A Suffolk estate which was featured on TV show Build a New Life in the Country is up for sale, boasting a farmhouse, thatched cottage restaurant and two converted holiday lodges.

Suffolk Barns — a collection of buildings off the A140 near Mendlesham — was featured on the Channel 5 program presented by architect George Clarke in 2006, when a couple took on the vast estate with plans for a chilli farm, shop and restaurant.

The whole lot is now on the market for £1.25million, covering 11 acres and numerous opportunities for future owners.

East Anglian Daily Times: The main farmhouse at Suffolk BarnsThe main farmhouse at Suffolk Barns (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The outside view of the converted cart lodge which is rented for short staysThe outside view of the converted cart lodge which is rented for short stays (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

The main farmhouse is 400 years old and has three bedrooms, a huge chimney with a wood burners and inglenook fireplaces, exposed timbers and tastefully converted bathrooms.

An exciting feature of this building is the pizza oven built undercover at the back of the property leading to a separate office space.

One of the converted living spaces is the cart lodge; a one-bedroom building suitable for multi-generational living with a mezzanine bedroom, rented as a holiday home via the Cottage Tree agency.

The slightly smaller pond lodge also has one bedroom and is similarly designed.

Planning permission was once granted to convert the thatched barn for residential use, however it lapsed and the building is currently used as a restaurant space with a vast seating area and industrial kitchen.

East Anglian Daily Times: The outside of the thatched barn has a covered seating areaThe outside of the thatched barn has a covered seating area (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The downstairs of the thatched barn which is a restaurantThe downstairs of the thatched barn which is a restaurant (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

In addition to the four main buildings there are four small outbuildings with electricity and internet, three polytunnels and two glass houses.

The 11 acres of land includes two paddocks, formal gardens with a reflective pond and water feature, green pergola leading to the pond lodge, an avenue of ornamental thorn trees and a second wild pond.

The paddock to the rear also has a block of 10 stables.

Located 25 miles from Norwich, 17 from Ipswich and seven from Stowmarket, the estate sits in the heart of the county and has plenty of parking.

Marketed by estate agents Doorsteps.co.uk, click here for more information.

East Anglian Daily Times: The main farmhouse of the property from the garden which has a pondThe main farmhouse of the property from the garden which has a pond (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The pond lodgeThe pond lodge (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The outdoors has a covered patioThe outdoors has a covered patio (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The pizza oven is built under cover in the back garden of the farmhouseThe pizza oven is built under cover in the back garden of the farmhouse (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The main farmhouse boasts a fully functioning pizza oven out backThe main farmhouse boasts a fully functioning pizza oven out back (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The mezzanine bedroom of the cart lodgeThe mezzanine bedroom of the cart lodge (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The bathroom of the converted cart lodge which is rented as a one-bedroom holiday home via the Cottage Tree agencyThe bathroom of the converted cart lodge which is rented as a one-bedroom holiday home via the Cottage Tree agency (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The farmhouse has a huge chimney and a woodburnerThe farmhouse has a huge chimney and a woodburner (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: One of the living rooms in the main farmhouseOne of the living rooms in the main farmhouse (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: Another living space in the main farmhouseAnother living space in the main farmhouse (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: One of the bathrooms in the main farmhouseOne of the bathrooms in the main farmhouse (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The smaller outbuildings all have power and internet cablesThe smaller outbuildings all have power and internet cables (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: Suffolk Barns includes a number of smaller outbuildingsSuffolk Barns includes a number of smaller outbuildings (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The plot has a large conservatoryThe plot has a large conservatory (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The industrial kitchen in the barn converted for restaurant useThe industrial kitchen in the barn converted for restaurant use (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The upstairs of the thatched barn which was converted for use as a restaurantThe upstairs of the thatched barn which was converted for use as a restaurant (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The main farmhouse of the property from the garden which has a pondThe main farmhouse of the property from the garden which has a pond (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)

East Anglian Daily Times: The outdoors has a covered patioThe outdoors has a covered patio (Image: Doorsteps.co.uk)