Carbrooke Lane, Shipdham

Beautifully located farmhouse with exceptional equestrian facilities and two holiday lets in idyllic grounds approaching 20 ACRES (stms).

Copelands Farm is a wonderfully presented and maintained property set at the end of a long driveway and surrounded by Norfolk countryside, set very much in its own space without close neighbours. The excellent equestrian facilities are purpose built and well laid out and the large barns offer opportunities for many uses. The two holiday let cottages are in a converted outbuilding and offer an open plan bedroom/living/dining room and kitchen with shower room. With vaulted ceilings, and French doors to private gardens they have views over the countryside.

 

ACCOMMODATION Kitchen/breakfast room, living room, sitting room, utility room , shower room, four first floor bedrooms, bathroom, bedroom 5/study

Two studio holiday let cottages in converted outbuilding. Each with open plan living space with kitchen, shower room and gardens.

Garden cabin with bar and log burner
 

OUTSIDE Garden mainly laid to lawn with outside terrace.

Range of Traditional Barns and Outbuildings, including two substantial barns with associated stores and workshop.

Fenced area with chicken coop

EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES
Six loose box stable yard, tack room, feed store, hay store, 60m x 20m fenced manege, large field shelter with fenced all weather turnout, fenced lunging ring.

19.47 ACRES (stms)

 

FARMHOUSE The charming period farmhouse has features including fireplaces, exposed beams and pamment floors.

The kitchen is an open plan room with dining area, fitted kitchen with central island unit and with fireplace with woodburner. From the kitchen there is a direct view of the stable yard. A double aspect living room is a light and spacious room with French doors out to the gardens and an open fireplace, through to a further reception room which could be utilised in many ways. Functionality on the ground floor is provided by a utility room, and ground floor shower room, both off the kitchen.

Two staircases at either end of the house serve the first floor. At the front of the house are two double bedrooms, both with built in wardrobes, and with fine views over the gardens and land. A further two double bedrooms and an office, which could provide a further bedroom if required, and the family bathroom complete the first floor. 

TRADITIONAL OUBUILDINGS The brick barn attached to the house is currently used as a machinery store, measuring 11.7m x 6.1m has great potential to be included as part of the house, or additional living accommodation, games/party room (stp).Adjoining this barn is a store and a workshop.

There is a further range of traditional buildings, all very well maintained. A lovely traditional barn provides great storage and scope for many uses, with a wing comprising a former dairy, cart lodge and stores.

A further wing of the outbuildings has been converted into the pair of holiday cottages which offer the chance of secondary income.

 

EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES To the south of the house, across a substantial gravelled yard, is the purpose built stable yard. The building, in an L shape, has six stables, all with windows to the south. A hay barn with double doors for ease of access, a tack room and feed room provide well laid our facilities.

There is a fenced 60m x 20m manege, post and railed paddocks, lunge ring and a contained yard with field shelters and all weather turnout surface.

 

APPROXIMATE DISTANCES  

LOCAL NOTES The farm is located in Norfolk countryside, almost equidistant between Norwich and Kings Lynn, and to the south of Shipdham.

The village has an excellent range of day to day amenities including a doctor's surgery, local shops, primary school, post office and public house. Further specialist shopping and education can be found in the nearby market town of Dereham and Swaffham both of which provide good everyday shopping with local and national shops, a selection of Supermarkets including a Waitrose, leisure and health facilities and state education for all age groups. Further renowned education can be found at Wymondham College (state boarding and day school) and Thetford Grammer. Attleborough and Thetford provide good transport links with train stations providing services to Norwich to Cambridge, with connecting lines into both London Kings Cross and Liverpool Street.

Easy access can be gained onto the A11 at Thetford linking with the A11 to Newmarket and onwards to London on the M11. The high tech University city of Cambridge is 45 miles and the pretty market town of Bury St. Edmunds is 24 miles.

Norwich, the cathedral city and regional centre of East Anglia, provides further renowned education, a thriving business and retail sector and leisure facilities.
 

SERVICES Private water supply and drainage. Mains electricity and oil fired central heating. 

LOCAL AUTHORITY Breckland District Council
Council Tax Band E 

FIXTURES & FITTINGS All fixtures and fittings including fitted carpets and curtains are specifically excluded from the sale, but may be available in addition, subject to separate negotiation. 



ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE - E