Guide price
£1,750,000
6 bed detached house for saleWorstead, Norfolk NR28
6 beds
3 baths
7 receptions
- Freehold
Strutt & Parker - Norwich
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About this property
16th Century Manor House
6500 Sq Ft
0.95 Acres
Walled Gardens
Outbuildings
Tennis Court
Central Village Location
0.8 miles to Worstead Train Station
Worstead Manor is a substantial 16th Century brick and flint detached house with just under an acre of immaculately presented walled gardens with tennis court and positioned centrally within the village opposite St Mary’s church. Inside, the property enjoys extensive accommodation of 6500 sq ft with some wonderful reception rooms, including a first-floor dual aspect panelled drawing room, a sitting room with inglenook fireplace and mullion window, a large dining room with sash windows and ceiling rose, and a fantastic reception hall with wooden columns and a dog leg staircase. To the rear of the property is a spacious kitchen with Aga and a wood burning stove. Further ground floor accommodation comprises, snug, boot room, utility and guest wc. Upstairs is the principal bedroom suite with dressing room and en suite shower room with access to the neighbouring study which enjoys glazed double doors onto the landing. There are a further five bedrooms, bath and shower room and a separate shower room across the first and second floors.
Outside, the property features wonderful walled gardens of about an acre with a west facing evening terrace directly outside the kitchen overlooking a lawn garden with deep herbaceous borders against the house and a gravel drive adjacent to a large barn outbuilding used for garaging and storage. There is a spectacular rose garden with pleached hornbeam border, further lawn gardens, wildflower patch, vegetable garden and a tennis court. In addition, there are a range of sheds, and a small outbuilding used as a gym.
Worstead Manor is located centrally in the North Norfolk village of Worstead which has a public house, primary school, railway station with regular service to Norwich, Cromer and Sheringham, and an impressive 14th century flint church built on the proceeds of the medieval wool trade and an annual festival. Wider amenities can be found at nearby towns of North Walsham which has a Waitrose supermarket, and Wroxham with access to the Norfolk Broads National Park. A wide stretch of coastline is also nearby with the nearest beach being 6.5 miles away. The Cathedral City of Norwich, the regional centre is 13 miles south and offers a comprehensive range of commercial entertainment, cultural amenities and excellent schooling. Norwich has a main railway station providing a regular service to London. On the north side of the city is Norwich International Airport which caters for both domestic and international flight destinations.
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