For Sale3 Bedroom Cottage in St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Norfolk, NR24£750,000

PLANNING FOR A SEPARATE BUNGALOW IN THE GROUNDS A rare opportunity to acquire this charming 3 bedroom traditional cottage sitting within just over ½ acre of gardens in a quiet no through lane in Swanton Novers. With garage, workshop and full planning in perpetuity for a separate bungalow within the grounds. Close to Holt and Greshams Schools. __________ GROUND FLOOR - Garden room - Reception hall - Kitchen/breakfast room - Sitting room - Snug - 2 studies - Dining room - WC __________ FIRST FLOOR - Main bedroom - Double bedroom - Single bedroom - Family bathroom __________ OTHER - Planning permission in perpetuity for another dwelling within the curtilage Reference PO/93/1109 Alternative Reference PLA/19931109 __________ OUTSIDE - Attractive established garden of just over ½ acre - Single garage and adjoining workshop - Garden office - Wood store - Kitchen garden and small orchard __________ DRIVING DISTANCES (approx.) - Holt 6 miles - Melton Constable 2 miles - Blakeney 8 miles - Fakenham 8.5 miles - Norwich 25 miles (international airport and mainline trains to London Liverpool St) - Kings Lynn 30 miles (mainline trains to London Kings Cross via Cambridge) __________ SITUATION Swanton Novers is a small peaceful village located just six miles from Holt and surrounded by meadows and ancient woodlands. Two hundred acres of this woodland is managed by English Nature and forms one of the country's most important woodland reserves. The area abounds with footpaths and quiet country lanes ideal for walking and cycling and is only fifteen minutes' drive from the North Norfolk coast and Blakeney. The village has a well subscribed village hall that offers community activities like yoga, quiz and pop-up bar nights. Nearby Melton Constable offers the closest good independent food shops including butchers, a general store/post office, Sidings bakery and restaurant, and a garage. The village also has a primary school and a doctor's surgery. The picturesque market town of Holt is a short drive away and is renowned for its attractive street frontages, Greshams Schools and a wide range of independent shops and boutiques. There is a buzz in the air as the region enjoys everything on offer from locally sourced butchers, fishmongers and farmers markets to artisan bakers, cool coffee shops, restaurants, delicatessens, up-market farm shops and art galleries. The town of Fakenham also offers schooling for all ages, medical centres, supermarkets, pubs and restaurants, garages and a cinema. Fakenham is transformed by its weekly market, with a farmer's market monthly and at least twelve race days a year held at Fakenham Racecourse - one of the finest national hunt racecourses in the country. __________ DESCRIPTION The Cottage is believed to date from around 1845 and has been in the same ownership as a much loved home for 55 years and now offers an opportunity for adapting, updating or extending (subject to planning). There is planning in existence for another house within the garden if required. The front door open into a south facing garden room which in turn opens into the inner hallway. To your right is the kitchen breakfast room, fitted with a range of wooded kitchen units with space for freestanding appliances. This room has a door leading out to the garden. The property has two interconnected sitting rooms, one has west aspect over the garden and an attractive fireplace with a wood burning stove, the other is currently used as a snug. There are two adjoining studies and the vendors added a dining room on the west side of the house at a later date. There is also a separate downstairs cloakroom Taking the stairs to the first floor, here there are two double bedrooms, both overlook the gardens with west aspect. The 3rd bedroom is a single room and there is a family bathroom. __________ OUTSIDE The location and gardens are key features of this house, sitting in just over ½ an acre the garden is L shaped and the planning permission allows for another house to be built if required, whether this would be for use as an annexe to the main property or to be sold away as an independent residence that would have little impact on the existing house as it would be positioned in the area currently used as an orchard and vegetable garden, with tall hedges on either side. The Cottage is surrounded by lawns and herbaceous borders with a variety of new and established trees. This is a very private garden, not overlooked and very peaceful. There is a small outside office building and wood store. There is a good sized area of gravelled parking and the garage building provides a single garage and an adjoining workshop with power and light. __________ LOCAL AUTHORITY North Norolk District Council Band E __________ TENURE Freehold __________ SERVICES Mains water and electricity, private drainage, electric night storage heating. __________ DIRECTIONS (Type directions here) __________ DATE DETAILS PRODUCED September 2023 - The photographs were taken a couple of years ago so there have been some minor changes. __________ 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. 6. 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