A substantial Grade II Listed town house, with scope for 2 annexes, courtyard garden and a mainly walled rear garden. No chain.

DESCRIPTION
Gillham House is a fine Grade II Listed town house situated in a prominent position on Wells Road and just a few minutes walk from the centre of the market town of Fakenham. Believed to have been built in the 1830s by Mr William Gillham, the main house has well proportioned accommodation with large reception rooms, 5/6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. A 1 bedroom annexe to the side has its own separate access and a staircase providing scope for more bedrooms and bathrooms within this annexe's accommodation. A wing to the rear of the property could also provide another 1 bedroom annexe making this an ideal opportunity for multi-generational living or, perhaps, those buyers wanting a useful lettings or Airbnb income.

The property retains many period features such as a fine entrance portico to the front, original fireplaces, deep sash windows with original shutters, a former servants staircase and moulded ceilings. Outside, there is an extensive driveway to the front providing parking for several vehicles, a private courtyard garden and a good sized mainly walled lawned garden to the rear.

Gillham House is being offered for sale with no onward chain.

SITUATION
Fakenham is often referred to as the “gateway” to North Norfolk. On the banks of the River Wensum and nestling between the historic city of Norwich and the medieval port of King’s Lynn, Fakenham is also only a short drive to the beautiful North Norfolk coastline some 11 miles away.

Once renowned for its successful printing industry, Fakenham is now better known for Norfolk’s only national hunt racecourse and its popular weekly market. People come from far and wide on market and race days transforming the central marketplace. Fakenham boasts several supermarkets, library, doctors’ and dentists’ surgeries, a good selection of restaurants, bowling alley, cinema and infants’, junior and high school with 6th form college. Surrounding areas are all well serviced by bus routes with direct rail links to Cambridge and London from King’s Lynn and Norwich.

MAIN HOUSE

RECEPTION HALL
Original timber double doors with glazed panels and a fine entrance portico over leads from the front of the property into the reception hall with a staircase to the first floor galleried landing with polished balustrade handrail. Doors to the drawing room, dining room and rear hall.

DRAWING ROOM
4.64m x 4.87m (15' 3" x 16') An attractive period marble fireplace with tiled inserts, ceiling mouldings and a deep sash window with original shutters to the front.

DINING ROOM
4.66m x 4.77m (15' 3" x 15' 8") An attractive period marble fireplace with tiled inserts, ceiling mouldings, deep sash window with original shutters to the front and a connecting door to the side (currently sealed).

REAR HALL
L-shaped rear hall with doors to the cellar, rear courtyard garden, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room and a small cloakroom with wash basin and WC. Access to the former servants staircase leading upstairs.

CELLAR
5.00m x 4.85m (16' 5" x 15' 11") at widest points. 2 arched recesses and high level windows to the side with obscured glass.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM
4.09m x 4.60m (13' 5" x 15' 1") A range of shaker style base and wall units, some glazed, with laminate worktops incorporating a ceramic one and a half bowl sink, tiled splashbacks. Large island unit with space under for stools, brick fireplace recess with space and gas connection for a range style cooker, integrated fridge, integrated freezer and space and plumbing for a dishwasher. Window overlooking the courtyard garden.

SITTING ROOM
3.00m x 4.34m (9' 10" x 14' 3") Former fireplace recess, door to the utility/shower room and a window overlooking the courtyard garden. Opening to:

STUDY
1.77m x 2.50m (5' 10" x 8' 2") Window overlooking the courtyard garden.

UTILITY/SHOWER ROOM
4.14m x 1.90m (13' 7" x 6' 3") Laminate worktop with spaces and plumbing under for a washing machine and tumble dryer, gas-fired boiler, shower cubicle and pedestal wash basin. Window to the side with original shutters and a door to a small cloakroom with a wash basin and WC.

GALLERIED LANDING
4.78m x 2.17m (15' 8" x 7' 1") A spacious galleried landing with room for a small desk and chair in front of a deep sash window with fitted plantation shutters overlooking the front aspect. Doors to bedrooms 1 and 2 and the inner landing.

BEDROOM 1
4.64m x 5.03m (15' 3" x 16' 6") Attractive cast iron fireplace with a timber surround, ceiling mouldings and a deep sash window with fitted plantation shutters to the front. Door leading into:

BEDROOM 3/DRESSING ROOM
4.06m x 3.62m (13' 4" x 11' 11") Cast iron fireplace, window to the rear and a door to the inner landing.

