• Open plan kitchen/dining room +
• Pretty balcony +
• Newly repainted kitchen +
• Private easy to maintain walled garden +
• Parking to the front +
• Potential to run a business from home +
• Central village location +

With an abundance of period features, this pretty house offers a surprising amount of versatile living space and scope to run a business from home-- Sarah Holgate, Associate Director.

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A unique Grade II listed property in the heart of the village with a wealth of period features and flexible/generous accommodation over 2 floors including 4 double bedrooms, 4 reception rooms and a pretty courtyard garden.

Virginia Cottage is located close to the centre of this desirable village. Northiam is a quintessential English village in East Sussex and close to the Kent border that combines historical charm with a vibrant community spirit, making it a lovely place to visit or live. The village has a vast range of amenities including two village stores, a Post Office, a Doctor’s surgery, a primary school, an Indian restaurant and bakery/café. A popular local attraction is Great Dixter House and Gardens, which was the home of the renowned gardener and writer Christopher Lloyd. The nearby towns of Tenterden and Rye offer wider facilities including an excellent range of shops, leisure facilities and both private and state schools.
Rye town offers train services to Brighton and Ashford International with connections to London St Pancras (with journey time approximately 37 minutes).

Virginia Cottage

Virginia Cottage is a pretty Grade II Listed property built around the 18th Century and having once been the local post office. The listing references it being call The Little Shop and Virginia Cottage (see Historic England NGR: TQ ).

Today the house retains much of the charm and character and lends itself to multiple uses. The entrance hall is to the side of the property and is a spacious entrance with stairs to the first floor. Just off the entrance is the utility room, cloakroom and snug. The lounge is a light double aspect room with bay window to the front and a part partitioned wall into the study area. The study is equally light and has a large understairs storage cupboard. The kitchen/dining/sitting room is towards the rear of the property and is a generous open plan room with feature brick fireplace with inset coal effect fire. The kitchen has recently been repainted in tasteful Farrow and Ball colours with wood surfaces over, Belling double oven and space for a fridge freezer and dishwasher. A stable door to the side opens onto the pretty courtyard.