Dawes Loke, Taylors Loke, Holt, NR25

A light and spacious traditional style 2-bedroom brick and flint cottage tucked down a pretty pedestrian loke in the centre of the highly desirable coastal village of Cley-next-the-Sea. With generous private fully enclosed garden. __________ GROUND FLOOR - Open plan L-shaped dining hall/sitting room - Large kitchen breakfast room - Bathroom __________ FIRST FLOOR - Large galleried landing - 2 double bedrooms - Family bathroom __________ OTHER - No onward chain - No private parking with the house - A short walk from Village Hall free carpark - Potential to reconfigure to create third bedroom. - Dawes loke is a pedestrian throughfare and right of way __________ OUTSIDE - Generous fully enclosed garden - South facing terrace - Garden shed and pergola __________ DRIVING DISTANCES (approx.) - Blakeney 1.4 miles - Holt 4 miles - Sheringham 8 miles - Norwich 29 miles (International airport and mainline trains to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge) __________ SITUATION The village of Cley was formerly an old 18th Century port and still has many attractive brick and flint cottages alongside grander merchant's houses. Today it offers an eclectic range of shops on the doorstop including the Crab Pot Bookshop, Pinkfoot gallery, Cley smokehouse, Made in Cley and the renowned Picnic Fayre delicatessen. The village benefits from a wonderful church, two recently renovated pubs and the well-known Wiveton Hall Café is within easy walking distance. This is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Conservation Area, Cley has a fabulous shingle beach which is within easy walking distance, perfect for swimming or family picnics, and offers easy access to the saltmarshes and Blakeney Point with many ways of whiling away leisure hours including sailing, seal trips, cycling, golf, amazing coastal walking and fine beaches. The Cley marshes wildlife reserve dates from 1926 and makes this one of the best places for spectacular birdwatching. The nearby Georgian market town of Holt, a town renowned for its attractive street frontages and for its wide and eclectic range of independent shops cafes and bars. Amenities include a supermarket, primary school, doctors' surgery, dentists, bank and post office. Holt is also home to Gresham's pre-prep, prep, and senior schools, founded in 1555. There is a buzz in the air in North Norfolk and the surrounding area enjoys everything on offer from locally sourced butchers, fishmongers and farmers markets to artisan bakers, cool coffee shops, restaurants, delicatessens, up-market farm shops and art galleries. __________ DESCRIPTION The Cottage sits in an enviable location in Dawes Loke, a hollyhock fringed pedestrian pathway in the centre of the village. The front door opens into a spacious open plan double aspect reception/dining hall from a large south facing window and views on the other side to the garden. An impressive inglenook fireplace is fitted with a wood burning stove. Stairs lead up from this area to the first floor. The hallway is open plan to the sitting room and wooden flooring runs throughout the two rooms. The sitting room is also double aspect and the entire space is filled with lots of natural light. Windows and French doors open from this room to the garden and terracing. On the east end of the property a single-story kitchen extension provides a large kitchen breakfast room with a side entrance door to the back garden. The kitchen has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and is fully fitted with a range of high shine base and wall units under wood block worktops. Integrated appliances include a Rangemaster double electric range cooker with extractor fan, Siemens coffee machine and electric oven/grill, Bosch dishwasher, fridge and separate freezer and Hotpoint washing machine. There is a fitted breakfast bar and room for a table and chairs if desired. Also on the ground floor, there is a very spacious bathroom with bath, white sanitary wear and large airing cupboard, this is a room that could offer potential for conversion to a further bedroom. Taking the stairs, the galleried landing is really spacious and would make a great study area or could even accommodate a sofa bed for extra guests. There are two double bedrooms on this level, one with south aspect, charming original fireplace and loft access and the other with west aspect and built-in wardrobes. A stylish family bathroom has a clawfoot freestanding bath and traditional style white sanitary wear. __________ OUTSIDE To the right at the front of the property an area of raised terracing is partly enclosed by a low wall, on either side of the house gates give access to the main back garden. The rear garden is really charming, an area of paved terracing surrounded by low box hedges, offers outside dining space and steps lead up from here to the lawn, with some small trees and borders that are filled with an abundance of established shrubs, and herbaceous plants. There is a small garden shed and a covered pergola. This is a delightfully peaceful garden that offers privacy. The Cottage is a little gem, in a fantastic location that has potential for further improvement. __________ LOCAL AUTHORITY North Norfolk District Council Band E __________ SERVICES Mains electricity, water and drainage, solid fuel wood burner with back burner for central heating. TENURE Freehold __________ DIRECTIONS From Blakeney on the A149 coast road, proceed into Cley and turn right on the corner by Picnic Fayre onto the Holt Road follow this road for a short distance and take the first left turning into Town Road, follow to the T Junction and turn left onto the Fairstead park in the Village Hall free car park. As you exit the car park on foot turn right and almost immediately left down the pedestrian loke. The property can be found on your right as the pathway widens to an area of gravel. DATE DETAILS PRODUCED June 2022 __________ IMPORTANT NOTICE 1. 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