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3 bedroom cottage
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Property description & features
- Three Bedrooms
- Two Reception Rooms
- Period Cottage
- Brick and Flint
- Exposed Beams
- Norfolk Pamment Tiled Floor
- Successful Holiday Let
- South-Facing Aspect
- Peaceful Village Location
Stepping passed the palm tree, you enter the cottage into an extremely welcoming reception room which is multi-functional. What would have once been a main living room is now the central room, from where both other ground floor rooms lead. It has a 'proper' staircase up to the first floor - and not a more usual Norfolk winder. Mostly, this is used as the family dining room.
Next door is the living room which, much like the dining room, has exposed beams overhead and Pamment tiles under and has a log-burner as a focal point, giving this room a wonderful cosy feel - but with its southern aspect it is also extremely light.
To the rear of the home is the practical galley kitchen and then a door out to a rear courtyard.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms, a good double, a twin room and a single room. These all share the family bathroom which has, more recently, been updated.
There's a small gravelled courtyard to the rear which is easy to maintain and perfect for a barbecue. One aspect which has been so enjoyed by the family over the years is sitting out on the bench to the front of the cottage, an area which is bathed in sunlight as the palm tree proves testament to.
Staneve has not only been a much-loved home-from-home for the current owners, for more than 20 years, but has also proven a very popular holiday let with guests returning year after year.
Docking is arguably one of Norfolk's best hideaways, just four miles from the sea yet a comfortable breeze away from the coastal crowds in the heat of summer, and within a comfortable drive of the market towns of Fakenham and elegant Holt.
Dating back to Saxon times, Docking is one of Norfolk's highest points at 272ft and was once known as 'Dry Docking', because of its lack of drinking water. A well was sunk in the village in the 18th century and residents paid a farthing per bucket until a mains supply was installed in 1936. The small village played a key role in World War II when the RAF Docking airfield operated between 1940-1958, and nearby Docking Hall housed serving actors Richard Burton, Robert Hardy and Warren Mitchell during this time.
Today, a strong village community exists and Docking has a thriving nursery and primary school, and the heart-warming sound of young children enjoying playtime often echoes in the surrounding streets, as it has for centuries. Well-serviced, Docking also has a GP surgery, village store with Post Office, playing field, tennis court and bowling green, along with a popular fish and chip shop and good local, The Railway Inn.
Buyers are spoilt for choice with a wide range of property including traditional, brick and flint and whitewashed cottages, classic Georgian houses and a growing range of quality new-build homes. One of the latest additions is Four Miles, so called for its short distance from the coastline at Thornham and Brancaster, which offers a range of quality cottages, barns and apartments on generous plots, sympathetically designed to fit in with their country location.
You may be inspired to try your hand at The Good Life and grow your own, but if you lack a green thumb try the weekly farmer's market at the village's Ripper Memorial Hall. Held on Wednesday mornings, shoppers come from far afield to fill their baskets with super-fresh produce from local smallholders and jars and delicacies from Norfolk artisan producers.
SERVICES CONNECTED Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating.
COUNCIL TAX Band C.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATING F. Ref:- 0200-4656-0122-2201-3973
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TENURE Freehold.
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PROPERTY REFERENCE 40731.
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