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LITTLE MASSINGHAM MANOR LittLe MassinghaM • norfoLk LITTLE MASSINGHAM MANOR LittLe MassinghaM • norfoLk Fakenham: 10 miles, King’s Lynn: 13 miles, North Norfolk Coast: 17 miles, Holt: 20 miles, Norwich: 35 miles. A MOST attractiVE COUntry HOUSE, BUilt IN 1907, IN THE Arts & CRAFT STYLE IN A SPLENDID RURAL POSITION SET IN ABOUT 68.5 ACRES Main house: Entrance hall * reception hall * drawing room * dining room * morning/meeting room snug/sitting room * study * garden room * well-fitted custom built kitchen with Aga* breakfast room * boot room gun room * utility room * laundry room * boiler room * pantry * cloakroom * 11 bedrooms * 2 dressing rooms 6 bathrooms * separate WC * linen room * nursery Annexe: Sitting room * dining room * bedroom * shower room with separate WC Manor Cottage: Sitting room * kitchen/breakfast room * 3 bedrooms * 2 bathrooms Manor Lodge: Entrance hall * sitting room * dining room * kitchen * cloakroom * 3 bedrooms * 2 bathrooms Outside: Stable block * outbuildings * mature landscaped gardens and grounds * parkland * woodland fenced paddocks * in all extending to 68.5 acres (est) Hardwick House Agricultural Hall Plain Norwich Norfolk, NR1 3FS Tel: +44 (0) 1603 229 229 Contact: Louis de Soissons [email protected] www.savills.com Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. SITUATION Little Massingham Manor is situated in a peaceful and unspoilt rural position a short distance from the village of Great Massingham which is a picturesque village with attractive period houses overlooking a pond. The village has a post office/village stores as well as a primary school and a fine 14th century church as well as an excellent and highly regarded pub, The Dabbling Duck. Norwich, the cathedral city and regional centre of East Anglia, lies about 35 miles to the southeast and King’s Lynn is about 13 miles away. There is a main line railway station at King’s Lynn with a fastest journey time to London King’s Cross of 1 hour 34 minutes. The fast growing commercial centre of Cambridge is about 50 miles to the southwest. London is about 107 miles. The attractive market town of Fakenham is about 10 miles and Holt, renowned as the home of Gresham school, is about 20 miles. Sandringham and the North Norfolk Coast, must of which is classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, are within easy striking distance and there is excellent sailing along much of this coast, as well as bird watching from the creaks and the marshes. The coastal village of Brancaster (17 miles) and Holkham are particularly renowned. This part of northwest Norfolk lies in one of the most favoured areas of the county for pheasant, partridge and duck shooting and the shooting rights on Little Massingham Estate are in hand. Fly fishing is available on several rivers and streams in the county including the Narr, a renowned chalk trout stream. There is good sailing the full length of the North Norfolk Coast, hunting with the West Norfolk Fox Hounds and North Norfolk Harriers. There are excellent golf courses at Brancaster, Hunstanton and Sheringham. The area is well known for bird watching and there are a number of reserves in the area including Cley, Blakeney Point and Scolt Head. Private schools in the locality include Beeston Hall Preparatory School, Gresham’s public school at Holt and Glebe House Preparatory School in Hunstanton. State education is available locally. THE PROPERTY Little Massingham Manor is an impressive Arts & Crafts country house set in a splendid rural location, approached by a long drive and set in about 68.5 acres with mature gardens and grounds, parkland and woodland. Little Massingham Manor was built in 1907 by an American Harley Street surgeon who decided to retire to the area. After his death in 1916 and that of his son in 1919 his widow sold the property to Mr Dixon Spain, a gentleman farmer from the Fenland. The house remained a happy family home, much loved by friends and acquaintances. The family held many social events at the manor and were well known in west Norfolk. During World War II, the manor was requisitioned by the war office and used by the RAF as an officers’ mess for the area. Many well known pilots stayed at the property. In 1962 the Dixon-Spains sold the property to a religious congregation of sisters and it became a flourishing retreat centre until the nuns sold the