Hill House is a real stand-out gem of Framlingham’s historic town centre with its imposing Georgian façade and meticulously designed interiors – and it’s now on the market with Clarke & Simpson at a guide price of £950,000.
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The four-bedroom Georgian home has been extended and renovated by the current owners through an improvement programme that first began some nine years ago.
As well as re-wiring and replumbing the property, they aimed to create a unique living space that was easily accessible – integrating solutions including non-threshold flooring on the ground floor, wet rooms and a disguised lift providing access to the first floor.
In addition, a new roof was laid with full insulation, double glazed hardwood windows and doors were added by Suffolk Heritage Joinery, hand-planed floorboards with a ground floor underfloor heating system were laid by Generations of Loughborough, and a bespoke kitchen was installed by Kestrel Kitchens.
Entering through the porch, the impressive, open-plan kitchen/sitting/dining room welcomes you into Hill House. This bright, light, triple-aspect space has a Jotul woodburning stove on a tiled hearth acting as a focal point.
The kitchen area is fitted with a range of bespoke pippy oak units with wood block Iroko worktops and features Dijon tumbled limestone tiled flooring. There is an integrated dishwasher and fridge, a stainless steel sink with drainer and mixer taps above, and space and plumbing for a range cooker with extractor fan.
The room also has access to a handy pantry with fitted shelving and marble worktops; a utility room with space for a freezer; a cloakroom with WC and hand-built Sapele timber surrounds and hidden cupboards, hand wash basin and heated towel rail.
The sitting/dining area has hand-planed floorboards and opens into a cosy drawing room with wall-to-wall hand-built bookshelves and a fireplace with marble surround. A sash window with window seat overlooks the garden and there is a fitted desk in this room, which means it could also be used as a study or library.
Off this room is the garden room, a unique space with an indoor exercising pool measuring 14 x 7 ft with spa jets at one end and a swimming jet at the other. These jets can be controlled to allow for different swimming abilities. The pool is heated by an air source heat pump and there is an air conditioning unit/de-humidifier, as well as large skylights with automated closing system and double doors to the garden.
The garden room also has easy access to a downstairs wet room, ideal for showering after a swim. It includes a shower, WC and hand wash basin.
Completing the ground floor is a room which is currently used as a studio but could also serve as a fourth bedroom. Positioned next to the garden room, it also has a large skylight as well as a one-and-a-half bowl stainless steel sink with drainer and mixer taps above, a fitted desk and space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer.
Stairs in the kitchen/sitting/dining room take you to the cellar and the first floor, or you can also take the lift if you don’t fancy walking!
The first-floor landing includes more hand-planed floorboards and a built-in linen cupboard, and leads to the three upstairs bedrooms, two of which are doubles with built-in wardrobes.
The expansive master bedroom is understood to have previously been three rooms, now opened up to create a huge, bright space with sash windows – three with automated external blinds – hand-planed floorboards, fitted wardrobes with automated lighting and a hatch to the roof space.
The master also benefits from an en suite wet room comprising shower, WC, hand wash basin and fitted cupboards and drawers, while the other bedrooms are served by a family bathroom with a roll top bath, shower unit, hand wash basin, WC and heated towel rail.
Outside, Hill House is approached via remote-controlled double timber gates and a spacious shingle parking area with ample off-road parking.
Adjacent to the parking area is a store and multiple PV panels that also have battery storage and provide an income, and another store/workshop made of brick and timber construction with original brick flooring.
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The main gardens wrap around two sides of the house and have been completely re-landscaped by the current owners with the addition of 18 trees and over 100 hedge plants for extra privacy.
A patio adjoining Hill House is great for outdoor dining and overlooks the lawn and its mature borders and trees including oak, fig, olive, cob nut, coxes’ orange pippin, plum and crab apple. Two fountains create a formal feel in the garden and there is an armoured cable around the perimeter for lighting.
Viewings at Hill House are strictly by appointment with the agent. For more information, please contact Clarke & Simpson.
PROPERTY FACTS
Hill House, Framlingham
Guide price: £950,000
Clarke & Simpson, 01728 443978
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