Mundesley Road, Overstrand, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27

Period mews style 3-bedroom cottage with a private and large garden, carport and parking it comes with an interesting history and no forward chain.

This period home set at the edge of Overstrand tucked away in a group of Mews style homes developed from former coach houses, servant’s quarters and stables with quite an interesting history. It is being sold with no onward chain and would make a great home on the coast for living, a personal bolt hole or holiday letting.

This property comprises: Entrance porch into the spacious reception hall with doors to main rooms, a storage cupboard and stairs to the first floor. The Sitting room features a period brick fireplace and window to the rear. Wide bi-fold doors lead into the dining room with window to the front – together these rooms are a lovely feature for family living space. The kitchen with window to the rear is fitted with a range of units and working surface, an inset sink unit with mixer tap and spaces for washing machine and fridge/freezer. From the first floor landing there are doors to the 3 bedrooms and the family bathroom. From Bedroom 3 a door opens to a balcony with a distant sea view.

The property has its own car port/open fronted garage and a path leads to the large gardens which are mainly laid to lawns with mature tree lined borders. These are a lovely asset to this character cottage that forms part of the villages colourful and architectural history.

A History of the development
Back in Edwardian England Sir Edgar Speyer was an extremely important figure - a wealthy London banker, completer of the London Underground, noted patron of the arts, and a friend of Sir Winston Churchill. He commissioned a noted architect of the day Sir Arthur Blomfield to design and build a property in Overstrand known as the Sea Marge (built in 1902) with a separate Stables and Coach House (completed in 1913). Sir Edgar lived in the Sea Marge with his new bride, and rumour has it he used the house as a signalling point for the Germans during World War I, subsequently he was stripped of his British nationality and deported. The Coach House, Stables, and Staff Quarters were converted into mews cottages in the 1950's.

Overstrand was well known as the 'village of millionaires' in the early 1900's when the likes of Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Henry Royce (to name but a few) spent their summers here. Today it is a popular and vibrant seaside village set in an Area of Outstanding Beauty with a real community feel. Boasting a Post Office, village store, pubs and restaurants, a primary school, and with good transport links to the nearby seaside town of Cromer.

The property is set within a few minutes' walk from the beach and cliff tops, and a woodland providing a range of spectacular scenery for walking and out door pursuits.