Thursford Castle, North Norfolk

Thursford Castle is an exceptional 4/5 bedroom contemporary home hidden away in beautiful North Norfolk Countryside with no near neighbours. There is also exceptional seperate guest accommodation which combined with the house offers over 4590 sq ft of space. The property uses the finest materials and the most recent technology.

Main House
- Entrance through the ruins of a period chapel
- Vaulted reception hall with glazed walkways
- Outstanding open plan kitchen dining and family room with double sided wood burner and bespoke kitchen by Naked Kitchens
- Sitting room with double sided wood burner
- Main bedroom suite with dressing room and en suite bathroom
- 3 further large bedrooms en suite
- Wide hallway with library/reading area
- Study/bedroom five
- Store room with provision to be converted fifth shower room
- Utility room and boot room area
- Plant room
- Inner hall
- WC
- Cloakroom
- Pantry
- Bathrooms by Porcelanosa
- Oak internal doors
- Triple glazed windows and external doors
- Vented warm air system via the woodburner
- 4G fast broadband via CAT 6 wiring
- Inbuilt Sonos

The Garden Room and Garden Studio Suite in the Walled Garden
- Open plan living area with kitchen/dining/sitting room
- South facing decked terrace
- Wood burning stove
- Bedroom
- En suite shower room
- Dressing room
- South facing decking
- Gas fired central heating

The Meadow Cabin
- Versatile Scandi Cabin
- Open plan kitchen/living/bedroom with wood burning stove
- Shower Room
- Private location
- Fully plumbed and with underfloor heating

The entire site is fully enclosed and securely fenced, with two separate entrances secured by five bar gates, one of which is electric. Gravelled driveways lead to two symmetrically positioned open cart lodges, each with three open bays and a lock up garage and generous parking areas. Within the quadrangle of the main house is a very sheltered courtyard garden, it has a Mediterranean feel with pea shingle area and paved pathways, interspersed with herbaceous borders filled with a variety of ornamental grasses and structural plants. This is the perfect place for outside dining, south facing and protected from the wind. The main event is the stunning walled garden, where gravelled footpaths are bordered by seasonal herbaceous planting and interspersed by mown pathways and wildflowers. A bespoke cedar framed greenhouse sits against the east facing wall. The walls and original corner turrets have been beautifully restored, one turret houses a gardener’s WC and utility room for the use of the garden studio.

Outside of the walled garden is a natural landscape with fine mature trees, lawns and intermittent planting. The meadow is fully fenced with beautiful sallow and oak trees and mown pathways leading to the versatile Scandi cabin. There is also has a further cabin, tucked away behind the walled garden on the west boundary which benefits from far reaching views and sunsets. The cabin is fully self-contained with a kitchen, shower room, living area and three small bedrooms. There is also a charming adjacent two acre fenced paddock which is rented from a neighbouring farmer and this arrangement could be tranferred to the purchaser.

The property occupies a quiet hidden rural location between the small villages of Thursford and Great Snoring and the larger village of Little Walsingham which offers good quality amenities including the awardwinning Walsingham Farm Shop, Vined Me wine bar, the Black Lion pub, cafés, antique shops, village store and a primary school. The popular Georgian market town of Holt has a wide range of independent shops along with Gresham’s School for girls and boys. Beeston Hall Prep School is also easily accessible in West Runton.

About 10 miles to the north-west is Burnham Market which is a vibrant village offering a number of popular shops and restaurants. Thursford Castle is also about 7 miles from Holkham Hall and the wonderful Holkham Beach.

Fakenham (4 miles) has a wider range of amenities and a weekly market with a monthly farmer’s market and a superb National Hunt Racecourse.

Wells (6 miles) is a popular coastal town with a wonderful sandy beach and a wide range of amenities. The North Norfolk Coast is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has one of the best bird reserves in Europe and a wide variety of other leisure pursuits available such as sailing, seal watching, golf and walking.