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Guide Price£950,000

Church Road, Bulmer

Land size
2.1 acres
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2

Key Features

  • Amazing Flexible Living Space
  • Four Bedrooms
  • Drawing Room With Balcony
  • Cart Lodge
  • Set in Appox 2.1 acres
  • Good Access to Sudbury & Halstead
  • Viewing A Must
  • Part Residential, Part Commercial
  • Planning Permission For Conversion In To Residential

Description

A Rare Blend of Country Lifestyle and Limitless Potential
Imagine a home that adapts entirely to your life’s blueprint, rather than forcing you to compromise. Set within approximately 2.1 acres of glorious, mature grounds, this impressive detached property offers an extraordinary lifestyle opportunity. It perfectly balances rural serenity with unparalleled flexibility, making it a dream find for families, entrepreneurs, and creatives alike.

Key Features At A Glance
Unrivalled Flexibility: Part residential, part commercial with full planning consent for total residential conversion.
Generous Accommodation: Four bedrooms, featuring a superb principal suite and a spectacular first-floor drawing room with a balcony.
The Heart of the Home: Expansive open-plan kitchen, dining, and sitting area.
Extensive Grounds: Set within approx. 2.1 acres of mature lawns, sunny terraces, and total privacy.
Superb Outbuildings: Secure electric gates, long driveway, workshops, and a traditional cart lodge/tractor shed.
Prime Location: Desirable village setting within close driving distance of the historic market town of Sudbury.

Your Space, Your Rules: Ultimate Layout Flexibility
The true magic of this property lies in its dual-nature design and **full planning permission for complete residential conversion**. Whether you want to commute downstairs in your slippers, create a grand multi-generational haven, or design a sprawling single-family estate, the canvas is entirely yours.
The Residential Haven: Currently hosting a beautiful four-bedroom layout. The heart of the home is a magnificent open-plan kitchen, dining, and sitting room—perfect for modern family life and effortless entertaining. Upstairs, the principal en-suite bedroom offers a private retreat, while the first-floor drawing room features a balcony designed for morning coffees or sunset drinks overlooking your acreage.
The Commercial/Adaptable Wing: With a significant shop front, study, workshop, and store room, this space is a blank canvas.
Want a live-work setup? It’s ideal for an artisanal studio, boutique business, or client-facing practice.
Looking for an annexe? Transform it into independent living quarters for extended family.
Craving more leisure? Think ultimate home cinema, games wing, or private gym.

The Suffolk Countryside Lifestyle
Life here is defined by space, privacy, and freedom. Approached via a sweeping, tree-lined driveway secured by electrically operated gates, the estate opens up into 2.1 acres (sts) of pure idyllic bliss.

Outdoor Living & Entertaining: The extensive mature gardens feature vast sweeping lawns punctuated by established trees and various sunny terraces. It’s a paradise for summer garden parties, alfresco dining, or simply unwinding in total privacy.

For the Hobbyist & Collector: With a timber-framed cart lodge, tractor shed, and dedicated workshops, there is ample room for classic car restoration, woodworking, gardening equipment, or outdoor hobby gear.

Connection and Convenience
Situated in a highly regarded and picturesque village, this property offers the quintessential English country lifestyle without isolation. You are just a short, scenic drive from Sudbury, a thriving Suffolk market town rich in history, independent shops, eateries, and excellent rail connections. It’s the perfect sweet spot: peaceful village charm right on the doorstep of town convenience.

Kitchen / Diner

Entrance Hall

Drawing Room

Master Bedroom

Ensuite Shower Room

Utility Room

Rear Lobby

Cloakroom

Inner Hall

Bedroom Three

Shower Room

Plant Room

Commercial Space

Study

Workshop

Shop Area

Disclaimer

Chewton Rose Estate Agents is the seller's agent for this property. Your conveyancer is legally responsible for ensuring any purchase agreement fully protects your position. We make detailed enquiries of the seller to ensure the information provided is as accurate as possible. Please inform us if you become aware of any information being inaccurate.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-06-22

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,142 Homes with Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).

This Property£452,381 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £381,053 / 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
80 C
82 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

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & 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
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

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

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good NoneO2 Good NoneThree Limited NoneVodafone Limited None

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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

  • St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School15 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    64
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    227
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    137
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    268
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Pot Kiln Primary School2.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    236
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Ormiston Sudbury Academy2.5 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    710
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Thomas Gainsborough School2.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,603
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hedingham School and Sixth Form5.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,177
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Ramsey Academy, Halstead5.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    702
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Stour Valley Community School5.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    569
    Type
    Free schools

* 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

Waitrose Sudbury, Sudbury2 miles
Morrisons Daily Sudbury Market Hill, Sudbury2.1 miles
Iceland Sudbury, Sudbury2.1 miles

GP surgery

Hardwicke House Group Practice1.9 miles

Pharmacy

Boots2 miles

Hospital

St Leonards Hospital2.3 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces455 metres

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

Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station2.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Old Church Lane30 metres

Typical drive times

Acton11 min · 7.3 miles
Clare15 min · 9.6 miles
Sudbury6 min · 3 miles
Halstead10 min · 6.7 miles
Colchester (city)27 min · 16 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

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Very low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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