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4Set off a pedestrian cobbled street in the Conservation Area of the Ancient Town, a substantial Georgian wing of a Grade II listed period residence. affording elegant, well proportioned accommodation with distant rural views from the upper floors, together with parking for four vehicles and a large, secluded walled garden.
ROOMS Arcade entrance, Hall, Sitting room, Conservatory/dining room, Kitchen, Cinema room, Cloak/shower room, Study, Four double bedrooms, Family bath/shower room, Two shower rooms (one en suite). Off road parking for three vehicles. South facing walled rear garden
LOCATION Set off a cobbled pedestrian street, opposite the chapel of the Augustinian friary, in the Conservation Area of the Ancient Town and Cinque Port of Rye, which is 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. Rye Arts Festival and Rye International Jazz Festival are held annually and a two-screen cinema complex is available in Lion Street. From the town there are local train services to Eastbourne and to Ashford with high-speed connections to London St. Pancras in 37 minutes and from there to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam via Eurostar. Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Rye, tennis at Rye Lawn Tennis Club, sailing on the south coast and many fine countryside and coastal walks.
DESCRIPTION A well presented, substantial eighteenth century wing of a Grade II Listed period property, affording stylish, well proportioned accommodation with good ceiling heights and distant rural views from the upper floors, presenting brick and tile hung external elevations set with timber sash windows beneath a mansard roof. The east wall incorporates a panelled door under a moulded canopy on curved brackets which opens into a delightful arcade of contiguous arches with an opposing door beyond forming the principal entrance into the spacious hallway of the property. Parking for four vehicles and a large, secluded walled garden.
GROUND FLOOR The elegant sitting room has a reconstituted stone fireplace, cornicing, a dado rail, a picture rail and glazed double doors with full height shutters opening to the conservatory.
The kitchen is fitted with a range of modern cabinets comprising cupboards and drawers beneath wood block work surfaces with matching wall cupboards, an inset 6 burner gas hob with a filter hood above, built in double oven, an integrated dishwasher,
ceramic sink, space for a fridge freezer and a tiled floor.
From the kitchen a part glazed door opens to the conservatory/dining room with a pair of double-pitched gables, two sets of glazed doors to the garden, fitted storage cupboards to one wall and a tiled floor. An oak staircase with a glass balustrade descends to the lower ground floor where there is a cinema room within a converted barrel-vaulted cellar and an adjacent cloak/shower room with contemporary fittings including a close coupled wc, wash basin with vanity unit and a walk-in shower with slate block tiles.
FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, which is arranged over two levels, there are two double bedrooms, a study overlooking the garden and a bath/shower room with modern fitments comprising a panelled bath with a wall mounted rain shower above, a close coupled wc and wash basin.
SECOND FLOOR The split level second floor provides two large double bedrooms with vaulted ceilings and dormer windows, together with two shower rooms, one of which is en suite.
OUTSIDE 1 Whitefriars has a vehicular right of way up Conduit Hill to a gated entrance serving three properties and from there to a private gravelled area to the front of the house providing off road parking for four vehicles. Brick steps with a dwarf brick wall and box hedging to the side lead up to paved terrace which extends under the arcade. The landscaped south facing walled rear garden, which extends to about 55' x 30', comprises a paved terrace with well planted curved raised beds to either side of central steps which rise up to the garden level beyond with a side door to Conduit Hill. Garden store.
SERVICES Services: All main services. Gas central heating
Rother District Council. Council Tax Band G
Predicted mobile phone coverage: EE, Vodafone, Three and 02
Broadband speed: Ultrafast 1000Mbps available. Source Ofcom
Rivers and sea flood risk summary: Very low risk. Source GOV.UK
Phillips & Stubbs
