For Sale3 Bedroom House in Church Street, Stiffkey, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23£935,000

A spacious well-presented house with stunning views over the picturesque Stiffkey valley. South View is a recently renovated brick and flint property with off street parking and a large, secluded garden with river frontage. The property is just a short walk from Stiffkey Stores, The Red Lion pub and the beautiful walks of the North Norfolk Coastal path. __________ GROUND FLOOR - Kitchen - Living room with sliding doors to study - Additional reception/dining room - Conservatory this was replaced in 2022 and benefits from Smartglass - Utility - Downstairs cloakroom with shower __________ FIRST FLOOR - Main bedroom with large ensuite bathroom and separate dressing room - Two further spacious double bedrooms - Family Bathroom __________ OTHER - The property was built in 1983 but has been recently updated with a new kitchen and bathrooms. - All windows were replaced in 2022 - The Oil-fired boiler was replaced in 2021 __________ OUTSIDE - A large, secluded garden with herbaceous borders and mature trees - Access to the river Stiffkey - Generous, gated private parking. - Patio and seating area under a large pergola - Large single garage and storage sheds one of which houses the oil-fired boiler. __________ DRIVING DISTANCES (approx.) - Blakeney 4 miles - Wells Next the sea 3.5 miles - Holt 8 miles (Greshams School) - Kings Lynn 32 miles (Mainline trains to London Kings Cross via Cambridge) __________ SITUATION Stiffkey is situated within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with direct access to the saltmarshes and winding creaks running out to miles of sand at low tide. This is beautiful coastal village set in a valley with the river Stiffkey running through it. The village has a popular award-winning pub The Red Lion and Stiffkey Stores offers food supplies, newspapers, a coffee shop and bakery as well as books and gifts. It is a short walk across the marsh to the North Norfolk coastal path and the heritage coast. This is an important conservation area for breeding birds and the Norfolk Coastal Path leads to Blakeney to the east or Wells-next-the-Sea to the west. Whether it is taking a trip to see the seals at Blakeney Point, birdwatching at NWT Cley Marshes, walking the Norfolk Coastal Path or simply messing about in boats, there is year-round activity along the Heritage coastline. The town of Wells Next the Sea is a 5-minute drive away and offers an active fishing harbour, stunning sandy beaches, walking, biking, and sailing. In addition, it has a busy high street of independent shops and a supermarket. The Georgian market town of Holt offers a variety of independent food stores, boutiques and pubs/restaurants alongside the long-established Gresham's School, founded in 1555. __________ DESCRIPTION South View was built in 1983 but has undergone an extensive refurbishment of the kitchen, utility, conservatory, windows, and bathrooms in the last couple of years. It benefits from well-proportioned rooms, and a southerly aspect with stunning views. The entrance hall has a useful area for boots and coats. Turning right as you enter the property leads you into a newly renovated kitchen with fitted units and quartz worktops. There is a large island/breakfast bar unit with a walnut worktop and electric points. The kitchen benefits from Neff integrated appliances including an oven, and separate microwave combination oven and extractor, and a Siemens induction hob, fridge/freezer and dishwasher. Opposite the kitchen is a utility room with fitted units a ceramic sink and plumbing for a washing machine. Off the hallway is a useful storage cupboard and a downstairs cloakroom with a large, tiled shower. The property benefits from two large reception rooms the first, which could also be used as a dining room, has a feature fireplace with a new Contura wood burner. This room leads into a conservatory which has spectacular views over the valley. The conservatory was replaced in 2022 and is of aluminium construction with Smartglass to protect against extremes of heat and cold. The second reception room is a large well-proportioned room with a recently installed Clearview wood burner and an Iroko block floor, it has sliding doors that lead into a study area which overlooks the garden. Upstairs the main bedroom has dual aspect windows facing east and south. It is a spacious room and benefits from a walk-in dressing room with copious hanging space. The ensuite for the main bedroom is tiled with Travertine and benefits from new Villeroy and Boch sanitary ware. It has an impressive bath, separate shower, sink with drawer unit and heated towel rail. There are two further large double bedrooms. Bedroom two has spectacular views to the south and west. Bedroom three has west facing window and a separate dressing room, which could also be used as a craft room as it has lots of natural light. The large family bathroom has painted tongue and groove boarding with new white Kohler sanitary ware, with a bath and separate shower. The property benefits from a pressurised water system. __________ OUTSIDE South View is at the end of the drive through solid wooden gates. There is plenty of parking for numerous cars. A large single garage is accessed via the driveway. The garage offers potential for further accommodation and could be connected to the house, there is also space in the garden for a cart shed if garaging was required ( this would of course be subject to necessary planning permissions). Next to the garage there are three smaller storage rooms, one of which houses an outside WC and one houses the oil-fired boiler which was replaced by the current owners in 2021. The garden has been landscaped with a limestone tiled terrace edged with lavender for evening scents and large metal pergola for outside entertaining. The generous lawned area is framed by tall hedges and herbaceous boarders that lead down to the river Stiffkey and beautiful views across the valley. There are a number of mature trees including an impressive beach tree. The well stocked herbaceous borders run down both sides of the garden and lead to seating areas by the river, the perfect spot to sit and watch the sunset over the Stiffkey Valley. The property is accessed via a shared unadopted gravel lane which gives access to several properties. The residents have an informal friendly agreement for any repairs that are needed. This house is located in an idyllic quiet spot and enjoys very special views over the river and the beautiful Stiffkey valley and surrounding farmland. __________ LOCAL AUTHORITY North Norfolk District Council Band F __________ TENURE Freehold __________ SERVICES Mains electricity & water, oil fired heating, and shared private drainage system. __________ DIRECTIONS What3words///forced.tutorial.bundles Coming from Wells on the A149 go past the pub and Stiffkey Stores then turn right into Bridge St, the driveway for South View is immediately on the left, go past the cottages and South View is through a set of solid painted gates at the end of the drive. There is ample room for parking. __________ DATE DETAILS PRODUCED 22/08/2023 __________ IMPORTANT NOTICE 1. 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