A unique opportunity to acquire a remote and isolated former marshman's cottage ideal for a rural retreat or holiday home, best approached in a four wheel drive. This is truly a lifestyle choice to live alongside nature and be completely self-sufficient. The property has been completely upgraded including a new thatch and lovingly restored whilst retaining period features including inglenook fireplaces, pamment floors and exposed timbers to name but a few. Situated in the gardens extending to an acre. With open views all round over the marshes, this is truly a wildlife haven and with a generator and bore hole you can be completely independent whilst living close to nature.
| LOCATION | The property is located in a wildlife haven with Berney Marshes and Breydon Water reserve protecting an area of wet grassland, intertidal mud and saltmarsh in the Norfolk Broads. A wonderful unspoilt RSPB reserve offering peaceful walks with a wealth of bird and wildlife. The Berney Arms public house can be reached on foot with Acle being the nearest market town with a range of local amenities, facilities, public houses and restaurants.
|
| ACCOMMODATION |
|
| DINING ROOM | 13' x 12' (3.96m x 3.66m). The focal point of this room is the exposed inglenook fireplace housing a cast iron wood burner on a pamment tiled hearth with fitted cupboards to both sides. Pamment tiled floor and exposed ceiling beams, two stained glass feature windows, bespoke wood double glazed window, stairs to bedroom two, door to kitchen, door to:
|
| SITTING ROOM | 15'1\" (4.6m) narrowing to 12'10\" (3.91m) x 13'2\" (4.01m). With an open fireplace with small bressumer beam housing a cast iron wood burner on pamment hearth, herringbone brick floor and bespoke wood double glazed window to front aspect.
|
| KITCHEN | 18'3\" x 10' (5.56m x 3.05m). Simply fitted with some bespoke base units with worktops over. A feature of the kitchen is the former bread oven with the smoker over, the fuel and ash trays under, all in cast iron. Two windows to rear aspect, exposed ceiling beams and feature exposed brickwork, white sink with drainer and door with stained glass feature to utility room.
|
| UTILITY ROOM | 10'3\" x 7'6\" (3.12m x 2.29m). With brick flooring, plumbing for automatic washing machine and gas supply for cooker, window to rear aspect, door to shower room.
|
| SHOWER ROOM | 9'8\" x 4'7\" (2.95m x 1.4m). With shower cubicle, white two piece suite comprising low level WC and wash hand basin and window to side aspect.
|
| BEDROOM TWO | 13'7\" x 13'5\" (4.14m x 4.1m). With double glazed bespoke wood window to front aspect with views over the garden. Exposed wooden floorboards, door to bedroom three, door to:
|
| MASTER BEDROOM | 15' x 13'6\" (4.57m x 4.11m). With feature cast iron fireplace, dual aspect with double glazed wood window to front aspect and window to side with views over the marshes. Door to the open balcony, exposed wood flooring and door to:
|
| EN-SUITE BATHROOM | 13'4\" x 6'5\" (4.06m x 1.96m). White three piece suite comprising modern roll top bath with claw foot and 'telephone' shower attachment, low level WC and wash hand basin. 'Eyebrow' window to rear aspect, part restricted head height and exposed timbers and wood floor.
|
| BEDROOM THREE | 12'5\" x 6'9\" (3.78m x 2.06m). With 'eyebrow' window to rear aspect with views over the gardens and marshes, part restricted head height and exposed timbers and door through to the loft.
|
| EXTERNAL | The gardens are mainly informal and laid to lawn with a mixture of semi-mature trees and shrubs creating a boundary. To the front of the garden a lawn leads down to a small pond and the adjoining BARN measuring 27ft x 15ft with exposed timbers and window to rear aspect and a former potters kiln. Leading round to the side of the garden with views over the marshes and to the rear of the property is an outbuilding providing further log storage and housing the generator. The property is moated to all sides so despite being in the marshes has never had any flooding issues.
|
| SERVICES | Oil central heating, bore hole supplying water, septic tank and a generator that runs off red diesel supplying the electricity and LPG tanks supplying the gas for cooking.
|