See inside £1.5m 16th century country house in Monks Eleigh, near Sudbury, with swimming pool and tennis court

A seven-bedroom country house with a swimming pool and tennis court in a Suffolk village is now on the market.

Highlands Hall is a 16th century Grade II listed country house set in four acres on the edge of Monks Eleigh, near Sudbury.

The property is on sale with Savills with a guide price of £1,500,000.

Property agent Tom Orford, director in the residential sales team at Savills in Suffolk, said: “Set back from the road on the edge of the village, the property is rich with character with several period features including open fireplaces, wall panelling, numerous exposed wall studs and beamed ceilings.

“The gardens continue around the house and have some wonderful views of the undulating countryside of the Brett Valley.”

An oak front door leads into the property’s reception hall which includes a staircase, wall panelling and is flanked by two large reception rooms.

The dining room has a fireplace, with glazed doors through to the conservatory and garden room beyond.

The study has a side lobby featuring a serving hatch to the dining room and connects through to the library with a barley twist staircase leading up to a guest bedroom.

Making up the rest of the ground floor is a drawing room, a back hall, a farmhouse kitchen, a utility room and a pantry.

On the first floor, a landing leads to seven double bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The front of Highlands Hall has a circular parking sweep surrounded by lavender and a partly walled garden with herbaceous beds.

A gateway in the wall leads through the walled swimming pool garden with additional plants including a mature vine.

The gardens continue around the house with some yew topiary, numerous trees and gently sloping lawns which back onto the Brett Valley countryside.

There are further terrace gardens to the rear of the house along with adjoining wood/garden stores.

To one side is a hard tennis court as well as a meadow and two lakes.