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The Cottage

The front door opens from the cottage's own walled garden into a light sunny south facing lofty drawing-room/dining room which was once the billiard room. The colours are mainly shades of green with, warm coral walls and cream white linen curtains spacious and flooded with light- more manor house than cottage with its 18th century engravings, books, lamps and cache pots of flowers. The sofa is a Victorian Chesterfield, which is covered in arts and crafts weave. Over the white Adam style chimney-piece is a gilded looking-glass, to the right and left there are built-in cupboards. Next to the log basket is an antique steel and leather club fender. There is a TV and Video with a selection of tapes from Far from the Madding Crowd and to Shakespeare in Love, both shot in Norfolk. Also a hi-fi, with a selection of tapes and LP records. The main window which has fully working wooden folding shutters, with to one side a Victorian wing-chair upholstered in green velvet. The window faces South and looks out on to lawns bordered with ancient yews, and fields of the old park beyond, surrounded by woodland.

The Sitting Room & Kitchen

The Master Bedroom

A flight of stairs leads up to a large airy bedroom with expansive views over the park to the woods beyond and where a magnificent mahogany carved four- poster which is hung with pink and rose Colefax chintz with an antique crochet cotton bedcover. To one side is a chest of drawers, flanked by a pair of upholstered Edwardian bedroom chairs. A needlepoint rug covers the natural hair cord carpet, in front of the open fire which is surrounded by a white Victorian chimney-piece, over which hangs a water-colour portrait of Prince Albert. A painted Victorian dressing-table doubles as a writing table. The walls are hung with antique hand-coloured botanical prints in maple frames and various water colours and also antique prints.
There is a small en-suite bathroom with a sloping ceiling, papered in blue-and-white toile de jouy Colefax paper and low voltage halogen lights, for a soft but bright light.

This option means that you hire the cottage for two people and have use of the Master bedroom, drawing room and the kitchenette. Obviously you still have use of the garden. You can either dine at the round table beside the window which faces west out onto the cottage's walled garden or wander outside into the garden planted with old fashioned roses and holly hocks, honey suckle and euphorbia. There you can dine under the willow tree or in the loggia, where you can seek shade or shelter from the sun. There is garden furniture, an umbrella plus a barbecue for al fresco meals. Leading off this room is a small kitchen with pine coloured units with fridge freezer, microwave, coffee percolator and washing machine. (A larger kitchen, dining room for entertaining may be available on request).

Cranmer Cottage has its own garage and parking space. Cranmer Cottage's charm, comfort and peace make it a year round favourite with everyone - even those who do not have a honeymoon to celebrate but just want to escape for an interlude of peace and privacy.