Fairswell Manor Main Road | Fincham | | PE33 9ET IMPECCABLE MANORS

A house with a history perhaps with airs and graces Is in tip top order, and with versatile spaces - Endless big rooms that lead to outside For hosting a party with elegance and pride. Safe and secure behind gated flint wall, Fairswell Manor is a home sure to enthrall.

• Double Bay Fronted Victorian Residence Stylishly Restored & Maintained • Offering Period Living with High Ceilings, Cornicing & Fine Proportions • Under 15 Minutes from with Direct Trains to Central London • Bespoke Kitchen/ Breakfast Room, Drawing Room, Morning Room & Dining Room • Four Double Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms & Downstairs wc • Annex Area: Kitchen, Sitting Room, Two Bedrooms & Two Bathrooms • Wide Gravelled Driveway with Double Wrought Iron Gates • Ample Off Street Parking for Several Cars and Double Garage • Plot Size of Just Under 0.5 acre (Subject to Measured Survey) • The Accommodation Approx. Extends to 4,018 sq. ft. On the edge of the small, West Norfolk village of Fincham, on the road between Downham Market and , stands an attractive and significant house set well back, and approached between smart, curving, flint and brick walls, within a gated community.

Fine Proportions

With its name taken from an old medieval manor house that once stood nearby, Fairswell Manor was built for John Aylmer, a long-time church warden at St. Martin’s, the parish church. “The house was built for a member of the prosperous Aylmer family who, at one time occupied Fincham Hall, The Moat House, Playter’s Hall, and Talbot Manor, four other important and substantial houses within a half mile radius. Fairswell Manor was perfectly placed to give a view directly over to the church which it still enjoys today,” informs the owner who has lived here for eight years. “I chose it for a number of reasons: I wanted to live in a Norfolk village in a period house of character and style. Fairswell is a striking house to behold and unlike any other in this and many neighbouring villages. Its height, impressive chimney stacks and generous proportions greatly appealed to me and made it really stand out.” The sweeping gravel drive takes you up to the study and a separate office which all makes for a property with its integrated double garage to one luxurious environment.” The kitchen is a wonderful, side, behind a raised lawn with a three-tiered foun- room fitted with extremely high quality bespoke tain, part of the communal area. Three other new units and appliances, indeed all the extensive, large, properties, all built in keeping with the manor, com- very light and airy rooms are beautifully decorated plete this private community. “The gated commu- with great panache. ”Having been presented with nity is a great asset and rare to find in this country. a completely refurbished blank canvas, all the walls It gives you so much security, and with such nice freshly skimmed, I was able to apply wall coverings neighbours we all help out one another in times of throughout using tasteful papers from a number need!” enthuses the owner. Built in buff-coloured of high-end stores. Period paints by Farrow & Ball, brick around 1860, the manor’s handsome facade and other specialist paints suppliers were used to has two bay windows flanking the entrance, its reference the house’s 1850s provenance.” sheltering portico supported by stone pillars. From here, you step into a long and generous hall, stone Quiet and Private Garden slabs underfoot, and a very impressive house of considerable proportions. The owner continues, “The four rooms on the house’s frontage are especially spacious with floor- Fabulous for a Party length drapes and chandeliers adding to the lustre of both the drawing and dining room. Yet the house With no less than a staggering nine doors that con- as a whole has an intimate and immensely welcom- nect the ground floor to the outside, the property ing vibe. It is an accessible space and boasts doors is perfect for summertime living, creating a seamless to all sides, making the garden a harmonious addi- flow. “The whole house is immensely versatile, its tion to the living area. Like the house, the outdoor entire accommodation being roomy yet com- space had been left for me to develop and I have fortable,” attests the owner. “Three sets of French chosen to plant more than thirty trees which are doors give onto patio and garden areas enabling a now in a very healthy state and contribute to the boundless opportunity for outdoor entertainment, mature feel of the grounds.” ensuring that I rarely need worry about the size of any party I’d invited over. By contrast, in winter the The manageable gardens of about a third of an house becomes a generous, cosy environment with acre which wrap around the rear of the house, are several open feature fireplaces adding to the effect.” mainly laid to lawn and are enclosed primarily by a seven feet six inch wall which has been softened, as Versatile Spaces the owner says, by the addition of many trees such as birch, lime and fruit. It is quiet and private with Although the four properties in the development a paved terrace directly from the house to one weren’t quite finished when the new owners side, whilst gravelled areas dominate the far side moved in, it gave them all a chance to make their and rear. Here, the ground floor bedroom with its own mark on each. As the owner of Fairswell connecting suite of rooms, including a living room Manor tells us: “The house underwent a sensitive, and kitchen, could be a well-appointed, separate an- yet thorough renovation prior to my purchase. It nex in its own right. Containing a second staircase has been extensively modernised but retains many leading to another bedroom and bathroom above, period features. I was able to complete a number this could even be a separate two-bedroomed an- of areas, including the bathrooms and kitchen, and nex over two floors. “With the ground floor annex, to adapt three of the bedrooms to other uses. the house could make a great multi-generational This conversion gave me very substantial space for home,” declares the owner. clothes, and allowed me to create a music room/ Easy Access to Road, Rail and Coast

