A four-bedroom period house with an orangery, swimming pool and converted windmill in its grounds has come up for sale in Scole, near Diss, for £800,000.
Set in around an acre of grounds, Mill House is unlisted and benefits from a host of character features as well as multiple outbuildings offering a combined 3,544 sq ft of accommodation including the main house.
Walking through the porch in the entrance to Mill House, the first room is the spacious dining room, which has a brick chimney and wood-burning stove as well as stairs to the upper floor.
The orangery has a characterful exposed brick and flint wall (Image: Nick Read Photography)
The kitchen has a charming countryside feel (Image: Nick Read Photography)
The dining room also provides access to a drawing room, living room with fireplace and double doors to the outside, the kitchen, a boiler/storage room and a useful utility room and bathroom.
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The kitchen has a charming countryside feel with light units, a flint feature wall, range-style cooker and an island/breakfast bar. It leads through to the orangery, which lets in loads of natural light and has a characterful exposed brick and flint wall.
Beyond the orangery is an outdoor swimming pool and summer house which could benefit from updating. Upstairs, there are four good-sized bedrooms and a family bathroom with a bath, separate shower, wash basin and WC.
The living room with feature fireplace (Image: Nick Read Photography)
There are four good-sized bedrooms upstairs (Image: Nick Read Photography)
The secluded and well-stocked gardens are home to a variety of mature shrubs and trees and have been cleverly planted to provide different areas of interest. The sellers have even created a mini arboretum with a range of specimen trees.
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Mill House also benefits from a range of outbuildings which would suit a variety of uses. There is a 681 sq ft studio with two separate rooms, a storage room and WC, and there is an 800 sq ft workshop building which comprises five units that could act as offices, games rooms, a gym or studios.
A three-storey converted windmill with a shower room can also be found in the grounds of Mill House, which selling agents Durrants says “would make for a very special annexe or unique holiday let”, subject to planning permission, with its circular rooms and charming brick exterior encircled by climbing plants.
The gardens have been cleverly planted to provide different areas of interest (Image: Nick Read Photography)
The property also boasts a detached double garage and parking for several cars.
The village of Scole is just a few minutes’ drive from the market town of Diss, which offers a range of shops including a supermarket, facilities and a railway station with a main line link to London and Norwich. The village itself has a local shop, pub and a hotel incorporating a restaurant and pub.
For more information, please contact Durrants.
PROPERTY FACTS
Mill House, Scole
Guide price: £800,000
Durrants, 01379 777085
durrants.com
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