The Old Manor House

SUMMARY: A rare opportunity to acquire a Grade II Listed manor house in grounds of 3.26 acres and including a range of outbuildings constructed over the last 15 years to provide a combination of holiday accommodation.

The property enjoys a peaceful rural location, adjacent to the round towered church of St Andrew and in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about 5 miles south-east of the market town of Beccles, 4 miles from the Suffolk Heritage Coastline and 10 miles from the historic harbour town of Southwold.

The original manor house is believed to be the oldest recorded dwelling in the Waveney Valley with construction details dating from 1250 A.D. having evidence of a timber framed aisle hall, with alterations over the centuries, culminating in the addition of a classical frontage, dating from 1820.

The main house is part two, part three, storey, having six bedrooms, four reception rooms and four bathrooms, extending in all to approximately 4,100 sq ft 380.9 sq m. There is a cellar beneath the sitting room.

The range of modern holiday accommodation, which is built to exceptional standards of architectural design, specification and workmanship, is mostly one and a half storeys, planned to provide integrated, or separate, units requiring completion by the installation of kitchens, bathrooms, stairs and heating.

In all, the buildings contain four/five bedrooms, three/four reception areas, three kitchens and five bathrooms, totalling 2,380 sq ft 221 sq m.

Externally, the manor house stands centrally in extensive grounds comprising a double entrance drive, a garage and various sympathetically designed outbuildings, a potager garden behind the main house, naturalised gardens to the holiday accommodation, wildlife gardens, a small pond, a paddock and a copse.  

OLD MANOR HOUSE:  

GROUND FLOOR:  

RECEPTION HALL: 16' x 7' (4.88m x 2.13m)  

MUSIC ROOM: 16' 1" x 14' (4.9m x 4.27m)  

DRAWING ROOM: 17' 10" x 16' (5.44m x 4.88m) max  

BOILER ROOM 1: 11' 6" x 7' 1" (3.51m x 2.16m) overall  

INNER HALL:  

SITTING ROOM: 16' 8" x 14' (5.08m x 4.27m)
With Cellar Beneath. 

DINING ROOM: 15' 2" x 10' 3" (4.62m x 3.12m)  

BATHROOM: 7' 9" x 6' 8" (2.36m x 2.03m)  

SIDE ENTRANCE HALL (WITH BOILER ROOM AND LINEN ROOM AREA): 10' 3" x 8' (3.12m x 2.44m) overall  

BREAKFAST ROOM: 18' 3" x 15' 3" (5.56m x 4.65m) max  

KITCHEN: 12' 6" x 8' (3.81m x 2.44m)  

FIRST FLOOR:  

PRINCIPAL LANDING:  

BEDROOM ONE: 18' 9" x 14' 8" (5.72m x 4.47m)  

BATHROOM ONE: 9' 9" x 7' (2.97m x 2.13m)  

BEDROOM TWO: 14' 10" x 14' 10" (4.52m x 4.52m)  

BATHROOM TWO: 11' 7" x 5' 8" (3.53m x 1.73m)  

BEDROOM THREE: 16' 8" x 8' 11" (5.08m x 2.72m) max  

LINEN ROOM: 5' 7" x 4' 7" (1.7m x 1.4m)  

BEDROOM FOUR: 15' 7" x 14' 5" (4.75m x 4.39m)  

BATHROOM THREE: 13' 10" x 7' 8" (4.22m x 2.34m)  

REAR LANDING:  

BEDROOM FIVE: 19' 3" x 11' 5" (5.87m x 3.48m) max  

LOBBY:  

BEDROOM SIX: 8' 11" x 7' 9" (2.72m x 2.36m)  

BATHROOM FOUR: 6' 11" x 4' 9" (2.11m x 1.45m)  

SECOND FLOOR:  

STUDIO:
15'9" x 14'7" (4.8m x 4.44m) and 7'4" x 7'1" (2.24m x 2.16m) 

STORE ROOM: 15' 5" x 10' 6" (4.7m x 3.2m)  

DISTRICT COUNCIL: East Suffolk.
Council Tax Band: G 

"RETREAT"  

COMMUNAL RECEPTION HALL: 9' 11" x 7' 5" (3.02m x 2.26m)  

UNIT 1:  

GROUND FLOOR:  

INNER HALL: 8' x 4' 1" (2.44m x 1.24m)  

BATHROOM: 8' x 7' 10" (2.44m x 2.39m)  

RECEPTION ROOM/KITCHEN: 28' 1" x 12' 4" (8.56m x 3.76m)  

LOBBY: 8' 5" x 6' 7" (2.57m x 2.01m)  

BEDROOM: 13' 11" x 12' 6" (4.24m x 3.81m)  

BATHROOM: 8' 4" x 5' 4" (2.54m x 1.63m)  

FIRST FLOOR:  

GALLERIED SITTING AREA: 9' 9" x 9' 9" (2.97m x 2.97m) average  

BEDROOM: 13' 3" x 9' 9" (4.04m x 2.97m) average  

UNIT 2:  

GROUND FLOOR:  

INNER HALL: 8' 4" x 4' 2" (2.54m x 1.27m)  

BATHROOM: 8' 5" x 8' (2.57m x 2.44m)  

RECEPTION ROOM/KITCHEN: 19' 3" x 15' 4" (5.87m x 4.67m)  

LOBBY: 6' 9" x 5' 8" (2.06m x 1.73m)  

BEDROOM: 15' 4" x 11' 4" (4.67m x 3.45m)  

BATHROOM: 8' x 5' 9" (2.44m x 1.75m)  

UNIT 3:  

FIRST FLOOR:  

GALLERIED SITTING AREA: 24' 8" x 8' 7" (7.52m x 2.62m) average  

STORE: 8' 7" x 5' 9" (2.62m x 1.75m)  

LANDING:  

BEDROOM/KITCHEN: 15' 11" x 11' 1" (4.85m x 3.38m) average  

BATHROOM: 6' 4" x 6' 4" (1.93m x 1.93m) average  

BEDROOM: 12' 8" x 11' 1" (3.86m x 3.38m)  

SERVICES:
The property is connected to mains water, with separate supplies to the manor house, holiday accommodation and paddock. Foul drainage is to a private system. Separate mains electricity to the main house and holiday accommodation (with a three phase supply).  

OUTSIDE:
The western entrance leads to a detached timber clad/blockwork garage (21' x 13'5"), with storage mezzanine over, with 'Velux' rooflight. Adjacent to the garage is a storage compound. The eastern part of the grounds provide secluded external areas for the holiday accommodation units, with both external and integral stores. There is a detached "rest room" with sauna & bar (14'4" x 6'11" overall), a south-facing summerhouse (9'5" x 9'2" + veranda). The potager garden (off the kitchen of the main house) has a greenhouse and nearby former outside WC's converted to a "meditation place" (7'2" x 6'2"), there is a further outbuilding (6'8" x 6'9") by the southern boundary. The original grounds of the Manor House provide a tranquil wooded setting with meandering paths & wild flower areas of approximately 1.49 acres. The gardens are linked by a bridge to a paddock to the east, with a pond and copse to the southern part, amounting to 1.77 acres.

Marketed by: Spalding & Co, Fakenham