House For Sale £825,000
Sandwich

A splendid and spacious 5 bedroom Grade II Listed three storey house with lovely rear garden and many period features. EPC Rating: D

Situation
The property is located with the conservation area of the popular historic Cinque Port town of Sandwich which offers a comprehensive range of amenities including supermarket, independent shops, bank, post office, chemist, doctor and dentist surgeries, restaurants, public houses and a choice of very well-regarded schools and leisure facilities. The Princes Golf Club and Royal St Georges Golf Club are close by at Sandwich Bay. From Sandwich there are connecting train services to London St Pancras and Charing Cross, whilst the A299 Thanet Way facilitates rapid access to the M2 motorway. For channel crossings the port of Dover is approximately 13 miles and the Channel Tunnel terminal at Cheriton is approximately 22 miles distant.

The Property
A very fine double fronted three storey Grade II Georgian House extended to the rear in recent years making for an impressive and extremely comfortable and flexible family house mixing the old - incorporating many period features - with contemporary living. The interior and exterior have just been redecorated and new fitted carpets have been laid. There is a good-sized, sunny south-westerly facing rear garden. The living space includes a drawing room, dining room, fully fitted, hand built kitchen with separate utility room and downstairs WC, a wonderful, spacious and bright garden room with concertina doors that open the whole width out to the garden. At first floor level are three large double bedrooms (one with en suite wet room) a family bathroom and a landing/study area. On the second floor are two further double bedrooms and a bathroom, plus a playroom and a studio or office space. A staircase leads down from the utility room into a large cellar beneath the drawing room and dining room. There are two working open fireplaces (one with wood-burning stove) in the principal reception rooms, underfloor heating throughout the areas of travertine stone tiles - in the garden room, kitchen, utility room and downstairs WC - in addition to a full gas central heating system and pressurised hot water system from a gas fired boiler. The second floor has a door at the bottom of its staircase enabling this floor to be closed off when not in use.

Entrance Hallway - 17' 6'' x 5' 10'' (5.33m x 1.78m)

Drawing Room - 16' 5'' x 12' 6'' (5.00m x 3.81m)

Dining Room - 16' 9'' x 12' 10'' (5.10m x 3.91m)

Kitchen - 14' 2'' x 11' 11'' (4.31m x 3.63m)

Garden Room - 17' 11'' x 15' 5'' (5.46m x 4.70m)

Utility Room - 11' 4'' x 6' 0'' (3.45m x 1.83m)

Downstairs Cloakroom/WC

Large Cellar
under the Drawing Room, Hallway and Dining Room

First Floor Landing/Study Area - 11' 9'' x 5' 9'' (3.58m x 1.75m)

Bedroom One - 13' 5'' x 12' 3'' (4.09m x 3.73m)

Ensuite Shower Room - 8' 9'' x 4' 8'' (2.66m x 1.42m)

Bedroom Two - 12' 11'' x 12' 9'' (3.93m x 3.88m)

Bedroom Three - 12' 11'' x 12' 6'' (3.93m x 3.81m)

Family Bathroom - 12' 11'' x 6' 6'' (3.93m x 1.98m)

Bedroom Four - 16' 6'' x 9' 11'' (5.03m x 3.02m)

Bedroom Five - 13' 9'' x 9' 6'' (4.19m x 2.89m)

Play Room - 16' 2'' max narrowing to 10' 3" x 12' 0'' (4.92m x 3.65m)

Studio - 14' 1'' x 7' 0'' (4.29m x 2.13m)

Bathroom Three - 7' 8'' x 5' 10'' (2.34m x 1.78m)

Outside
The rear garden, protected by high walls, is planted with many Mediterranean trees and shrubs. It is a good size and well proportioned, south-westerly facing and catches the sun all year. There is an extensive terrace area of travertine stone across the full width of the house with wide steps leading to a raised lawn flanked by olive trees and flower borders, a lean-to garden store and a built-in pizza oven. There is also a separate pedestrian access gate out onto Holy Ghost Alley, leading to the town centre, and the adjoining property also benefits from the use of this gate.

Council Tax Band: G
Tenure: Freehold