Fairswell Manor is in a very convenient location, 8 miles west of the market town of Swaffham. The owner says, “Fincham lies only 5 miles away from a fast rail service to London, in Downham Market. Ely, just 15 minutes away, gives connections to anywhere else on the rail network. Similarly, the house is close to both the A10 and A47. On a fine day – and this part of the country has many – I can be up to the Norfolk coast in just over a half hour. This part of Norfolk is quiet but not secluded, so on the one hand I have felt relaxed living in such a safe environment, but know that with very little effort I can be in Cambridge or Norwich with all they offer.”

He concludes, “I shall really miss this house. Having lived in many countries and dozens of houses, Fairswell Manor has been the dearest to me. I was touched by its history and the impact of the generations who have called it home. I feel that their benign and settled lives are reflected in the house’s atmosphere which has always felt like a ‘sanctuary’. I have been very fortunate to be the custodian of such a building but am now ready to hand it over to the next lucky owner.” Fairswell is a striking house to behold and unlike any other in this and many neighbouring villages. Its height, impressive chimney stacks and generous proportions greatly appealed to me and made it really stand out”

The four rooms on the house’s frontage are especially spacious with floor-length drapes and chandeliers adding to the lustre of both the drawing and dining room”

Like the house, the outdoor space had been left for me to develop and I have chosen to plant more than thirty trees which are now in a very healthy state and contribute to the mature feel of the grounds” Energy Graph

Additional Information

LOCAL AUTHORITYKing’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Council Tax Band F

AGENTS NOTES Mains Electricity, Water and Drainage & Oil Fired Central Heating.

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

Fincham is a small village about six miles east of Downham . Downham Market is 5 miles to the west of Fincham. It has From Kings Lynn take the A10 south towards Downham Market with its direct rail link to London, nine miles west of excellent rail links to Cambridge (35 mins) and London Market, take the A134 signposted to Thetford, then turn left Swaffham, and twelve miles south of King’s Lynn. It has a pub and (1 hr 25 mins), a leisure centre, an Academy school and good onto Downham Road/A1122 (sign posted Swaffham). Continue a church: the traditional country pub, The Swan, serves food, and shopping facilities. The cathedral city of Norwich, with its fine down this road for approx. 2 miles, which will bring you to the church of St. Martin’s was built during the Middle Ages and restaurants, shopping malls and cultural events throughout the Fincham. Pass Saint Martins Fincham Church and the property Downham Market, approx. 6 miles min away King’s Lynn, approx. 11 miles away was renovated extensively by the Victorians. year, is 37 miles to the east. The coast, an area of will be found shortly on your right, clearly marked with our Fine outstanding natural beauty, with miles of sandy beaches is some & Country ‘For Sale’ board. 35 miles away.

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