A country home in Suffolk with 6,000sq ft, 55 acres and a wonderfully serene swimming pool
Darmsden Hall is a joy of a place — and sold through the pages of Country Life in 1941.
In the heart of mid-Suffolk, Mark Rimell of Strutt & Parker is handling the £2.95 million sale of the handsome, Grade II-listed Darmsden Hall.
That buys you a wonderful home in 55 acres of truly magnificent gardens — though it's £2.87 million more than when the house appeared for sale in Country Life back in 1941. Ah well — at least the 2026 buyer will benefit from the modern pool that's been added, which is an utterly wonderful addition and among the prettiest we've seen in a while.
Darmsden in Country Life in 1941, when the guide price of £8,000 included land running to 544 acres and seven cottages...
With historic barns and outbuildings set in 55 acres of magnificent gardens and grounds near the hamlet of Darmsden, in the rolling wooded hills of the Gipping Valley, the historic town of Needham Market is only two miles away, with Ipswich an eight-mile trip.
Originally built as a farmhouse in about 1830 with an earlier 16th-century rear wing, the hall has been extensively modernised, extended and refurbished in recent years.
Today, the house still incorporates many period features, including exposed timbers, mullion windows and open fireplaces. Yet it's a modern home, too, with more than 6,000sq ft of stylish living space.
There are six reception rooms, five bedrooms and bathrooms in the main house, with a dressing room on the second floor, and a further bedroom and bathroom in
a separate guest annexe.
Highlights include a light-filled reception hall, a panelled drawing room overlooking the valley, a spacious library, a charming morning room and a bespoke Plain English kitchen that opens onto a large family room.
Lovingly created by the current owners, the gardens and grounds are a mix of landscaped private areas, formal hedging and planted borders that extend around the property, interspersed with more than 12,000 newly planted specimen trees and areas of wildflower meadows, paddocks and lawns, all of which offer unfettered panoramic views over the undulating countryside beyond.
To the south-west of the grounds, the aforementioned swimming pool and pool house, enclosed by yew hedging, make an excellent setting for outdoor entertaining. Sporting amenities include a tennis court and a fully stocked fishing lake.
Darmsden Hall is for sale through Strutt & Parker — see more details.
