Fiveways 3 Fitton Road | Wiggenhall St Gernams | Norfolk | PE34 3AU FIVE WAYS to HAPPINESS
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Fiveways 3 Fitton Road | Wiggenhall St Gernams | Norfolk | PE34 3AU FIVE WAYS TO HAPPINESS A family home half an hour from the coast Is as good as new and has plenty to boast: Featuring high quality fittings and fixtures, A décor of style and tasteful mixtures, Almost best of all is the magical garden Just As You Like It – Shakespeare’s Arden! • A Truly, Exquisite, Modern Designed Home of Sublime Proportions • Situated in an Ancient West Norfolk Village Close to The River Great Ouse • Discreet Circular Gravel Carriage Entrance, with Open Countryside Aspect to the Rear • Double Reception Room, Dining Room, Games Room with Bar, Study & Kitchen • Five Double Bedrooms, Two En Suites with a Family Bathroom, First Floor Balcony • Stunning Landscaped Gardens with a Variety of Mature Trees & Ornamental Fish Pond • Wonderfully Proportioned Outdoor Swimming Pool with Patio Terrace for Sun Loungers • Patio Terrace for Alfresco Dining, Spacious Lawns, Beds, Borders plus Gazebo • Off Road Parking for a Number of Cars & Detached Double Garage with Boarded Storage Above • The Accommodation extends to 3,384 sq. ft. A fabulous, five bedroomed house of very generous proportions stands, almost hidden, in the little village of Wiggenhall St. Germans, five miles south of King’s Lynn in West Norfolk, in a section where the old course of the Great Ouse runs parallel with the manmade cut, a river system which has been historically important for commercial navigation being one of the longest rivers in England, and for the draining of the Fens through which it flows. The village is split into two halves, with the river in between. The church of St. German’s, thought to be of Norman origins, and the Crown & Anchor pub, which serves food, are on the east side whilst St. German’s primary school and Fiveways are on the other. Like a Brand New House over which is a discreet extractor fan under the units. An The owner of Fiveways had the house built in 1992, AEG dishwasher (‘barely used’ we are told) is integrated, although two years ago he completely revamped and so too, an under-counter fridge, and freezer. The room updated the building making it, effectively, a brand new is lovely and light being dual aspect, as well as having a property. “I had been looking for somewhere to build on fully-glazed door into the utility room which, in turn, has for some time and managed to persuade the farmhouse a door to the outside. Here, there are more of the same next door to sell me the plot, then I got the neighbour units, another Belfast sink, and space and plumbing for a to sell a finger of land at the bottom, and around 2011 I washing machine and tumble dryer. bought a bit more!” informs the owner. “It was originally fairly wooded and overgrown so we had to landscape Next to the kitchen, the games room has an oak floor, the whole area to form the mature garden you see today, and a contemporary built-in bar complete with neon which includes some very expensive shrubs. The house lights, immediately as you step into the room. This very itself was constructed entirely in York handmade bricks, spacious room which currently accommodates the with roofs of clay pantiles. Inside, there is sandstone owners’ pool table and juke box, has a pair of windows flooring and oak floorboards downstairs, and the window to the west, and French doors onto the south-facing frames are all top quality UPVC with woodgrain texture.” terrace and back garden. Another door leads into a study Certainly these low maintenance, draught free windows at the back, which also has a window over the garden, and can fool even the most eagle-eyed. “The refurb two a further one in the corner opens into a lavatory with years ago included a brand new bespoke kitchen, new washbasin. bathrooms, all new windows and patio doors, all the ceilings and walls were replastered, and all the floors were Splendid Inglenook Fireplace redone and new carpets laid,” lists the owner. The south-facing dining room nestles centrally at the back - with easy access to and from the kitchen - with The capacious entrance hall incorporates a downstairs more French doors onto the rear terrace. On the other cloakroom with lavatory and washbasin, and has further side of the entrance hall, a huge, split-level reception doors leading into the kitchen, games room and dining room over thirty-seven feet long and over seventeen room to the right, and the reception room to the left. feet wide, stretches front to back, and also has French doors onto the garden. With glazing to every aspect, this Symphony of Curves is a really light an airy room, quite