A Grade II listed farmhouse with a self-contained cottage and outdoor swimming pool in Easton, near Framlingham, is up for sale for a guide price of £1.65 million.
Dark Lane House is believed to date back to the 17th century and features a picturesque facade, with clustered hexagonal chimney flues and ornamental barge boards to the gables.
Inside the property, there’s an entrance hall and inner hallway, which leads to all of the living areas.
The farmhouse kitchen (Image: Inscope Imaging)
At one end of the property is a contemporary farmhouse kitchen with an island and adjacent utility room.
The large sitting room (Image: Inscope Imaging)
At the opposite end, there’s a spacious sitting room which boasts period features, such as exposed beams and an inglenook fireplace, as well as French doors to the rear gardens.
A door from the sitting room leads to the dining room, which has a vaulted ceiling.
The dining room features a vaulted ceiling (Image: Inscope Imaging)
There’s also a study, snug, rear hall and cloakroom on the ground floor of the property.
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On the first floor, there are four bedrooms, three with en-suite bath/shower rooms, and a dressing room.
There are two additional bedrooms, and a family bathroom, on the second floor.
The cottage and swimming pool (Image: Inscope Imaging)
In a separate, detached building, there’s a self-contained cottage with a sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. The building also houses a double garage, and a changing room and shower room for the outdoor swimming pool, which is to the rear of the cottage.
Also in the grounds are a number of traditional timber buildings, including a large multi-purpose games/party barn and an attached wing of stores, a potting shed and stable. There are also a range of brick domestic stores to the rear of the house.
Outside, a white five-bar gate opens to a gravel drive which leads to the front of the property and runs around a mature, productive mulberry tree.
The property stands in about 3.5 acres of gardens and grounds, which are enclosed by mature hedging and trees, including ash, willow, yew, maple, chestnut, cherry and apple.
The gardens are well established (Image: Inscope Imaging)
Lawn areas are bordered by well-stocked herbaceous beds and borders.
A sheltered sun-trap terrace at the side of the house links to a rear terrace, with steps leading into the gardens, which features an octagonal summer house.
The grounds are enclosed by hedges and trees (Image: Inscope Imaging)
Beyond the rear garden is a mixed woodland and a club-sized hard tennis court.
The grounds also include a meadow, which is an acre in size and could be used as a pony paddock, an orchard with adjoining kitchen garden with greenhouse and raised beds, and a pond with island.
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Dark Lane House is situated at the edge of Easton, which was formerly the centre of the Duke of Hamilton’s estate. Today the village is home to a pub, the popular attraction Easton Farm Park, a primary school and nursery and cricket club. Easton also features a distinctive crinkle crankle wall.
The village, which is 2.5 miles from Wickham Market and 4 miles from Framlingham, is close to the A12. There are regular train services to Ipswich and Lowestoft from Wickham Market station.
For more information, contact Jackson-Stops.
PROPERTY FACTS
Dark Lane House
Guide price: £1.65 million
Jackson-Stops, 01473 218218
jackson-stops.co.uk
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