3 bedroom detached house for sale

A Grade II listed 18th century hexagon of enormous charm in mature gardens of 0.7 acre. Built as a music room and mentioned in Pevsner, later converted and extended c. 2000 to incorporate a neighbouring single-storey barn and provide 2476 sq ft.

• Entrance Hall
• Drawing Room with 13’ ceilings, Gothic arched windows and a marble fireplace
• Library
• Dining Room with vaulted glazed roof
• Kitchen/ Breakfast Room with gas-fired Rayburn
• Sitting Room with full-height double aspect windows
• Utility Room
• WC
• Bathroom
• Two ground floor Bedrooms, each with an En Suite
• First floor Bedroom in the Hexagon with an adjoining Bathroom
• Charming mature gardens with a large greenhouse
• Gravelled driveway and parking
• Views to the south over fields
• In all 0.7 acre

SNETTISHAM is an ancient village which dates back to 1000BC and lies on the north-west Norfolk Wash coast. The thriving village is built predominantly in carr-stone, quarried locally, and has a central Market Place about a mile and a half from the beach.

There are a variety of shops and facilities amongst which are an acclaimed small restaurant, The Old Bank, The Old Store, a micro-bakery and café, a chemists, a hairdressers, a Co-op general store and two public houses, including The Rose & Crown which has an excellent menu and was memorably reviewed by AA Gill. There are also a GPs’ surgery, a dental practice and a vets’ surgery.

St Mary’s church, described by Pevsner as “the most exciting 14th century decorated church in Norfolk” stands on high ground at the top of the village, a distinctive landmark with its 175 foot tall tower and spire.

The Royal Estate of Sandringham is three miles and the Hanseatic port and medieval market town of King’s Lynn, with a larger selection of shops, schooling and leisure facilities, and a rail service to London King’s Cross in 97 minutes, is 11 miles away.

HEATING: Gas-fired central heating via the Rayburn.

COUNCIL TAX: Band E

SERVICES: Mains gas, electricity, water and private drainage to a Klargester which was replaced in 2024.

BROADBAND: Ofcom state that Ultrafast Broadband is available to the property.

MOBILE COVERAGE: Ofcom state that O2, Vodafone, Three and EE are all likely to provide voice and data outside the property. Inside, O2 are likely to provide voice but limited data, Vodafone and EE have limited voice and data and Three provide neither voice nor data.

AGENTS’ NOTE: The northern boundary of the property abuts the River Ingol, a mill stream, and a public footpath runs along its southern bank and lies within the curtilage of the property. The footpath is screened from view of The Round House by mature shrubs and fencing.

PLANNING PERMISSION: Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent was granted on 9 March 2022 for ‘refurbishment and internal alterations to lay-out, single-storey extension with new mono pitch roof, create holiday let annex, rebuild chimney and repair windows.’
Reference 21/02399/F

THE SELLER WRITES: “The Round House has stood by the River Ingol since 1750 when it was built by Nicholas Styleman for his wife Catherine, in which to install a small pipe organ. Rumour has it that he wanted her to practice as far away as possible from the main house, Snettisham Old Hall. In her will, Catherine calls it her Tea House and many pieces of blue and white porcelain have been unearthed over the years.
In 1750 it was surrounded by pleasure gardens which included exotic wildfowl and shell grottos, one of which was in the shape of a boat. I have continued the tradition of ducks and rare breed chickens here and have begun to landscape the gardens with old roses and fruit trees.
I have very much enjoyed the house’s privacy and its rural views over open fields where barn owls can be seen hunting of an early morning. The house is a hidden gem, a charming relic from 18th century England.”