3 bed semi-detached house for sale

The Street, Weybourne, Holt NR25

Tucked away in the heart of Weybourne, Rose Cottage is a beautifully characterful home where traditional Norfolk architecture meets relaxed coastal living. With its distinctive red brick and flint elevations, pantile roof, exposed timbers and wealth of period detail, the cottage feels perfectly at home in its setting, while offering generous and versatile accommodation just a short stroll from the beach.

The ground floor has an appealing sense of flow, with a welcoming sitting room centred around a traditional fireplace, a separate snug, generous dining room and well-equipped kitchen. Together, these spaces create a sociable arrangement for everyday family life and entertaining, while a separate utility area and WC add further practicality.

Upstairs are three comfortable bedrooms, including a principal bedroom with its own en-suite shower room. The remaining bedrooms offer excellent flexibility for family, guests or home working, while the family bathroom combines a traditional freestanding bath with a separate walk-in shower.

One of Rose Cottage’s most distinctive features is the detached flint and timber-framed games room. With exposed roof timbers, flint walls and generous proportions, it provides an impressive space for entertaining and recreation, while also lending itself to use as a home gym, studio, hobby room or additional informal living space.

Outside, a gravelled area provides off-road parking for two cars alongside a garage, while enclosed courtyard and terrace areas offer private places to sit, dine and enjoy the sunshine. Established planting, mature hedging and traditional flint walls add to the sense of seclusion. With the beach and coastal path close by, Rose Cottage is wonderfully placed for morning walks, long lunches, family holidays and cosy evenings by the fire.

Weybourne
Just three miles west of Sheringham, Weybourne is familiar to many as a stop on The Poppy Line steam railway, which is a magnificent way to arrive at this unspoilt coastal village. You might spot pretty Weybourne Windmill as you ride the line, which local legend says once signalled to smugglers with the turn of its sails whether the coast was clear to land.

The mill was later home to Mr and Mrs Dodds who were arrested as spies during World War II, after police spotted the couple using the windmill to signal out to sea and discovered a radio transmitter. East Anglia’s proximity to Europe meant it played a key role in the war effort and a secret World War II military site to the left of the village, Weybourne Camp, which was visited by Churchill is now home to the Muckleburgh Collection, one of the UK’s largest privately owned displays of guns and military vehicles.

Following Station Road, turn into Church Street where the medieval All Saints Church sits, and behind it Weybourne Priory, once home to Augustine monks. Further along is The Ship Inn, a traditional village pub which has been serving locals since the 1800s. Enjoy one of its wide selection of local ales and artisan gins as you enjoy seafood freshly caught just footsteps away. If you follow Beach Lane down to the coastline, you might see the boats which fish the waters for their catch.

Take the coastal path west towards pretty Cley and Salthouse Marshes or head east back to Sheringham. Surrounded by fields, woodland and heathland in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with its village shop, tea room, many traditional cottages and period homes this is a wonderful place to call home.

Services connected
Mains electricity, water and drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Council tax
Property is currently unbanded due to being used as a holiday let.

Energy efficiency rating
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Tenure
Freehold.

Location
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