Low Road, Forncett St. Peter, Norwich

SUMMARY
A handsome, atmospheric and beautifully appointed flint and brick cottage offering flexible accommodation and a fabulous outdoor lifestyle with 2.3 acres (STMS) including paddock, menage, stables, hayloft, summerhouse, workshop and double garage.


DESCRIPTION
A charming Grade II listed detached flint cottage with 2.3 acres (STMS) and including stables, a paddock, menage and other related outbuildings. The front flint façade of the cottage is particularly noteworthy whilst internally there is an abundance of character including exposed timbers, an inglenook fireplace and a charming handmade kitchen. Offering flexible living space including up to 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, the property occupies a delightful location within a small community and has some beautiful views over meadows.

Location 
The home is located in the small, rural village of Forncett St. Peter which has a primary school, two churches and a bustling village hall that serves the community.

Approximately two miles is Long Stratton, which has a good range of everyday amenities, including shopping, schooling, a medical practice and leisure centre.

The popular market town of Wymondham is about seven miles and has a wider range of amenities including a Waitrose supermarket and train station.

Norwich, the cathedral city and regional centre of East Anglia, is 9 miles to the north and has a thriving retail and business centre with many cultural and leisure facilities to suit most tastes, university, renowned schools and an airport with expanding domestic flights to most international destinations via Schiphol. There is a mainline rail link to London Liverpool Street with journey times of about 1 hour and 50 minutes. There is also a direct rail link to London from Diss (nine miles) which runs to London Liverpool Street in 90 minutes.

Accommodation 

Traditional Front Door To:- 

Sitting Room 
An atmospheric and beamed sitting room with Inglenook fireplace and cast-iron multi-fuel stove. Modern oak flooring extending to much of the ground floor. Television aerial point, radiator, exposed brick wall and under stairs storage cupboard. Open to hallway, outlook to gallery landing, and windows to the rear and front overlooking the garden and meadows beyond.

Kitchen 
Extensive range of handmade traditional style units including a range of wall and floor cupboards and drawers with both mahogany and granite working surfaces over. The kitchen features a cast-iron multi-fuel stove and pamment tiled flooring, whilst a window overlooks the front garden. There are doors to the garden and casement doors into the garden room. Equipment includes a stainless-steel Britannia range cooker complemented by a matching stainless steel canopy extractor over and twin butler sink units. LED lighting.

Bedroom 
Bedroom with window to side aspect.

Shower Room 
With shower cubicle, low level WC and a wash hand basin. Tiled floor.

Dining Room 
Modern oak flooring and window overlooking front gardens and the meadow beyond. Original fireplace (not used).

Bedroom/Study 
A charming room with double aspect windows

Shower Room 
Adjacent to the bedroom/study with shower cubicle, wash hand basin and low level WC.

First Floor Accommodation 

Landing 
With windows to two aspects.

Bedroom 
A magnificent master bedroom with a vaulted ceiling and exposed timbers. Window with charming views over the front gardens and meadows beyond.

Bedroom 
With vaulted ceiling and exposed timbers with views over fields to the front

Bathroom 
Featuring a contemporary suite comprising a double-ended resin ball and claw foot bath, WC and a pedestal wash hand basin. Plumbed in towel radiator. Tiled flooring and fitted mirror with electric shaver socket. Airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder and immersion heater.

External 
Stone Cottage offers an unusual combination of qualities and facilities and is ideal for those looking for a country lifestyle yet within a few minutes' drive of the amenities in nearby Long Stratton. With 2.3 acres (STMS), this broadly consists of c.2 acres of grazing land with both stock proof fencing and natural boundaries, and which also includes a 40m x 20m menage, a working yard area, stables, hay store, tack room and cart lodge - all well maintained and in good order.
There is internal and external lighting to the stable yard area and a water point. Please refer to the floorplan for details of the extent and sizes of the outbuildings.
Access for vehicles to the dwelling, paddock and outbuildings is via a drive to the side where there is also plenty of parking and as a quality brick and block built double garage (see floorplan). The paddock and menage are approached through a five-bar farm gate whilst closer to the house there is a summer house and a workshop.

Agents Note 
Please note that an AML fee is chargeable to the buyer once an offer is accepted to cover the cost of carrying out the required identity and anti-money laundering checks. Once these checks have been completed, the fee cannot be refunded, even if the property purchase does not go ahead.



1. MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS: Intending purchasers will be asked to produce identification documentation at a later stage and we would ask for your co-operation in order that there will be no delay in agreeing the sale.
2. General: While we endeavour to make our sales particulars fair, accurate and reliable, they are only a general guide to the property and, accordingly, if there is any point which is of particular importance to you, please contact the office and we will be pleased to check the position for you, especially if you are contemplating travelling some distance to view the property.
3. The measurements indicated are supplied for guidance only and as such must be considered incorrect.
4. Services: Please note we have not tested the services or any of the equipment or appliances in this property, accordingly we strongly advise prospective buyers to commission their own survey or service reports before finalising their offer to purchase.
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