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Sara Odeen-Isbister

Royal Family's former local pub on Sandringham estate on sale for £700,000

Fancy being a neighbour of the Queen?

Well, now's your chance, as a house which was once the Royal family 's local pub on the Sandringham estate is up for sale.

The property, situated in the village of Flitcham and on the market for £700,000, used to be The New Inn pub - but closed down in the 1980s and was turned into a four bedroom house.

It was the closest pub to Sandringham House, although it is not known if any members of the Royal Family ever popped in for a secret drink.

The Georgian property called Inn House is one of only a handful of privately-owned homes on the Queen's 20,000 acre estate in north Norfolk.

Estate agents Brown&Co describe the sale as "a rare opportunity" to buy a "substantial detached period dwelling" and to become one of the Queen's neighbours.

The house was originally built in 1820 and has later brick and flint work extensions as well as a garage and workshop built by the current owner.

The south-facing Mediterranean style courtyard and patio terrace (Brown&Co / East Anglia News Service)

It boasts two hallways including a reception area with a pitched ceiling and exposed roof trusses, a sitting room with a wood burning stove, a study, a dining room and "fine views" from upstairs.

The kitchen has handmade units, an Aga oven, an additional LPG gas hob and an adjoining breakfast room area.

There is also a cellar which is currently used as a family playroom and is described by the agents as an "awesome feature" which could "make a great media room".

The kitchen has its own Aga oven (Brown&Co / East Anglia News Service)

The house has its own driveway and a South-facing Mediterranean style courtyard and patio terrace offering "total privacy", as well as a lawn with flower and shrub borders and a wood store.

The garden is said to be fully enclosed and "pet-proof".

The 2,900sqft house is equal distance between Sandringham House where the Royal Family enjoy their annual Christmas break, and the country home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at neighbouring Anmer.

The house has a spacious kitchen (Brown&Co / East Anglia News Service)

Brown&Co describe it as an "attractive" and "fascinating property" with "a commanding position" in the "picturesque Norfolk hamlet" of Flitcham.

The details add: "Opportunities to buy property in this beautiful village are rare with the majority of houses still owned and maintained by the Royal Estate, however, a handful are in private ownership, one of which is the stunning, Inn House."

One of the bedrooms (Brown&Co / East Anglia News Service)

The house is just across the road from St Mary the Virgin church at Flitcham where the Queen occasionally worships when she is in residence at Sandringham.

Former publicans who ran it as a pub included former Japanese prisoner of war Cyril Bix and his wife Daisy who pulled pints for thirsty estate workers between 1946 and 1981.

There's plenty of space to park cars (Brown&Co / East Anglia News Service)

The Sandringham estate also used to have its own club with a bar for local residents, but it closed down recently.

Estate officials appointed agents in May to find a leaseholder to take on the former club in West Newton, and turn it into a gastro pub.

If the plans come to fruition, it will mean that Queen will own her first pub at the age of 96 as she will retain ownership of the building.

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