2 bedroom flat for sale

Property Information

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Status:	Available
Tenure:	not specified

Full description

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A FIRST FLOOR PURPOSE BUILT APARTMENT, PRESENTED TO A GOOD DECORATIVE STANDARD AND ENJOYING COUNTRYSIDE VIEWS, SITUATED IN THE ANCIENT TOWN OF WINCHELSEA. COMMUNAL HALLWAY WITH STAIRS RISING TO FIRST FLOOR LANDING, DINING HALL, LIVING ROOM WITH DOUBLE DOORS TO BALCONY, KITCHEN, TWO BEDROOMS, BATHROOM, CLOAKROOM, GAS HEATING, DOUBLE GLAZED SASH STYLE WINDOWS, USE OF COMMUNAL GARDENS. GARAGE. LONG LEASEHOLD. SHARE OF FREEHOLD.

Agents Note:
In accordance with The Estate Agents Act 1979, we advise that the vendor is a "connected person" as defined by the act.

Located in the Conservation Area of the Ancient Town of Winchelsea, which is 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 incomplete cathedral type church of St. Thomas the Martyr. Generally accepted as one of the finest examples of the decorated period in the country the church contains fine carvings, delicate tracery, lofty arches with piers and fluted shafts of Caen stone and marble and magnificent canopied tombs including the famous Alard Tombs. Local facilities include The Winchelsea Farm Kitchen comprising a butchers business, delicatessen and tea/coffee shop together with
a primary school, public house and post office/local grocery. For more comprehensive facilities there is the Cinque Port of Rye within 3 miles from where there are train services to Brighton and to Ashford with high speed connections to London St Pancras (37 minutes) and to the Continent.

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The property is approached via an outer front door with an attractive pediment surround leading into a communal entrance hall with stairs rising to a first floor landing and a built-in storage cupboard beneath.

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A private front door opens into a dining hall, which overlooks the front of the property and has a polished wood block floor.

The living room has two tall sash windows overlooking the rear garden and a pair of glazed double doors opening onto a balcony with wrought iron railings and a tiled floor, together with cornicing, a polished wood floor and an attractive fireplace with a decorative surround.

The kitchen has a window to the front and is fitted with a range of base and wall mounted units incorporating a one and a half bowl, single drainer sink unit, an inset four burner gas hob, tiling to the splash backs, below counter space and plumbing for a washing machine and dish washer, together with a wall mounted gas combination boiler.
The inner hallway has two built-in storage cupboards

Bedroom 1, which is double aspect with windows to the side and rear overlooking the garden, has a built-in double wardrobe with further storage over.

Bedroom 2 has a window to the front.

The bathroom has a window to one side and contemporary fitments comprising a wash hand basin and panelled bath. Adjoining is a cloakroom with a low level w.c and wash basin.

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Outside: The property is approached over a private driveway leading to a communal guest parking area and a garage block. No. 2 owns a single garage with an up and over door. The apartments are arranged in two adjacent buildings creating an L-shape with an internal, part walled sheltered garden extending to about 90' x 55' being set down to lawn with shrub borders.

Directions: Leave Rye in a westerly direction on the A259 and after approximately 2 miles, turn left up the hill, through the Strand Gate into Winchelsea Town. Follow the road along, passing the shop/post office on the right. Continue around the left hand bend in front of the New Inn and take the next turning right into Back Lane where Kent Close will be found on the left hand side.

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Lease details: 999 year lease from 1964. A 1/6th share in the freehold of Kent Close transfers with the sale of this property. Current outgoings include 250 per quarter for building insurance and outside maintenance.