A well presented detached period cottage in a semi-rural location with planning permission for a major two bedroom two storey extension.

Accommodation includes: 23' lounge with large fireplace, kitchen/breakfast room, large dining room, three bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Outside there is a detached double garage and workshop, front garden and large rear garden, a timber built stable block with three stables, tack room and hay store.

Post and railed paddock with mature hedgerow surrounding.

(The current owners also have use of a further 1.5 acres directly next door.)

In all approximately 2.2 acres (Subject to measured survey)

AGENT’S NOTE - Planning permission has been granted and building regulations cleared for an extension to the front and side of the property to provide two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor and a sitting room, large garden room and lobby on the ground floor.

Half-glazed external door to:-

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Windows to front and side, small built-in cupboard, door to:-

Doors to dining room and to:-

6.96m x 4.2m reducing to 3.39m (22’10 x 13’9 to 11’1)

A very spacious and light room for a period cottage with two windows to the front, one to the rear and French doors to the rear garden. Exposed beams, exposed brick fireplace with oak bressumer and large wood burning stove, wall lights and three radiators.

4.39m x 4.24m (14’4 x 13’10)

Two windows to the front, exposed beams, exposed brick fireplace with oak bressumer and large wood burning stove, wall lights, tiled floor, two radiators, stairs to first floor with cupboard under and door to:-

6.66m x 2.7m reducing to 1.49m (21’10 x 8’10 to 4’10)

Double glazed window to rear and double glazed French doors to rear garden, range of fitted wall and base units providing cupboards and drawers, electric oven, bottled gas fired hob and ceramic one and a half bowl sink and drainer set into polished laminate work surface, large built-in cupboard with pine doors, solid wood floor, radiator and door to:-

2.81m x 2.27m (9’2 x 7’5)

Window to rear, coloured suite comprising raised corner bath with tongue and groove panel, pedestal wash hand basin and low-level WC, radiator and part tiled walls.

Window to front, access to loft space and doors to bedroom 1 and to :-

4.2m x 3.56m (13’9 x 11’8)

Window to side overlooking front garden, radiator.

4.76m x 4.24m into cupboards (15’7 x 13’10)

Window to front and large double doors into bedroom 3, which when open give a superb view over the rear garden and paddock. Fitted wardrobes along one wall and fitted pine airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder, radiator.

3.4m x 3.27m (11’1 x 10’8)

Windows to the rear and side overlooking garden and paddock, radiator and sloping ceilings.

The property is approached from the lane through an iron gate up a good stretch of drive with high hedge to the right and lawn and shrubs with further hedging to the left. The drive leads to the house on the right and on through a five bar gate to the rear garden, garage / workshop and on to the paddock and stables to the rear. The rear garden is enclosed by panel fencing to one side and post and rail to the other, is mainly laid to lawn with a patio area by the house and several mature trees.

The double garage is of block construction with rendered walls and flat roof and measures 28’ x 22’. There are a pair of large double doors to the front and three windows to the side. The floor is concrete with an inspection pit on one side. Electricity is connected and the boiler for the heating and hot water system is housed in one corner and radiators have also been installed on one side.

The stable block has been recently built and is of timber construction. There is a hay/straw barn measuring 24’ x 12’, a tack room and three 12’ x 12’ stables. Each stable has a facility to fill water troughs and electricity is connected.

The paddock has a post and rail fenced perimeter with mature hedging. Water is available at one end.

NOTE: The current owners also enjoy the use of the next door neighbour’s paddock, which is of a similar size, free of charge.

General – Northacre is just outside Caston, which is situated approximately three miles from Watton and six miles from Attleborough. These towns provide a good variety of shops, leisure facilities and schools. Thetford is about 11 miles away and Norwich about 20 miles, providing greater access to mainline railways, schools and amenities, together with an international airport.

Equestrian – The lane is quiet and provides access to farm tracks and byways to a large area of open countryside. Thetford Forest is a short drive away and provides superb hacking all year round.

Services - Mains water and electricity. Bottled gas to cooker in kitchen. Mains drainage installation completed January 2008.

Floorspace including internal and external walls, fireplaces, conduits and fixtures - Approximately 150sqm

Heating System - Oil fired to radiators in the house and workshop.

Windows - Double glazed in the kitchen.

Roof Type - Tiled.

Office Hours: -
Monday to Friday: - 9:00 to 5:00, Saturday: - 9:00 to 11:30,
Sunday: - Closed, Public Holidays: - Closed.