modern in feel despite The new hand-made fitted kitchen is an amazing the magnificent rustic exposed brick inglenook fireplace succession of curves, both concave and convex, giving a dominating the far wall, which houses a multi-fuel burning very fluid feel to the normal hard-lined units. These are stove. “The inglenook used to have an open fire in it, but topped with glossy composite quartz worktops. With we installed the Woodwarm stove which has enough both base and wall mounted cupboards there is a huge poke to heat the whole room, and still makes it very cosy amount of storage space. The pale grey painted timber in winter,” says the owner. Underfoot are oak floorboards is complemented by solid oak touches in the oval insets until you reach a section at the southern end of the in the island creating an unusual breakfast bar, and the room which is divided by oak-topped nibs which partially built-in settle under the window to the west. The ceramic extend across the room, giving way to steps down onto Belfast sink, positioned under the window to the front more of the sandstone flooring. From here the double drive, is also unusual in that it has three bowl sections doors open onto the terrace, so - combined with all the plus a little drainer area at the back; a modern, chrome, other French doors - the property is perfect in summer The inglenook used to have an open fire in it, but we extendable mixer tap adds a contemporary note to the whether entertaining on a grand scale or just enjoying installed the Woodwarm stove which has enough poke to heat the ensemble. The Belling cooker comprises two ovens, a warm summer days with the family. whole room, and still makes it very cosy in winter” warming oven, and a large induction hob with five ‘rings’, Superb Master Suite Glorious Garden Venturing onto the next floor, you proceed up the Fiveways’ garden is absolutely glorious, especially in beautiful oak staircase from the entrance hall, which is summer, but year-round too with the structure of the There’s room for playing table tennis by the pool which we have enjoyed on many an occasion in the carpeted in a natural seagrass that continues onto a big evergreen shrubs and hedging, the paths, paving and raised summer, and with the barbeque there too, it really is the most idyllic spot for relaxing and entertaining” landing in the eaves with access through French doors beds. To one side of the house, the separate double garage onto the modern, south-facing balcony over the garden. has a pedestrian side door entrance conveniently close All the very spacious bedrooms have soft wall-to-wall to the utility room door. It also has a window to the side carpeting in a pale neutral tone. From the eastern end of and to the rear. Loftspace for storage is above, reached the landing you reach the magnificent master suite over by timber steps inside. “The garage is double-skinned the rear, and bedroom four to the front. The master is which makes it much warmer, and being so spacious, could a commodious room with a pair of windows over the provide potential for a conversion into an annexe or just garden with far reaching views of fields beyond; it has a an extra room, if wished,” says the owner. There is much door onto the balcony, and another into a very generous parking for cars on the sweeping gravel driveway at the and luxurious en suite. This contemporary-styled room front which is quite shielded from the road by evergreen is lined entirely in a glossy, soft-coloured marble with hedging and a variety of trees. “As we are so close to a pinkish hue and features a Roper Rhodes suite that a sharp bend thankfully cars pass the house extremely comprises a double-ended bath, a separate double-sized slowly,” mentions the owner. shower, twin basins in a suspended vanity unit and a wall-hung lavatory. The east-facing window will provide a The verdant garden is predominantly at the back of the brightness to your morning ablutions, whilst the ceiling is house and has been immaculately landscaped with great studded with several downlighters. aplomb and no expense spared. Reclaimed sleepers are a feature throughout, creating raised beds and steps which High Quality Bathrooms charmingly lead, flanked by standard bay trees, up to an Bedroom two overlooks the front and has an en suite octagonal summerhouse. From the terrace at the back incorporated in the corner of the room. In a brown of the house a pretty brick-weave path winds its way colour scheme, this en suite is clad in ceramic tiles past colourful beds, even a rope swing suspended from looking like planks, has a quadrant shower, contemporary the branch of an old tree with a curvaceous trunk, down basin in a vanity unit and lavatory in the corner.