House For Rent £2,400
Pond Cottage is a delightful Grade II property consisting of two joined former 17th century cottages. Located in a popular conservation area, it has plenty of space and character, integrating original features with modern conveniences. The property is fully furnished and available on a short term let.
Pond Cottage is one of the five oldest properties in the village and takes its name from a big pond that used to occupy the area now forming the village green.
Adisham is a quiet village located in the heart of the Kent countryside, approximately six miles south of the city of Canterbury. There are a number of Primary Schools in the area, one of which is located in the village. Two miles away in Aylesham you will find a further two primary schools, a Co-op convenience store and a Chinese take away. There is a train station in Adisham with direct links to London Victoria, Dover and Canterbury City centre, where you will find an array of shops and restaurants, along with numerous secondary schools and the University of Kent. The coastal town of Dover, where you will find the historic Dover Castle and the White Cliffs experience is approximately a 20 minute drive away
The property can be moved straight into and would provide plenty of comfort for a short term period under a holiday let license.
There are 5 bedrooms (3 double, 1 single, 1 bunkbed – children only), a downstairs shower room, upstairs bathroom, utility room, kitchen diner, separate dining room, music room with upright piano, sitting room, large fully fenced garden with oak pergola and outdoor dining, small front garden and two woodburning stoves.
The Utility Room and Kitchen have all the white goods (washing machine, separate vented tumble dryer, 2 undercounter fridges, under counter freezer, dishwasher), Kenwood range electric oven, gas hob. Rangemaster extractor & hood. The Kitchen has underfloor heating.
Outside is a delightful landscaped garden which was designed by the owner in 2020. It has views towards the 12th century church, lawns, and attractive covered dining area. There is also a small brick front garden to The Street featuring attractive plants and herbs.
Services: Gas central heating, mains water, drainage and electricity, broadband which are exlusive of the amount stated
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Pond Cottage consists of two former cottages – numbers 2 & 4 The Street. Both cottages date from around 1600 and are mentioned in a Will of 1621 held at the archives of Canterbury Cathedral, written by an ancestor of Jane Austen. The third cottage at the property links both the earlier buildings, and dates from around the early 19th century. It lies within a conservation area and is listed Grade II.
Kent peg tile roof to both early cottages, natural slate to the early 19th century structure.
All visible timbers in the cottage are original 17th century. 3 new oak pillars were installed in 2018 to provide structural support as part of a comprehensive conservation and restoration project, planning permission for which was granted that year.
Initial survey by James Martin June 2017. Structural survey carried out by Cupola Design Ltd July 2017. Drains inspection conducted by Lanes Drains Oct, works carried out Dec 2017. Conservation architects (2017-18) were Anthony Swaine Architects (ASA), builders were Byford Construction. The designer of the 3 oak pillars was celebrated architect Tim Ellis.
The property has been fully re-wired and re-plumbed, with a Worcester Bosch boiler and expansion tank fitted in 2018. Documentation of this is available.
The entire roof structure of number 4 (northern cottage, nearest the church) and the chimney stack was replaced, using the original roof tiles, and is fully insulated (Celotex 100mm, Croma membrane) and ventilated, with all leadwork complying to regulations by the British Leadwork Association. A conservation-grade rooflight was installed to one bedroom as required (documented). Access to boarded out loft is available. The roof to number 2, nearer the Street, is estimated to have been renewed around 40 years ago and has conventional insulation.
Steels were installed above the oak beams to both kitchen and dining room, and new support walls with ties installed to the sitting room once the intervening one-brick thick Victorian wall was removed to make a bigger space. Steel purlins installed in roof above cottage number 4 as the original 17th century purlins, documented by ASA, had failed. These are preserved as required in the roof space. 4 steel ties – while not prescribed – were installed at first floor level during the works as this was the moment to do this. They match 1 tie already in situ. All steels produced by Dickie Willis of Dover. Drawings by the structural engineer showing the work carried out to support the structure are available for viewing. The property is built on chalk and has no evidence of subsidence. It is solid and as secure as it can be.
The property benefits from a HIVE remote action heating and hot water system. There is an alarm system currently contracted with Guardian Security of Canterbury. There is an irrigation system to both front and main gardens that can be used with B-Hyve irrigation devices. Underfloor heating to kitchen floor operated by app. The cottage warms up and remains warm in winter well and keeps naturally cool in summer. The exterior brickwork to number 2 and 4 was fully repointed just prior to 2017.
The floor structure to the first floor of both numbers 2 and 4 has been fully replaced, with the steel beams making the original floor beams merely decorative. Broad oak-topped planks used where visible. In the restoration works, a bricked-up window was discovered between numbers 2 and 4: this now has a metal frame hidden to support it, with some of the property’s original 17th century planks used to form the casement and shutters.
