Brancaster home near Queen’s Sandringham Estate is on the market for £4.3million

If you’re a fan of the Royal Family, looking for a new home and have very deep pockets, this ticks just about every box.  

A seaside house that is a stone’s throw from the Queen’s Sandringham Estate, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s country retreat, is up for sale for £4.3million.

Appletree House, in the Norfolk coastal village of Brancaster, is the ideal spot for escaping the rat race, as Prince William and Kate Middleton can attest.

Their beloved Anmer Hall lies in the grounds of the monarch’s 20,000-acre estate.

Appletree – currently the most expensive property on sale in East Anglia – overlooks picturesque saltmarshes and has beautiful, uninterrupted views.

Overlooking scenic saltmarshes, Appletree is currently the most expensive property on sale in East Anglia. Among its wonderful features is this dining area

The four-bedroom house was built in the 1920s for Colonel Jack Lesley and his wife Margo and keeps much of the style and character of the roaring decade, although the current owners have completely refurbished the inside

The house was built and landscaped during the 1920s. Its south-facing gardens retain much of the elegance, style and character of that roaring decade

The main house has a reception hall, drawing room, dining room/study, library/living room, kitchen/breakfast room, a master bedroom with a large en suite and dressing room, three further bedrooms and two bathrooms

The four-bed house was built in the 1920s for Colonel Jack Lesley and his wife Margo and keeps much of the style and character of the roaring decade, although the current owners have completely refurbished the inside.

The impressive property is made up of several parts and totals 8,916 sq ft of accommodation.

The main house has a reception hall, drawing room, dining room/study, library/living room, kitchen/breakfast room, a master bedroom with a large en suite and dressing room, three further bedrooms and two bathrooms.

There is underfloor heating throughout most of the ground floor and the main rooms all have spectacular views over the saltmarshes.

The Folly [part of a building primarily for decoration] is connected to the main house by a curving corridor (pictured) and has exceptional views from the top of the turret

The property is made up of several parts and totals 8,916 sq ft of accommodation. Above, one of the bathrooms with stunning views of the gardens

There is also what were originally the gardener’s and the house keeper’s cottages, both with two bedrooms, which are currently let as holiday cottages

The majestic – and sprawling – floorplan for Appletree House, which comes with two acres of land

Outside, the landscaped ‘Riviera’ gardens have remained almost entirely as originally planned by the Lesleys

The Italianate garden ‘rooms’ are divided by walls and hedges  – and an incredible sunken lawn with a long formal pool

The Folly [part of a building primarily for decoration] is connected to the main house by a curving corridor and has exceptional views from the top of the turret.

It has been used as an elaborate party and entertaining room but has planning permission to be turned into additional accommodation, which could provide income if required.

There is also what were originally the gardener’s and the house keeper’s cottages, both with two bedrooms, which are currently let as holiday cottages.

Outside, the landscaped ‘Riviera’ gardens have remained almost entirely as originally planned by the Lesleys.

The seaside house is not far from the Queen’s Sandringham Estate, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s country retreat, Anmer Hall. (Above, the Queen, Kate, William and George at Sandringham)

It has Italianate garden ‘rooms’ divided by walls and hedges and an incredible sunken lawn with a long formal pool. 

There is an orchard with greenhouses, raised nursery beds and vegetable plots, a heated swimming pool and pool house, as well as a tennis court.

A spokesman for estate agents Strutt & Parker said: ‘Having been built and landscaped with great thought during the 1920s, Appletree House and its wonderful south-facing gardens retain much of the elegance, style and character of that roaring decade.

‘The extensive kitchen/breakfast room, the dining room and the impressive drawing room all enjoy spectacular views over Brancaster saltmarshes and three of the bedrooms enjoy the panoramic saltmarsh views.

‘Outside, the grandeur of Appletree House is matched by the beautiful landscaped gardens to the rear that have remained almost entirely as originally planned by Colonel Jack and Margo.

‘The coastal position of Appletree House, the privacy and beauty of its gardens that have been nurtured for almost one hundred years and the abundance of its rooms and accommodation represents a rare find for Norfolk.’ 

Brancaster is one of the most sought after coastal villages on the North Norfolk Coast with its heritage coastline and fine sandy beaches in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. (Appletree is seen above, in red outline)