CARLETON RODE RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET

“A unique, elegant and attractive home, sitting in generous gardens with fields all around. With no immediate neighbours, apart from the wildlife, there’s a sense of peacefulness: tranquility abounds. You’ll see incredible sunrises and stunning sunsets – the views over countryside are sure to catch the eye, while the appeal of the property with its gracious interior and stylish renovation cannot be denied! The grounds complete this perfect package – with stables, paddock, kitchen garden and orchard too, plus formal planting and entertaining areas, as a retreat or party pad it’s all waiting for you.”

• An impressive Country House, standing in 2.25 acres of Formal Gardens and Paddock • Five Bedrooms; Five Bathrooms/Shower Rooms • Five Reception Rooms • Spacious Kitchen and Breakfast Room • Separate Utility Room • Equestrian Facilities; Paddock • Formal Gardens; Pond • Vegetable Garden; Orchard • Wonderful Views over the Surrounding Area • Triple Garage • The Accommodation extends to 5,614sq.ft • The Outbuildings extend to 456sq.ft • Energy Rating: E A bespoke build in an idyllic location, this is a property with much to impress. Built to an incredibly high standard, it’s recently been renovated and today offers the proportions and elegant accommodation of a grand country property but with the ease of a modern home.

Painstakingly Renovated Built in 1972 for a local solicitor as his long-term home, this is a place that’s been designed with no expense spared on a lavish scale and finished with great attention to detail, with features such as the gable ends that speak of this property’s distinction. When the current owners came here, they could immediately see the potential of the lovely bright rooms and the space on offer, but the house needed to be brought up to date. “We have renovated throughout, opened up to create a beautiful family kitchen, redecorated, lightened the décor and rendered the exterior,” they explain. The property has the classic good looks of a Georgian house and when you step inside and see the hall, it more than lives up to expectations, with a lovely sweeping staircase and additional features such as the recessed arched niches.

Something For Everyone While the owners treat their home as something of a haven and place to relax, you can see that this would also be a splendid place for entertaining. The owners have created a marvellous kitchen where daily life centres, with handmade Kestrel units speaking of the quality. As well as a breakfast bar for coffee or leisurely breakfasts while reading the paper, there’s an informal dining area with log burner too. The formal dining room comes into its own on high days and holidays, with a wonderful parquet floor and handsome fireplace. There’s a great study where you can tuck yourself away if you work from home, as well as a games room where all the family can gather or teens can entertain friends in style. Quiet Countryside Nature lovers will be delighted at all the wildlife to be seen here, with a barn owl flying past in the evening, deer wandering over the lawn, kingfishers darting over the pond, woodpeckers and so much more. The wonderful skies are completely unspoilt by light pollution. The owner is a keen amateur photographer and has taken hundreds of photos of the sunrises and sunsets here over the years, some of which have been featured in Norfolk magazine. The plot was very open when the owners came here, so they have grown mature hedging around the borders, meaning you’ll be able to relax undisturbed in your very own corner of the countryside. If you want to live the good life, you’ll enjoy planting up the productive vegetable patch and sampling goodies from your orchard – the owners grow apples, pears, plums, cherries, figs, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries and more. There’s also a paddock and several stables – ideal for a family pony perhaps. If four wheels are more your thing, the triple garage with ample workshop space is sure to catch your eye – and if there’s just too much to take in, why not unwind in the shade of the summerhouse?

The Accommodation You take in the wonderful front elevation of the property, in particular noting the Dutch gable ends, before moving through the front door, which takes you into the entrance porch complete with double windows. From here a further set of doors takes you through into the stunning…

Main Reception Hall This incredible space offers views up to the galleried landing above, whilst underfoot you notice the floor tiles. Double doors take you through to the…

