House For Sale £200,000
Friday Market Place, Walsingham NR22

A Grade II Listed 4 storey house requiring renovation situated right in the heart of Little Walsingham. No onward chain.

Description
Friday Cottage is a rarely available Grade II Listed house situated on Friday Market Place right in the heart of the amenity rich village of Little Walsingham. Now requiring a full programme of refurbishment, the property provides an exciting opportunity to create a character permanent residence or second home with holiday lettings potential in a attractive vibrant Conservation Area setting. Plans have been drawn up and submitted to North Norfolk District Council under reference la/20/1013 for 2 bedroom accommodation laid out over 4 storeys. To the lower ground floor, a kitchen/dining room is proposed with a staircase leading up to a ground floor sitting room with a shower room. 2 double bedrooms will occupy the first and second floors with a shared bathroom. The Planning Application is due to be decided on 6th November - please ask Belton Duffey for more information.

A wealth of period features remain including exposed floorboards and ceiling beams, fireplace to the first floor, sash windows and panelled doors.

Outside, a shared passageway to the side leads to a small yard. Friday Cottage is being offered for sale with no onward chain.

Situation
The Medieval village of Little Walsingham is a centre of pilgrimage, it has two main Shrines: The 14th Century Slipper Chapel is the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady and the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, while the Abbey grounds contain the ruins of the original Priory founded in 1153.

For a village of its size, Little Walsingham supports an amazing number of shops, mainly tourist/pilgrim shops but also a mini-supermarket, tea shops, 2 public houses and the recently opened Victorious Bistro. An old farmyard (owned by the Walsingham Estate) has been converted into a range of shops which boast the award winning Farm Shop. The village also has a doctor's surgery and a primary school.

Linking Little Walsingham to the coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea, some 4 miles away, is the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. Little Walsingham is centrally located for Holt, Burnham Market, Wells-next-the-Sea and the market town of Fakenham.



Accommodation currently comprises

lower ground floor
Brick floor with exposed timbers, former copper and a window to the front with obscured glass.

Ground floor

sitting room
4.70m x 3.58m (15' 5" x 11' 9")
'Stovax' wood burning stove on a pamment tiled hearth, night storage heater, exposed ceiling beams on a corbelled stone bracket, sash window to front and a door opening onto the staircase to the first floor. Door leading out to the rear of the property and a door to:

Kitchen
3.58m x 1.37m (11' 9" x 4' 6")
Range of fitted base units incorporating a stainless steel sink with mixer tap, tiled splashbacks. Cooker space, space and plumbing for a washing machine, fridge freezer space. Ceiling spotlights, exposed ceiling beam and a window to the front.

First floor

bedroom 1
5.18m x 3.58m (17' x 11' 9")
Cast iron fireplace with a stone hearth and timber surround, 2 built-in cupboards, 1 housing the hot water cylinder, telephone point, 2 night storage heaters, exposed ceiling beams and 2 sash windows to the front. Door opening onto the staircase to the second floor and a door to:

Bathroom
2.41m x 1.83m (7' 11" x 6')
Panelled bath, pedestal wash basin, WC, tiled splashbacks, electric towel radiator, electric fan heater, shaver point with light and an obscured glass window to the side.

Second floor

bedroom 2
6.17m x 3.51m (20' 3" x 11' 6")
Night storage heater, exposed ceiling beams, dormer window to the front and a small window to the side.

Outside
Friday Cottage is approached directly off Friday Market Place leading onto pamment steps up to the front entrance door with gravelled areas to the sides with space for a bench and refuse bin storage etc. A gate to the side of the house leads through a shared passageway to a small concrete yard at the rear with steps leading up to the sitting room and down to the lower ground floor.

Services
Mains water, mains drainage and mains electricity. Electric night storage heating.

EPC Rating Band n/a (exempt as Grade II Listed).

Local authority
North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9EN. Telephone .

Council Tax Band B.