The Grove House Squires Hill | Marham | | PE33 9HY GRACE AND FAVOUR

A Georgian house once a vicar’s home Has acres of garden to explore and roam; The elegant facade has a beautiful curved bay, And the old church behind - for those inclined - a place to pray. Rooms of grand proportions are flooded with light, French doors to a courtyard that’s sheer delight, A pool, and outbuildings with further potential Complete this English vicarage so quintessential.

• A Small but Perfectly Formed Classic Grade II Listed Former Georgian Vicarage • Requiring Maintenance & Refurbishment With Planning Permission to Extend • Wonderful Greek Revival Facade With a Pair of Roman Doric Columns • Sash Windows & Shutters, Fire Surrounds, Swan Neck Hand Rail & Spindles • Reception Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Breakfast Room • Large Basement Cellar Approximately 527 Square Feet Divided into 4 Rooms • Five First Floor Bedrooms With One Family Bathroom and Shower Room • A Range of Outbuildings With Planning Permission For Residential Conversion • Outside Heated Swimming Pool With Surrounding Sun Terrace Being Partially Walled • Approximately 2 Acres of Mature Gardens and Grounds (Subject to Measured Survey), Triple Garage • The Accommodation Extends to 2,148 sq. ft. The proportions of the rooms are lovely, and the floorboards are the original wide oak plank” Down a quiet lane in the small village of terrace at the back. To the right is the downstairs Marham, West Norfolk, tucked away from view, cloakroom housing a lavatory and washbasin, is an elegant Georgian property originally built and to the left a utility area. Access to a large in 1820 as the rectory for Marham church, cellar, divided into four sections, is through a aptly named Grove House. On a plot of about door and down brick steps. The cellar is a really two acres surrounded by mature trees and good place for storing food and drink. There’s woodland, the elegant facade of motley hues of power and electric light, and one part has its yellow brick under a slate roof, with the curved own window. central bay supported by a robust storm porch with sturdy Ionic pillars and stone steps, is an Elegant Proportions arresting image of an historic countryside home. Two more large rooms are at the back - the Not surprisingly grade II listed, this beautiful spacious kitchen with its relatively recent building was a permanent and then a holiday extension, and the dining room, both rooms home for the now London-based owners since with access onto the rear courtyard. All four 2005. main downstairs rooms feature old fireplaces installed with solid fuel-burning stoves enhancing Croquet on the Lawn the oil-fired central heating and providing a The land had been owned by The Church for warm and cosy welcome. The proportions of centuries and the grounds of the property still the rooms are so lovely, and the floorboards retain ruins of a medieval house. Judging by the are the original very wide ones. The current massive girth of the yew standing to the right of owners stripped out the fitted carpets in many the Georgian house, the tree is probably about of the rooms to appreciate them. The kitchen 800 years old. The fortunate resident vicars only is large and has been laid with limestone slabs. had a very short walk to work with the church It is fitted with a classic Plain English kitchen just a few yards behind the house. The last one which seems to get better and better with time. was apparently quite an eccentric; he left in The painted timber units have solid and wide 1986 and was known for his village croquet oak plank worktops - a nice quality feature. competitions on the front lawn, when he wasn’t The extension was added in the late 1990s in a preaching his sermons or playing the trumpet. style that, although modern, blends in seamlessly There’s a large undulating lawn that runs from with the rest of the back of the house. Two top to bottom. The heated swimming pool has walls of windows over the courtyard receiving been built in the walled garden and is a real lots of morning sun, and another window over sun trap. “The night skies in this part of Norfolk the garden to the northwest, combined with are particularly free from light pollution - so it’s further glazing under the eaves, mean the room good spot to see shooting stars!” is extremely light, despite the deep overhanging roof. The breakfast room end, in the old part of Large Cellar the house, has French doors onto the garden The plan of the house is, typically, symmetrical to the west side, whilst the dining room also has with two large front rooms either side of a French doors but onto the courtyard. A door spacious hallway, stairs rising directly ahead. The in the far corner of the dining room is up steps front and back are on a split level due to the lie connecting it with one of the front sitting rooms, of the land with the rear hallway down some creating an easy flow from one room to another. steps, and beyond, a door leading onto the Decorated in Farrow & Ball Interestingly, the southwest facing front and northwest side of the house have been built in yellow Cambridgeshire brick whilst the other two sides are in Norfolk chalk bordered by stone quoins for rigidity and strength. There are the original internal shutters in both the front rooms. One sitting room has windows to the southwest and northwest, and the other sitting room overlooks the front; there are more shutters in the dining room at the back. The rooms have been decorated in quality Farrow & Ball paints which suit the house so well. Ceilings are high with picture rails and cornicing downstairs, and the main reception room has an unusual and attractive feature of chamfered corners which have built in cupboards below with shelving above. This is a particularly charming room flooded with natural light.

