NORFOLK, Barroway Drove, Near Downham Market, EQUESTRIAN, LIFESTYLE, OUTBUILDINGS, LAND

Spacious home with flexible layout, annexe potential, 6 ACRES (stms), fabulous EQUESTRIAN facilities, outbuildings. and outdoor space. No onward chain.


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ACCOMMODATION Lobby, hall, 20' living room, kitchen, conservatory/utility/boot room, family/hobby room, four double bedrooms, ensuite shower room, family shower room, garage. 

OUTSIDE Gravel driveway with parking, inner gated area in front of garage, front garden, rear patio barbeque area, rear garden with summer house. Stable yard with 7 loose boxes and large tack room, workshop, machinery shed; large pole barn/hay store, open fronted machinery/horse box/motor home barn. Approx 20m x 60m manège with judges box, viewing shed, jump storage area and mirrors. 6 post and rail paddocks with field shelters and water. Further paddock with field shelter. 3 post and rail fenced all weather turnout areas. Mobile home, connected to water and electricity. Separate gated entrance to equestrian facilities and land from the road. 6 ACRES (STMS)

 

APPROXIMATE DISTANCES Downham Market 4 miles; Kings Lynn 14 miles; Cambridge 35 miles; Norwich 44 miles; Peterborough 30 miles;Bury St Edmunds 36 miles; Newmarket 36 miles; Fenning Farm 22 miles; Ely Eventing Centre 16 miles; Forest Edge Arena 15 miles 

LOCAL NOTES Barroway Drove is a hamlet to the west of Downham Market and the River Great Ouse, in an area of productive arable farmland. Downham Market offers a good range of local shops, restaurants and amenities, including doctor's surgeries, and there is a selection of both good state and private schooling available nearby. There are excellent road links for commuters via the A10 to Ely, Cambridge and further afield. It has a mainline railway station with direct links to London Kings Cross (approx. 90 minutes), Cambridge and Kings Lynn.

Barroway Drove is horse orientated with a friendly community. There is good local outriding from Cuckoo Lane, and an equestrian/animal supplies store in the adjacent Stow Bridge. There is a Barroway Drove and District Community Facebook Group.



 

ACCOMMODATION The spacious accommodation includes a 20' sitting room with oak flooring and a fireplace with a multi burner stove. The kitchen which has a stone floor with underfloor heating has wall and floor units with worktop over, stainless steel one and a half bowl sink, built in Neff dishwasher, Professional delux Rangemaster cooker with Bosch fan over and a freestanding American style Samsung fridge/freezer with water and ice dispenser. In the conservatory, which utilises as a utility/boot room, there is a stainless steel sink and drainer, washing machine and a Potterton boiler. There are large double doors to a storage cupboard useful for outdoor wear. Double doors lead to the rear garden, which has a large patio barbecue area, some lawned area and a pergola. From the garden there are pedestrian gates to the stable yard on one side and to the second driveway on the other.

The current owners have changed the layout of the accommodation to four bedroom, one with ensuite shower room plus a large family/hobby area. Previously there were three bedrooms with one bedroom annexe accommodation which would not be difficult to re-instate.


 

OUTSIDE The rear garden has a large patio barbecue area, some lawned area and a pergola. From the garden there are pedestrian gates to the stable yard on one side and to the second driveway on the other. The front garden is mainly lawn and enclosed by hedges.

The first part of the stable yard comprises a workshop and tractor shed, after which there is a very large tack room (stainless steel sink with water connected, and shelving for rugs), a tractor shed and 7 loose boxes which are timber clad and lined. The yard is gated.

The second driveway is accessed through double timber gates from the road. There are several outbuildings, including the open fronted pole barn, useful for hay storage or vehicle parking. There is another open fronted barn, which would be useful for machinery/small horse box/motor home storage. Across from the stable yard there are three fenced, all weather sand and grass turnout paddocks, currently utilised for chickens.

The manège is 60m x 20m with a sand and rubber surface, viewing summer house, judge viewing area and jump storage area. There are schooling mirrors in place along one of the short sides of the school.

There is a two bedroom mobile home connected to water and electricity, (not connected to drainage). The land comprises of an unfenced area suitable for post and electric fencing, six post and railed fenced paddocks with field shelters and water and a further part post and railed paddock with field shelter with a walk way giving access to all paddocks.





 

DISTRICT COUNCIL Kings Lynn and West Norfolk District Council
Council Tax Band E 

Oil fired central heating to main part of house
Underfloor heating in kitchen and bathroom
Former annexe area - storage heaters
Private septic tank drainage
Mains water and electricity
 

AGENT NOTES The hot tub and tractors, lawn cutting equipment and machinery may be available by separate negotiation.