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Floorplan
Map3 bedroom house
Study
Sold STC
House
3 beds
2 baths
2060
EPC rating: F
Key information
Features and description
ROOMS Reception hall, Drawing room, Sitting room, Open plan kitchen & dining room, Rear hall/study, Utility room & pantry, Cloakroom, Three double bedrooms, Two bath/shower rooms, Attic room, Ancillary accommodation comprising open plan kitchen & dining room, one double bedroom and shower room, Large part walled garden
LOCATION Located in the Conservation Area of the Ancient Town of Winchelsea, which is one of the few examples of a bastide town in England based on the grid-iron street plan with wide, regular streets arranged around a giant square and the incomplete cathedral type church of St. Thomas the Martyr. Local facilities include the Little Shop convenience store, together with a primary school and public house. For more comprehensive facilities there is the Cinque Port of Rye (3 miles) with train services to Eastbourne and to Ashford International, from where there are high speed connections to St. Pancras, London in 37 minutes.
DESCRIPTION A Grade II* Listed attached period house with a Queen Anne style colour washed stuccoed façade and modillion eaves course, set with tall sash windows in moulded architrave surrounds, disguising an earlier typical Sussex farmhouse behind. The light and spacious principal accommodation is arranged over two levels, as shown on the floor plan, with an attic room above. Note: In common with many properties of this type, No. 2 Strand Plat is subject to areas of flying freehold whereby parts of the property pass above or below parts of the adjoining property. Set within the curtilage of the garden is a detached stone built former chapel with a gabled eastern end fronting the street, which has been recently converted to provide ancillary accommodation comprising an open plan living room and well equipped fitted kitchen with a vaulted ceiling, one double bedroom and an en suite shower room with modern fitments.
GROUND FLOOR The property is approached via a classical doorway with pilasters, pediment and panelled door with a semi-circular blocked tympanum, opening into a reception hall with a tall sash window providing sea views, a brick fireplace, exposed timber framing and a walk-in cloaks cupboard. The sitting room, which also enjoys distant views to the sea, has a corner cast iron fireplace and fitted book shelving.
Overlooking the walled courtyard garden is an open plan kitchen and dining room with a flagstone floor, brick fireplace and glazed double doors leading outside. The kitchen area is fitted with an extensive range of cabinets comprising cupboards and drawers with flush doors beneath granite work surfaces with an undermounted sink and mono tap, an inset ceramic hob with filter hood above, a built-in double oven, an integrated dishwasher and fridge freezer, together with a run of matching wall mounted cupboards.
To the rear of the house is a hall and study area with a glazed door to the garden and a cupboard housing a gas boiler. Adjoining is a utility room and pantry, which was formerly a shower room, with a quarry tiled floor, shelving and plumbing for a washing machine, as well as an adjacent cloakroom with a close coupled w.c and wash basin.
FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, there is a double aspect drawing room with two sash windows to the front providing wide ranging views to the sea, a fireplace with a decorative surround and fitted book shelving. There are three double bedrooms, two of which have en suite facilities. Two of the bedrooms look towards Winchelsea church at the rear whilst the one to the front has views to the sea.
SECOND FLOOR On the second floor, there is a double aspect attic room with a dormer window to the front and a circular segmented window to the side looking across National Trust land to the sea. A connecting door leads to a store.
OUTSIDE To the front of the house is an ornamental garden with clipped box hedging and climbing roses to the front elevation. A side gate leads to the main garden, which extends to about 100' x 50' being partly walled with a flagstone paved terrace and set down to lawn that weaves through burgeoning borders filled with English country garden perennials, roses, specimen trees, including acers, Kentucky coffee tree and a weeping willow and mixed flower beds with euphorbia, hydrangeas, clematis, jasmine, geraniums, cordylines, lavender, espalier apple trees etc. Two moon gates wreathed in roses frame the view of the church and the sea at Rye Bay. To the far end is a pentagonal summerhouse and garden store. Immediately to the rear of the house is a delightful wide courtyard with ragstone walls and an old brick terrace linked to the main garden via an elegant metal arbour.
