4-6 Market Hill
Diss
Norfolk IP22 4JZ
Tel: 01379 640808
Fax: 01379 640868
Email: sales@whittleyparish.com
FULL DETAILS
QUIDENHAM
* QUITE OUTSTANDING POSITION * DETACHED MODERNISED GAMEKEEPER’S COTTAGE * NESTLING IN A LARGE BROAD LEAFED WOOD * NO NEIGHBOURS * APPROXIMATELY HALF AN ACRE OF GROUNDS (STS) * OUTBUILDINGS * THREE BEDROOMS * THREE RECEPTION ROOMS * OIL FIRED CENTRAL HEATING VIA RADIATORS * REGISTERED SMALL HOLDING *
PRICE: £379,950
The most important factor with any property is position and this former gamekeeper’s cottage occupies one of the most rural positions we have had the pleasure to offer in recent times. The property is located in the centre of a broad leafed wood with no neighbours and surrounded by trees and wildlife with the driveway some one hundred yards long off a small country lane. The current vendors have extended the property and have modernised it but have very much retained the original flavour of being a gamekeeper’s cottage with the walls still in rough plaster with clay lump. There are vaulted ceilings with timbers exposed and also flag floors. The rooms have unspoilt outlooks across the woods with the grounds extending to approximately half an acre (sts) which have recently been enclosed by stock proof fencing. Further features include oil fired central heating via radiators, an ensuite shower room/wc to the master bedroom and the windows have been replaced where necessary with custom sealed unit wood double glazed cottage style windows. The main reception room is of a good size measuring 19’ x 13’11” with a vaulted ceiling with many exposed timbers. There is a good range of outbuildings including a single detached garage and also garden store and double carport.
There is a railway line some five hundred feet from the property, the vendors do not notice this. There are no other properties in close proximity or even in sight. Snetterton race track is located reasonably close by and can be heard at times when there is racing on.
The property previously belonged to the Quidenham Estate, which is still a large estate with a lot of natural woodland, located to the north west of Diss in the heart of Breckland. The village of East Harling is several miles away with a good range of day to day facilities with a mini-market, a number of shops, doctors surgery, schools, etc.
To summarise, for someone seeking total rural seclusion, at one with nature, we suggest the earliest viewing to avoid disappointment.
The accommodation in brief comprises:
* SITTING ROOM * DINING ROOM * KITCHEN * CONSERVATORY * LIBRARY * INNER HALL * THREE BEDROOMS * ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM/WC * BATHROOM * GARAGE * DOUBLE CARPORT * APPROXIMATELY HALF AN ACRE OF GROUNDS (STS) *
The rooms are as follows:
SITTING ROOM: (19’ x 13’11” with a ceiling height of 12’11”) Good size main reception room with vaulted ceiling and exposed timbers. Cast iron wood burning stove. Pamment tiled hearth. A light, bright room with triple aspect with views over the garden and woods beyond. Velux roof lights. Double glazed doors leading out to rear garden. Built-in pine corner cabinet with panelled door. Two radiators. Door through to…
DINING ROOM: (10’3” x 7’11”) Flag stone floor. Aspect over garden and woodland. Radiator. Vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers. Original rough rendered clay lump walling. Doorway leading through to…
KITCHEN: (17’4” x 10’4”) This was a former outbuilding which has been retained much in its rustic style with original built-in bread oven and copper. Vaulted ceiling and exposed timbers. Rough plaster clay lump walling. Timber kitchen units with worktops. Inset one and half bowl stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap. Radiator. Electric cooker point. Double aspect room. Timber and glazed stable door giving access to rear garden. Doorway leading through to…
CONSERVATORY: Vaulted ceiling. Exposed timbering. Concrete floor. Door to garden.
LIBRARY: (10’4” x 9’2”) Extensively shelved. Telephone point. Door and window to lounge. Radiator. Door to bedroom two. Doorway leading through to...
INNER HALL: Tiled flooring. Brace and batten doors. Large walk-in storage cupboard with shelving and window. Door leading through to…
BEDROOM ONE: (12’ x 13’5”) (maximum including depth of wardrobe) Two double built-in cupboards with cupboards over. Integral window seat with cupboards below. Original fireplace with carved natural pine surround, fitted with cast iron stove. Radiator. Telephone point. Double aspect room. Door leading through to…
ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM/WC: Double sized shower cubicle with thermostatic shower controls, fitted with natural tiles. Tiled flooring. Low level wc with pipe work and cistern concealed by painted pine panelling. Hand wash basin. Extractor fan. Window. Radiator.
BEDROOM TWO: (11’8” x 11’1”) Cast iron Victorian hob fireplace. Aspect over gardens. Radiator. Timber flooring concealed beneath carpet.
BEDROOM THREE: (11’9” x 7’8”) Currently used as a study. Cast iron hob fireplace. Timber flooring concealed beneath carpet. Aspect over gardens and woods beyond. Radiator.
BATHROOM: Suite in white comprising cast iron bath with pine panelling. Wooden flooring. Low level wc. Hand wash basin. Window to rear. Radiator.
OUTSIDE: The property is set in grounds of approximately half an acre (sts), one hundred yards down an unmade up track off a small country lane surrounded by woodland. The garden is laid primarily to grass and has recently been enclosed by stock proof fencing as the property is registered as a small holding. The property sits well within its plot with gardens surrounding and to the rear there is an enclosed area of garden with picket fencing laid to shingle and planted with a range of shrubs. To the front there is an area of garden immediately outside the front door which is again enclosed by picket fencing and is planted with a range of shrubs and plants. There is a single detached garage with electric light, concrete flooring and an inspection pit; this being a prefabricated concrete sectional garage. On the other corner of the property there is a timber outbuilding with corrugated iron roof which acts as a double carport in one section and in the other section a good size garden store. The gardens are of a generous size and offer complete rural seclusion with a mature outlook on all boundaries.
VIEWING: By appointment with the agents as above.
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