3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale

Cathedral Cottage is a semi detached period house built circa 1783 of painted rendered walls under a pantiled roof on the edge of the popular amenity rich village of North Elmham. The property stands in a delightful setting in a quiet part of the village with fine views towards the neighbouring church to the front and the Anglo Saxon chapel ruins behind.  Formerly part of the George and Dragon pub, the cottage was converted into a characterful family home in the 1970s and has since been lovingly refurbished by the current owners.The spacious flexible ground floor accommodation is accessed via an entrance lobby to the front of the property which leads to the dining room and sitting room which are divided by a central staircase.  There is also a kitchen, snug, rear lobby and a garden room with double aspect windows overlooking the rear garden.  Upstairs, the landing leads to 3 bedrooms, the principal having a luxury en suite bathroom with a freestanding roll top bath, and a well appointed family shower room.  Further benefits include UPVC double glazed windows, oil-fired central heating with a cast iron wood burning stove in the sitting room and oak veneer internal doors.  A useful attic space is accessed via a drop down ladder from bedroom 2 and has a dormer window to the rear with fine views over the chapel ruins.Outside, there is an attractively landscaped rear garden with 2 useful outbuildings and driveway parking to the side for 2/3 cars.

The village of North Elmham has good local facilities including a village shop, post office, primary school, GP surgery, 2 public houses, sports clubs and an active village hall. At Elmham Church are the ruins of a Saxon cathedral which was the centre of Christianity for the area before Ely and Norwich cathedrals were built. The nearby market towns of Dereham, Reepham and Fakenham (famous for its racecourse) offer an excellent range of supermarkets, schools and other facilities whilst the Georgian town of Holt is well known for its excellent shops and is also home of Greshams School.The cathedral city of Norwich is situated to the southeast and is the regional centre and renowned for its shopping and cultural facilities, range of private schools as well as having a university, university hospital and several business parks. There are mainline railway stations at both Norwich and Downham Market with regular trains to London Liverpool Street and Kings Cross. Norwich also has an expanding domestic and international airport. Both the North Norfolk Coast and Norfolk Broads are within easy driving distance and the area is renowned for its unspoilt natural beauty.

Mains water, mains drainage and mains electricity. Oil-fired central heating to radiators. EPC Rating Band D.Breckland Council, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1EE.  Council Tax Band C.