property in 2001. The current owner bought the property in 2008 and since then a major programme of refurbishment has been carried out including a thorough overhaul of the wiring, plumbing and heating installations with the provision of a new sophisticated central heating system, significant re-plastering and complete redecoration as well as the provision of a new custom built fitted kitchen and replacement and creation of new bathrooms. Formal landscaping of the gardens and grounds has been carried out to a scheme designed by Claudia Morley. Little Massingham Manor is situated at the end of a long drive of about 0.2 of a mile lined by an avenue of lime trees and set in mature gardens, grounds, woodland and parkland in all extending to 68.5 acres (est). The house is in a splendid rural situation surrounded by the picturesque rolling countryside of northwest Norfolk. As can be seen from the floorplans the main house has spacious and well arranged accommodation with a magnificent main reception hall and four beautifully proportioned main reception rooms, all with fine views over the surrounding gardens, grounds and parkland. The bedroom accommodation is divided over two floors and situated in the grounds there is a separate three bedroom cottage (Manor Cottage) as well as an annexe and a lodge at the entrance to the drive. There is also a fine and substantial stable block. The history of the house has been published and printed privately and is available to prospective purchasers. CELLAR Gross internal area (approx): Main House - 11,329 sq ft / 1,053 sq m For identification purposes only. Not to scale. 5.75 x 4.49 Garden Room 18'10" x 14'9" Sky 4.26 x 3.01 Drawing Room Snug 14'0" x 9'11" Study 6.16 x 4.13 7.92 x 5.46 Dining Room 26'0" x 17'11" 6.05 x 4.32 20'3" x 13'7" 7.18 x 6.08 19'10" x 14'2" 23'7" x 19'11" Reception Hall 12.25 x 6.03 40'2" x 19'9" Larder Boiler Room Log Store Laundry Utility Gun Room 5.72 x 3.96 3.95 x 2.32 3.91 x 3.72 3.84 x 2.72 3.97 x 3.59 Meeting Room 18'9" x 13'0" 13'0" x 7'7" 12'10" x 12'2" 12'7" x 8'11" 13'0" x 11'9" 8.23 x 5.42 Breakfast Room 27'0" x 17'9" 4.44 x 4.01 Boot Room Kitchen/Dining Area 14'7" x 13'2" 3.60 x 2.69 8.86 x 5.46 11'10" x 8'10" 29'1" x 17'11" Pantry Hall 2.81 x 1.90 3.58 x 1.95 9'3" x 6'3" GROUND FLOOR 11'9" x 6'5" 3.19 x 1.92 10'6" x 6'4" Linen 3.30 x 2.25 10'10" x 7'5" Eaves Master Bedroom Bedroom 4 Bedroom 3 6.35 x 5.47 6.15 x 4.26 6.13 x 5.29 Bedroom 2 20'10" x 17'11" Bedroom 9 20'2" x 14'0" 20'1" x 17'4" 5.28 x 5.18 Bedroom 7 Bedroom 8 7.46 x 4.89 6.07 x 4.22 Sitting Room 17'4" x 17'0" 5.49 x 4.46 24'6" x 16'1" 19'11" x 13'10" 8.37 x 5.25 18'0" x 14'8" 27'6" x 17'3" Dressing Room 2 5.17 x 3.31 5.25 x 3.51 17'0" x 10'10" 17'3" x 11'6" Sky Bedroom 11 Sky 4.41 x 3.37 14'6" x 11'1" Eaves Bedroom 10 Bedroom 5 Nursery Bedroom 6 Store 5.44 x 5.37 4.45 x 4.02 4.47 x 3.23 Eaves 4.65 x 4.50 17'10" x 17'7" 14'7" x 13'2" 14'8" x 10'7" Store 15'3" x 14'9" Dressing Room 1 5.38 x 4.47 17'8" x 14'8" FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR MANOR COTTAGE Bedroom 3 This is situated to the south of the main house Bedroom 2 2.73 x 2.62 3.65 x 2.73 8'11" x 8'7" and has a sitting room, kitchen/breakfast 12'0" x 8'11" Bedroom 1 room, three bedrooms and two bathrooms all 5.59 x 4.39 on one floor (please refer to the floorplans). Hall 18'4" x 14'5" Sitting Room 5.69 x 4.93 Gross internal area (approx): 18'8" x 16'2" Manor Cottage - 1,163 sq ft / 108 sq m For identification purposes only. Not to scale. Kitchen/Breakfast Room 5.69 x 2.82 18'8" x 9'3" Utility Gross internal area (approx): 2.74 x 1.86 ANNEXE 9'0" x 6'1" Manor Lodge - 9,416 sq ft / 875 sq m For identification purposes only. Bedroom 1 Not to scale. 4.25 x 3.00 A/C Sitting Room Dining Room 13'11" x 9'10" 7.22 x 5.04 9.03 x 5.07 23'8" x 16'6" 29'8" x 16'8" Dining Room Bedroom 3 4.27 x 3.62 Bedroom 2 Kitchen 14'0" x 11'11" 3.65 x 3.11 12'0" x 10'2" 4.44 x 4.31 3.07 x 2.25 14'7" x 14'2" 10'1" x 7'5" Larder OUTBUILDING Eaves Store Bedroom Sitting Room 6.07 x 2.41 4.26 x 3.66 19'11" x 7'11" 14'0" x 12'0" Hall FIRST FLOOR Workshop Office/Store 3.14 x 2.44 3.15 x 2.43 10'4" x 8'0" Kitchen 10'4" x 8'0" 3.47 x 2.18 11'5" x 7'2" GROUND FLOOR MANOR LODGE THE STABLE BLOCK This is situated at the head of the drive to the property and has a sitting room, dining room, kitchen, cloak A substantial L-shaped complex of single storey accommodation plus hayloft stabling.