Built for coal, 1798. Slept in ever since.
Marram House was put up by a coal merchant who wanted his office where he could see his boat. It has been a chandler’s, a doctor’s surgery, three flats and — since 2014 — six rooms and a breakfast table. Nothing here has been “boutiqued”: the floors slope because the building is 228 years old and standing on a quay, and we would rather tell you that than photograph around it.
Both of us, most of the time
Ruth AverillBreakfast, bookings, the bread
Cooked in Norwich for eleven years before this. Holds the Level 3 Food Safety certificate the FHRS inspection asks for, does the allergen sheets herself, and will start your bread the night before if you tell her you are coeliac.
Tom AverillThe building, the boat, the late arrivals
Boatbuilder at Morston for nine years, which is why the staircase was repaired rather than replaced. Does the fire risk assessment reviews and answers when your train stops at Wymondham.
Unstyled, undated, ours
“The floors slope, they tell you they slope, and then you sleep better than you have in a year.”
Guest book, Blakeney room, February 2026How it is run
The unglamorous half
Rated 5 since 2014
Registered as a food business with North Norfolk District Council, and rated 5 — Very Good at the last inspection.
Reviewed every March
The fire risk assessment the law requires of us, with mains-linked smoke detection throughout and a plan on the back of every door.
4-Star Silver
Assessed annually, in person, against a published standard — including the Accessibility Guide it requires us to keep.
NN/PL/04412
Premises licence for the honesty bar, to 11pm. Public liability insured to £5m.
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