.71 x 2.26 F/P 22'0" x 18'9" 6.73 x 5.78 8'11" x 7'5" 22'1" x 19'0" F/P Green house Bedroom 4 Store 1 4.21 x 1.91 Kitchen 4.29 x 4.10 2.53 x 2.31 13'10" x 6'3" Ground FloorF3.01 x 2.48 irst Floor 14'1" x 13'5" 8'4" x 7'7" 9'11" x 8'2" Boot room Dressing room (Maximum) 4.52 x 4.12 4.47 x 1.84 14'10" x 13'6" 14'8" x 6'0" Garden store 5.39 x 2.50 Verandah First Floor Second Floor 17'8" x 8'2" Lime Cottage Drawing room F/P 5.86 x 5.49 19'3" x 18'0" 6.69 x 4.52 Butlers 21'11" x 14'10" pantry Sitting room Bedroom 1 4.12 x 3.97 4.09 x 3.97 Kitchen Breakfast 13'6" x 13'0" 13'5" x 13'0" area Carport Approx. Gross Internal Floor Area: Office/Games room F/P F/P 8.11 x 5.39 8.11 x 5.14 Main House 6,025 sq.ft.