DESCRIPTION An attached Edwardian double fronted period property currently arranged and reconfigured as two independent apartments totally 2,500 sqft over three levels, as shown on the floor plan, together with a south facing walled courtyard garden from where there is an access to the medieval vaulted cellars via a wooden staircase.

ACCOMMODATION FLAT 1(Ground Floor): Communal front and rear halls, Living room, Dining room, Kitchen, 2 bedrooms, Bathroom, Gas central heating, EPC rating D.

FLAT 2 (First & second floors): Living room, Dining room, Study, Kitchen, Store, Bathroom, 5 Attic rooms, Gas central heating, EPC rating D.

Outside; Walled courtyard, Garden stores, Grade II Listed barrel vaulted medieval cellars.

LOCATION The property is situated on a quiet road in the very heart of the Conservation Area of the Ancient Town of Winchelsea, 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 church of St.Thomas the Martyr. Local facilities include The Winchelsea Farm Kitchen comprising a delicatessen and grocery, together with a primary school and public house. Winchelsea has a railway station from where there is a two hourly service. For more comprehensive facilities there is the Cinque Port of Rye within 3 miles from where there are train services to Eastbourne and to Ashford International from where there are high speed connections to London St Pancras (37 minutes) and to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam via Eurostar.

ENTRANCE The property is approached via three steps leading to a part glazed front door with a canopy above opening into a communal hall from where there is access to both apartments.

FLAT 1 - GROUND FLOOR To the front is a sitting room with a corner brick fireplace and exposed ceiling beams. An inner hallway gives access to bedroom 1, the kitchen, a bathroom, a shared rear hall and a dining room with a window to the side, exposed ceiling beams, a door to the shared entrance hall and a corner fireplace with a tiled inner surround.
The kitchen has a window to the rear, a butler sink with a tiled splashback, plumbing for a washing machine, space for a fridge freezer, wall mounted gas boiler, an electric cooker point and a base cabinet with cupboards and drawers.
There are two bedrooms, one of which has matchboard panelling to the walls, together with a bathroom with fitments comprising a panelled bath, high level w.c and wash basin with a vanity cupboard beneath.

FLAT 2 - FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, there are two reception rooms, both with projecting bay windows, corner fireplaces and exposed ceiling beams. Adjacent to the living room is a below eaves store/ante room. The kitchen, which overlooks the rear, has exposed ceiling beams, door and stairs down to the shared rear hall, a stainless steel sink unit with cupboards beneath, plumbing for a washing machine, an electric cooker point and space for a fridge freezer. In addition, there is a utility room/study with a wall mounted gas boiler and corner brick fireplace and a bathroom with fitments comprising a low level w.c, bath and wall mounted wash basin.

FLAT 2 - SECOND FLOOR On the second floor, there are five below eaves rooms with townscape views, one of which looks towards the sea at Rye Bye.

OUTSIDE To the rear and to one side of the property is a walled courtyard garden with four small outhouses and access via a wooden staircase to two Grade II Listed interconnecting barrel vaulted cellars.

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