You’ve one-third of an acre of prime English landscape all to yourself. Sit out on the terrace table and chairs beneath big skies and light the coal barbie. Break off from the bangers and burgers to play a little ping pong, rounders, croquet or cricket. Keep the garden-party feel going with boules or giant Jenga.
Head to the lake for wild swimming or canoeing, wander the walled garden, ask us about ordering a hot tub, and explore 500 acres of parkland.
This is grand living in the English Georgian style. Life at Wolterton East Wing is all high ceilings, lake views, Persian carpets, original artwork and period furniture. Live like Lords and Ladies in a stately home built by the brother of Britain’s first Prime Minister and one of the four ‘power houses’ of Norfolk.
Wolterton East Wing is posh but it’s never too proud to be homely. Get a fire roaring in the hearth of the drawing room, summon up some Netflix or Amazon Prime Video and you’ll feel right at home beneath the chandelier on the Howard-style sofas. Or make it a proper movie night with the 75” TV in the media room.
There’s also nothing 18th century about the Bluetooth speaker, the Blu-ray player or the 35Mbs EE Wi-Fi. Load more logs onto the fire, admire the oil paintings, bag a book from the library or a board game and find a quiet corner, stare at the lake across the park, contemplate a seat in the House of Lords. Guests will have an opportunity to take a private, complimentary tour of the Main Hall to learn more about the massive restoration project and the history of the estate.
The complimentary concierge service can arrange wine tasting, cocktail making, cookery classes, pampering, Thai massage, personal trainers, and a host of other activities. Our insider knowledge and expertise in the local area will take the stress out of planning your holiday, leaving you to enjoy more of what matters.
You might want to call up our chef for celebratory meals or drop-off menus. Then again, you might not when you see the Smallbone Brasserie oak kitchen with Aga and Rangemaster cookers, three-metre central island, three fridges and two Miele dishwashers. But it’s your call.
Eat around the massive 15th-century table that seats 14 in the kitchen, the glorious Georgian dining room with chandelier and Persian carpet, or out in the large private garden adjoining the park on the dining terrace with steak and sausages from the coal barbecue. Our team can arrange for the very best meat and fish to be delivered from local butchers and fishmongers.
Tackle takeaways from Bann Thai, No.1 Cromer for fish and chips (or battered Brie), or Husk Woodfired Bakery for crispy pizzas. Head out and about to eat Sunday roast at the Saracen’s Head or snaffle an aged Highland beef steak burger followed by burnt-honey parfait at the Wiveton Bell.
Head to the Gunton Arms to try venison from the deer park and beef from the local herd at Blickling cooked over an open fire in the Elk Room, or seafood, mussels and Cromer crab caught by local fishermen. Nibble your way through the seven-course tasting menu at Morston Hall or try Scottish langoustine or Périgord truffle cestini at Meadowsweet.
And so to bed. To sleep deeply and dream amid Colefax and Fowler fabrics, pocket Vi-Spring beds, fine Egyptian-cotton sheets and goose-down pillows. Georgian mahogany furniture and Persian carpets complete the sense of opulent relaxation.
Pick from seven bedrooms sleeping 14. On the ground floor, bedroom one offers a king bed with private shower room, while bedroom two is a superking with en-suite. Moving up to the first floor, bedroom three is a showstopper with a double four-poster and lake views, while bedroom four provides a twin zip & link also with views of the water. These two bedrooms share a bathroom on the first floor.
The grandest room of all, Bedroom 5, is located in the tower and offers a superking, en-suite bathroom, and spectacular views of the lake. In the basement, bedroom six which is a superking shares a shower room with bedroom seven, a kingsize room.
