5 Bed Detached House For Sale

A former Hall House steeped in history with an impressive array of barns and outbuildings within 3.1 acres of grounds.

Situated on the Norwich Road and positioned on the edge of Thwaite commanding views over open countryside, Willow Hall, understood to have formally been a coaching inn, has been within the same family ownership for over 40 years. Believed to date from the 15th century, and listed Grade II with an abundance of period and characterful detail throughout, the property presents timber framed and rendered elevations with jettied façade and exposed first floor studding beneath pitched plain tiled roofs.

The accommodation, arranged over three stories and extending to some 3,400 sq ft, provides a heavily timbered dining room with wood burning stove, two further reception rooms with wood burners, along with garden room, AGA kitchen with pantry, service rooms and shower room.

Accessed from the main hall a staircase rises to three first floor bedrooms, along with family bathroom, with an additional bedroom on the second floor. From the back hall, with direct outside access, is a secondary staircase leading to the largest bedroom, with shower room and dressing/nursery room.

OUTSIDE

Approached over a gated shingle driveway, there is an inner courtyard with access to barn and stores, with a secondary driveway opening to the large yard and access to both secure and open bay garaging accommodating 10 vehicles, double garaging, along with significant range of outbuildings with three-phase power, some of which benefit from commercial consent. In all extending to some 4,400 sq ft.

Willow Hall benefits from a south facing mature garden leading to an orchard, whilst beyond the outbuildings, is the large meadow with mown paths. The property extends to some 3.1 acres in all.

LOCATION

Willow Hall occupies a position on the edge of Thwaite in the heart of Suffolk, with the historic town of Eye some 4.5 miles to the north east which provides an excellent range of local facilities. Stowmarket lies 8.5 miles to the southwest and offers a full range of shopping and commercial facilities, as well as providing regular main line rail services which run to London’s Liverpool Street in about 80 minutes. The region’s road network is easily accessed, with the A140 (Ipswich to Norwich road) linking to the A14 (5.5 miles), which accesses Cambridge and The Midlands.

AGENTS NOTE

Planning permission has been approved for two new build properties, each of 2,766 sq ft, along with a barn conversion of 1,329 sq ft. Further details available upon request.

DISTANCES

Eye – 4.5 miles
Debenham – 6.5 miles
Diss – 7.5 miles
Stowmarket – 8.5 miles (London Liverpool Street Station 80 mins)
Ipswich - 15 miles
Bury St Edmunds – 22 miles

DIRECTIONS (IP23 7ED)

From Ipswich, travel in a northerly direction on the A14 dual carriageway. Turn off on the A140 signed to Norwich. Proceed beyond the crossroads with the A1120 and through the Stonham, passing the turning to Mendlesham on the left. Having passed The Walnut Tree public house on the right, the entrance to Willow Hall will be found within a quarter mile on the right hand side.

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PROPERTY INFORMATION

Services: Mains electric and water are connected. Oil-fired central heating system. Drainage to a private system. Three-phase power to outbuildings.

Mobile: Ofcom reports likely mobile signal with the main providers.

Broadband: Ofcom reports superfast broadband is available at the property.

Council Tax: Band E. Mid Suffolk local authority.

Tenure: Freehold with vacant possession upon completion.

Fixtures and Fittings: Items regarded as fixtures and fittings are initially excluded from the sale, although certain items may be available by separate negotiation.

Viewings: Strictly by appointment with Jackson-Stops.