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BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
B URNHAM M ARKET
NORFOLK
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
~ BURNHAM MARKET ~
London 129 miles, King’s Lynn 17 miles, The Coast at Burnham Overy Staithe 2 miles and Brancaster Staithe 3 miles
All mileages are approximate
An important Grade II* Georgian country house BY SIR JOHN SOANE
in a BEAUTIFUL parkland setting
The Hall: Entrance Hall ~ Staircase Hall ~ Lift ~ Dining Room
Library ~ Sitting Room ~ Study ~ Games Room
Saloon ~ Print Room ~ Family Kitchen
Morning Room/Kitchen ~ Flower Room
6 Bedrooms ~ 7 Bathrooms ~ 2 Dressing Rooms on the first floor
7 Further Bedrooms ~ 5 Further Bathrooms on the second floor ~ Artist’s Studio
Self-contained Staff Flat with 2 Sitting Rooms ~ 2 Bedrooms ~ 2 Bathrooms and Kitchen
The Coach House and Stables: providing Garaging ~ Workshop ~ Tack Room ~ Reception Hall and Artist’s Studio
The Lodge: Sitting Room ~ Dining Room ~ Kitchen ~ 3 Bedrooms and Bathroom
Extensive formal Gardens and Grounds
Hard Tennis Court ~ Woodland and Parkland ~ Borehole
Walled Garden with planning permission for a separate dwelling
IN ALL ABOUT 38.1 ACRES
As a whole or in 2 Lots
55 Baker Street London W1U 8AN Market Place Burnham Market Norfolk PE31 8HD
Tel: 0207 861 1065 Tel: 01328 730340
Contact: James Crawford/Edward Welton Contact: Max Sowerby/Charmaine Povey
Email: james.crawford@knightfrank.com Email: charmaine.povey@sowerbys.com
Your attention is drawn to the important notice on the last page of the text.
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View from the front door
S ITUATION The market village includes a wine merchants, famous There are many leisure pursuits available along the coast
Burnham Westgate Hall enjoys extensive views over its fish shop, 2 book shops, doctors’ surgery, dental surgery, including golf at Brancaster, riding, sailing, walking and
own parkland and open countryside to the west. To the pharmacy, primary school, a bank and post office as well bird watching with a number of reserves in the area
east within walking distance is Burnham Market, a as a butchers and delicatessen. including Cley, Blakeney Point and Scolt Head. Norfolk
picturesque Georgian town, accessed via a back drive The town of Holt, the home of Gresham’s public school, is famous for its large concentration of 14th century wool
past the Lodge, which opens out onto the Green by the is 17 miles. churches and major country houses including Houghton,
church. Burnham Market is only 2 miles from the sea which can Holkham and Sandringham.
Burnham Market is regarded as a central location along be accessed nearby from Burnham Overy Staithe or from There are mainline railway stations available to the
the North Norfolk coast and has a village green Brancaster Staithe (3 miles) and nearby Holkham, all of southwest at King’s Lynn and Downham Market and to
surrounded by 18th century houses. It has an extensive which form part of this Area of Outstanding Natural the southeast at the Cathedral City of Norwich where
range of shops and restaurants including the renowned Beauty. There are beautiful beach and sand dune walks, there is also Norwich International Airport, situated to the
Hoste Arms. particularly in the vast sandy expanse of Holkham Bay. north of the city.
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
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Entrance Hall
Main cantilevered imperial Soane
Staircase 1783
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T HE P ROPERTY
Burnham Westgate Hall is a magnificent Georgian country house, set in its own park with far
reaching westerly views over the park to undulating open countryside; contrary to popular
belief, Norfolk is not flat, as suggested by Noel Coward.
An important house architecturally, it is listed Grade II* and was almost entirely built over the
period 1783 to 1785 to designs by Sir John Soane, extensively remodelling an earlier house
built by Matthew Brettingham who designed Holkham Hall nearby for the Earls of Leicester.
The house was remodelled for Thomas Pitt, 1st Lord Camelford, himself an amateur architect,
who met and became friends with Sir John Soane on the Grand Tour. He commissioned
Soane to alter Burnham Westgate Hall and build the stables and lodge. Sir John rebuilt much of
the hall, making it considerably grander with the imperial cantilevered stone staircase and first
floor piano nobile which now houses the saloon and print room as well as the main bedrooms
with intercommunicating enfilade on the ground and first floor.
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
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Entablature in main bathroom
View from print room into saloon
The house is built of plain Gault brick with
stone dressings in a restrained and pure
classical form. Much fine architectural detail
remains internally with elegant cornices,
panelled doors, sash windows, some parquet
flooring, and fine chimney pieces. In fact
records exist in Soane’s contemporary
notebooks of his visits to Norfolk to oversee
the progress of the work. Of particular
interest in these is a sketch of a fireplace he
intended commissioning of “Mr de Carle” of
Norwich. John de Carle’s fireplace is to be
found in the first floor saloon, executed in
strict accordance to Soane’s design, forming a
centrepiece to this magnificent room.