Quirky Style Moving up the stairs, fitted with a kelim runner held down with stair rods, you firstly arrive at a landing off which is the main bathroom and the separate shower room. The bathroom has a splendid copper slipper bath in traditional old style - although the mixer tap is ultra modern - the large ceramic basin is mounted on an old treddle sewing machine stand and a lavatory is in the opposite corner. Conversely, the shower room is fitted with a contemporary, fully-tiled, walk-in shower.

Archways either side of the landing lead to bedroom three with a southeast facing window, and bedroom four with a northwest facing window.

Spacious Bedrooms Continuing back up the stairs you arrive at another landing off which are three bedrooms overlooking the southwest facing front. All five bedrooms are generous in size, four of which have period fireplaces and old built-in wardrobes in the recess to one side. The fifth bedroom, being in the centre at the front, has the wonderful benefit of the curved bay with its original curving Georgian sash window. There are the original internal shutters in both the front rooms, and more in the dining room at the back. We have decorated in quality paints which suit the house so well: in particular Space to Run and Hide! The grounds of Grove House consist of large areas of lawn, Farrow & Ball and Bert & May” sheltered and private from the surrounding mature trees and woods, and mainly fenced along boundaries, it is a child’s heaven for exploring with features such as a treehouse, a vintage caravan, and a heated swimming pool in the walled old kitchen garden. Directly from the kitchen, dining room and rear hallway doors open onto a spacious courtyard with stone slabs, and a rectangular raised pond full of goldfish that come to the surface asking for food whenever someone walks past. Almost completely enclosed by walls, this very sheltered courtyard is the perfect spot for al fresco dining, or just relaxing in the sun or shade. From here, intriguing doors or little gates lead you into some of the property’s extensive outbuildings, as well as the way to the swimming pool.

Potential for Conversion of Outbuildings The outbuildings include a new triple garage, a single garage, stables and a cart shed. There were some quite elaborate plans to convert the outbuildings; for which planning permission was granted. However, as simpler proposal was adopted which included constructing a separate triple garage. This first part of the work has already been carried out so the planning permission still stands for the rest of the conversion into an annex. These plans are available for the new owner’s use should they wish to develop the property further. All five bedrooms are generous in size, four of which have period fireplaces and old built-in wardrobes in the recess to one side. It’s an incredible place for a party. There’s a huge undulating lawn that runs from top to bottom.”

The outbuildings include a new triple garage, a single garage, stables and a cart shed. Planning permission still stands for conversion of the outbuildings into an annex. These plans are available for the new owner’s use should they wish to develop the property further” Energy Graph

Additional Information

LOCAL AUTHORITY King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Council Tax Band - G

AGENTS NOTES Mains Electricity, Water and Septic Tank. Oil Fired Central Heating

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On The Doorstep... How Far Is It To... Directions

Marham is a peaceful village located in the centre of a triangle The historic town of Kings Lynn can be found can be found From the Hardwick roundabout in Kings Lynn take the exit formed by King’s Lynn, Swaffham and . to the North -12 miles with its main line rail link to London signposted A10 Downham Market. At roundabout take the Marham itself offers a village shop, various takeaways, doctor’s Kings Cross and all the amenities you come to expert from a 1st exit onto the A134 signposted Thetford. At crossroads surgery, a social club and a primary school. The three towns busy and expanding town. The market town of Swaffham- 9 turn left onto Mill Road towards , Continue forward Downham Market, approx 15 min drive King’s Lynn, approx. 25 min drive surrounding Marham offer an abundance of retail stores, miles lies to the east with its bustling markets. The world- onto Lynn Road and continue onto Norwich Road. In approx a supermarkets and public services. renowned Norfolk Broads can be found to the North with its mile Norwich Road turns slightly left and becomes Shouldham many waterways and array of wildlife. The coast Road. Follow this road for approx. 1.2 miles and turn right with its quaint villages and sandy beaches is approximately one onto Squires Hill. The property will then be found shortly on hours drive whilst Thetford Forest with its bike and nature your left. trails can be found closer to home to the east.

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