An elegant and beautifully presented 4-bedroom Edwardian property dating from 1891, newly restored using traditional materials yet offering modern comfort and luxury living. With fully enclosed garden, off street parking and double garage. Situated in the popular village of Docking, offering easy access to the North Norfolk Coast.
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GROUND FLOOR

- Reception hall
- Drawing room
- Dining/sitting room
- Kitchen/breakfast/family room
- Pantry
- Utility room
- WC
- Cellar
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FIRST FLOOR

- Galleried landing
- Main bedroom with en suite shower room
- Guest bedroom with en suite shower room
- Two further double bedrooms
- Family bathroom
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OTHER

- Traditional restoration methods and materials used
- Lime plaster and clay paint finishes
- Many original features
- EPC – C
- Underfloor heating in some rooms downstairs radiators elsewhere
- Air source heat pump
- Double glazing
- Water softener
- Pressurised water system
- The property is unfurnished, CGI virtual staging has been used in some images
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OUTSIDE

- Gated driveway with parking for several cars
- Double garage
- Fully enclosed garden with large entertaining terrace
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DRIVING DISTANCES (approx.)

- Burnham Market 5 miles
- Brancaster and the coast five miles
- Fakenham 12 miles
- Hunstanton 7.5 miles
- Kings Lynn 18 miles (mainline trains to London Kings Cross via Cambridge)
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SITUATION

Docking is a thriving village, in north Norfolk offering a range of amenities including a small supermarket and post office, The Railway Inn pub, an award-winning fish and chip shop, village playing field, primary school, doctors’ surgery to name a few.

The popular coastal village of Brancaster is about five miles away, home to the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club and miles of beautiful sandy beach. From here you can access all that the North Norfolk coastline has to offer with its big open skies, saltmarshes and sandy beaches popular with locals and visitors throughout the year. Further recreational activities include walking the Norfolk coastal path, nature reserves, bird watching, and sailing at nearby Brancaster Staithe.

More comprehensive facilities can be found just five miles away at Burnham Market, widely regarded as one of the finest villages in Norfolk, with a charming and eclectic range of independent shops with eateries like the Hoste Arms and other well-established hotels and restaurants sitting comfortably alongside exciting new venues such as Socius and No. Twenty 9

To the west is the Victorian seaside town of Hunstanton with supermarkets, a selection of schools and more comprehensive shopping facilities. It is also home to the very popular Hunstanton Lawn Tennis Tournament, which is Britain's largest open tennis tournament, having been established in 1920.
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DESCRIPTION

This elegant double fronted Edwardian property offers beautifully proportioned rooms with high ceilings and the large windows ensure that it is filled with natural light. Many original features have been retained from ceiling roses and cornice to ornate floor tiles in the reception hall.

The front door is half glazed with original stained glass and opens to a wide entrance hall with the restored original tiled flooring that was rediscovered during the renovation, stairs lead up from this hallway. A spacious cellar can also be accessed via a door under the stairs. The main reception rooms sit on either side of this hallway, a smaller sitting room on the right with east aspect and open fireplace, and the more formal drawing room with original cornicing and ceiling rose. This room also has an open fireplace and benefits from east and south aspect. Wooden herringbone flooring has been laid throughout the ground floor reception rooms with underfloor heating in most areas and traditional style radiators elsewhere.

The kitchen has been hand crafted with bespoke paint finished wooden base and wall units and a large central island/breakfast bar. It has an integrated Rangemaster extractor fan, and double Belfast sink with Quooker hot water tap.

Spaces have been left for retro fitting of a double range cooker, dishwasher and American style fridge freezer. The kitchen has been extended with a generous dining/family room with bifold doors that allow seamless indoor-outdoor living in nice weather, but lots of natural light and lovely views of the garden all year round.

There is a very nicely designed fully fitted pantry leading off the kitchen and a utility room leading off the back hallway with worktop, Belfast sink and space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. A separate WC leads off this room.

Taking the stairs to the first-floor galleried landing the main bedroom has double aspect to the east and south and benefits from an en suite shower room with generous rainfall shower, corner basin, WC and heated towel rail. All of the bathrooms on the first floor have been fitted with Moroccan style floor tiles.

The guest bedroom has east aspect and a more compact en suite shower room. There are two further good-sized double rooms on this floor and an elegant family bathroom with shower, vanity unit, heated towel rail and freestanding clawfoot bath, perfectly located to enjoy views of the garden whilst relaxing in the bath.
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OUTSIDE

The property sits back from the road behind iron railings to the front and double iron gates that open to a gravelled driveway and parking area, suitable for several cars. The property also benefits from a double garage which offers potential for other uses like annexe or home office (subject to planning consent).

The garden sits on the west side of the property, fully enclosed with original brick and flint walls it is mostly laid to lawn with a generous slate paved terrace for outside entertaining and oak framed raised flower beds.
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LOCAL AUTHORITY

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Band E
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SERVICES

Mains water, drainage and electricity, air source heat pump
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TENURE

Freehold
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DIRECTIONS

From Fakenham take the A148 towards King Lynn and turn right onto the B1454 towards Docking. Follow the road into Docking and through the village taking the turning right onto the B1153 towards Brancaster, this road leads into Station Road and the property can be found on your left-hand side.
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DATE DETAILS PRODUCED

December 2022
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

1. These particulars have been prepared in good faith as a general guide, they are not exhaustive and include information provided to us by other parties including the seller, not all of which will have been verified by us.

2. We have not carried out a detailed or structural survey; we have not tested any services, appliances or fittings. Measurements, floor plans, orientation and distances are given as approximate only and should not be relied on.

3. The photographs are not necessarily comprehensive or current, aspects may have changed since the photographs were taken. No assumption should be made that any contents are included in the sale.

4. We have not checked that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation approval, statutory or regulatory permissions or consents. Any reference to any alterations or use of any part of the property does not mean that necessary planning, building regulations, or other consent has been obtained.

5. Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves by inspection, searches, enquiries, surveys, and professional advice about all relevant aspects of the property.

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