5 bed detached house for sale

Bagthorpe Road, East Rudham PE31

Offered for sale with no onward chain, Limerick House is a spacious detached home set in a charming rural position on the edge of the ever popular, amenity rich village of East Rudham, enjoying open views across neighbouring countryside to both the front and rear. Built in the 1970s, the property provides flexible ground floor accommodation is arranged around a central entrance hall and comprises a kitchen with separate utility room and dining room, a large sitting room, study, and cloakroom. The former garage has been converted to create a self-contained annexe with its own front access, incorporating a bedroom with en suite facilities and a kitchen/living area - ideal for multi-generational living or guest accommodation.

To the first floor is an impressive galleried landing providing access to 4 bedrooms, including a principal bedroom with en suite shower room, along with a family bathroom.

Outside, the property sits well back from the road behind a lawned front garden, with an extensive driveway providing ample off road parking. The attractive rear garden is mainly lawned and features a fenced and gated swimming pool. In total, the gardens and grounds extend to approximately half an acre (subject to survey).

Situated approximately midway between King’s Lynn and Fakenham, East Rudham is an attractive rural village characterised by a scattering of houses and cottages, many arranged around the village green. The village is particularly well regarded for its picturesque countryside setting and strong sense of community. Adjoining East Rudham is the smaller village of West Rudham, with the two villages together benefiting from a range of local amenities including an art gallery, mobile Post Office, popular public house The Crown, tea shop, veterinary surgery, primary school, parish church, playing fields and a village hall.

Surrounded by open countryside and scenic walking routes, East Rudham is ideally positioned for access to the North Norfolk Coast, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the beaches at Wells-next-the-Sea and Holkham approximately 12 miles to the north. The nearby market town of Fakenham offers a wider range of shopping, schooling and leisure facilities, while excellent road links provide convenient access to King’s Lynn, with its mainline rail station to Cambridge and London, and to Norwich, approximately 33 miles to the south-east.

Offering an appealing combination of village charm, coastal proximity and accessibility to town amenities, East Rudham remains a consistently popular and highly sought-after location.

Mains water, mains drainage and mains electricity. Oil-fired central heating to radiators. EPC Rating Band D.

Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, King's Court, Chapel Street, King's Lynn, PE30 1EX. Council Tax Band E.

Ground Floor

Limerick House is approached via a front porch, which opens into a central reception hall with a staircase leading to the first floor landing and doors leading to the principal ground floor rooms. The kitchen is has an adjacent utility room, while a separate dining room features a wide archway opening into the large, triple aspect sitting room, centred around a fireplace with an open fireplace. Further ground floor accommodation includes a study and cloakroom.

The former double garage has been converted to create a self contained annexe with its own independent access from the front of the property, comprising an open plan kitchen/living area and a bedroom with en suite facilities.

First Floor

The impressive full height galleried landing is open to the ground floor and provides access to the 4 upstairs bedrooms and the family bathroom. The principal bedroom further benefits from an en suite shower room.

Outside

Limerick House is set well back from the road, screened by a mature hedged boundary with metal double gates opening onto an extensive driveway that provides parking for several vehicles and leads to the front of the property. To the side is a generously sized, raised lawned garden interspersed with mature shrubs, trees and well stocked planted borders.

The rear garden features a paved terrace immediately to the rear of the house, with steps rising to the main garden, which is predominantly laid to lawn and enclosed by mature hedging and fencing. A fenced and gated swimming pool is served by a pump house, while to the far end of the garden is a substantial shed/workshop with power and lighting.

The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property and, in all, extend to approximately half an acre (subject to survey).