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Directions

Drive north from Diss towards Attleborough on the B1077 for 2.8 miles. The first village reached is Shelfanger where you turn left into Common Road at the crossroads. Continue along Common Road out of the village, past the end of 30mph sign and Limetree Barn is accessed via the first two driveway entrances on the left.

Location

Nestled in the heart of the South Norfolk countryside, surrounded by fields, meadows and hedgerows, Limetree combines the healthy lifestyle advantages and tranquillity of country living with the convenience of a London commute. The average Diss to Liverpool Street journey time is 1hr 34 mins and Mon-Fri there are 35 direct trains per day running every half hour from 05.22 to 23.23.

Norwich is a 21 mile, 40 minute drive; Cambridge is a 50 mile, one hour drive and Ipswich is a 28 mile, 41 minute drive.

Common Road is a 'Quiet Lane' which carries very little traffic, so Limetree Barn is an exceptionally secluded and quiet location, yet you are just 3 miles from Diss.

Amenities

Diss is a charming, historic market town with a pedestrianised high street, 3 supermarkets, a W. H. Smith, a Boots, independent quality retailers, coffee shops and cafés and Chinese, Indian, Thai and Turkish restaurants. There are HSBC, Lloyds and Barclays bank branches and a local post office.

Every Friday there is a bustling market and a Thomas Gaze antiques and collectibles auction.

Diss has a Health Centre, dental practices, a park with children's play area by the Mere, a football club, a cricket club, a tennis club, a golf club, a bridge club and a swim and fitness centre. Nearby local attractions include Blooms Garden Centre, the Bressingham steam Museum and Banham Zoological Gardens and the seaside towns and beaches of the Norfolk and Suffolk coast.

General Description of Property

Limetree Barn seamlessly and artfully combines the legacy, interest and character of antiquity with the comfort and convenience of modernity. This unique conversion was meticulously planned and skilfully executed to the highest standards and fullest attention to detail. Original bespoke features like the exposed, upcycled timber studwork have been preserved and showcased. All materials were carefully sourced and selected to ensure the quality of the finish is outstanding.

The property is grouped into 3 separate blocks: the Barn, the Annexe, and the triple Garage and Workshop Block. These 3 blocks are configured in the shape of a quadrangle which affords additional privacy and security to the grouping as a whole.

The sheltered, landscaped courtyard that lies within the quadrangle provides parking and access to the to the triple Garage and Workshop Block. Trees, shrubs and flowerbed borders encompass a raised bed centrepiece. This area is lit with top quality Noral outside lighting.

All the hard landscaping and driveway areas were designed and constructed with proper falls and well-positioned drains to take all ground water away quickly. Minutes after even the heaviest downpours no standing water remains to create the algae growth and the erosion and subsidence problems that typically plague poorly drained properties. The natural pond is linked to a ditch strategically positioned to carry off any excess water and to prevent overflow resulting from prolonged heavy rainfall.

Drain inspection covers and drainage grills and grates were all galvanised to military grade standard so after 33 years they are still rust free and show no signs of any wear and tear.

Safe, unobstructed access to and from Common Road is via either of two driveway entrances.

The main front entrance is flanked by two sweeping, beautiful old Norfolk red brick walls capped with black clay, roll top ridge tiles. The wall pillars are capped with polished South African black granite pyramids.

Constructed using the same fine materials as the front entrance, the rear entrance and driveway give access to the Annexe, and to the internal courtyard and Garage and Workshop Block, and to the Barn courtyard porch entrance. The very generous area of brickweave paviour driveway provides more than ample off-road parking for multiple vehicles.

Both the Barn and the Annexe benefit from sealed, double-glazed window and door units throughout. Both have very sturdy, beautifully hand-crafted solid oak staircases, and, except for kitchens and washrooms, have oak power points and light switches throughout to compliment the beams, floors, and doors.

Both buildings have separate oil-fired central heating to radiators with individual thermostatic controls fed by two large oil tanks - one concealed in one of the garages and one in the workshop.

The mature, low maintenance garden is mostly laid to lawn where there is space for the construction of either a swimming pool or tennis court (subject to planning consents) if this should be desired. The lawn is flanked by mature limes, a mature oak, a more recent oak, silver birch and a laurel hedge. The natural pond is a haven for wildlife. Regular wildlife visitors include a variety of birds including moorhens, ducks, pheasants, wrens, owls and woodpeckers along with squirrels, rabbits, foxes and Muntjac deer. The hawthorn hedgerow on the back boundary has encouraged wildlife and biodiversity to flourish as well as having given the garden more shelter and privacy.

