With period charm and views of the coast, this north Norfolk cottage is on the market for just under £600,000.

Dolphin Cottage is a pretty period home with a brick and flint exterior that has previously been used as a holiday let.

Fakenham & Wells Times: The house opens to the kitchenThe house opens to the kitchen (Image: Sowerbys)

Fakenham & Wells Times: The dining areaThe dining area (Image: Sowerbys)

Located in Brancaster Staithe, the home is close to the award-winning restaurant the White Horse and Scolt Head Island nature reserve. 

The house opens through the back door into the kitchen which leads to the dining area and bathroom.

Fakenham & Wells Times: The downstairs bathroom has a roll-top bathThe downstairs bathroom has a roll-top bath (Image: Sowerbys)

Fakenham & Wells Times: The living room on the front of the houseThe living room on the front of the house (Image: Sowerbys)

From there is a large, full-width reception room with a log burner to the front of the house.

Upstairs there are three bedrooms, one of which looks out over the mud flats towards the sea.

Fakenham & Wells Times: One of the three bedroomsOne of the three bedrooms (Image: Sowerbys)

Fakenham & Wells Times: The views from the houseThe views from the house (Image: Sowerbys)

Down the shared drive is the garden with a decking area and a summer house with power and running water.

The decking has views of the sand dunes and the sea beyond as well as access to a right of way that leads to the water.

PROPERTY

Main Road, Brancaster Staithe

Guide price: £595,000

Sowerbys, 01328 730340, www.sowerbys.co.uk