Have a look inside this five-bedroom medieval house in Rattlesden near Bury St Edmunds available for £1.2m

A 15th century medieval Suffolk house is now available on the market.

St. Margaret’s Priory in Rattlesden, near Bury St Edmunds, is a historic house with an annexe, gardens and outbuildings.

With a guide price of £1,200,000, the property is now on sale with Savills.

Believed to date back to the 15th century, with later additions throughout its long history, St. Margaret’s Priory is Grade II listed and retains many period features throughout.

The principal building is an attractive, timber-framed and plastered edifice with a jettied first floor and exposed close-studding timbers.

Timber framing was a very popular medieval method of construction in the 15th and 16th century and half-timbering has now become decorative and non-structural in designs for many homes that are built today.

The central reception hall, with exposed timbers and studwork, leads to the drawing room, sitting room, dining room, conservatory, and shower room.

One of the five bedrooms is a double-aspect principal bedroom on the first floor with wide original floorboards and an Elizabethan chimneypiece as well as views over the garden.

St. Margaret's Priory's gardens are stunning, with a great array of ancient and interesting trees; and an orchard with apple, plum, pear, peach and medlar trees.

There are expansive areas of lawn, which has been used as an informal tennis court, a kitchen garden and ponds.

Woodstores, workshops and further stores are also included on the 4,969 sq ft property, as well as a double garage.

For more information, contact Craig Robinson on 01473 234809 or 07812 965451.