Norfolk
The Feathers, Holt
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ou know you are driving through deepest rural Norfolk when your journey is intermittently held up by slow moving agricultural vehicles. Still, village names like Little and Great Snoring and Old Beetley can amuse along the way, and there’s something uplifting about motoring along sun-dappled, autumn country roads with pheasants scuttling by in the hedgerows. My destination is Holt (a lovely Georgian town surrounded by parks and open fields, yet just three miles from the coast) and The Feathers, one of Chestnut’s more recently acquired properties. It’s well situated in the High Street alongside enticing independent fashion boutiques, upmarket gift shops, a splendid bakery and an estate agent showcasing the best in north Norfolk homes for sale. Locally, perhaps
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