LOCAL AUTHORITY Rother District - Council Tax Band G
LOCATION Located in the Conservation Area of the Ancient Town of Winchelsea, which is one of the few examples of a bastide town in England based on the grid-iron street plan with wide, regular streets arranged around a giant square and the incomplete cathedral type church of St. Thomas the Martyr. Local facilities include the Little Shop convenience store, together with a primary school and public house. For more comprehensive facilities there is the Cinque Port of Rye (3 miles) with train services to Eastbourne and to Ashford International, from where there are high speed connections to St. Pancras, London in 37 minutes.
DESCRIPTION A Grade II* Listed attached period house with a Queen Anne style colour washed stuccoed façade and modillion eaves course, set with tall sash windows in moulded architrave surrounds, disguising an earlier typical Sussex farmhouse behind. The light and spacious principal accommodation is arranged over two levels, as shown on the floor plan, with an attic room above. Note: In common with many properties of this type, No. 2 Strand Plat is subject to areas of flying freehold whereby parts of the property pass above or below parts of the adjoining property. Set within the curtilage of the garden is a detached stone built former chapel with a gabled eastern end fronting the street, which has been recently converted to provide ancillary accommodation comprising an open plan living room and well equipped fitted kitchen with a vaulted ceiling, one double bedroom and an en suite shower room with modern fitments.
GROUND FLOOR The property is approached via a classical doorway with pilasters, pediment and panelled door with a semi-circular blocked tympanum, opening into a reception hall with a tall sash window providing sea views, a brick fireplace, exposed timber framing and a walk-in cloaks cupboard. The sitting room, which also enjoys distant views to the sea, has a corner cast iron fireplace and fitted book shelving.
Overlooking the walled courtyard garden is an open plan kitchen and dining room with a flagstone floor, brick fireplace and glazed double doors leading outside. The kitchen area is fitted with an extensive range of cabinets comprising cupboards and drawers with flush doors beneath granite work surfaces with an undermounted sink and mono tap, an inset ceramic hob with filter hood above, a built-in double oven, an integrated dishwasher and fridge freezer, together with a run of matching wall mounted cupboards.
To the rear of the house is a hall and study area with a glazed door to the garden and a cupboard housing a gas boiler. Adjoining is a utility room and pantry, which was formerly a shower room, with a quarry tiled floor, shelving and plumbing for a washing machine, as well as an adjacent cloakroom with a close coupled w.c and wash basin.
FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, there is a double aspect drawing room with two sash windows to the front providing wide ranging views to the sea, a fireplace with a decorative surround and fitted book shelving. There are three double bedrooms, two of which have en suite facilities. Two of the bedrooms look towards Winchelsea church at the rear whilst the one to the front has views to the sea.
SECOND FLOOR On the second floor, there is a double aspect attic room with a dormer window to the front and a circular segmented window to the side looking across National Trust land to the sea. A connecting door leads to a store.
OUTSIDE To the front of the house is an ornamental garden with clipped box hedging and climbing roses to the front elevation. A side gate leads to the main garden, which extends to about 100' x 50' being partly walled with a flagstone paved terrace and set down to lawn that weaves through burgeoning borders filled with English country garden perennials, roses, specimen trees, including acers, Kentucky coffee tree and a weeping willow and mixed flower beds with euphorbia, hydrangeas, clematis, jasmine, geraniums, cordylines, lavender, espalier apple trees etc. Two moon gates wreathed in roses frame the view of the church and the sea at Rye Bay. To the far end is a pentagonal summerhouse and garden store. Immediately to the rear of the house is a delightful wide courtyard with ragstone walls and an old brick terrace linked to the main garden via an elegant metal arbour.
