Many people like to be in the city centre but how about living in a period rectory in the village of Poringland, on the outskirts of the city but on the doorstep to some of the most gorgeous countryside too?

Eastern Daily Press:

The Old Rectory is for sale for £1.1 million with abbotFox.

Eastern Daily Press:

The village of Poringland sometimes gets forgotten about with the huge demand to live in the Golden Triangle of Norwich and yet this community is just 12 miles from the city centre and this property boasts country walks literally at the back of the rear garden.

Eastern Daily Press:

And we all know that you do get more property for your money heading slightly out of Norwich - as this large period home with many original features shows.

Interestingly the current owners extended it and actually realised in the building process they were putting the new section on the footprints of an earlier wing of the property.

Indeed the improvements were so successful the extension won a Norfolk Association of Architects craftsmanship award in 2010.

What you have is a really gorgeous family house with rooms which have been decorated with colour and flair and which flow from each other.

Off an entrance hall is a super drawing room going into a shuttered sash window bay and off this either side is a garden room and a family room.

In the extension there is a fabulous open plan kitchen/breakfast room and off this is a separate office which does have its own access if you need to work from home and have clients coming to the premises.

Upstairs is an exact mirror of the ground floor with five bedrooms, an en suite and family bathroom.

Outside are grounds which extend to approximately one acre and include a productive kitchen garden, terrace, lawn, pond and a wide variety of trees.

The Old Rectory is for sale for £1.1 million with abbotFox on 01603 660000.