Features room by room:
Back entrance hall and utility room: Victorian tiles. Wren Kitchens units, including under counter Bosch freezer, oak counter-top. William Morris window blind.
Kitchen: Original beams and inglenook fireplace with oak beam. Dual aspect to front and main gardens. Wren kitchen installed 2018. Bosch under counter fridges, Neff dishwasher. Oak countertop. Kenwood range electric oven, gas hob. Rangemaster extractor & hood. Mains activated fire/smoke detector. 18th century French floor tiles. ‘Russet’ wall tiles commissioned from artisan maker in Sussex. Bespoke red wall paint. Broadband and HIVE unit within wooden casing. Wood burning stove to be kept by owner. Fuse board and electricity meter, gas meter, water stop cock all accessible. The walls to the inglenook have a membrane installed (2018) behind new plasterwork to mitigate against damp as the kitchen is 1m lower than the road. Understairs cupboard with original 17th century door, housing stopcock & gas meter. Excellent broadband across entire property. New external TV aerial installed 2018. Venetian blinds to 3 windows.
Dining room: Original beams. Herringbone brickwork to floor. External door direct to garden. Hatch to ceiling to enable easy access for furniture. Wrought iron curtain rail.
Music room: Door to front garden and The Street. Oak floorboards. 1900s French cast iron enamelled stove with original mica glass. New register and flue professionally installed 2018 (certificate available). Highly effective. Wrought iron curtain rail.
Shower room: linoleum tile-effect flooring. Period style toilet and handbasin. New shower unit and extractor fan. Touch-action light mirror with shaving socket. Original fireplace.
Sitting Room: oak floorboards. Original inglenook with yew beam. Steel support to corbelling inside fireplace. 17th century cast iron fireback. Wood burning stove with new flue and register installed 2018 (certificate available). Oak pillar support central oak beam. Short walls tied to external walls. Hatch in ceiling leading to floor of bedroom enabling easy access for furniture. Understairs cupboard with original 17th century door. Two TV outlets. Wrought iron curtain rails. Door to garden, with original 17th century key.
Small Storeroom: shelved cool storage.
Staircase to bedroom: original boards and structure, and 17th century horsehair plasterwork, and ox-eye oak handrail. Internal shuttered window.
Turquoise bedroom: new window to left hand side. Oak boarded floor. Original beams. Lockable hatch to new roof, boarded out insulated loft with lighting.
Light green bedroom: oak boarded floor, original fireplace and inglenook cupboard with shelving. Hanging cupboard. Conservation grade rooflight with brass screw.
Blue bedroom: fitted cupboards and shelving. Carpeted.
Bathroom: 1926 roll-topped bath recently re-enamelled. Original floorboards and fireplace. Period-style toilet and handbasin. Heated towel rail. Touch action light mirror with shaving socket. Marble fitted unit top. Extractor fan. Boiler cupboard with expansion tank (hot water available to multiple users). Wall-hung corner cupboard to be retained by owner.
Mid-green bedroom: original beams, oak boarded floor. Shuttered internal window.
Yellow bedroom: triple aspect views. Oak boarded floor. Original fireplace and inglenook cupboard with shelving and clothes hanging.
Staircase: oak staircase with ox-eye handrail, leading to kitchen, with window to The Street.
Front Garden: recently excavated (2020) to provide air to kitchen wall and a new brickwork courtyard garden. Herb and lavender beds, beech hedge to The Street. Irrigation system. Bespoke artisan chestnut wood front gate with horseshoe closure. The relatively new brickwork to the corner of the cottage to The Street is the result of damage incurred in 1944 by a tank on the way to join the Normandy Landings in WW2. This is mentioned in the Deeds.
Main Garden: The garden was designed and fully re-landscaped by the owner in October 2020. The circle-in-square design responds to the orientation of the two external doors. Internal view and views towards the 12-century church. The garden contains a range of drought-resistant plants including lavender and ornamental grasses, eucalyptus tree, contorted willow, multi-stemmed birch trees, roses and other plants. Hedging includes lavish yew border, beech and privet. Fruit trees include apples (cookers and eaters), pears, greengage, plums. The well is covered with steel cover with eye holes. Vegetable garden is fenced by Jackson Fencing. Oak pergola with cedar shingles along with fully planted garden with brickwork paths and terrace. Gravelled parking area accommodates 3 cars. Five-bar main gate. There is a metal cover to a micro-pumping station that is inspected twice a year by Southern Water. Surface water from the roof runs via downpipes to a sunken soakaway underneath the flower bed, replenishing the water table and enabling a discount on wastewater bills. Low brick walling to 2/3 of boundary wall built in early 2000s that fully resolves prior surface water run-off. Planning consent features in the Deeds.
