A pretty period cottage with curved walls and views over the River Stiffkey has come up for sale at a guide price of £450,000.

St Elizabeth at Knights Gate in Walsingham is one of a small community of properties that date back to the 16th century.

The cottage itself, which is for sale with Sowerbys, was part of a former public house and is located opposite The Shrine, a place of historic pilgrimage.

North Norfolk News: The kitchen is also big enough to offer space for dining and leads through to a downstairs cloakroomThe kitchen is also big enough to offer space for dining and leads through to a downstairs cloakroom (Image: Sowerbys)

North Norfolk News: The kitchen at this three-bedroom 16th century cottage has been carefully modernisedThe kitchen at this three-bedroom 16th century cottage has been carefully modernised (Image: Sowerbys)

To enter the property you have to pass through a small courtyard. Once inside it is obvious that a great deal of work has been done to modernise it.

The new touches include a Shaker-style kitchen, with Butler sink, island and built-in oven, which sit alongside period details including an original inglenook fireplace with its original bressumer beam.

The sitting room is also of a good size and includes eye-catching ceiling beams, another inglenook fireplace and bespoke book shelving nestled into one side. There is also ample space for sitting and dining.

North Norfolk News: Inside this character cottage in Walsingham, which is believed to date back to the 16th century and was one a part of the village pubInside this character cottage in Walsingham, which is believed to date back to the 16th century and was one a part of the village pub (Image: Sowerbys)

North Norfolk News: The sitting room offers plenty of space for relaxing as well as diningThe sitting room offers plenty of space for relaxing as well as dining (Image: Sowerbys)

On the first floor there are three good-sized bedrooms and a family bathroom. The master bedroom is particularly interesting, as it features a number of period details and a door that, according to Sowerbys, intriguingly "leads to nowhere" - presumably a remnant of its previous use.

Both the master bedroom and the second bedroom each have an en suite.

North Norfolk News: One of three bedrooms located on the first floor of this cottage, which is on the market at a guide price of £450,000One of three bedrooms located on the first floor of this cottage, which is on the market at a guide price of £450,000 (Image: Sowerbys)

North Norfolk News: One of three bedrooms at this 16th century cottage for sale in WalsinghamOne of three bedrooms at this 16th century cottage for sale in Walsingham (Image: Sowerbys)

Outside, the property has access to a covered parking bay and there is a shared garden with a patio, lawn, two cherry trees and a weeping willow. The garden then leads down to the River Stiffkey.

Contact Sowerbys for more information.

PROPERTY FACTS
Knights Gate, Walsingham
Guide price: £450,000
Sowerbys, 01328 711711, www.sowerbys.com

North Norfolk News: The cottage has access to a shared garden that leads down to the River StiffkeyThe cottage has access to a shared garden that leads down to the River Stiffkey (Image: Sowerbys)