Property For Sale: Detached 8 bedroom Country House in Suffolk

Location

Drinkstone Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9AH

Guide Price: £2,750,000

Estate Features

• Exceptional Georgian country house
• Glorious private parkland setting
• 5 reception rooms
• 8 bedrooms
• Detached 3 bedroom Coach House
• Attached cottage
• Tennis court & swimming pool
• Gardens, parkland & woodland copse
• In all about 14.31 acres

The Property

This lovely property is being sold by the family of the deceased owner, Richard Basil Holt, who had the shooting rights at Rougham Estate, which surrounds the house, for 15 years. These are currently let to a third party.

Hessett House is an exceptional Georgian country house set in a glorious private parkland setting with a superb three bedroom Coach House, staff cottage, hard tennis court, heated swimming pool and grounds extending to over 14 acres.

Property Features

• Peaceful rural Suffolk setting
• Well positioned between three sought after villages
• Approximately 7000 sq ft main house
• Attractive period features
• Gracious reception hall
• Three substantial reception rooms
• Study
• Aga kitchen and traditional service rooms
• Two cloakrooms
• Four room cellar
• Master bedroom with dressing room and en-suite bathroom
• Seven/Eight further bedrooms and two bathrooms
• Attached one/two bedroom cottage
• Two gated driveways and third gated access
• Detached three bedroom Coach House/annexe
• Wonderful established parkland grounds
• Hard tennis court
• Heated swimming pool
• Pool house with kitchen, shower room and changing rooms
• Garage/work shop machinery store
• Formal gardens
• In all about 14.31 acres

The property, as is characteristic for the Georgian era, is ideal for family living and entertaining with accommodation spilt by the Green Baize door with gracious reception room to the front and the kitchen and service rooms to the rear. A Harrods floor plan dating back to 1905 will be left with the property and indicates how the house was used over a century ago. In those days the end of the house was workshop, coals and lamp rooms with servant’s bedrooms above. This is now converted into the attached staff cottage which is interconnecting on the first floor and is currently occupied by the housekeeper.

Detached Coach House with entrance hall, living room, Aga kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, two ground floor bedrooms and Bathroom. First floor master bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Split drive access.

Attached staff cottage with hall, living room, kitchen, snug/garden room, utility room, bedroom, bathroom and shower room. Separate drive access.

Gated main drive, large garage/machinery store, generator hut, hard tennis court, heating swimming pool, formal gardens, woodland copse and parkland grounds with alternate entrance. In all about 14.31 acres.

This wonderful period family home retains much of its original character features and has significant scope for improvement if required, as it is not a listed building.

Bury St Edmunds 6 miles, Newmarket 20 miles, Ipswich 21 miles, Cambridge 34 miles, Stowmarket Railway Station 8 miles, Stansted Airport 50 miles, London 83 miles.

For viewings, please call: +441284700535 

Listed with Jackson-Stops 
Bury St Edmunds