Summary - DUCKSLUICE FARM, FORNHAM PARK, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, FORNHAM ST. GENEVIEVE IP28 6TT
4 bed 5 bath Detached
Spacious family home with extensive grounds and lake, minutes from Bury St Edmunds.
- About 36 acres: gardens, paddocks, woodland and a 3‑acre fishing lake
- Principal house newly renovated with over 5,800 sq ft accommodation
- Vaulted master suite occupies entire second floor with balcony
- 48' kitchen/breakfast/family room, multiple reception spaces
- Self‑contained annexe above cartlodge; additional outbuildings and garaging
- Solar PV installed with feed‑in tariff income
- Very slow broadband; private drainage and oil‑fired heating
- Estate upkeep and management required; willow plantation under contract
Ducksluice Farm is a substantial, newly renovated country residence set in about 36 acres of private grounds, paddocks, woodland and a three‑acre fishing lake, yet only three miles from Bury St Edmunds. The principal barn conversion offers over 5,800 sq ft of flexible living including a vaulted drawing room, a 48’ kitchen/breakfast/family room and a dramatic second‑floor master suite with balcony and dressing room. A self‑contained annexe above the cartlodge adds practical guest or staff accommodation.
The grounds are a major asset: formal lawns, terraces with an outside kitchen and pizza oven, walled garden, water meadows and extensive river frontage. Garaging, two double cartlodges, machinery stores and outbuildings support hobbies, equestrian use or small‑scale agricultural activity. Solar photovoltaic panels also provide a feed‑in tariff income stream.
Practical considerations are straightforward and factual. Heating is oil‑fired with boiler and underfloor heating; drainage is private. Broadband speeds are very slow in this location. The estate requires ongoing estate maintenance and management given its size, and the cricket bat willow plantation is under a harvest contract.
There is planning history showing scope to create further bedroom suites over the drawing room, offering opportunity to enlarge sleeping accommodation. For families seeking privacy, room for hobbies and abundant outdoor amenity—plus relatively easy access to town amenities and the A14—this property blends country seclusion with versatile modern living.
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