Elizabethan manor house with 20 acres and a pool on sale for £2.75m

It is believed that Foulden Hall dates back to the 16th century and though it has been sympathetically renovated lots of period features remain like high ceilings, sash windows, the original oak staircase and more.

There is a private drive leading to the house (Image: Sowerbys)

The original oak staircase dates back to the 16th century (Image: Sowerbys)

The manor opens on the left side of the property to the entrance hall with limestone flooring. This leads to the sitting room, the study, the drawing room and the dining room which easily sits 16.

On the right side of the hall are the games room, the boot room, the shower room and the kitchen and breakfast room with Italian granite worktops, an Everhot oven, an island and French doors to the garden. There is also a cellar.

The drawing room has a large box bay window and a fireplace (Image: Sowerbys)

The sitting room of the entrance hall (Image: Sowerbys)

Also on the ground floor is a self-contained annex. It has a study, a shower room, a small kitchen-diner with an Aga and a sitting room which have access to the courtyard.

Upstairs there are six generous bedrooms that have views of the surrounding grounds, three have an ensuite and three have a dressing room.

The study has a feature fireplace (Image: Sowerbys)

The dining room can comfortably sit 16 (Image: Sowerbys)

The second floor has three attic rooms and loft space.

The hall is set in 20 acres of land with enough formal gardens, a pasture and woodland to keep the residents entertained.

The kitchen has an island and French doors to the garden (Image: Sowerbys)

One of the six bedrooms on the first floor (Image: Sowerbys)

There are also a patio, a stables and paddock, a kitchen garden, a lake, a heated swimming pool, a tennis court and a croquet lawn.

The large outbuilding contains a triple garage and an equestrian centre with three stables, two foaling boxes, a mess room, a large central area and a washdown.

One of the upstairs bathrooms (Image: Sowerbys)

One of the six bedrooms on the first floor (Image: Sowerbys)

Foulden Hall is in the small village of Foulden which has a garage, a village hall and a green with a playground.

The village is eight miles from Swaffham, 13 from Thetford and 32 from Norwich.

The outbuilding contains a triple garage and equestrian facilities (Image: Sowerbys)

There is a heated swimming pool in the garden that overlooks the grounds (Image: Sowerbys)

PROPERTY FACTS

Foulden, west Norfolk

Part of the grounds are made up of a lake (Image: Sowerbys)

The Hall has formal lawns, a kitchen garden, woodland and fields (Image: Sowerbys)

Guide price: £2,750,000

Sowerbys, 01553 766741, www.sowerbys.com