The Mallard

About this home

Thanks to its recent renovation, this historic home – featured in Country Living – has been brought into boutique 21st-century style using reclaimed materials while retaining plenty of its stunning original features.

Equal parts luxurious and rustic, there’s a sense of instant cosiness from the moment you walk through the door.

The living room is the warm heart of the cottage with its inviting fireside armchairs, Norfolk-made pink pamment tiles and a plethora of ornaments on display (we’re particularly fond of the overseeing mallard) while the farmhouse-style kitchen beckons sunny breakfasts at its wooden table before catching some rays on the front garden’s sun chairs.

The bedroom, meanwhile, is a beautiful, serene space with its 9000-spring wool mattress and window proffering natural views to wake up to each morning.

At sunset, head back out to the garden for an alfresco barbecue feast and celebratory drinks while enjoying the peace and quiet of your surroundings.

Factor in the plant-bedecked bathroom with its vintage fittings, micro-cement sunken bath and thermostatic brass shower – not to mention the home’s super-speedy wifi and underfloor heating – and you’re all set for a relaxing time.

Outside of your home, the surrounding hamlet dates back to the Domesday Book but you’ll be pleased to know the local pub – an eight-minute walk up the road – is a modern gastro affair.

You’re also an eighteen-minute drive from Blickling Estate, a seventeen-minute drive from the Norfolk Coast Path, a twenty-minute drive from the launch point of Beans Seal Trips, while sandy Holkham beach is forty minutes away by car.