Grade II listed manor house with stables in Clopton for sale

Manor House, on Manor Road in Clopton, was built in the 16th century. The detached property has a timber frame, with colour washed and rendered walls and part-brick, part-render gables under a pitched plain tile roof. 

The property was restored in the late 1960s, a handmade kitchen was fitted in the 1990s and the roof covering was replaced about 10 years ago, but it could now benefit from further restoration. 

This characterful, detached house includes many interesting features, such as exposed wall timbers, boarded floors and leaded light windows. 

It is set in over five acres of land, and offers a separate studio and equine facilities. 

On the ground floor, there’s an atmospheric entrance hall, with part wood panelling. 

The double height sitting room (Image: Rufus Owen)

The hall leads to the impressive double height sitting room, which is overlooked by a galleried landing. The room features an almost full height leaded light window to the front and mullion window to the rear, as well as brick flooring.

The focal point of this room is the large open brick fireplace with carved stone surround, which contains a Woodwarm wood-burning stove.  

Around the corner is the kitchen/breakfast room, with handmade cupboard and drawer units, tiled work surface and a double-hob oil-fired Aga, which is recessed into a brick fireplace.  

The kitchen includes an Aga (Image: Rufus Owen)

The room, which features exposed brick flooring, leads to the utility/boot room. This room includes a wooden work surface, butler sink with carved drainer, cupboards and drawers that match the ones in the kitchen, and plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher. 

The utility/boot room features pamment tiled flooring, as does the adjacent pantry, which includes fitted shelving. 

There’s also a study, cloakroom and rear lobby on the ground floor.  

On the first floor, the galleried landing offers access to the roof space, a good-sized dual-aspect double bedroom with en suite, and a shower room with WC. 

The galleried landing leads to a further landing area where there's another WC and the second bedroom. There's also a staircase rising to the second floor, where the third bedroom is located, offering far-reaching views of the local area. 

The studio could be used as a home office (Image: Rufus Owen)

Outside, in the rear garden, a studio provides extra accommodation or could be used as a home office. A stable-type door opens into an open-plan sitting/dining/bedroom, with a Contura contemporary wood-burning stove, a kitchenette, and door to a shower room with shower cubicle, WC and mounted wash basin with cupboard underneath. 

Manor House is accessed via a five-bar gate that opens onto a shingle parking and turning area in front of a cart lodge, with access to the rear, secure storage area with power and light connected.  

Steps from the driveway lead to a gravelled walkway to both the front and side doors. The front garden is predominantly laid to grass, but includes a large well-stocked border that contains a variety of flowers and shrubs, together with a number of established trees. Beside the front garden there is a large pond. 

There's a pond by the front garden (Image: Rufus Owen)

The large rear garden is mainly laid to grass and enclosed by established hedging, and is interspersed with a variety of trees and shrubs.  

Paving and shingle areas adjoin the rear of the property, and a covered walkway, which includes a coal/wood store, leads to the door serving the utility/boot room.  

The studio has its own patio/seating area partly enclosed by trellis supporting mature honeysuckle, roses and a vine.  

To the east, there are equine facilities (Image: Rufus Jones)

To the east of the property are the paddocks and equine facilities, which include stables and a manège. 

There is separate vehicular access to this area from Snipe Farm Road that benefits from a large concrete entrance, which is suitable for lorries and machinery.  

Beyond the stables and manège are the paddocks. These are partly enclosed by established hedging with wooden rounds partitioning the paddocks.  

For more information, contact Clarke & Simpson. 

PROPERTY FACTS 
Manor Road, Clopton 
Guide price £950,000 
Clarke & Simpson, 01728 724200 
www.clarkeandsimpson.co.uk