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
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Soane’s piano nobile saloon with original fireplace
Ground floor with window door onto garden
Dining Room
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
9Main kitchen
Dressing room with bathroom
Small kitchen leading onto games room
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
11Master bedroom with 18th century Soane ceiling and original fireplace
In 1991 the house, which had been in Of particular note is the extensive planting
institutional use for nearly 60 years, was and creation of the formal gardens and
acquired by the current owners and a grounds around the house over the last 20
programme of restoration and refurbishment years, as well as the acquisition of more land
was begun to restore the house to its original to restore the park which creates such a
use. Much work was undertaken including splendid and tranquil setting and approach to
upgrading the plumbing and wiring, the house from the west by the front drive
extensive redecoration and the installation of through a pair of wrought iron gates.
numerous bathrooms.
Coral bedroom Guest bathroom
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
13MAIN HOUSE Walk-in cupboard
Bathroom 6
Dressing Room/Bathroom Cupboard
FIRST FLOOR
Passage cupboard
Inner cupboard
Dressing Room Cupboard Bathroom 3
5.48 x 3.16
18'0" x 10'4" Bedroom 6
5.85 x 5.78
Bathroom 19'2" x 19'0"
Bedroom 2 5
Master Bathroom Bathroom 5.32 x 4.69
Sky 17'5" x 15'5" Bathroom
2
4 Dressing Room
4.34 x 3.37
14'3" x 11'1"
Gross External Area (approx):-
Total: 1,915 sq m (20,614 sq ft)
Main House: 1,475 sq m (15,870 sq ft) F/P F/P Lift F/P
Bedroom 3
Stables: 351 sq m (3,784 sq ft) Master Bedroom Saloon 5.97 x 4.30
Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5
7.38 x 6.21 Print Room 19'7" x 14'1"
Lodge: 89 sq m (960 sq ft) 10.10 x 5.95 5.94 x 5.79 6.82 x 5.99
24'3" x 20'4" 33'2" x 19'6" 5.95 x 3.64 19'6" x 19'0" 22'5" x 19'8"
19'6" x 11'11"
GROUND FLOOR
House Keeper’s
Sitting Room
3.54 x 2.85
11'7" x 9'4" Outside steps
to basement
Bedroom 16 & boiler room SECOND FLOOR
4.53 x 2.84 Flower Room
House Keeper’s Cloakroom and WC Above Dressing Room
Living Room 14'10" x 9'4"
5.42 x 4.72 Games Room
17'9" x 15'6" F/P 7.74 x 5.52
25'5" x 18'1"
Velux
Store F/P
Morning Room/
Bedroom 14 Store Inner Hall Small Kitchen Studio
5.26 x 3.26 6.32 x 6.21 4.31 x 3.16 10.01 x 7.64
17'3" x 10'8" 20'9" x 20'4" 14'2" x 10'4" 32'10" x 25'1"
Sky
Lift F/P F/P Velux
Dining Room Library Sitting Room Eaves
7.24 x 6.19 F/P 6.92 x 6.04
F/P
23'9" x 20'4" 9.76 x 5.88 Study 5.83 x 5.68
32'0" x 19'3" Outer Hall 5.87 x 4.11 19'2" x 18'8" 22'8" x 19'10"
Kitchen 5.87 x 3.61 19'3" x 13'6"
Larder 19'3" x 11'10"
Restricted Height
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALLMAIN HOUSE THE LODGE
Large Linen cupboard GROUND FLOOR
Bedroom 13 Bedroom 10 Bathroom 10
4.20 x 2.74 Stairs to attic 4.87 x 2.51 Bathroom Bedroom 1
Bathroom Bathroom 9 Kitchen Dining Room
13'9" x 9'0" 16'0" x 8'3" 4.55 x 3.57
11 4.61 x 2.17 3.53 x 3.02 14'11" x 11'9"
15'1" x 7'1" 11'7" x 9'11"
Bathroom FIRST
8
FLOOR
Bathroom
7 Larder
Bathroom Sitting Room
4.28 x 3.48 Bedroom 2
14'1" x 11'5" Bedroom 3 3.49 x 2.67
Lift Boiler F/P 2.57 x 2.51 11'5" x 8'9"
Walk-in Bedroom 12 Bedroom 11 Hall 8'5" x 8'3"
4.20 x 2.59 4.85 x 3.06
cupboard 13'9" x 8'6"
15'11" x 10'0"
Bedroom 8 Bedroom 7
5.95 x 4.78 5.90 x 5.41
SECOND FLOOR Bedroom 9 19'6" x 15'8" 19'4" x 17'9"
3.86 x 3.85
12'8" x 12'8" E
I l l u s t ra t i o n F o r I d e n t i f i c a t i o n P u r p o s e s O n ly. N o t t o S c a l e.
