An impressive period home with a swimming pool and detached three-bedroom cottage is for sale in Hacheston, near Framlingham, at an asking price of £1.7 million.
Selling agent Fine & Country describes Hacheston Lodge as “a perfectly formed small stately home”, adding that the various outbuildings will be of particular interest to equestrians.
Although the property was built in the Edwardian period, the predominant styling is Georgian – from the pedimented gable entrance and brick quoins outside to the deep-set doorways and arched openings within.
The front door opens to a wide entrance hallway with two generous reception rooms on either side.
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To the left is the family room with a minimalist cassette stove in the chimney breast. There’s scope to divide the space and create a small study at the narrower end of the room, said Fine & Country.
Across the hall, the sitting room is of a similar size and easily accommodates a seating area as well as a grand piano. It also features a decorative marble fireplace and French doors leading out to the garden.
At the south-east corner of the house is a vast kitchen/diner, recently enlarged by the incorporation of a former conservatory.
The kitchen blends traditional and modern with Shaker-style units topped by a decorative architrave, granite and maple countertops, a Rangemaster stove in the wide fireplace and a large central island as well as another sit-up breakfast bar.
Skylights illuminate the dining area, which also has windows and French doors looking out in a southerly direction.
Completing the ground floor is a utility room, WC and home office with built-in desks. The latter could also be used as a separate dining room.
The bedrooms are spread across the first and second floor, with two of the first-floor bedrooms enjoying en suites.
Fine & Country said: “Of particular note is the master bathroom where a tub is recessed into a mirrored alcove, a lovely place to unwind at the end of the day.”
Between these two bedrooms is a seating area, currently used as a library with built-in bookcases.
A smaller bedroom on this floor is served by a family bathroom.
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Stairs lead up to the second floor where there are two further bedrooms, one with an extensive built-in desk arrangement ideal for a home office, and a shower room.
“These top floor rooms make a wonderful suite for older teenagers, or perhaps houseguests, to enjoy a degree of privacy,” said Fine & Country.
Included with the property is a thatched cottage created from a former apple store, comprising three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large reception room, kitchen and utility.
Enabling guests to self-cater separately from the main house, the cottage has proven a profitable holiday let for the current owners.
Hacheston Lodge sits in impressive grounds stretching to around five acres, including a variety of formal gardens.
Screened all round by mature trees and shrubs, the property is approached via a gravel driveway with a knot-garden turning circle in front of the house.
An expanse of lawns, specimen trees and shrubs adds to the sense of seclusion, while a tree tunnel walk leads to an area of approximately three acres with three paddocks, a stable block and a large building housing three barns.
There is also a 300 sqft cabin, supplied with water and electricity, which has planning for agricultural use.
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Completing the gardens is the heated open-air swimming pool surrounded by a patio, lawns and rose-covered trellises.
The pool has a concertina cover providing partial or complete coverage, allowing for swims in cooler weather or under the stars on warmer nights.
Two more outbuildings are found near the main house, including a large U-shaped building that currently houses a gym, recording studio, workshop and the pump room for the pool.
A second building is used to store garden machinery.
The village of Hacheston has a church, village hall and garden centre with a café. It is around four miles from Framlingham and nine miles from Woodbridge.
For more information, contact Fine & Country.
PROPERTY FACTS
Hacheston Lodge, Hacheston
Price: £1,700,000
Fine & Country, 01379 646020
fineandcountry.com