The home was originally called ‘Swardeston Rectory’ but was renamed Cavell House as it was the birthplace of Edith Cavell in 1865, a celebrated British nurse who helped over 200 British and allied soldiers to escape Belgium during the First World War.
The property is steeped in history, with a 1793 date stone on the south-easterly gable end, but the north easterly portion of the home is “believed to be older”, according to selling agent Arnolds Keys.
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The house was sympathetically restored and extended in the 1970s, and retains many period features such as original beams, wooden panelled staircase and pamment tiles in the dining room.
The spacious ground floor accommodation includes a drawing room, dining room and garden room, along with a kitchen/breakfast room, utility, boot room and cloakroom.
The drawing room has plenty of space for entertaining and relaxing (Image: Arnolds Keys)
The drawing room also has an inglenook open fireplace (Image: Arnolds Keys)
The dining room offers a more formal place to enjoy dinner parties and social gatherings (Image: Arnolds Keys)
The drawing room is a multi-aspect room that offers plenty of space for entertaining and relaxing. There's an inglenook open fireplace that has a brick surround and tiled hearth.
Nearby is the dining room, entered via a timber frame door, which offers a more formal place for family dining or dinner parties, while the garden room offers a view out to the gardens, and is a nice escape from the rest of the home.
The garden room sees plenty of natural light (Image: Arnolds Keys)
The kitchen is fitted with wall and base units, as well as an inset stainless steel sink, space and plumbing for a dishwasher, and appliances like an electric double oven and hob, with space to put a freestanding fridge/freezer.
The utility room includes a sink and drainer and space for a washing machine, as well as access to a cellar.
The ground floor is completed by a boot room, with a door to the rear garden, and a cloakroom that has a WC and wash hand basin.
On the first floor there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms, all accessed off the landing, which has a built-in double storage cupboard.
One of the four bedrooms in Cavell House (Image: Arnolds Keys)
All the bedrooms are doubles. Bedrooms one and two have a walk-through cupboard between them, while bedroom four has a walk-in wardrobe.
Bathroom one offers a bath with overhead shower, WC and wash hand basin, while bathroom two comprises a three-piece suite with bath and overhead shower, WC and wash hand basin.
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Outside, Cavell House is approached by a five-bar timber gate, with an area of lawn and ample room for off-road parking.
There are several outbuildings, including a two-bay cart lodge, a barn with loft space, log store and a building that has been divided into three separate storerooms.
The gardens include lawns, mature trees and shrubs (Image: Arnolds Keys)
Cavell House comes with a range of outbuildings, as well as a tennis court (Image: Arnolds Keys)
The gardens cover approximately 1.4 acres and are laid to lawn with a range of mature shrubs and trees including beech, pine and fruit trees. There is also a tennis court that is in need of renovating.
Cavell House is in the picturesque village of Swardeston and is opposite Swardeston Common, where you will find a variety of grassland, ponds and a fen.
Swardeston also has local village amenities including a bakery, while Norwich is around five miles away and offers a wide range of amenities such as retail, schooling and leisure, with transport links to London Liverpool Street from Norwich train station.
For more information, please contact Arnolds Keys.
PROPERTY FACTS
Cavell House, Swardeston
OIEO: £875,000
Arnolds Keys, 01263 738444
arnoldskeys.com
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