Officials are preventing her from living in her 19th century watermill, because it only has permission to be used as a holiday let.

They have turned down her application to change the three-bed property on the River Ingol at Snettisham into a home.

They say that doing so would threaten the Grade II* listed building because a permanent resident would be more likely to adapt the property.

The watermill beside the River Ingol at Snettisham (Image: Chris Bishop)

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However, Mrs McIntyre is adamant she only wants to preserve its historic character and is not intending to alter it in any way. And even if future residents did, they would have to get planning permission anyway.

Her neighbours in the village of Snettisham, near Hunstanton, support her case and believe the council is tilting at watermills.

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