8 bedroom house

Ashmans Hall is an impeccably presented Georgian hall built in approximately 1810, with elegant gault brick elevations under slate roof and tranquil private landscaped grounds. It offers over 11,000 sq. ft. of exceptionally restored and adaptable accommodation across three floors, with a wealth of original features.

The impressive reception hall with its dual Doric columns within arched recesses, flows through to the circular inner hall, featuring a sweeping imperial stone bifurcated staircase with wrought iron balustrade and mahogany handrail which rises to the columned first floor viewing gallery under a cupola. The handsome ground floor rooms are all of excellent proportions, with fine sash windows, towering ceiling heights, ornate decorative cornice and mouldings and multiple aspects of the grounds. It comprises a music room with feature fireplace and log-burning stove, a drawing room and sitting room with wood burners, morning room with triple-windowed bay, and a large country kitchen/breakfast room with flagstone flooring, a sizeable island and a cream AGA range. Adjacent is a cloakroom and access to the extensive cellars below and further is a laundry room, opening to the unique curved workshop.

The sky lit first floor houses eight tastefully restored and characterful bedrooms with a plethora of traditional features and far-reaching views of the grounds, including the circular bedroom suite with its tall triple sash windows. Half of the rooms are served by stylish en suite bath/shower rooms, with a further family bathroom completing the floor.

Additional accommodation includes the North Wing, a substantial property in its own right consisting of nearly 2700 square feet over three storeys with four bedrooms. The Orangery occupies the curved wing to the south consisting of two ground floor studio flats (one with mezzanine bedroom) and two first floor one bedroom flats.

Outside, the property sits in a sprawling plot, with a long gravelled driveway flowing up to the five-bar electric gates and extensive open driveway. The beautifully landscaped grounds comprise large expanses of manicured lawn, a myriad of established and specimen trees, herbaceous and shrub borders, a paved and brick-laid sun terrace and multiple ornamental stone features and statues with neat privet hedging.

Beccles offers excellent shopping, schooling, leisure and sporting facilities, as well as a mainline railway station to Ipswich with London connections, whilst the popular nearby seaside town of Southwold provides further amenities and outdoor pursuits. The thriving cathedral city of Norwich has a vibrant cultural and business community and extensive shopping and recreational facilities, as well as a station with convenient London links to Liverpool Street. The A143 and A14 link to the M11 for road connections further afield.