Listed for £500,000
March 11, 2026
Very attractive, detached, traditional brick, flint & tiled Character Cottage with centrally heated and double glazed accommodation, requiring some improvement, set in Gardens & Grounds of about 2 acres (stms).
The property has South-facing Gardens, ample parking space, a Garage, a useful brick, flint & tiled Outbuilding (requiring repair), and a Paddock adjoining the Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve.
Located in a beautiful, rural position with fine views over open farmland and unspoiled Countryside.
Ground Floor: Half double glazed door to
Entrance Hall: Telephone point.
Sitting room: 13'5" x 12'7", (4.1m x 3.8m) max. A double aspect room with views to the North across open farmland, and to the South over the gardens. Wall light & centre light. Fitted Venetian blind.
Dining room: 12'7" x 11'9", (3.8m x 3.6m) max. A double aspect room with views to the North across open farmland, and to the South over the gardens. Blocked off fireplace, with tiled hearth, timber surround and mantle shelf over. Adjoining cupboard with slatted shelves and "Vaillant" Calor gas fired central heating boiler.
Kitchen: 12'7" x 8'9", (3.8m x 2.7m) max. Double drainer stainless steel sink unit with drawers and cupboards under. Fitted work top with tiled splashback, and drawers, cupboards, refrigerator and "Hotpoint" washing machine under. Further fitted work surface with tiled splashback, and drawers, cupboards and "Indesit" dryer under. Built-in "Lamona" 4 ring electric hob unit with oven under, and recir-culating hood over. Fitted wall cupboards. Shelved & ventilated Pantry. Hatch to roof space. Roller blind. Rural views to North. Half double glazed door to garden.
Shower room: Shower cubicle with glass screen door and "Mira" fitting. Pedestal hand basin. "Dimplex" wall mounted electric convector heater. Extractor fan. Light /shaver point.
Separate WC: with low level suite. Roller blind.
First Floor:
Landing: with lovely views over the gardens & paddock to the Nature Reserve beyond.
Bedroom 1: 12'7" x 10'9", (3.8m x 3.3m). 2 built-in storage cupboards. Fine rural views to the North over open farmland, and to the South over the gardens & paddock.
Bedroom 2/Cloakroom: 9'1" x 8'6", (2.8m x 2.6m). Hand basin with cupboards under, and "Triton" electric water heater over. Low level WC. Hatch to roof space. Lovely open views to the North.
Bedroom 3: 12'7" x 11'9", (3.8m x 3.6m). A double aspect room with fine rural views.
Outside: Approached off the road at the West end of the cottage there is ample car parking and turning space, and a drive leading to an attached Garage, 18'2" x 12'7", (5.5m x 3.8m), with electric entrance door, concrete floor, electrical connection and a personal door.
On the South side of the property is a large garden, laid partly to lawn with gravelled and paved areas, flower beds and shrubs. Within the garden is a timber and felt roofed Summer House, 8'0" x 8'0", a Garden Shed, 8'0" x 6'0", & a detached brick and flint & tiled Outbuilding, 32'0" x 10'8", (requiring repair), considered ideal for a variety of uses
Beyond, lies a grassed Paddock, partly bounded by a ditch and a tributary of the River Wensum, Sculthorpe Moor and the Hawk & Owl Trust Nature Reserve.
Together the Gardens & Paddock extend, in all, to approximately 2 acres (0.81 ha) stms
Directions: From Fakenham take the A.148 Kings Lynn road, and after leaving the "Shell" roundabout, proceed for about ½ mile, and turn left by the traffic island, (opposite the turning to Creake Road) onto the Old Fakenham Road. The property is on the right at ¼ mile.
Location: Sculthorpe is a small village on the Western outskirts of Fakenham Market Town, with a primary school, village hall and Church, and the 'Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve' which lies just to the South of the village. Fakenham is 2 miles distant and offers a wide range of shopping, educational, leisure and sporting facilities; the picturesque Coast with its fine sandy beaches, pinewoods, marshes, and sailing harbours is 10 miles distant; and King's Lynn with its direct rail link to London (Kings Cross) is 20 miles distant.
Services: Mains water, electricity and a new "Graf" waste water treatment system (installed 2025) are connected.
District Authority: NNDC, Cromer. . Tax Band: "E".
EPC: TBA
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