Anglian Water supply the water via a meter on the grass verge next to the Annexe driveway entrance. There is no mains drainage so no water rate is payable and sewerage is managed with a Klargester Biodisc mini sewage treatment plant. Eon supply electricity, and gas for cooking on the hob is LPG from a local supplier. BT supply a phone line and broadband.

Council Tax for the Barn is Band F and for the 2023-24 financial year the total amount due is £2,885.67

Council Tax for the Annexe is Band D and for the 2023-24 financial year the total amount due is £2,091.31

The Barn ( 283 sq.m - 3,046 sq.ft )

This building is a rendered, timber-frame construction sitting on a brick plinth, roofed with red clay pantiles and gable ends finished with mahogany stain bargeboards framing black timber cladding. The south facing end of the Barn opens out onto a large Indian Tandur limestone paved patio area flanked by flowerbeds and enclosed by a low, old Norfolk red brick wall capped with grey Welsh slate.

There are 3 porches. The front main entrance porch is constructed of old Norfolk red brick and roofed with red clay pantiles matching the main building. The floor is Indian Tandur limestone, the sills are polished black granite and the ceiling is cladded with pine boards. The windows and door are double-glazed. The kitchen porch is constructed in almost identical fashion but with sandstone sills. The courtyard access porch is integrated into the structure of the Barn.

The Barn comprises 2 reception rooms, 1 dining room, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a downstairs utility room/shower room, a kitchen, an office, and a downstairs WC with handbasin.

The room layout is ergonomic and intuitive with kitchen, dining room, living room, office and WC all accessed from the central hallway. All rooms are in comfortable and convenient proximity to each other and can be individually accessed, without having to walk through other rooms.

Internal French doors off the hallway to the kitchen and living room offer options either for easy open access and communication, or can be closed for quiet and privacy. The hallway links all the downstairs rooms giving an open and spacious feel to the whole interior. Generous and comfortable room sizes all have homely and practical proportions. There are no impractical, wasted spaces, and no spaces so large that they dwarf and intimidate. All external doors and selected internal doors are glazed to make the most of available natural lighting.

The room shown as the Lounge on the floorplan is open up to full height with a huge open fireplace and exposed, floor to ceiling chimney breast that houses a large cast iron log burner. This room has a dramatic view of the galleried landing that opens out at the top of the stairs.

All upstairs floors and main downstairs room floors in the Barn are secret-nailed solid hardwood. The 2 woods selected for their durability and beauty are American oak and Japanese iroko. The hallway floor is Indian sandstone with fern fossil features, the kitchen is traditional local Norfolk red clay pamments, the utility/shower room is ceramic tile and the downstairs WC floor is German limestone.

Both bathrooms and the downstairs WC are tiled floor to ceiling. Sinks are free standing with heritage Verona taps and mirrored wooden vanity cabinets. The baths are retrofitted with English oak panelling. One upstairs bathroom is ensuite with bedroom 1.

The large south facing living room has two sets of French doors, both opening out onto the wrap around patio and garden. There is a built-in TV unit with CD shelves in American oak.

The kitchen is fitted with solid ash units and built-in appliances. The utility/shower room is fitted with Shaker solid pearwood units and houses the boiler, freezer and a sink unit.

The bespoke study includes a built-in fitted desk and drawers maximising available space. The built-in shelving is in Japanese iroko and the floor is American oak. The softener is concealed in a cupborad

3 of the 4 bedrooms have large built-in wardrobes. The very spacious airing cupboard off the upstairs landing housing the water tank is fitted out with shelving. There is a large shelved out store cupboard opposite the downstairs WC. There is a cloakroom/meter cupboard with a hanging rail off the rear hall courtyard doorway entrance. Plus there are further storage cupboards and shelving in the utility/shower room. The Barn has considerably more storage space than is typically found in most properties.

The Barn is snug and warm in the coldest winters and a cool retreat from the heat in the hottest summers.

The Annexe ( 175 sq.m - 574 sq.ft )

This is constructed from old Norfolk reds - vintage local handmade red bricks - has solid 13 inch and 9 inch walls and is roofed with reclaimed, black-glazed clay pantiles.

It comprises 1 huge reception room, 3/4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 shower-room/wetroom and a very spacious, well-lit kitchen with plenty of room for a table and chairs.