BEDROOM 2
4.66m x 4.91m (15' 3" x 16' 1") Attractive cast iron fireplace with a timber surround, ceiling mouldings and a deep sash window with fitted plantation shutters to the front.

INNER LANDING
Coal store, storage recess and access to the former servants staircase leading downstairs. Doors to bedrooms 3, 4 and 5, the bathroom and shower rooms and a staircase leading down to the side annexe.

BEDROOM 4
4.54m x 3.80m (14' 11" x 12' 6") L-shaped bedroom with a deep sash window to the front with fitted plantation shutters.

BEDROOM 5
2.65m x 3.43m (8' 8" x 11' 3") Window to the rear.

BEDROOM 6
2.65m x 2.30m (8' 8" x 7' 7") Window to the rear.

BATHROOM
Suite comprising a spa bath with shower mixer tap, pedestal wash basin and WC. Window to the rear.

SHOWER ROOM 1
Suite comprising a shower cubicle, pedestal wash basin and WC. Airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder, window to the rear.

SHOWER ROOM 2
Suite comprising a shower cubicle, pedestal wash basin and WC.

SIDE ANNEXE

SIDE ANNEXE KITCHEN/DINING/LIVING ROOM
8.38m x 3.80m (27' 6" x 12' 6") The side annexe 1 has its own access from the front of the property through a partly glazed door leading into the open plan kitchen/dining/living room. Kitchen area with a range of base and wall units with laminate worktops incorporating a stainless steel sink, tiled splashbacks. Integrated oven with gas hob and extractor hood over, spaces for white goods. Open plan to the spacious dining/living space with a window to the front with fitted plantation shutters and a staircase leading upstairs to the rear of the main house. Opening to a hallway to the rear with doors to the side annexe bedroom and a connecting door to the rear annexe.

SIDE ANNEXE BEDROOM
4.00m x 2.40m (13' 1" x 7' 10") Window with view over courtyard garden and folding doors leading into:

SIDE ANNEXE EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM
Suite comprising a shower cubicle, wash basin and WC.

REAR ANNEXE

REAR ANNEXE KITCHEN/DINING/LIVING ROOM
3.08m x 8.50m (10' 1" x 27' 11") The rear annexe also has its own access from the courtyard garden through a partly glazed door leading into the open plan kitchen/dining/living room with a vaulted ceiling. Kitchen area with a range of base and wall units with laminate worktops incorporating a stainless steel sink, tiled splashbacks and spaces for white goods. Open plan to the spacious dining/living space with 2 windows overlooking the courtyard garden and a Velux window. A door leads to a side hall (currently sealed) with access to the conservatory, rear annexe bedroom and shower room and a room housing the LPG-fired boiler.

REAR ANNEXE CONSERVATORY
2.00m x 3.80m (6' 7" x 12' 6") UPVC double glazed construction with a polycarbonate roof.

REAR ANNEXE BEDROOM
3.00m x 3.83m (9' 10" x 12' 7") A vaulted bedroom with 2 Velux windows and a connecting door to the side annexe.

REAR ANNEXE SHOWER ROOM
Suite comprising a shower cubicle, wash basin and WC. Vaulted ceiling with a Velux window.

OUTSIDE
Gillham House stands in a prominent position in the town set well back off Wells Road behind iron railings with a drive-in drive-out driveway providing extensive parking for several vehicles. The driveway to the side of the property is also owned by Gillham House with the properties to the rear having a right of way.

Immediately behind the main house, there is a courtyard garden which has been paved and decked for ease of maintenance with an original old water pump. This area is totally enclosed being ideal for al fresco meals with a side gate leading to the driveway to the side. A further metal pedestrian gate opens onto the main garden which is walled to the sides with a good sized lawn, hedged boundaries and mature trees.

SERVICES
Mains water, mains electricity and mains drainage. Mains gas and LPG-fired central heating to radiators.

EPC Rating Band n/a (exempt as Grade II Listed).

LOCAL AUTHORITY
North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9EN. Telephone[use Contact Agent Button].

Council Tax Bands: Main House Band E, Annexe 1 Band A.