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Country estate of the month

THIS 1,763-acre Suffolk estate is eight miles from Woodbridge and 14 miles from Ipswich. The maincentury. It features mellow red-brick walls, tiled roofs, high ceilings and sash windows, and has been used as a wedding venue. The hall is surrounded by parkland and gardens, including ancient trees, a yew avenue and a rose parterre with pond. Seven cottages are included in the sale, with further properties available. The rest of the estate is a mix of in-hand commercial arable land with a let farm, grazing meadows with frontage to the River Alde, and mature blocks of broadleaf and conifer woodland. There is also a grass tennis court and a summer house.

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