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Guide Price£850,000

Wissett Road, Chediston, Halesworth

Land size
12 acres
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • Detached 17th-century barn conversion
  • Attached self-contained two-bedroom annexe
  • Striking full-height reception room with character features
  • Abundance of original details, including exposed beams and timberwork
  • Established and successful Caravan & Camping Club site
  • Approximately 12 acres (STMS) of grassland and paddocks
  • Idyllic rural setting with scenic surroundings
  • Convenient access to Southwold and the Suffolk Heritage Coast
  • Located near the market town of Halesworth
  • Oil fired central heating

Description

This charming property, set in approximately 12 acres, features a beautifully converted barn with exposed timbers, spacious living areas, and a self-contained annexe ideal for multigenerational living or holiday letting. Additional outbuildings include garages, office space, and a registered Caravan & Camping Club site with potential for further leisure development (subject to consents). Located near Halesworth in a tranquil setting, it offers both lifestyle and business opportunities. A rare chance to acquire a versatile rural estate with exceptional character and scope.

Description - Accessed via a gravel driveway, the property welcomes you through a front entrance door into the hallway of a modern and sympathetically constructed annexe. This versatile space offers potential as a holiday let, Airbnb, or self-contained accommodation for multigenerational living.

Annexe Accommodation
•Kitchen/Breakfast Room: Fitted with a range of base and wall units, tiled splashbacks, an AGA with extractor hood over, and space with plumbing for a washing machine. Dual-aspect windows provide natural light to the front and rear.
•Shower Room: Features a walk-in shower, wash basin set within a vanity unit, WC, fully tiled ceramic walls, and a heated towel rail.
•Bedroom One: Includes an en-suite WC, wash basin, and heated towel rail.
•Bedroom Two: A well-proportioned room.
•Sitting Room: A double-aspect room with exposed timber roof trusses and a glazed door opening to the outside.
Main Barn
From the kitchen, a door leads into the impressive main barn featuring a stunning full-height reception room. This space showcases extensive exposed timberwork, including beams, studwork, and roof trusses. A striking inglenook fireplace houses a cast iron log-burning stove set on a stone hearth. A substantial timber door, framed by glazed panels, opens to the exterior.
•Mezzanine Level: Accessed via timber stairs, the mezzanine features glazed panels overlooking the main reception area, twin 'Velux' rooflights, and stripped timber flooring. Currently arranged as a bedroom, this space offers flexible use.
•Dining Hall: With exposed brickwork, timber detailing, brick flooring, and stairs to a second mezzanine, also with stripped timber flooring. Currently used as an office, this area offers further versatility.
•Shower Room/WC: Includes a corner shower, basin within a vanity unit, and slate flooring.
•Storage Cupboard: A useful additional storage space.
Kitchen/Family Room: A spacious, double-aspect room featuring a comprehensive range of base and wall units, inset sink, Rayburn cooker, oak stable door to the exterior, and exposed roof timbers.
Outbuildings and Grounds
•A triple garage adjoins the main property.
•To the rear, a block-constructed building offers potential for a range of uses.
•A new building currently under construction is set to provide additional garaging with office space above.
Land and Development Potential
The property sits within approximately 12 acres (subject to measured survey) of paddock land. It is a registered Caravan & Camping Club site, licensed for 6 caravans and 8 tents. On-site facilities include a shower and toilet block and a chemical disposal unit.
There is significant potential for further development of leisure and tourism facilities, such as the addition of shepherd's huts, yurts, or glamping pods, subject to the necessary planning consents.
Occupying a delightful rural location with convenient access to Halesworth, this unique property presents a rare opportunity for lifestyle living or a thriving hospitality business, with considerable scope for further expansion.

Tenure - Freehold

Location - Chediston is situated about 2.5 miles to the west of Halesworth which has a wide range of shopping and recreational facilities, as well as branch line rail services to Ipswich. The Suffolk Heritage Coast with the popular seaside town of Southwold are also within easy reach and have many attractions including picturesque beaches, golf courses and sailing opportunities. Diss lies 19 miles away and provides regular services to London Liverpool Street Station.

Services - Mains water and electricity are provided. Drainage is by way of private drainage and the heating is via oil fired central heating. The boiler was installed in 2012 and was last serviced in March 2025. (Durrants has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fittings or services and so cannot verify they are in working order).

Local Authority - East Suffolk – B

Epc - E

Viewing - Strictly by appointment with the agent's Halesworth office. Please call .

Durrants Building Consultancy - Our Building Consultancy Team will be happy to provide advice to prospective buyers on planning applications, architectural design, building regulations, and project management - please contact the team directly.

Aml - To comply with HMRC's regulations on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), we are legally required to conduct AML checks on every purchaser once a sale is agreed. We use a government-approved electronic identity verification service to ensure compliance, accuracy, and security. This is approved by the Government as part of the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF). This helps us to protect all our client's interests by using the most advanced verification process to help prevent the impacts of money laundering alongside our internal manual policies and procedures while staying compliant with HMRC. The cost of anti-money laundering (AML) checks are £30 including VAT per person, payable in advance after an offer has been accepted. This fee is mandatory to comply with the regulations and must be paid before a memorandum of sale can be issued. Please note that the fee is non-refundable

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
B
Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 79 Homes with Land listings in East Anglia (10+ acres).

This Property£70,833 / acre
Homes with Land Average (10+ acres) £152,607 / acre
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Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

Very energy efficient - lower running costs
CurrentPotential
(92+)A
(81-91)B
(69-80)C
(55-68)D
(39-54)E
(21-38)F
(1-20)G
47 E
85 B

Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)

Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
Oil Heating
Broadband
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Sewerage
Septic Tank / Private

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Driveway
Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

58 Mbps

Superfast · available to 75% of premises

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Edgar Sewter Community Primary School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    266
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Holton St Peter Community Primary School2.7 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    141
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Ilketshall St Lawrence School3.3 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    99
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bramfield Church of England Primary School3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    103
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Wenhaston Primary School4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    93
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Bungay High School6.5 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    922
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)7.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 16
    Pupils
    824
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sir John Leman High School7.9 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,404
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Beccles High School8.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    182
    Type
    Free schools
  • Stradbroke High School8.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    353
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Halesworth, Halesworth1.8 miles
Co-op Halesworth, Halesworth1.8 miles
Co-op Laxfield, Laxfield5.4 miles

GP surgery

Cutlers Hill Surgery1.9 miles

Pharmacy

Boots1.7 miles

Hospital

Beccles Hospital8.2 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Halesworth Rail Station1.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Bridge Farm699 metres

Typical drive times

Bungay16 min · 9 miles
Harleston19 min · 10 miles
Southwold22 min · 11 miles
Halesworth7 min · 2.8 miles
Norwich (city)43 min · 26 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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