Sitting Room also equally be used as a study. Underfoot From the kitchen you have integral access The Grounds Located to the front of the house, you you notice the parquet flooring, whilst through into the triple garage. Within the The property is situated on a quiet rural have wonderful views over the formal a large window to the front elevation garage you have access to twin storage/ lane, with access via impressive automatic gardens provided by three sets of windows. captures views of the drive and gardens. workshop spaces as well as a gardener’s wrought iron gates complete with an Within the room itself there is a focal point toilet. To the rear of the garage is the… intercom system. The drive sweeps around fireplace, whilst you also notice the ceiling Dining Room along the northern boundary directly to a rose and ornate coving. The formal dining room is located to Utility Room triple garage. It then continues along the the front of the home and is grand in Where you have numerous cabinets, plenty front of the home, wrapping around on its Returning to the main reception hall, you its proportions. Twin windows provide of work space as well as space for a range southern side. There is plenty of parking move through into a rear hallway. Here natural light, whilst you have further of white goods. Another ceramic sink unit for several vehicles, as well as additional you discover a… parquet flooring and a wonderful stone can be found below the window. From the space for either a motorhome or boat. The fireplace to the far wall. To the side of utility room a door offers external access house sits fairly centrally within its plot, with Second Reception Room which is a recessed archway. out to the gardens. formal gardens to both the front and rear. Complete with twin arched French doors, Deep garden beds flank the drive, whilst that afford access out to the rear terrace. Returning to the hallway, you notice a You move up the stairs to the first floor, mature hedging to the front boundary This versatile room is currently used as a second staircase that rises to the first where you are greeted by a stunning… affords privacy. The formal gardens offer study and has a continuation of the floor floor, to the side of which a door takes a wonderful setting with a selection of tiles from the main reception hall. An you through into the heart of the home, First Floor Sitting Room mature trees found throughout. There internal arched window also affords further the… The current owners also combine this with is also a stable block found within the light. Taking one of the arched French a dining area as well, with a formal table. gardens allowing for 3 stables, whilst you doors, you move through into a rear porch, Open Plan Kitchen and Breakfast Room This wonderful space is bathed in natural also discover an orchard, a wonderful from which you have access to the gardens Newly renovated with handmade cabinets light, with numerous windows affording wildlife pond and a small paddock area. as well as the… by Kestrel kitchens, which can be found to stunning views of the formal gardens and The formal gardens continue around to three aspects and blend beautifully with the surrounding farmland, whilst sliding the rear of the home and once again are Games Room the classical black granite work surfaces. doors offer access out to the fabulous laid mainly to lawn. Here you discover Formerly a double garage, the games An island unit sits centrally within the balcony. This room also offers stunning the chicken run, a summer house and a room is another generous space. French room and incorporates a breakfast bar and views back down to the main reception feature terrace, enclosed via box hedging doors afford access out to the drive, whilst a sink unit. Integrated within the cabinets hall. with trellis draped in climbing rose. Along, a feature arched window also provides is a wine fridge, a dishwasher, an extractor almost the entire rear width of the home is further light. A flexible space it could be fan and a freestanding range, whilst there Four Double Bedrooms a further terrace, with access from the rear used for a number of purposes. is additional space for an American fridge Three of which, including the master reception hall, the second reception room, freezer. A ceramic sink unit can be found bedroom, have access to en-suite facilities. breakfast room and the utility room. On Returning to the rear hall, you discover within the work surfaces, above which The second bedroom or guest bedroom the north-western corner and enclosed via the… windows offer fabulous views of the rear also has a walk-in dressing room. The mature beech hedging, is the well laid out garden. The kitchen is part divided from remaining bedroom is serviced by the main vegetable garden. Six raised beds contain a Ground Floor Bathroom the breakfast room by a double fronted bathroom. Each of the first floor bedrooms variety of vegetables, whilst there is also a Fitted with a white four piece suite wood burning stove, which is situated offer large windows which afford stunning top of the range greenhouse. The property comprising of a wash basin, a WC, a within a fireplace. The tiled floor continues views of the garden and the surrounding adjoins farmland to the rear boundary, freestanding bath and a shower which all through into here from the kitchen, where area. which affords stunning views. The plot in contrasts beautifully with the pattern tiles. another arched French door provides not total extends to 2.25 acres only access out to the gardens but also Main Bathroom Bedroom Five/Study natural light and views. The breakfast Which includes an overhead shower Another flexible space, the current owners room has its own independent access out attachment within the bath. have used it as both a ground floor to the rear hall via French doors. bedroom with built in wardrobes, but could

Norfolk Country Properties. Registered in and Wales No. 06777456. Registered Office - 15B Regatta Quay, Key Street, Ipswich, IP4 1FH copyright © 2016 Fine & Country Ltd. Agents notes: All measurements are approximate and quoted in metric with imperial equivalents and for general guidance only and whilst every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, they must not be relied on. The fixtures, fittings and appliances referred to have not been tested and therefore no guarantee can be given that they are in working order. Internal photographs are reproduced for general information and it must not be inferred that any item shown is included with the property. For a free valuation, contact the numbers listed on the brochure. * These comments are the personal views of the current owner and are included as an insight into life at the property. They have not been independently verified, should not be relied on without verification and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agent. Printed On The Doorstep The property is situated within the village of Carleton Rode near to and in a peaceful rural environment. The market towns of , Diss and are between 7 and 10 miles distant and provide a large range of amenities usually associated with market towns. Attleborough has a main line rail service to Cambridge, while Diss offers a main line service to Liverpool Street.

How Far Is It To The cathedral city of Norwich that can be found 13 miles to the north offers an International Airport and ever increasing shopping facilities including the stunning new Chapelfields. The historic city of Cambridge can be found to the south (45 mins) with its famous university. From the market town of Diss (10 miles) you have a direct main line rail link to London Liverpool Street. A little further afield are the famous Norfolk Broads (45 mins) and the popular North Norfolk Coast (one hour) with its quaint villages and sandy beaches.

Directions Leave Norwich on the B1113 Mulbarton Road. Passing through the villages of and Bunwell. Upon reaching Carleton Rode turn left into Ash Lane whereby the property can be found shortly after on your right hand side.

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