Location

The Oaks is located on the edge of the village of Wretham, a village conveniently located for quick access to the A11. The house is situated on the Peddars way, the historic footpath across Norfolk that spans 46 miles from Holme-next-the Sea on the coast, to Knettishall Heath to the south, taking in everything from forestry, to heath, to open countryside, and excellent for hacking.

The house has local convenience for everyday shopping at Thetford and Watton, both offering a range of facilities, GP surgeries, supermarkets, public houses, cafes and schools for all ages. Thetford has a train station with access to Norwich and Cambridge, with connecting trains on to London.

Description

The Oaks, set on the edge of a village opening out to neighbouring farmland, is a property that is incredibly diverse with what lifestyle it can provide. Whilst the current owners have created their perfect lifestyle home that appeals, the property could be easily adapted to fulfil other ideas and ways of living.

At the heart of it all is the house, set in the centre of almost one acre of land. Built in the early 1970s, the house is pleasingly conventional in layout and functionality. A welcoming entrance hall leads to all the main rooms, including a study and dining room. A lovely sitting room includes a fireplace with woodburner, leading to a south facing conservatory with a great view of the garden, whilst the kitchen/breakfast room is a spacious, open plan area with Rayburn, and modern cooker with gas hobs. This leads out to the garden room, a brilliant addition to the house with plenty of glazing and which could be utilised in many ways to complement the rest of the house.

There are four double bedrooms, all with useful built-in wardrobes, off a central landing. The principal bedroom provides spacious accommodation and boasts a balcony, and there are two bathrooms helpfully on opposite sides of the house making it a useable layout.

Outbuildings
The property has an excellent range of outbuildings that provide the scope for fulfilling many uses. Alongside the house is a large garage, with electric doors, and joined to the house by a car port. Opposite the garage is a further car port, with good height, and an adjoining store area. At the bottom of the gardens is an open fronted barn, used as machinery store and for livestock, with stock proof gates.

Behind the house is the stable yard. Purpose built, facing south to west, with concrete yard, there are two foaling boxes (oversized stables), six further stables, feed room, wash room and long store rooms almost 20m in length. The yard has everything most equestrians require, and is usefully positioned as it can be viewed directly from the kitchen and the balcony of the principal bedroom.

Within the garden is a studio/office, a purpose built timber building, with electrics and insulation. This is the ideal building to work from home, or could become a gym, studio or similar. It is surrounded by a decked terrace.

Gardens and Grounds
The oaks land is a mixture of pleasure and practicality. Electric gates, set between metal fencing, open to a gravelled driveway that seeps up to the house and garaging, and continues round to the back of the house and the stable yard. There is plenty of parking.

The gardens are predominantly to the south and east of the house. To the south, adjoining the house is a gravelled garden, a lovely spot for outside dining, particularly with the raised beds, and koi pond beneath a wisteria clad pergola, it’s a calming space. Lawns wrap round the house from south to east, where there is kitchen garden of raised beds, with gravel paths, box hedging and a useful potting shed.

Equestrian
The current owners have enjoyed creating their perfect equestrian setup, with functionality and convenience. The heart of it all is the stable yard, tucked away behind the house, in a south to west facing position. A concrete yard has stables in a ‘U’ shape, with foaling boxes, loose boxes, feed room, tack room and wash room with solarium. Beyond the wash room is plenty of storage space for hay, shavings etc. The layout is well thought through to make life as easy as possible. The yard connects to the manege, which is post and railed with all-weather surface. At the opposite end of the property is a horse walker and machinery barn. Whilst everything is setup for equestrian, the buildings could be used in other ways to suit different buyers, and the likes of the horse walker and manege can be removed.

The grazing for the property is opposite the house, and is on an informal arrangement with a local landowner. The grazing is about eight acres, and has been well maintained for many years, and a formal arrangement can be discussed.
Further detail on request.