Three bedrooms with ensuite and dressing room
Holly Cottage is a charming three-bedroom detached home tucked into The Fairstead in Cley-next-the-Sea, offering generous room proportions and a beautiful, mature private garden. The layout includes a large kitchen/dining room with utility, a sitting room with period-style fireplace, a conservatory opening to decking, and flexible ground-floor living spaces that suit family life or seaside retreat living. First-floor accommodation comprises a main bedroom with en suite and dressing room, one double and one single bedroom, and a family bathroom.
The house retains character features such as sash-style windows, original fireplaces and wide pine boards, and benefits from fast FTTC broadband and excellent mobile signal — useful for remote working. Its location is a major draw: peaceful village position within walking distance of the north Norfolk coast, local shops, cafés and the Cley marshes wildlife reserve. Blakeney, Holt and Sheringham are all a short drive away.
Important practical points: the property needs renovation and updating throughout (EPC F), so buyers should budget for improvement works. Heating is oil-fired via boiler and radiators; parking is on-street only. There are no recent flood issues recorded and the long, fully enclosed garden with flint and brick walls is a standout feature that will appeal to gardeners and families.
This cottage suits someone seeking character and location over turnkey finish — a buyer wanting to modernise to their own taste, or a downsizer/family who values village life and coastal access. The scope for improvement, generous internal space and an exceptional garden combine to make this an appealing opportunity in a sought-after North Norfolk village.
