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Inside amazing £1.49million home on the Queen’s Sandringham estate that used to be a ticket office for the Royal railway

Windsors would alight at Wolferton station - just two miles away from their grand Norfolk residence

THIS amazing £1.49million home on the Queen’s Sandringham estate is a rail gem - it was once the ticket office for a Royal train station.

The Windsors and their guests would regularly alight at Wolferton, which is just two miles away from their grand Norfolk residence.

Ashbee House sits on the Queen's Sandringham estate - just two miles from her front door
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Ashbee House sits on the Queen's Sandringham estate - just two miles from her front doorCredit: Bedfords/BNPS
The living room opens out into the garden where a portion of railway track can still be found
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The living room opens out into the garden where a portion of railway track can still be foundCredit: Bedfords/BNPS
On the ground floor there is a bright and spacious kitchen-diner
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On the ground floor there is a bright and spacious kitchen-dinerCredit: Bedfords/BNPS

But following its closure to save costs in 1969 four properties were created from the redundant station buildings.

The Grade II-listed Ashbee House now boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms.

The ground floor houses a sitting room, study, family room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room and guest bedroom.

Parts of its 1.4 acres of grounds incorporate the old platform wall and there is even a section of track left in the garden.

It has been put up for sale for £1.495m with estate agents Bedfords of Burnham, Market, Norfolk.

A spokesman for the agents said: "Wolferton is a little hamlet that used to have the station the Royal Family used to use to get to Sandringham.

Following the station's closure in 1969 four properties were created from the redundant buildings
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Following the station's closure in 1969 four properties were created from the redundant buildingsCredit: Bedfords/BNPS
The kitchen continues a light and airy theme with a skylight over the dining area
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The kitchen continues a light and airy theme with a skylight over the dining areaCredit: Bedfords/BNPS
Upstairs there are four bedrooms and three bathrooms
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Upstairs there are four bedrooms and three bathroomsCredit: Bedfords/BNPS

"The carriages used to meet them there and everything used to stop for them.

"Because of the Royal connection station and the village were always well maintained and presented not to mention protected and this is still the same today.

"After it closed in 1969 - not by the Beeching cuts but because the Queen agreed to it to cut costs - the station was turned into a museum by a railwayman and he ran it until 15 years ago when it was sold to a developer.

"They created these four private properties from the waiting rooms and ticket office.

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"The four properties are privately owned and are in a pocket within the Sandringham Estate, which is owned by the Royal Family so they have the protection from that.

"You reach the property by driving through the estate and on some level, the Queen is your neighbour.

"The current owner has really tried to preserve the history of the site and the railway tracks have been incorporated into the design."

The four upstairs bedrooms all benefit from vaulted ceilings
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The four upstairs bedrooms all benefit from vaulted ceilingsCredit: Bedfords/BNPS
A south-facing sun terrace leads to lawn area
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A south-facing sun terrace leads to lawn areaCredit: Bedfords/BNPS
Neatly-clipped box hedging surrounds a short section of track that remains
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Neatly-clipped box hedging surrounds a short section of track that remainsCredit: Bedfords/BNPS

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