A highly attractive farmhouse within landscaped gardens, detached bungalow and farmyard with enacted planning, within 4.8 acres of ring-fenced pasture as a whole or in three lots
Available as a whole or in three separate lots:
Lot 1: Farmhouse and circa 3.4 acres of land £1,500,000
Lot 2: Farmyard with enacted planning consent £650,000
Lot 3: Manor Farm Bungalow £315,000
Lot One Manor Farmhouse
There is a real sense of arrival as you approach this magnificent Farmhouse with its wide, grass-fringed driveway serving the separately owned Sudborough Manor and Manor Farm Bungalow (Lot 3), before arriving at Manor Farmhouse to gravel parking, garages to the north east of the house and secondary access to Newton Lane. With elegant and symmetrical principal rooms retaining the grace, proportions and sought after features of the Georgian era, the front door opens from the garden into an inviting entrance hallway giving access to the reception rooms, laundry room, cloakroom and kitchen. The beautiful drawing room, an amalgamation of two rooms spanning the length of the house, has a window seat overlooking the attractive gardens and a wood burning stove within the fireplace set beneath a bressummer beam. The elegant dining room has a similar window seat and attractive fireplace, with two steps leading up to the kitchen.
The spacious family kitchen and breakfast room allows plenty of room for informal dining. It is fitted with a hand-made Neptune suite beneath granite work tops, incorporating a two-door Everhot electric range together with separate hob and oven encased within the large central island. There is a separate pantry and access to the garden and driveway from two kitchen doors.
The first floor landing provides access to the elegant principal bedroom, with large en suite bathroom and two further double bedrooms; one Jack and Jill to the family bathroom. The second floor occupies the remaining four bedrooms, together with a family shower room.
Outside
The gardens wrap around the house and are beautifully presented. The principal largely walled formal garden lies to the south, with landscaped lawns, deep flowering borders and mixed deciduous and fruit trees. To the north of the house, there is extensive gravelled parking and a detached double garage block, offering a large storage area with electricity and light, close to the secondary access to Newton Lane. The land lies across the drive from the garden and extends to the north in a ring-fenced block, ideal for grazing or for children's games and extending to circa 3.4 acres (subject to measured survey).
Lot 2 Traditional Farmyard with enacted planning consent has been obtained for the conversion of a number of the traditional stone and brick barns and stables, under slate and tile roofs, into three attractive and well-proportioned residencies.
The buildings are considered curtilage listed. Planning Permission (EN/10/01376/FUL) and Listed Building Consent (EN/10/01378/LBC) were approved by East Northamptonshire Council in decisions dated 14th February 2011, with a Certificate of Lawfulness granted in 2014 confirming that the development had been lawfully implemented (14/00186/LDE), enacting their consents.
They permit a 3 bedroom barn conversion (GIA circa 278m2 (2,992ft2); 4 bedroom barn conversion (GIA approx. 343m2 (3,692ft2) and 4 bedroom barn conversion (GIA approx. 270m2 (2,906ft2).
In addition, the 2016 consent (16/02190/FUL) permits the erection of a single storey dwelling to the north of the yard, enacted with a 2019 Certificate of Lawfulness that the consent has been implemented (19/01260/LDE).
Access to the yard, should the lots be separated, is by way of a farm access road that adjoins the property's western boundary, over which there is a right of way at all times and for all purposes for the benefit of Manor Farm House.
Lot 3 Manor Farm Bungalow
Lying to the east of the main access drive, the one bedroom brick bungalow occupies a discrete position with consent pending for a driveway spur to allow tandem parking to the bungalow's north. Internally, the accommodation comprises a sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and shower room, with a private, east facing lawned garden.
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This is a spectacular property. It combines an elegant house with beautiful gardens, a detached bungalow and traditional farmyard with enacted consents for three conversions and one new build. On the edge of a conservation village, convenient for commuter rail links to London and the A14 for Cambridge, and with Oundle, Kimbolton, Oakham and Stamford schools (among many others) all with a 21 mile radius, it's a special offering.
James AbbottProperty agent