Indigo Morris was found floating face down in the pool as her parents prepared a barbecue meal for friends at their £1.3 million home in Ufford, Suffolk, on July 20 this year

A toddler drowned in an indoor pool at her family’s farmhouse after getting over a wooden barrier, an inquest heard.

Two-year-old Indigo Morris was found floating face down in the pool as her parents Michael and Amy Morris were preparing a barbecue meal for friends at their £1.3 million home in Ufford near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Suffolk Coroner’s Court in Ipswich heard how the pool was cordoned off by a 30 inch to 3ft high wooden barrier stretching from wall to wall.

Company director Mrs Morris, 45, said in a statement that she had never known either of her two children get over the barrier unaided and they usually had to be lifted over.

The inquest heard how the tragedy happened on the afternoon of July 20 this year when another couple and their three children were visiting for a play date and a meal.

The children went for a swim under supervision with flotation devices before getting out and playing in the garden and house.

Mrs Morris said she was preparing dinner while Indigo was sitting at the island snacking on humus and tomatoes before playing with her doll’s house.