Houses in Holkham are ‘as rare as hen’s teeth’ — but one has just come up for sale. Penny Churchill takes a closer look.
Located on the north Norfolk coast between the fishing port of Wells-next-the-Sea and the sailing centre of Burnham Overy Staithe, the tiny village of Holkham was once a landing with access to the sea via a tidal creek to the harbour at Wells. Following the arrival of the pioneering Coke family in the early 1700s, the land around the creek was…