Quaint private cottage on Sandringham estate up for sale at £475,000

Make the Queen your neighbour! Quaint private cottage on Her Majesty’s Sandringham estate goes up for sale for £475,000

• A three-bedroom cottage on the Royal Family’s Sandringham estate has gone on the market for £475,000
• Walnut Tree Cottage is one of just a handful of homes on the 20,000 acre estate not owned by the Queen
• It lies halfway between Sandringham House and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s home Anmer Hall

Homebuyers have a chance to become a close neighbour of Prince William and the Queen by snapping up a £475,000 cottage on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

The three bedroom semi-detached house called Walnut Tree Cottage is one of only a handful of homes on the 20,000 acre Royal estate which are not owned by the Queen.

Estate agents Brown & Co listed the property as an ‘elegant’ and ‘delightful’ feature in the village of Flitcham is equal distance between Sandringham House and Anmer Hall, the country home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The house which was built in 1833 from traditional local carrstone, in common with other properties on the estate, has a storm porch, entrance hall, and a drawing room with fireplace, fitted library shelving and wood block flooring.

There is also a dining room with original oak beam and fireplace, another reception room which is used as a study but could become a fourth bedroom, a utility room with toilet, and garden access from the kitchen.

Homebuyers have a chance to become a close neighbour of Prince William and the Queen by snapping up a £475,000 cottage on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk

The three bedroom semi-detached house called Walnut Tree Cottage is one of only a handful of homes on the 20,000 acre Royal estate which are not owned by the Queen

Estate agents Brown & Co listed the property as an ‘elegant’ and ‘delightful’ feature in the village of Flitcham

The cottage is situated an equal distance between Sandringham House and Anmer Hall, the country home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

The house which was built in 1833 from traditional local carrstone, in common with other properties on the estate, has a storm porch, entrance hall, and a drawing room with fireplace, fitted library shelving and wood block flooring

There is also a dining room with original oak beam and fireplace, another reception room which is used as a study but could become a fourth bedroom, a utility room with toilet, and garden access from the kitchen

The ground floor plan of the house shows the locations of the kitchen, dining room, reception room, study and utility room

The three main bedrooms are located on the first floor, with an en-suite attached to one of them

Upstairs there is a feature made of the original window frame before the house was extended, a main bathroom and an en-suite on the main bedroom.

Agent Brown & Co states: ‘Opportunities to buy property in this beautiful village are rare with the majority of houses still owned and maintained by the Royal Estate, however, a handful are in private ownership, one of which is the delightful Walnut Tree Cottage.

The description states that the extension of the house blends in perfectly, saying: ‘Inside the old meets the modern seamlessly.’

It adds: ‘Outside there is a private driveway and a beautiful English cottage garden designed and planted with considerable skill with all manner of evergreens, flowering shrubs and perennials, giving interest all year round.

‘There is a pretty view back to the house from the front garden when peeking through the flowers and low hanging branches of one of two Walnut trees from which the cottage takes its name.

Upstairs there is a feature made of the original window frame before the house was extended, a main bathroom and an en-suite on the main bedroom

Agent Brown & Co states: ‘Opportunities to buy property in this beautiful village are rare with the majority of houses still owned and maintained by the Royal Estate, however, a handful are in private ownership, one of which is the delightful Walnut Tree Cottage’

The agent adds: ‘There is a pretty view back to the house from the front garden when peeking through the flowers and low hanging branches of one of two Walnut trees from which the cottage takes its name.

The description states that the extension of the house blends in perfectly, saying: ‘Inside the old meets the modern seamlessly’

‘A gate at the side of the property leads to the rear garden and a private patio terrace and lawn set with further planting and a delightful rockery with miniature retaining Gabion basket walls.’

The double length garage is said to provide ‘considerable scope for conversion into ancillary accommodation’, although any such change would require planning consent.

The cottage is around 200 yards from 12th century St Mary the Virgin Church in Flitcham where the Queen and other members of the Royal family sometimes worship while in residence at Sandringham.

For more information, see the full listing here. 

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