The actor, writer, and comedian moved to the house with his family in 1965 when he was eight years old. According to his autobiography, he was so fond of the home he kept a photo of it in his wallet.
A stunning seven-bedroom home, complete with a two-bedroom annexe, in the beautiful English countryside, which was the childhood home of a true British icon, could be yours. Booton House is a three-storey detached home in Norfolk, roughly 13 miles from the centre of Norwich, and has come onto the market for £1.3 million.
And it has an added pedigree – it was the childhood home of actor, comedian, and writer Sir Stephen Fry, who wrote about his fondness for it in his 1997 autobiography Moab is my Washpot. The Blackadder actor was eight years old when he and his family moved to the house in 1965.
Sir Stephen wrote that he was so fond of his childhood home he had kept a “tattered and torn” photograph of it in his wallet. Pictures of the house, which is being marketed by property agents Jackson-Stops, on Rightmove, show its location in the beautiful countryside.
It features a gated entrance into a large private courtyard, in a generous-sized landscaped garden, with trees and bushes throughout. Pictures of the inside of the home show stunning large wooden doors and window frames throughout, and many rooms on the ground floor have fireplaces.
All the rooms are of an impressive size, with the huge kitchen featuring a large central island with its own sink, and wood beams can be seen in the ceiling. The bedrooms are all of a generous size too, with one, presumably a young child’s bedroom, featuring a pretty Beatrix Potter-esque mural on the wall.
The property listing reads: “Booton House is a fabulous seven-bedroom period property offering approximately 7,000 sq ft of accommodation set over three floors in the main house, along with a separate two-bedroom annex. The house enjoys a prominent position in the rural village of Booton and stands in just under one acre of landscaped gardens and grounds, complete with ample off road gated parking to the front and side.”
It adds: “Booton is a small village in the Broadland district of Norfolk, located just to the east of Reepham and west of Aylsham. The city of Norwich is with easy driving distance as is the Broads network and the North Norfolk Coast.
“The well-known actor and comedian Stephen Fry grew up in Booton House, which is mentioned in his autobiography. The property is located within a short drive of the NDR (Norwich Northern Distributor Road), which now provides very easy main road access around the city and the county.”
People on Reddit were amazed by the home. One said: “That’s a lot of house for the money.”
Another wrote: “I know nothing of the area, but that seems like remarkably good value. Replying to this, someone else said: “It’s a guide price, it’ll be interesting to see what it actually sells for.”
Another user replied: “Lovely area as well, about a 30-40 minute drive to Norwich. As the below person said, I fully expect that this goes for a lot more. Unless there’s some kind of big problem with it that’s putting the price down to that.”
A different user said: “You sure he doesn’t still live there? That’s almost exactly the sort of house I could imagine Stephen Fry living in.”
And someone else said: “That’s the dream house for me right there! Good location too, 30-40 minutes from both Norwich and the coast. Pretty damn perfect!”
Source: Mirror
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