Outbuildings: two adjoining sheds built on concrete base made of rubble from 2018 restoration project. Capacious fuel store and original privy used for outdoor seating storage.
Pond Cottage is one of the five oldest properties in the village and takes its name from a big pond that used to occupy the area now forming the village green.
Adisham is a quiet village located in the heart of the Kent countryside, approximately six miles south of the city of Canterbury. There are a number of Primary Schools in the area, one of which is located in the village. Two miles away in Aylesham you will find a further two primary schools, a Co-op convenience store and a Chinese take away. There is a train station in Adisham with direct links to London Victoria, Dover and Canterbury City centre, where you will find an array of shops and restaurants, along with numerous secondary schools and the University of Kent. The coastal town of Dover, where you will find the historic Dover Castle and the White Cliffs experience is approximately a 20 minute drive away
The property can be moved straight into and would provide plenty of comfort for a short term period under a holiday let license.
There are 5 bedrooms (3 double, 1 single, 1 bunkbed – children only), a downstairs shower room, upstairs bathroom, utility room, kitchen diner, separate dining room, music room with upright piano, sitting room, large fully fenced garden with oak pergola and outdoor dining, small front garden and two woodburning stoves.
The Utility Room and Kitchen have all the white goods (washing machine, separate vented tumble dryer, 2 undercounter fridges, under counter freezer, dishwasher), Kenwood range electric oven, gas hob. Rangemaster extractor & hood. The Kitchen has underfloor heating.
Outside is a delightful landscaped garden which was designed by the owner in 2020. It has views towards the 12th century church, lawns, and attractive covered dining area. There is also a small brick front garden to The Street featuring attractive plants and herbs.
Services: Gas central heating, mains water, drainage and electricity, broadband which are exlusive of the amount stated
Directions:
Pond Cottage Sales Points:
Pond Cottage consists of two former cottages – numbers 2 & 4 The Street. Both cottages date from around 1600 and are mentioned in a Will of 1621 held at the archives of Canterbury Cathedral, written by an ancestor of Jane Austen. The third cottage at the property links both the earlier buildings, and dates from around the early 19th century. It lies within a conservation area and is listed Grade II.
Kent peg tile roof to both early cottages, natural slate to the early 19th century structure.
All visible timbers in the cottage are original 17th century. 3 new oak pillars were installed in 2018 to provide structural support as part of a comprehensive conservation and restoration project, planning permission for which was granted that year.
Initial survey by James Martin June 2017. Structural survey carried out by Cupola Design Ltd July 2017. Drains inspection conducted by Lanes Drains Oct, works carried out Dec 2017. Conservation architects (2017-18) were Anthony Swaine Architects (ASA), builders were Byford Construction. The designer of the 3 oak pillars was celebrated architect Tim Ellis.
The property has been fully re-wired and re-plumbed, with a Worcester Bosch boiler and expansion tank fitted in 2018. Documentation of this is available.
The entire roof structure of number 4 (northern cottage, nearest the church) and the chimney stack was replaced, using the original roof tiles, and is fully insulated (Celotex 100mm, Croma membrane) and ventilated, with all leadwork complying to regulations by the British Leadwork Association. A conservation-grade rooflight was installed to one bedroom as required (documented). Access to boarded out loft is available. The roof to number 2, nearer the Street, is estimated to have been renewed around 40 years ago and has conventional insulation.
Steels were installed above the oak beams to both kitchen and dining room, and new support walls with ties installed to the sitting room once the intervening one-brick thick Victorian wall was removed to make a bigger space. Steel purlins installed in roof above cottage number 4 as the original 17th century purlins, documented by ASA, had failed. These are preserved as required in the roof space. 4 steel ties – while not prescribed – were installed at first floor level during the works as this was the moment to do this. They match 1 tie already in situ. All steels produced by Dickie Willis of Dover. Drawings by the structural engineer showing the work carried out to support the structure are available for viewing. The property is built on chalk and has no evidence of subsidence. It is solid and as secure as it can be.
The property benefits from a HIVE remote action heating and hot water system. There is an alarm system currently contracted with Guardian Security of Canterbury. There is an irrigation system to both front and main gardens that can be used with B-Hyve irrigation devices. Underfloor heating to kitchen floor operated by app. The cottage warms up and remains warm in winter well and keeps naturally cool in summer. The exterior brickwork to number 2 and 4 was fully repointed just prior to 2017.
The floor structure to the first floor of both numbers 2 and 4 has been fully replaced, with the steel beams making the original floor beams merely decorative. Broad oak-topped planks used where visible. In the restoration works, a bricked-up window was discovered between numbers 2 and 4: this now has a metal frame hidden to support it, with some of the property’s original 17th century planks used to form the casement and shutters.
Features room by room:
Back entrance hall and utility room: Victorian tiles. Wren Kitchens units, including under counter Bosch freezer, oak counter-top. William Morris window blind.