All floors and doors are constructed from a locally sourced English oak with its characteristic dogspaw markings and its rich, warm depth of colour. The hallway floor is Indian Tandur limestone, the downstairs shower-room/wetroom is German limestone and the kitchen is traditional local Norfolk red clay pamments.

The entrance hallway is open to full ceiling height and features a bespoke Norfolk themed stained glass window created by a local artist.

The bathroom, shower-room/wetroom and kitchen are all tiled floor to ceiling.

The kitchen is fitted with solid, limed oak units and built-in appliances: fridge-freezer, washer-dryer, dishwasher and a Stoves electric oven and microwave.

Off the upstairs landing there is a large, shelved-out airing cupboard housing the hot water tank, off the main entrance hallway there is a large cupboard housing the oil-fired boiler, and both upstairs bedrooms have generously sized built-in wardrobes with shelving.

The Garage and Workshop Block ( 100 sq.m - 1,080 sq.ft )

This block closely matches the external appearance of the Annexe. It has cavity insulated walls constructed from an external 4 inch old Norfolk red brick skin and internal, unrendered blockwork.

It also benefits from brickweave paviour flooring that continues seamlessly from the courtyard. The roof space is felted and battened and insulated. The 3 garage doors are fully retractable, 'Hörmann 2000' series made from best quality tongued and grooved cedar wood. It has an electricity supply and houses a 900 gallon, custom-built oil tank which feeds the Barn. This tank was designed and made-to-measure to fit unobtrusively out of view, protected from the corrosive effects of weathering. The tank that feeds the Annexe is similarly custom-built and housed in the Workshop.

Added value resides in the fact that the Garage and Workshop Block is built to the same exacting building regulations standard as domestic accommodation and could therefore easily be converted into a living space (subject to planning permssion) if this should ever be desired.

Summary

The whole property has recently been extensively re-furbished and re-decorated both externally and internally to include all wooden fittings and fixtures like studwork, floors, windows, doors, facias and bargeboards so minimum additional spend is required.

Limetree Barn is in exceptionally good order and can be moved into, furnished, lived in and loved without any delay.

Approximate room dimensions:

Barn ( 283 sq.m - 3,046 sq.ft )

(Downstairs)

Entrance Hall (23' 5 x 8' 11) (7.13m x 2.18m)

Central Hall (14' 9 x 8' 11) (4.45m x 2.72m)

Lounge (20' 5 x 18' 3) (6.22m x 5.56m)

Sitting Room (17' 6 x 18' 3) (5.34m x 5.56m)

Dining Room (15' 9 x 12' 1) (4.81m x 3.69m)

Study (10' 7 x 8' 10) (3.23m x 2.74m)

Kitchen (14' 10 x 13' 1) (4.52m x 3.99m)

Utility/Shower Room (12' x 8' 1) (3.67m x 2.46m)

WC (9' x 4') (2.74m x 1.22m)

(Upstairs)

Bedroom 1 (13' 6 x 17' 4) (4.12m x 5.28m)

Ensuite Bathroom (10' 4 x 7' 10) (3.15m x 2.39m)

Bedroom 2 (12' 8 x 13' 1) (3.86m x 3.99m)

Bedroom 3 (13' 4 x 10' 4) (4.06m x 3.15m)

Bedroom 4 (10' 2 x 12' 3) (3.10m x 3.73m)

Bathroom 2 (10' x 8') (3.05m x 2.44m)

Annexe ( 175 sq.m - 574 sq.ft )

(Downstairs)

Entrance Hallway (11' 5 x 8') (3.48m x 2.44m)

Reception Room (30' x 12' 10) (2.44m x 3.91m)

Shower Room/Wetroom (7' 10 x 8' 8) (3.39m x 2.64m)

Bedroom 3 (13' 5 x 11' 8) (4.13m x 3.60m)

Lounge/Bedroom 4 (13' 5 x 17' 8) (4.13m x 5.3m)

(Upstairs)

Bedroom 1 (14' 7 x 16') (4.45m x 4.88m)

Bedroom 2 (12' 7 x 13' 6) (3.84m x 4.11m)

Bathroom (13' 4 x 10' 4) (4.06m x 3.15m)

Garage and Workshop

Triple garage (19' 2 x 36' 4) (5.84m x 11.08m)

Workshop (27' 3 x 13' 8) (8.30m x 4.17m)

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