4 bedroom terraced house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
Setting the scene
Until 1800, Hastings was confined to the Bourne Valley, between the large unspoilt open areas of the East and West Hills. Originally, this town, what is now known as the Old Town, had just two main streets, High Street and All Saints’ Street, divided by the Bourne Stream. Today, the Old Town is the historic heart of Hastings, with listed buildings that include a medieval church, post-medieval vernacular buildings, and polite 18th and 19th-century houses and terraces. For more information, please see the History section.
Grand Tour
Hung terracotta tiles clad the house’s two contrasting façades: a low-lying frontage is tucked beneath a hipped roof, while the sloping topography of the site allows for a towering rear aspect faced with a jettied bay window and topped with twin gables.
As is typical for houses in this steeply terraced area, the home is split into many levels, with the lower-ground floor partially embedded into the cliff. It is here that the practical kitchen and dining room sit, opening out onto the courtyard garden. Quarry tiles run throughout and a broad brick-faced open fireplace takes centre stage.
Georgian sensibility informs the upper-ground floor, with large sash windows to the front and a cantered bay window to the rear. A comfortable and bright living room is centred within this space, while a snug booklined library is tucked around the corner. A palette of natural materials is found in this room, where rough brickwork meets smooth timber floorboards and wainscoting that wraps around the sitting room. Further timber boarding lines a convenient cloakroom and toilet.
Four bedrooms run across the top two floors, sharing a family bathroom on the second. The main bedroom has an en suite and a wardrobe cleverly concealed behind pine timber panelling. The second first-floor bedroom is complete with a timber mullioned window with ogee moulding that hints at an Elizabethan origin.
The height of the top floor affords views of the town and coast that are at their best in the fourth bedroom, currently used as a calm study. From its bird’s nest height, the room looks out across the palimpsest of the townscape to the sea beyond.
Great Outdoors
The cobbled garden to the rear is burgeoning with cottage garden perennials. Simply organised with two beds on either side, it is the perfect spot for a sheltered read in the summer sun. There is a small shed to store tools, and a gateway through to a right of way which runs down to the high street.
Out and About
Hastings is a thriving town, perennially popular with creative communities. Such are the idiosyncrasies of the area that, in 1990, the art critic Jonathan Meades suggested the town be renamed ‘Bohemia’.
The old town is home to some legendary antique traders and independent retailers, including Hastings Antiques Warehouse, AG Hendy & Co, Warp and Weft, Endlings, Roberts Rummage and Ode Interiors. Art galleries are likewise abundant. The most significant is perhaps Hastings Contemporary (formerly the Jerwood Gallery) designed by HAT Projects, though there are many others of note, including The Rebel Gallery, Lucy Bell Fine Art and The Memorial Gallery. All are a short walk from the house.
An ever-growing number of restaurants and eateries locally are boosting Hastings’ gastronomic reputation, including Rock-a-Nore Kitchen, The Crown, The Albion and local stalwart Maggie’s Fish and Chips. On the High Street, Judges Bakery (founded in 1826) and Penbuckles delicatessen are perfect community food shops, while the family-run Rock-a-Nore Fisheries, a short walk away, sells the daily catch from the local boats.
Hastings is known for its live music scene, and Sunday evenings are the best time to catch an act. The Stag on the East Hill holds lively folk nights, or for a more peaceful pint, The Jolly Fisherman has a fine selection of craft beers within its buttercup yellow walls. This is a town rich in culture and traditions live large; the raucously surreal Hastings Jack-in-the-Green celebrations are the largest of their kind in the country, and the town bonfire is equally evocative.
Hastings Station, a 17-minute walk from the house, has frequent services to London (journey time to London Bridge one hour 20 minutes, Charing Cross one hour 30 minutes)
Council Tax Band: F
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