Docking

Number 3 Docking Grange is an elegant and perfectly balanced three bedroom cottage.

Set within this sympathetically restored and elegant Georgian house, the cottage has both a convenient and conventional arrangement. On the ground floor, both living rooms are accessed from the central hall, to the front is the kitchen/breakfast room with a delightful bench seat set within the large sash window. To the rear is the sitting room which has ample space for both a dining table and a seating area, and there are french doors straight out to the garden.

Upstairs there are three bedrooms; the principal has an en-suite shower room, whilst the other two - which are almost identical in size - share the family bathroom.

Outside, and to the rear, is a pretty and fully enclosed garden which has been landscaped to provide separate outdoor spaces that are linked together by an attractive pathed path and there is also a very sweet little summer house positioned to capture the afternoon sunshine.

The property has two off street parking spaces, one to the front, the other to the rear at the back of the garden.

It is testament to the quality and impeccable standard of finish that the Willow Group employ in every development they do, as well as how well the cottage has been cared for by the current owners, that Number 3 Docking Grange feels almost as new as it did when it was first completed some seven years ago. Since then it has been a much loved home from home but it is now time for another family to enjoy it. 

Docking is arguably one of Norfolk's best hideaways, just four miles from the sea yet a comfortable breeze away from the coastal crowds in the heat of summer, and within a comfortable drive of the market towns of Fakenham and elegant Holt.

Dating back to Saxon times, Docking is one of Norfolk's highest points at 272ft and was once known as 'Dry Docking', because of its lack of drinking water. A well was sunk in the village in the 18th century and residents paid a farthing per bucket until a mains supply was installed in 1936. The small village played a key role in World War II when the RAF Docking airfield operated between 1940-1958, and nearby Docking Hall housed serving actors Richard Burton, Robert Hardy and Warren Mitchell during this time.

Today, a strong village community exists and Docking has a thriving nursery and primary school, and the heart-warming sound of young children enjoying playtime often echoes in the surrounding streets, as it has for centuries. Well-serviced, Docking also has a GP surgery, village store with Post Office, playing field, tennis court and bowling green, along with a popular fish and chip shop and good local, The Railway Inn.

Buyers are spoilt for choice with a wide range of property including traditional, brick and flint and whitewashed cottages, classic Georgian houses and a growing range of quality new-build homes. One of the latest additions is Four Miles, so called for its short distance from the coastline at Thornham and Brancaster, which offers a range of quality cottages, barns and apartments on generous plots, sympathetically designed to fit in with their country location.

You may be inspired to try your hand at The Good Life and grow your own, but if you lack a green thumb try the weekly farmer's market at the village's Ripper Memorial Hall. Held on Wednesday mornings, shoppers come from far afield to fill their baskets with super-fresh produce from local smallholders and jars and delicacies from Norfolk artisan producers.

Offering the best of coast and country, it's easy to see why Docking is such a sought-after spot.
 

SERVICES CONNECTED Mains electricity, water and drainage. LPG Calor gas fired heating. 

COUNCIL TAX Band C. 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATING C. Ref:- 0044-3863-7733-9226-5825
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TENURE Freehold. 

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PROPERTY REFERENCE 44367 

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