4 bedroom detached house for sale

Entrance porch, Entrance vestibule, Hallway, Living room, Dining room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Utility/shower room, Cloakroom, Four bedrooms, Bathroom, EPC rating E, Front and rear garden, Single garage, Car port

The property occupies a secluded yet convenient position within half a mile of the Ancient Town and Cinque Port of Rye, renowned for its historical associations, medieval fortifications and fine period architecture. As well as its charm and history, the town has a comprehensive range of shopping facilities and an active local community, with the arts being strongly represented. Festivals include the Rye Bay Scallop Week, Maritime Festival, Rye International Jazz Festival and the Rye Arts Festival. From the town there are local train services to Eastbourne and to Ashford with a high speed service to London St. Pancras in 37 minutes. Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Rye, tennis at Rye Lawn Tennis Club with reputedly among the very best grass courts in the country, sailing on the south coast and many fine countryside and coastal walks.

An individual detached property designed by local architects Le Fevre and Wood and built in 1968 with brick and part weatherboard clad external elevations set with tall double glazed casement windows beneath a pitched tiled roof. The accommodation is arranged over two levels, as shown on the floor plan with the living room on the first floor to take full advantage of the views. The property is now in need of total refurbishment. The image above shows the property in 1987 with the first-floor balcony that has been removed for safety reasons.

GROUND FLOOR The property is approached via an open entrance porch with a glazed front door with matching side panel opening to an entrance vestibule with an inner door leading to the hallway with an open tread staircase to the first floor.

On the ground floor there are four bedrooms, all of which have fitted wardrobe cupboards, and a bathroom with a panelled bath, pedestal wash basin, close coupled wc and airing cupboard with hot water cylinder. In addition, there is a utility/shower room with a butler sink, plumbing for a washing machine, shower tray and curtain, door to outside and a separate cloakroom with a close coupled w.c.

FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, there is a triple aspect living room with a wide six casement window providing views across the tennis club and river Rother to the farmland beyond. A hatch leads to a large unconverted loft space. To the rear is a double aspect dining room and a separate double aspect kitchen/breakfast room with a fitted breakfast table with bench seats and a range of cabinets of the period comprising cupboards and drawers beneath work surfaces with a stainless-steel sink.


OUTSIDE The property is set back from the Military Road and is approached over a driveway leading to a car port with a paved hardstanding area and an adjacent brick built single garage with an up and over door to the front and a garden store to the rear. From the car port, a paved path leads across the secluded front garden to the property. To the rear of the property is a tiered garden and wooded escarpment with ground cover. The total plot extends to about 0.28 acres.

FURTHER INFORMATION Local Authority: Rother District Council. Council Tax Band G
Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
Predicted mobile phone coverage: 02
Broadband speed: Ultrafast 1000Mbps available. Source Ofcom
River and Sea Flood risk summary: Very low risk. Source GOV.UK