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The Presbytery is located in a quiet area in Withermarsh Green.
The cottage has 5 bedrooms, 4 with king size bed and 1 with a single bed. There are 3 bathrooms, a dining room, fully equipped kitchen and a 42-inch Smart TV.
Towels, linen, soaps and a welcome basket are also included.
Offering a large amount of outdoor space, there is a patio with a barbecue and garden views.
We are proud to be part of an exclusive list of properties that can claim to have been painted by John Constable. The heart of our estate is captured in ‘Higham Village’ that he painted in 1804 and features four of our cottages meaning we genuinely offer Constable Country Retreats. The Fenwick family has been in the village since 1936 and Major Fenwick (ex. Grenadier Guards) was born in Barham’s Manor in 1946 which has been his home ever since. During this time, with his wife Sara, he has built a collection of unrivalled holiday homes centred around a beautifully landscaped fifteen-acre park with stunning views over Suffolk’s tranquil rolling landscape. With businesses in Notting Hill and Chelsea, the Major and Sara have been able to successfully blend old-world bucolic charm with worldly eccentricity and contemporary style and comfort. The Major’s cousin Charlie (also ex. Grenadier Guards) is the general manager responsible for ensuring all our guests experience the highest possible standards and feel fully revived and recharged after their stay. He is supported by an extensive team who have been linked to the family for many years.
The Presbytery is a remote five bed-roomed Georgian rectory style house tucked away on the top of hill with stunning south facing views over the Dedham Vale countryside made famous by the painter John Constable. While very accessible, it feels like it is in its own bubble of untouched bucolic timelessness. This is the property for ‘getting away from it all’. Downstairs it has a well proportion and equipped kitchen, a study, drawing room and a dining room that seats ten. Upstairs there are four generous double bedrooms, two en-suite, a large family bathroom and a single bedroom. The Presbytery adjoins The Church of our Lady Immaculate and St Edmund King and Martyr originally built for neighbouring Giffords Hall and its residents in the 1800's.
The Dedham Vale a classic lowland landscape, straddling the Stour River, has been the inspiration for England’s world-renowned landscape artists Constable and Gainsborough who lived and painted in the Vale. Little has changed over the centuries and with its charming villages, local attractions and beautiful surrounding countryside, the Dedham Vale remains a calm and timeless retreat only an hour from London. John Constable born in East Bergholt in 1776 was an English landscape painter in what became known as the naturalistic tradition. Being born in Suffolk, he is mainly known for his landscape paintings of the Dedham Vale which surrounding his home, and therefore also became known as "Constable Country". Being designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) by the Countryside Commission in 1969 was a key milestone in recognising the tranquillity and natural beauty of the Vale. The Dedham Vale Society was founded in 1938 and has be successfully fighting for the protection of of our landscape, built heritage and wildlife for over 80 years meaning Constable would still recognise his cherished landscape.
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