Location

Binham is deservedly one of the most popular of the traditional brick and flint villages lying just inland from the North Norfolk Coast and still retains everyday facilities including a village shop, public house 'The Chequers, and the fantastic café/farm shop 'The Parlour and 'The Little Dairy', set beside the priory in traditional farm buildings, serving excellent local food and selling local dairy produce with a cheese vending machine, raw milk and coffee. The priory church of Binham, a former Benedictine priory with some impressive monastic ruins and the fine priory church with its splendid 13th century west front, is within view of the house.

The picturesque Georgian town of Holt is about 6 miles and is renowned for its award winning restaurants, boutique shops and other excellent amenities. Holt is also the home to Greshams Preparatory and Public School. Beeston Hall Preparatory School is further along the coast between Sheringham and East Runton. The North Norfolk Coast at Stiffkey is about 1.5 miles to the north and Blakeney about 3 miles. The North Norfolk Coast, much of which is classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has excellent beaches, good sailing and bird watching facilities.

The cathedral and university city of Norwich is about 25 miles to the southeast and has a thriving business community and is a regional centre for shopping and cultural activities with its renowned theatre. Norwich has a mainline railway station with regular trains to London Liverpool Street with a journey time of approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes. Norwich Airport is situated to the north of the city.

Description

On the edge of a village that goes from strength to strength, and is often asked for by buyers, Ford House is a wonderfully positioned home. South facing, elevated and with superb views to Binham's Benedictine Priory, the house enjoys an entirely peaceful and private existence, amongst its own 3 acres surrounded by countryside.

Built in the latter part of the 19th century, Ford House stands tall, with accommodation over four floors. Highlights include the drawing room and dining room, with large Victorian sash windows allowing in plenty of light, fireplaces, and tall ceilings. A functional kitchen leads on to a breakfast/garden room, running the width of the house with lovely views of the gardens, which are directly accessed through French doors. An extremely practical lower ground floor includes a utility room, cellar, and plenty of storage.

The bedrooms are over the first and second floors. The two bedrooms on the first floor could both qualify as the principal room, both with adjoining bathrooms albeit one is more spacious than the other and may be the clincher for which room is used as the main bedroom. The stairs continue up to the second floor where there are three further bedrooms, served by a bathroom. All bedrooms are double rooms, with features including fireplaces, tall ceilings and all with charming views of the countryside and gardens.

Outside
The house has a wonderful approach, from the south sweeping up a gravel drive, lined with fine beech trees, to an expansive gravelled parking and turning area at the back of the house with room for plenty of cars and boats.

The gardens are predominantly to the south and east of the house. Herbaceous beds, mixed shrubs and rose bed are to the east, with swathes of lawns that then open out and away from the house, to the south. To the rear of the house are raised terraced and well stocked beds, with steps down to a courtyard between the house and outbuildings. These comprise a set of dog kennels of traditional brick construction and pantile roof, which continues to a studio/office building which has the look of a cottage, and which is a great asset to the house. To the north-east of the house is a timber stable block, with loose boxes and feed room, with an archway through to the gravel parking.

A large paddock, with stock proof fencing, runs from north to south beside the gardens, and is ideal for animal grazing , playing children or to landscape as wild flower meadow. An orchard is within a further fenced area. On the other side of the country lane is a further fenced paddock of about half an acre, with the land in total amounting to three acres.