• 3 Double Bedrooms +
• Family Bathroom +
• Shower /WC +
• Large Living / Dining Room +
• Kitchen / Breakfast Room +
• South Facing Garden looking towards the sea +
• Wealth of period Features +
• Heritage Oak Frame Double Garage +
• Planning Permission to extend at Rear Planning RR/2021/1204/P +

A former home of Spike Milligan this attractive detached 3 bedroom Grade II listed cottage, occupies a quiet rural location with fine southerly views looking out over open farmland to the sea across the Pannel Valley Nature Reserve.
* Entrance Hall
* Combined Living Room / Dining Room
* Kitchen / Breakfast Room
* Ground floor Shower Room / WC
* 2 x First Floor Double Bedrooms
* 1 x Second Floor Double Bedroom
* Family Bathroom
* South Facing Oak Framed Summer House
* South Facing Private Garden
* Detached Heritage Style Garage & Workshop
* Planning to Extend at the Rear (RR/2021/1204/P)

Description: The Cottage is a welcoming Grade II listed detached house dating back to the early 17th Century, of timber frame construction with mellow brick and stone external lower elevations and part tile hung upper elevations, with oak frame leaded casement windows all beneath a pitched peg tiled roof.
The property is accessed from Hog Hill over a concrete and brick driveway which provides access to the side of the property and accessing the timber frame garage. A pedestrian path runs along the front of the house to a side entrance door.
The property accommodation comprises a large entrance hall with terracotta tiles recovered from a sunken cargo ship in 1868, and off which is a ground floor shower room/WC with front facing window. At the end of the hallway is the main reception room, divided into living and dining areas the room benefits from a large inglenook fireplace with wood burner, exposed timbers and floorboards and front and rear facing windows and central glazed door leading out to the garden. Beyond the living room is a kitchen /breakfast room with triple aspect windows and door leading out to the garden. The kitchen is fitted with painted shaker style units, with oak worktops, butlers sink, electric Aga, ceramic hob, electric oven, integrated dish washer and washing machine.
Stairs from the front hallway lead up to a first-floor landing off which is master bedroom with south facing far reaching views to the sea and vaulted ceiling, a second double bedroom with brick fireplace with oak bressummer, exposed ceiling beams and an open tread oak ladder staircase leads up to the second floor third bedroom (crows nest) with vaulted ceiling, exposed beams and double aspect windows with far reaching sea views. A family bathroom is also accessed from the landing with panel bath, washbasin with vanity unit below and low flush WC.

Externally the property benefits from a small front lawn garden running along the roadside of the property while to the righthand side is car parking space for a couple of vehicles and access to a double bay timber frame heritage style garage. A gate between the house and garage leads to the rear south facing garden with access to an oak frame summer house situated on the rear corner of the house adjoining a brick paved seating area looking out over a terrace lawn garden, with sun terrace seating area, ornamental pond, mixed flower beds all encompassed by a dividing mix hedge with picket gate that opens onto a further vegetable garden with raised beds.
The current owners obtained planning permission (RR/2021/1204/P) and listed building consent to create a new entrance hall and large family kitchen dining room on the ground floor, making the current kitchen into a potential study / snug. On the first floor a new staircase would lead up from the new entrance hallway to provide access to a new master bedroom with ensuite bathroom, triple aspect windows including doors leading out to a south facing balcony terrace. A second double bedroom would also be accessed from the new landing with second door connecting onto the existing landing.
The proposed extension we believe would create a further 117.3 sq m. (1262 sq. ft.) and which combined with the current accommodation would create a total new internal floor area of the house to measure 245.9 sq. m (2657 sq. ft.)

Situation: The Cottage is situated in an idyllic rural location off a narrow country lane between Icklesham and the historic town of Winchelsea which is laid out on a 13th Century grid pattern around the central church St Thomas the Martyr. This pretty, small town benefits from a village store and post office, The New Inn public house as well as cricket club, village hall, and the central St Thomas's church and primary school. Nearby is the ancient Cinque Ports town of Rye, with its ancient cobbled streets and period buildings that offer shops, recreational and cultural facilities. The spa town of Tunbridge Wells is approximately 30 miles distant offering a wider range of shopping and recreational facilities, while closer to the west is the historic town of Hastings with its seafront and promenade. Inland are the market towns of Tenterden known as the Jewel in the Weald with its tree lined high street and Ashford with main line station to London and Europe as well as the recently expanded McArthur Glen designer outlet retail park. Leisure activities near Winchelsea offer a local thriving tennis, sailing, and links golf clubs as well as opportunities for riding, kite surfing on the nearby Camber Sands Beach and walking in the surrounding countryside.

Schools: There are several highly regarded schools in the area including Vinehall, St Ronan's, Claremont, Buckswood, and Benenden. Winchelsea benefits from St Thomas's primary school and Icklesham Primary school both with Good Ofsted ratings while nearby Rye offers a number of pre-nursery, primary and secondary school.

Travel and Transport: Winchelsea benefits from an hourly bus services on the Hastings to Folkestone route that goes through the town. There is also a train service from Winchelsea station, approximately 2 miles from the Cottage at bottom of Ferry Hill on the Brighton to Ashford International line with connecting high speed services from Ashford for London St Pancras (37 minutes) and the continent via Eurostar. Nearby the M20 may be joined at Ashford via the A259 and A2070 with connections to the M25 and Dover Ferry Port.

General Information:
Services: Mains Water, Private Drainage, Mains Electricity, Oil Central Heating
Broadband Speed: Up to 24 Mbps (source Ofcom)
Mobile Coverage: 3G/4G on 3 Mobile, EE, Virgin Mobile, Vodafone and O2
Council Tax: Currently Band F
Local Authority: Rother District Council
Tenure: Freehold
Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Anderson Hacking Ltd

Directions: From Rye proceed on the A259 Hastings Road for approximately 5 miles, turn left up The Strand and proceed through the Strand Gate and head up High Street, bearing left onto German Street then proceed along till end and continue straight onto Wickham Rock and continue for further 1.4 miles where The Cottage will be found on the lefthand side opposite the Hog Hill Windmill.