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Metfield Road, Fressingfield

Eye, Suffolk, IP21

Under offer

Prices from

£7,200,000

Ref: NEF250041

A high-yielding arable farm and country house located in a peaceful part of north Suffolk

  • 554 acres
  • Freehold

Features at a glance

  • Grade II listed country house with five bedrooms, four reception rooms, a ‘Great Hall’ and swimming pool
  • Detached two-bedroom cottage
  • Mature gardens and grounds
  • Garaging and stables
  • Traditional range of farm buildings
  • Modern grain storage for 2,000 tonnes

Overview

Whittingham Hall is a superb ringfenced arable farm which offers great appeal to a range of different purchasers. As a whole, the farm is a commercially sized arable unit which has been well maintained and looked after; it is ready for a new owner to move straight in and continue the existing farming operations (the vendor is aware of additional land which could possibly be farmed in addition if required).

The Hall sits proudly within the middle of the farm’s land at the end of a mature chestnut, oak and lime tree avenue. It dates to 1653 and was originally an outbuilding that supported a moated manor house positioned north of the existing Hall. The Hall has been lovingly maintained and improved over the years to offer 8,800 square feet of comfortable and modern living space within this charming Grade II listed building. Beside the house lies a range of buildings, some traditional and dating back to the 16th Century and others modern, used for the current arable farming operations.

All of the farmland is Grade 3 on the Agricultural Land Classification maps, with the soils of the Beccles 1 Series, described as a chalky till, slowly permeable fine loam over clay. The rotation in recent years has typically been a variety of spring/ winter wheat, spring/winter barley, spring beans and oil seed rape. A cropping history and yields are available from the vendor’s agent.

There are various parcels of woodland and shelter belts within the farm which combined with some game cover, are used by a local syndicate to host a small-scale pheasant shoot.

The farm is available as a whole or can be bought in the lots described in these particulars.

This property has 554 acres of land.

About the area

Transport

Halesworth

6.8 miles

Brampton (Suffolk)

8.9 miles

Darsham

9.4 miles

Diss

9.5 miles

Schools

Fressingfield Church of England Primary School 1.4 miles

Good

Mendham Primary School 3.1 miles

Good

The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) 3.7 miles

Good

All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield 3.7 miles

Outstanding

Food stores

Fresssingfield General Stores 1.4 miles

Convenience store

Metfield Stores 1.6 miles

Convenience store

Wingfield Barns CIC 3.2 miles

Convenience store

Cratfield Beef 3.5 miles

Convenience store
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