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Map3 bedroom detached house
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Detached house
3 beds
2 baths
0.55 acre(s)
EPC rating: G
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Service charge: £0 per annum
Council tax: Band F
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
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Features and description
- Very pretty listed cottage just over 1.5 miles from historic town of Rye
- With a wealth of charm and character
- Three reception rooms, two with wood burning stoves
- Kitchen/breakfast room with Fired Earth cupboards and Aga
- Open bay Heritage-style cart lodge, log store, summerhouse
- Attractive lawned gardens of over 0.50 of an acre
- Winchelsea Beach and Camber Sands 5.4 miles and 5. 6 miles
- EPC Rating = G
A delightful Grade II listed three bedroom cottage with over half an acre of attractive gardens.
Description
Ship Cottage is a Grade II listed cottage of immense charm and character which is believed to date originally from 1576 with later18th,19th and 20th additions.
Located along a country lane, just over 1.5 miles to the north of Rye, this charming property occupies an elevated position in attractive gardens of 0.55 of an acre.
Over the ground floor is a part vaulted and panelled hall with staircase to the first floor, beamed sitting and dining rooms are located within the oldest part of the house with inglenook fireplaces and wood burning stoves and garden vistas through pretty leaded light windows.
The kitchen/breakfast room has terracotta tiled flooring and features painted Fired Earth cupboards, an oil fired Aga (for hot water) an electric Aga Companion and space for various white goods. Off the kitchen is a study/home office with solid oak flooring, large leaded light window and stable door opening to the garden. Off the panelled hall is a bathroom which completes the ground floor accommodation.
On the first floor are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. Bedrooms one and two both have exposed wood flooring and enjoy an outlook to the front over the garden.
Ship Cottage is approached via double gates opening to a wide drive leading up to a Heritage-style two bay cart lodge.
The gardens extend to over 0.50 of an acre, with clipped yew hedging, gently sloping lawns, yorkstone and brick paths, deep herbaceous borders, a cloud hedge and walnut, plum and flowering cherry trees.
Location
Ship Cottage is situated about 1.5 miles to the north of the thriving, historic Cinque Port of Rye with its excellent shops, restaurants, leisure facilities including excellent golf courses, fishing and sailing and railway station with links to Ashford and London.
Services run from Rye to Ashford International station with connections for London and the continent. A high speed link runs from Ashford to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.
There are an excellent number of schools in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary level. These include Vinehall at Robertsbridge, Dulwich School
Cranbrook, Marlborough House and Saint Ronans preparatory schools. Cranbrook Grammar, Ashford School, Highworth Grammar School Ashford, Norton Knatchbull for Boys, Homewood School Tenterden, Sutton Valence, Benenden Girl’s School and Kings College at Canterbury.
The M20 can be joined at Ashford with links to London, the coast and other motorway networks. The A21 at Flimwell with links to the M25 at junction 5 and Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
* All distances and mileages are approximate
Square Footage: 1,371 sq ft
Acreage: 0.55 Acres
Directions
From our Cranbrook office proceed to Hawkhurst and turn left at the traffic lights onto the A268. Continue for about 6 miles through Sandhurst and in Newenden pass over a narrow bridge with traffic lights. Take the next left turn signposted to Rye and proceed for 6.6 miles. On reaching Playden turn left immediately after the Peace and Plenty B and B into Houghton Green Lane. Continue for about 0.5 of a mile and bear right after the primary school and the drive to Ship Cottage will be found on the right hand side.
Additional Info
Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Night storage heaters. Oil fired Aga for cooking and hot water.
Agent's Note: A footpath runs along the western boundary.
Description
Ship Cottage is a Grade II listed cottage of immense charm and character which is believed to date originally from 1576 with later18th,19th and 20th additions.
Located along a country lane, just over 1.5 miles to the north of Rye, this charming property occupies an elevated position in attractive gardens of 0.55 of an acre.
Over the ground floor is a part vaulted and panelled hall with staircase to the first floor, beamed sitting and dining rooms are located within the oldest part of the house with inglenook fireplaces and wood burning stoves and garden vistas through pretty leaded light windows.
The kitchen/breakfast room has terracotta tiled flooring and features painted Fired Earth cupboards, an oil fired Aga (for hot water) an electric Aga Companion and space for various white goods. Off the kitchen is a study/home office with solid oak flooring, large leaded light window and stable door opening to the garden. Off the panelled hall is a bathroom which completes the ground floor accommodation.
On the first floor are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. Bedrooms one and two both have exposed wood flooring and enjoy an outlook to the front over the garden.
Ship Cottage is approached via double gates opening to a wide drive leading up to a Heritage-style two bay cart lodge.
The gardens extend to over 0.50 of an acre, with clipped yew hedging, gently sloping lawns, yorkstone and brick paths, deep herbaceous borders, a cloud hedge and walnut, plum and flowering cherry trees.
Location
Ship Cottage is situated about 1.5 miles to the north of the thriving, historic Cinque Port of Rye with its excellent shops, restaurants, leisure facilities including excellent golf courses, fishing and sailing and railway station with links to Ashford and London.
Services run from Rye to Ashford International station with connections for London and the continent. A high speed link runs from Ashford to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.
There are an excellent number of schools in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary level. These include Vinehall at Robertsbridge, Dulwich School
Cranbrook, Marlborough House and Saint Ronans preparatory schools. Cranbrook Grammar, Ashford School, Highworth Grammar School Ashford, Norton Knatchbull for Boys, Homewood School Tenterden, Sutton Valence, Benenden Girl’s School and Kings College at Canterbury.
The M20 can be joined at Ashford with links to London, the coast and other motorway networks. The A21 at Flimwell with links to the M25 at junction 5 and Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
* All distances and mileages are approximate
Square Footage: 1,371 sq ft
Acreage: 0.55 Acres
Directions
From our Cranbrook office proceed to Hawkhurst and turn left at the traffic lights onto the A268. Continue for about 6 miles through Sandhurst and in Newenden pass over a narrow bridge with traffic lights. Take the next left turn signposted to Rye and proceed for 6.6 miles. On reaching Playden turn left immediately after the Peace and Plenty B and B into Houghton Green Lane. Continue for about 0.5 of a mile and bear right after the primary school and the drive to Ship Cottage will be found on the right hand side.
Additional Info
Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage. Night storage heaters. Oil fired Aga for cooking and hot water.
Agent's Note: A footpath runs along the western boundary.
About this agent
Since opening our estate and letting agency office in 1998, Savills Cranbrook have prided ourselves on delivering a personal and local service to Kent’s sellers, buyers, tenants and landlords across a range of residential property, from individual building plots and townhouses, to listed Wealden Hall houses and new-build developments. Our expert team not only work here, we live here too, enabling us to provide an insider’s perspective of Cranbrook with personal insight and practical knowledge. Most visited website Savills.co.uk is the most visited UK national estate agency website, averaging over 2.4 million visits a month in 2020, and recording over 3.1 million visits in January 2021. Global exposure Our site is available in 22 languages including English, Chinese, Spanish and Russian. This guarantees your property will have the global exposure it deserves as well as providing access to more buyers via our website. Put simply, because we get more qualified visits, you get more opportunities to sell.