Oak Farm is a truly traditional historic home for those who dream of life in the country, and it’s currently for sale for offers in excess of £1 million.
Located one mile from Metfield, near Harleston, on the Norfolk/Suffolk Border, the three-storey, six-bedroom home is listed Grade II for special architectural or historic interest and is believed to date back to the 16th century. It was even mentioned in Pevsner's book of Suffolk houses as the best farmhouse in the land surrounding Metfield.
Constructed from a fine oak timber frame on a brick base and with rendered colour-washed elevations under a long-pitched peg tiled roof, the house boasts period features throughout including vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, close studwork, mullion windows and even its own moat.
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“This really is one of the finest timber framed Suffolk farmhouses in the area with some exceptional rooms and very lovely mature gardens,” said property agent Tom Orford from Savills.
Off of Oak Farm’s entrance hall, there is a WC, convenient study and a cosy sitting room with a beamed ceiling and fireplace, this room also leads through into a further drawing room with oak floors and an impressive open fireplace with an ornate overmantel.
The kitchen/breakfast room is a picturesque and welcoming space that wouldn’t seem out of place in a period novel; it includes shaker style units and an island/breakfast bar, as well as space for a dining table and a large brick fireplace and has access to a useful utility off the study.
The vaulted dining hall is a particularly striking part of the historic home, acting as a great entertaining space with stone and wood floors, unique and irregular oak beams and the first floor landing overlooking the space from above. A boot room providing extra storage space and access to the outside adjoins the dining hall.
There are two staircases to the first floor where four of the six bedrooms are located along with a family bathroom. The principal bedroom also has its own en suite bathroom.
On the second floor there are two impressive vaulted bedrooms currently used for storage and a large attic room with lots of potential.
Outside, Oak Farm is set back from the road, nestled in a lush lawn and with shrubs and flowers to the front. Established yew trees help to create a private plot and climbing plants creeping over the front porch provide a charming rural entryway.
The property sits in about one acre and the gardens are particularly impressive, featuring a large pond, lawns with shaped and well-stocked beds and an old moat to the rear of the house.
A large parking area offers convenient private parking and there are various garden outbuildings in the grounds along with a greenhouse, well and a productive vegetable garden and asparagus beds.
Oak Farm is situated on the B1123 near Metfield village, which has a community shop selling a variety of produce, a monthly farmers market, church and village hall.
It is approximately eight miles from Halesworth and six miles from Harleston, where you will find further shops, doctor’s surgeries and schools. The larger town of Diss is 14 miles away with regular direct train links to London, Norwich and Ipswich.
For more information, please contact Savills.
PROPERTY FACTS
Oak Farm, The Common
OIEO: £1,000,000
Savills, 01473 943373
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