Kitchen: Original beams and inglenook fireplace with oak beam. Dual aspect to front and main gardens. Wren kitchen installed 2018. Bosch under counter fridges, Neff dishwasher. Oak countertop. Kenwood range electric oven, gas hob. Rangemaster extractor & hood. Mains activated fire/smoke detector. 18th century French floor tiles. ‘Russet’ wall tiles commissioned from artisan maker in Sussex. Bespoke red wall paint. Broadband and HIVE unit within wooden casing. Wood burning stove to be kept by owner. Fuse board and electricity meter, gas meter, water stop cock all accessible. The walls to the inglenook have a membrane installed (2018) behind new plasterwork to mitigate against damp as the kitchen is 1m lower than the road. Understairs cupboard with original 17th century door, housing stopcock & gas meter. Excellent broadband across entire property. New external TV aerial installed 2018. Venetian blinds to 3 windows.
Dining room: Original beams. Herringbone brickwork to floor. External door direct to garden. Hatch to ceiling to enable easy access for furniture. Wrought iron curtain rail.
Music room: Door to front garden and The Street. Oak floorboards. 1900s French cast iron enamelled stove with original mica glass. New register and flue professionally installed 2018 (certificate available). Highly effective. Wrought iron curtain rail.
Shower room: linoleum tile-effect flooring. Period style toilet and handbasin. New shower unit and extractor fan. Touch-action light mirror with shaving socket. Original fireplace.
Sitting Room: oak floorboards. Original inglenook with yew beam. Steel support to corbelling inside fireplace. 17th century cast iron fireback. Wood burning stove with new flue and register installed 2018 (certificate available). Oak pillar support central oak beam. Short walls tied to external walls. Hatch in ceiling leading to floor of bedroom enabling easy access for furniture. Understairs cupboard with original 17th century door. Two TV outlets. Wrought iron curtain rails. Door to garden, with original 17th century key.
Small Storeroom: shelved cool storage.
Staircase to bedroom: original boards and structure, and 17th century horsehair plasterwork, and ox-eye oak handrail. Internal shuttered window.
Turquoise bedroom: new window to left hand side. Oak boarded floor. Original beams. Lockable hatch to new roof, boarded out insulated loft with lighting.
Light green bedroom: oak boarded floor, original fireplace and inglenook cupboard with shelving. Hanging cupboard. Conservation grade rooflight with brass screw.
Blue bedroom: fitted cupboards and shelving. Carpeted.
Bathroom: 1926 roll-topped bath recently re-enamelled. Original floorboards and fireplace. Period-style toilet and handbasin. Heated towel rail. Touch action light mirror with shaving socket. Marble fitted unit top. Extractor fan. Boiler cupboard with expansion tank (hot water available to multiple users). Wall-hung corner cupboard to be retained by owner.
Mid-green bedroom: original beams, oak boarded floor. Shuttered internal window.
Yellow bedroom: triple aspect views. Oak boarded floor. Original fireplace and inglenook cupboard with shelving and clothes hanging.
Staircase: oak staircase with ox-eye handrail, leading to kitchen, with window to The Street.
Front Garden: recently excavated (2020) to provide air to kitchen wall and a new brickwork courtyard garden. Herb and lavender beds, beech hedge to The Street. Irrigation system. Bespoke artisan chestnut wood front gate with horseshoe closure. The relatively new brickwork to the corner of the cottage to The Street is the result of damage incurred in 1944 by a tank on the way to join the Normandy Landings in WW2. This is mentioned in the Deeds.
Main Garden: The garden was designed and fully re-landscaped by the owner in October 2020. The circle-in-square design responds to the orientation of the two external doors. Internal view and views towards the 12-century church. The garden contains a range of drought-resistant plants including lavender and ornamental grasses, eucalyptus tree, contorted willow, multi-stemmed birch trees, roses and other plants. Hedging includes lavish yew border, beech and privet. Fruit trees include apples (cookers and eaters), pears, greengage, plums. The well is covered with steel cover with eye holes. Vegetable garden is fenced by Jackson Fencing. Oak pergola with cedar shingles along with fully planted garden with brickwork paths and terrace. Gravelled parking area accommodates 3 cars. Five-bar main gate. There is a metal cover to a micro-pumping station that is inspected twice a year by Southern Water. Surface water from the roof runs via downpipes to a sunken soakaway underneath the flower bed, replenishing the water table and enabling a discount on wastewater bills. Low brick walling to 2/3 of boundary wall built in early 2000s that fully resolves prior surface water run-off. Planning consent features in the Deeds.
Outbuildings: two adjoining sheds built on concrete base made of rubble from 2018 restoration project. Capacious fuel store and original privy used for outdoor seating storage.