LOCAL AUTHORITY Rother District - Council Tax Band G
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Phillips & Stubbs – a regional property consultancy with a national profile at home in Rye LOCAL KNOWLEDGE – BETTER RESULTS We know every square mile and having an intimate knowledge of the local area and market enables us to get outstanding results for our clients. Whilst we may never compete with the large, corporate concerns in terms of their financial might and self promotion, they can never get close to the local community in the way that we can and develop those all important long term relationships on which the success of our business and reputation is built. Knowing the various micro-markets that make-up the local property scene and forging affinities with individuals in those communities over a long period of time gives us a deeper understanding and permits us to make those all important connections that go beyond conventional marketing. Despite all the advances in technology, this business is still very much a people business and local ‘know-how’ is often the difference between success and failure. COASTAL & COUNTRY We understand that particular properties require a bespoke, lifestyle approach and our Coastal and Country brand gives us the platform to market intriguing properties of merit using a tailored service built around a team of experienced professionals specialising in their field, high impact marketing and a clear understanding of the local market. One of the UK’s natural treasures is its unique coastline. Often charming, sometimes awe-inspiring, never boring, it is not surprising that so many people choose to live along the 7,760 miles of UK coast. We are acutely aware that properties with a sea view or located in close proximity to the beach are among the most sought-after for the lifestyle opportunities they provide. It’s the dream of many to live on the coast and in response to this strong demand we have set up a dedicated coastal service for the discerning buyer. It is a distinct market with different forces at work to the mainstream one and characteristics requiring our deep level of local knowledge that our team can use to deliver outstanding results through innovative marketing for our clients. Just as we benefit from a unique and historic coastline, so the inland rural areas, villages and market towns are exceptionally beautiful being both diverse in nature, from the rolling countryside of the High Weald to the low lying plains of Romney Marsh, and wide ranging in style with a high density of architecturally interesting buildings and Grade II listed properties including converted outbuildings, old farmhouses and charming cottages, which collectively ‘have been slowly and richly coloured by the personality of the people who have dwelt in them these hundreds of years. One may say of them that they are of the colour of English history’. W. Beach Thomas. Such unique properties demand particular attention and a focus on the special qualities of an individual property through tailored marketing rather than a ‘one size fits all approach’ in order to ensure you get the best possible outcome. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION It is the advice you hear from us all the time and we apply it to ourselves. Our distinctive office in Rye occupies a high profile, corner position which ensures your property will get noticed. It also has a contemporary feel reflecting our forward thinking approach whilst being conducive to discussing business and property related matters in a relaxed yet professional environment. Rye is a destination of choice for people and often the starting point for their property search, not just in the town but right across the wider area as many people are simply too ‘time-poor’ to travel around the outlying villages to register with estate agents, thereby, making them increasingly irrelevant whilst boosting our own profile as a regional property hub. In addition, we open 7 days a week and most Bank Holidays to make sure we take full advantage of any opportunity to market your property. It is vitally important to maintain this presence given that high number of buyers who come to this area from London looking to relocate or to buy a second home and yet the vast majority of estate agents are closed for business on these prime viewing days. We find it bizarre in this day and age but we are not complaining! STYLE & SUBSTANCE Contemporary marketing is integral to our business. From branding to advertising, from how our office looks to the bespoke brochures we produce using floor plans, professional photography, dusk shots and aerial images and through our online presence and the use of social media channels, journalist interviews and historical research on individual houses, we are committed to constantly evolving our marketing approach to ensure your property is shown to maximum advantage. The benefits are greater awareness and better results for both us and our clients. A STRONG ONLINE PRESENCE Over 80% of all property searches begin online and so it is a very important factor when it comes to marketing but in order to differentiate your property in an overcrowded market there is in our view a need to go beyond simply replicating what can be seen on the main property portals on our own website. Accordingly, our website continues to develop to become a valuable resource for anyone looking to buy or rent property by providing additional information about individual houses and the locality and has an interactive design delivering an enhanced experience. In addition, individual micro-sites with extra features can be created for an individual property. PARTNERSHIP We see our relationship with our clients as a partnership. We all have a stake in the result and the importance of focusing and working together is vital in getting the best result for our client. Like any relationship, communication is vital in understanding what each party wants to achieve. Any estate agent would covet the opportunity to market your property on your behalf and at the outset you will probably see plenty of enthusiasm but often the activity can tail off if there is no early result. Not every property sells within a few weeks, of course, but from the outset we agree a marketing strategy with you that has regular reviews built-in to it to ensure your property remains firmly at the forefront of our minds. By working together it takes less energy and time and creates a better understanding and appreciation of the outcome. As an independent firm with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a business built on professionalism, energy, enthusiasm and extensive knowledge, we understand it is the quality of service we offer to clients that determines our success and we are particularly proud of the repeat business and recommendations we get from satisfied clients. LET ME SELL YOU A SECRET Evoking Robert Cialdini’s Scarcity Principle of Influence, there are certain circumstances where it may be advantageous for a property owner to sell off-market and we have a discreet service aimed at search agents and specific buyers who have clearly defined criteria.