Church Farm is a charming, Grade II listed farmhouse in a pretty setting in Upper Somerton dating from the 17th century, with modern extensions. Built of timber frame construction the house offers well-proportioned accommodation with lots of period features including exposed wall and ceiling timbers and inglenook fireplaces.
Three reception rooms comprise the drawing room, sitting room and dining room, and the kitchen/breakfast room is very spacious, and has an Aga. The ground floor also has a study, a boot room and a rear hall.
Upstairs the master bedroom has an adjoining bathroom - the house offers four further bedrooms plus a family bathroom.
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Immediately to the west is a set of Victorian outbuildings with a central walled courtyard, a timber framed barn, lean-to, stables and two open fronted barns to the west. There are four grass paddocks and over 70 acres of agricultural and grazing land.
Church Farm fronts the street in Upper Somerton a small Suffolk village just over a mile from Hartest which has a pub, school and a well regarded local butcher. Bury St Edmonds is ten miles.
The guide price is £1.3m. For further information please contact Jackson-Stops & Staff on 01284 700 535 or visit www.jackson-stops.co.uk.
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