Location

The rural hamlet of Ilketshall St. Andrew has an attractive common being one of the largest in Norfolk/Suffolk and a county wildlife site, with good walks and pleasant open countryside. The life of the community centres around the licensed village hall which offers a variety of social clubs and activities.

The market town of Bungay is approximately 3.5 miles distant and offers a good range of shops and restaurant facilities as well as a high school. The busy market town of Beccles (approximately 5 miles distant) offers a larger range of shops and facilities including restaurants and cafes and is in the Waveney Valley with sailing facilities. There is a junior school at Ringsfield taking children to the ages of eleven.

Norwich the cathedral city, is approximately 19 miles distant and is renowned for its shopping and historic centre.

Description

Dairy Farm is a Grade II listed Tudor farmhouse set within a beautiful rural position and grounds of about 5.5 acres. Believed to date back to the 1500s, the property offers characterful and spacious accommodation of around 3287 square feet and is set in a delightful setting on the edge of the village common.

The property contains four reception rooms including both sitting and drawing rooms, a useful study, ideal for working from home but could also be utilised as a children’s playroom if desired as well as a formal dining room located off the kitchen. The well located proximity of the dining room to the kitchen adds an air of modern living. A practical utility room and two cloakrooms as well as a kitchenette area add very functional ancillary rooms to the ground floor. Across the rear of the property is a garden room spanning over 43 feet in length and enjoying a fine outlook across the grounds.

To the first floor are four double bedrooms including the principal room which features an en suite and the remaining rooms then served via a family bathroom complete with separate shower and bath.

A attic room to the second floor provides further scope as extra accommodation should a buyer desire to make alterations and improvements.

Outside
The property is approached via a lengthy driveway over the common which leads to the parking area, cart lodges and outbuildings. The attractive timber-framed barn offers significant scope for a variety of uses subject to the necessary planning permissions and could make for an excellent annexe or holiday let if granted. The workshops give ample hobby space and further potential. Within the grounds which total at about 5.5 acres, is a variety of mature more formal gardens, vegetable garden and orchards as well as paddocks beyond giving potential for equestrian use.

Fields beyond the rear boundary give the feeling of further space without the maintenance and the countryside views emphasise the tranquillity of the location.