A Grade II listed property in Worlingworth, near Framlingham, is up for sale at a guide price of £1.65 million.
Halcyon House is a detached, eight-bedroom former rectory, which is believed to date back to the 16th or 17th century and was extensively remodelled in the early 19th century.
“The house has been beautifully and sympathetically updated in recent years and boasts a wide range of original features including open fireplaces, high ceilings and attractive sash windows,” said selling agent Clarke and Simpson.
The front door of the property opens to a hallway with fitted cupboards and doors to the reception hall, drawing room and sitting room.
The drawing room and sitting room feature high ceilings, sash windows and fireplaces.
The dual-aspect drawing room (Image: Rufus Owen)
A study, which is off the sitting room, has a door to the gardens.
The inner reception hall gives access to the cellar, cloakroom, kitchen and snug, which features a wood-burning stove.
In the kitchen, there are bespoke wall units and granite worktops as well as an island. A sash window looks out onto the garden, and there are doors to the handy utility room and light-filled orangery, which is currently used as a dining room.
The orangery offers views of the garden (Image: Rufus Owen)
Upstairs on the first floor, there’s a landing area leading to five double bedrooms and three recently refitted bath/shower rooms. One of the bathrooms, which has a roll-top bath and separate shower cubicle, also has a door to the principal bedroom.
The principal bedroom (Image: Rufus Owen)
Stairs from the landing lead to the second floor, where there’s a central dressing room with fitted wardrobes and doors to three further double bedrooms. The largest bedroom has an en-suite bathroom.
Outside, Halcyon House is approached through gates which open onto a curving gravel driveway.
The driveway leads to a cartlodge (Image: Rufus Owen)
The driveway leads to a parking area and a cartlodge with a store room above, barn and outbuildings.
Adjacent to the barn and brick and timber outbuildings is a buried rainwater harvester which could be used for watering the garden in the summer months.
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The house is set in approximately 4.8 acres of land, which includes established gardens and a large pond, which is believed to be the original village swimming pond. A strip of woodland runs along one side of the grounds.
Steps from the croquet lawn lead down to the garden (Image: Rufus Owen)
Behind the house, there’s a south-facing patio outside the orangery leading onto a croquet lawn with steps down to the garden.
To the west, there’s a courtyard with wisteria-entwined pergolas and box hedging. Here there are established fruit trees, including mulberry, quince and apple.
Beyond the formal gardens is a flower meadow/paddock.
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Halcyon House is set back from a country lane in the village of Worlingworth. The village is home to a pub, shop and church.
Worlingworth is about six miles from Framlingham and six-and-a-half miles from Eye.
For more details, contact Clarke & Simpson.
PROPERTY FACTS
Halcyon House
Guide price: £1,650,000
Clarke and Simpson, 01728 724200
clarkeandsimpson.co.uk
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