Location

Great Barton is a popular village with a post office, preschool, primary school, public house, active village hall and church. A more comprehensive range of facilities are available at the Cathedral town of Bury St Edmunds. The A143 runs through the village providing easy access to the A14. There is a commuter rail link service to London Liverpool Street Station at Stowmarket and a branch line service at Thurston (3 miles).

Description

An exceptional detached family home offering an impressive property schedule in excess of 8000 sq.ft., enjoying a private parkland setting with a combination of formal lawns, secret gardens, specimen trees and all the while boasting one of the areas most sought after addresses of 'The Park' in Great Barton. In brief, the property comprises 7 bedrooms, 6 bath/shower rooms, an impressive handmade 22ft. kitchen/breakfast room and a myriad of formal reception rooms as well as the added benefit of triple garaging and a gym/annexe. Set within the grounds of the once highly impressive Barton Hall, the former home of Lord Bunbury, Barton House retains the ruins of the North/West elevation of the Hall which met its demise through a fire in 1914, and while remarkably unlisted, the remnants of the Hall serve as a stunning back drop for Barton House and all its splendour with the highly unique juxta position of modernity of Barton House combined with the tragic beauty of what remains of Barton Hall.

The accommodation comprises of a delightfully light filled entrance hall with a semi-bay fronted window, cloaks cupboard and a handmade staircase rising to the first floor. Double doors
lead through to the formal reception rooms.

The drawing room is a beautiful dual aspect room with high ceilings, ornate cornicing and bay window to the west elevation with French style double doors opening on to a southerly facing rear terrace. Ornate inset fireplace with a delicate stone surround and stone hearth. The dining room is a spacious and impressive room with bay window looking towards the front and dual aspect windows to the side elevation. Finished with ornate cornicing and an ornate gas fireplace with tiled surround. The sitting room is a cosy space located just off the inner hall with dual aspect windows to the side and an integrated log burning stove. Wall of fitted shelving and storage.

Located to the rear of the property, the kitchen/breakfast room enjoys a predominantly southerly aspect and is undoubtedly the hub of the home. A handmade kitchen comprising three distinct worksurfaces as well as a central island and a gas-fired AGA. In brief the integrated appliances include a Miele dishwasher, three sinks, a number of matching wall and base units including an integrated fridge. Space for a further freestanding fridge/freezer and door to a walk-in pantry, neatly shelved with additional worksurface providing space and storage under. The kitchen flows openly to a the garden room which enjoying a predominantly southerly aspect with dual windows, one of which is a bay and the other finished with French style double doors opening onto the terrace abutting the rear of the property. This room is particularly well suited to informal dining or entertaining providing a natural flow from the kitchen.

The uiltity/boot room accessed via the side of the house serves as an inner hall with additional worksurfaces and a further range of matching wall and base units providing spaces for white goods such as washing machine and tumble dryer as well as being home to a ceramic butler sink inset with drainer and mixer tap over. There is also a cloakroom. Off the utility area lies a further substantial reception room e located to the side of the property with triple aspect windows to front, rear and side.

The first floor is generously laid out with the principal suite providing a well proportioned bedroom with a dual aspect overlooking the gardens as well as a spacious dressing room and en suite bathroom. There is a secondary suite with a door into a dressing area and archway leading in to the double bedroom with bay fronted window overlooking the gardens and en suite bathroom. There are a further three double bedrooms, a family bathroom, separate shower room and upstairs office/bedroom.

Secondary Accommodation
Access via a separate door from the entrance hall, or externally via a personnel door to the side of the property access is given to a triple garage above which lies secondary accommodation comprising of two double bedrooms and both of which have en suite bathrooms.


Outside
Barton House enjoys a discreet setting in The Park, is set behind double electric gates which provide access to the driveway, initially meandering through a small bluebell wood with hedging to either side and a number of specimen trees, before opening out to the gravel carousel driveway, of in and out design. Beautifully planted with specimen trees and shrubs before arriving at the triple garage which is equipped with power and light. Entry is via an electric roller shutter door to each bay. Once on the driveway there is a further gated access via a secure five-bar gate leading to a secondary driveway and a barn with an electric roller shutter door providing ideal storage for occasional use vehicles or garden machinery. There is al door to the side of the barn as well as access to the plant room which serves the bore hole.

The studio/gym is located to the side of the property and accessed entirely independently from the principal residence, the studio/gym serves as an ideal ancillary space, with a separate workshop with power and light connected. This would serve as an ideal annexe subject to the relevant permissions.

The gardens are divided into a myriad of different areas and uses including beautiful wild flower meadow to the left-hand side on entry to the property followed by a bark chipped play area before extending to the expansive formal lawns located to the rear of the property. Around the gardens are generous, well stocked, impeccably maintained borders comprising evergreen hedging, specimen shrubs and trees providing a good degree of seclusion and privacy. To the rear most boundary of the gardens there are carefully mown pathways bisecting wildflower meadows, each of which have different themes. Undoubtedly one of the most impressive features of the property – the flower gardens provide a private woodland walk, carefully and deliberately crafted to maximise natural beauty and living conditions for wildlife. 'The Avenue' is the starting place for the garden walk, centred around a substantial natural pond. Finally, the walled gardens, which are naturally formed by the remnants of the exterior walls to Barton Hall, are home to delicately planted flower gardens, aptly named 'The Rose Garden' and the 'The Cutting Garden' providing a stunning foreground for the ruins of the Hall.