MAIN HOUSE EPC LODGE EPC
Reception Room/General Living Areas/Circulation Areas
Work Rooms ie Kitchen/Workshop/Utility
Bedroom/Dressing Rooms P
Bathroom
Outside Space
Vaults/Storage
COACH HOUSE
GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR
Dairy
5.17 x 2.00
Potting Shed 17'0" x 6'7"
Sky Sky 5.34 x 3.89
17'6" x 12'9" Cart Lodge
Reception Workshop
7.96 x 6.73 7.40 x 7.00 7.98 x 6.84
Sky Artist’s Studio 26'1" x 22'1" 24'3" x 23'0"
13.96 x 7.81 26'2" x 22'5" Stable
5.67 x 5.17
45'10" x 25'7" Tack Room 18'7" x 17'0"
5.19 x 3.44
17'0" x 11'3"
15Pump house and
borehole
T HE G ARDENS , G ROUNDS
AND P ARKLAND
Cutting bed in orchard with Westgate Church The house is approached from the west via a
long sweeping drive of about a third of a mile
through parkland. The drive finishes in a large
gravelled sweep at the west front of the house.
To the west of the house there are formal lawns
including a sunken croquet lawn.
The formal gardens which surround the house
are laid out as follows. Immediately to the
south of the house is a sheltered and secluded
area of lawned garden with well stocked mixed
shrub and herbaceous borders. To the rear and
east is a further area of lawned garden with a
central pond and fountain and a topiaried yew
creating a vista towards the Coach House. This
is bordered by mixed shrubberies and there are
Potting shed and greenhouse some magnificent mature trees including beech,
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALLSteps leading to tennis court
oak and sweet chestnut. To the north of the
house is a formal parterre garden
overlooked by a raised lawn and seating area
with old fashioned shrub roses. Situated to
the northeast is a hard tennis court. The
park extends westwards from the house and
there are magnificent views from the house
over the surrounding parkland and formal
lawns adjoining the house to the west.
The Goosebeck flows intermittently along
the southern edge of the park. To the
southwest there is a mixed orchard and
cutting garden and continuing to the west a
belt of mature woodland along the south
western boundary. There is a mown walk
running alongside the woodland with views
over the park, leading to a large natural
pond fringed by woodland.
There has been much planting in the park
and in addition to the original oaks and
stand of mature limes there have been
further plantings of sweet chestnut and
lime.
Parterre from bedroom window
17Parterre from bathroom window
T HE C OACH H OUSE
Designed by Sir John Soane at the same time as
the main house was remodelled, The Coach
House and stable block is a substantial building in
its own right extending to about 3784 sq.ft. It
can be approached via the secondary access drive
leading off the village green by the church past
The Coach House
the Lodge.
T HE L ODGE
Built in the same style as the Coach House, this is
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a charming 3 bedroom cottage approached off
T HE WALLED G ARDEN
the secondary access drive from the village green
This is situated to the northeast of the house
by the church.
and can be approached by its own separate
access off Herrings Lane. Planning
permission has been granted for a substantial
new dwelling designed by a renowned local
architect. Further details are available on
request from the vendor’s agents.
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL Lodge
19GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS
DIRECTIONS addition, subject to separate negotiation.
From Fakenham take the A148 signposted VIEWINGS
BURNHAM
towards King’s Lynn and after a short distance
WESTGATE HALL Strictly by appointment with Knight Frank
turn right onto the B1355 signposted to
Burnham Market. Follow this road through and Sowerbys. If there is any point which is
South and North Creakes and into Burnham of particular importance to you, we invite
Market. Drive through the centre of the you to discuss this with us, especially before
village towards Stanhoe and Kings Lynn and you travel to view the property.
passing the Church on the right hand side NB: Floor plans prepared by ehouse are for
turn right on leaving the village signposted guidance only. Knight Frank and Sowerbys do
towards Brancaster and Burnham Deepdale not accept any responsibility for their accuracy.
(Whiteway Road). The main drive to
Burnham Westgate Hall will be found after a IMPORTANT NOTICE
short distance on the right hand side entered Knight Frank/Sowerbys, their clients and any
through wrought iron gates mounted on joint agents give notice that:
brick piers. The house is approached by a 1. They are not authorised to make or give
long drive of about a third of a mile through any representations or warranties in relation
parkland. The post code is PE31 8HE. to the property either here or elsewhere,
either on their own behalf or on behalf of
SERVICES their client or otherwise. They assume no
Mains water (and private supply via deepbore). responsibility for any statement that may be
Mains electricity. Mains drainage. Oil fired made in these particulars. These particulars
central heating and 4 oven oil-fired Aga. do not form part of any offer or contract and
must not be relied upon as statements or
AGENT’S NOTES representations of fact.
1. Within the park is a Saxon mound which 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are
is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. approximate. The text, photographs and plans
2. Lot 1 will be sold subject to an overage are for guidance only and are not necessarily
clause relating to future development. comprehensive. It should not be assumed that
the property has all necessary planning,
LOCAL AUTHORITY building regulation or other consents and
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Knight Frank/Sowerbys have not tested any
Council. services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers
must satisfy themselves by inspection or
FIXTURES AND FITTINGS otherwise.
All fixtures and fittings including fitted Particulars produced Spring 2012 and
NOT TO SCALE. FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY. carpets and curtains are specifically excluded photographs taken mainly by Christopher
from the sale, but may be available in Sykes 2010/2011.
BURNHAM WESTGATE HALL
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