Guide price
£760,0004 bedroom detached house for sale
Military Road, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7NY
Detached house
4 beds
2 baths
1,334 sq ft / 124 sq m
EPC rating: E
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Features and description
Entrance porch, Entrance vestibule, Hallway, Living room, Dining room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Utility/shower room, Cloakroom, Four bedrooms, Bathroom, EPC rating E, Front and rear garden, Single garage, Car port
The property occupies a secluded yet convenient position within half a mile of the Ancient Town and Cinque Port of Rye, 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. Festivals include the Rye Bay Scallop Week, Maritime Festival, Rye International Jazz Festival and the Rye Arts Festival. From the town there are local train services to Eastbourne and to Ashford with a high speed service to London St. Pancras in 37 minutes. Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Rye, tennis at Rye Lawn Tennis Club with reputedly among the very best grass courts in the country, sailing on the south coast and many fine countryside and coastal walks.
An individual detached property designed by local architects Le Fevre and Wood and built in 1968 with brick and part weatherboard clad external elevations set with tall double glazed casement windows beneath a pitched tiled roof. The accommodation is arranged over two levels, as shown on the floor plan with the living room on the first floor to take full advantage of the views. The property is now in need of total refurbishment. The image above shows the property in 1987 with the first-floor balcony that has been removed for safety reasons.
GROUND FLOOR The property is approached via an open entrance porch with a glazed front door with matching side panel opening to an entrance vestibule with an inner door leading to the hallway with an open tread staircase to the first floor.
On the ground floor there are four bedrooms, all of which have fitted wardrobe cupboards, and a bathroom with a panelled bath, pedestal wash basin, close coupled wc and airing cupboard with hot water cylinder. In addition, there is a utility/shower room with a butler sink, plumbing for a washing machine, shower tray and curtain, door to outside and a separate cloakroom with a close coupled w.c.
FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, there is a triple aspect living room with a wide six casement window providing views across the tennis club and river Rother to the farmland beyond. A hatch leads to a large unconverted loft space. To the rear is a double aspect dining room and a separate double aspect kitchen/breakfast room with a fitted breakfast table with bench seats and a range of cabinets of the period comprising cupboards and drawers beneath work surfaces with a stainless-steel sink.
OUTSIDE The property is set back from the Military Road and is approached over a driveway leading to a car port with a paved hardstanding area and an adjacent brick built single garage with an up and over door to the front and a garden store to the rear. From the car port, a paved path leads across the secluded front garden to the property. To the rear of the property is a tiered garden and wooded escarpment with ground cover. The total plot extends to about 0.28 acres.
FURTHER INFORMATION Local Authority: Rother District Council. Council Tax Band G
Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
Predicted mobile phone coverage: 02
Broadband speed: Ultrafast 1000Mbps available. Source Ofcom
River and Sea Flood risk summary: Very low risk. Source GOV.UK
The property occupies a secluded yet convenient position within half a mile of the Ancient Town and Cinque Port of Rye, 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. Festivals include the Rye Bay Scallop Week, Maritime Festival, Rye International Jazz Festival and the Rye Arts Festival. From the town there are local train services to Eastbourne and to Ashford with a high speed service to London St. Pancras in 37 minutes. Sporting facilities in the area include golf at Rye, tennis at Rye Lawn Tennis Club with reputedly among the very best grass courts in the country, sailing on the south coast and many fine countryside and coastal walks.
An individual detached property designed by local architects Le Fevre and Wood and built in 1968 with brick and part weatherboard clad external elevations set with tall double glazed casement windows beneath a pitched tiled roof. The accommodation is arranged over two levels, as shown on the floor plan with the living room on the first floor to take full advantage of the views. The property is now in need of total refurbishment. The image above shows the property in 1987 with the first-floor balcony that has been removed for safety reasons.
GROUND FLOOR The property is approached via an open entrance porch with a glazed front door with matching side panel opening to an entrance vestibule with an inner door leading to the hallway with an open tread staircase to the first floor.
On the ground floor there are four bedrooms, all of which have fitted wardrobe cupboards, and a bathroom with a panelled bath, pedestal wash basin, close coupled wc and airing cupboard with hot water cylinder. In addition, there is a utility/shower room with a butler sink, plumbing for a washing machine, shower tray and curtain, door to outside and a separate cloakroom with a close coupled w.c.
FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, there is a triple aspect living room with a wide six casement window providing views across the tennis club and river Rother to the farmland beyond. A hatch leads to a large unconverted loft space. To the rear is a double aspect dining room and a separate double aspect kitchen/breakfast room with a fitted breakfast table with bench seats and a range of cabinets of the period comprising cupboards and drawers beneath work surfaces with a stainless-steel sink.
OUTSIDE The property is set back from the Military Road and is approached over a driveway leading to a car port with a paved hardstanding area and an adjacent brick built single garage with an up and over door to the front and a garden store to the rear. From the car port, a paved path leads across the secluded front garden to the property. To the rear of the property is a tiered garden and wooded escarpment with ground cover. The total plot extends to about 0.28 acres.
FURTHER INFORMATION Local Authority: Rother District Council. Council Tax Band G
Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
Predicted mobile phone coverage: 02
Broadband speed: Ultrafast 1000Mbps available. Source Ofcom
River and Sea Flood risk summary: Very low risk. Source GOV.UK
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Phillips & Stubbs – a regional property consultancy with a national profile at home in Rye LOCAL KNOWLEDGE – BETTER RESULTS We know every square mile and having an intimate knowledge of the local area and market enables us to get outstanding results for our clients. Whilst we may never compete with the large, corporate concerns in terms of their financial might and self promotion, they can never get close to the local community in the way that we can and develop those all important long term relationships on which the success of our business and reputation is built. Knowing the various micro-markets that make-up the local property scene and forging affinities with individuals in those communities over a long period of time gives us a deeper understanding and permits us to make those all important connections that go beyond conventional marketing. 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It’s the dream of many to live on the coast and in response to this strong demand we have set up a dedicated coastal service for the discerning buyer. It is a distinct market with different forces at work to the mainstream one and characteristics requiring our deep level of local knowledge that our team can use to deliver outstanding results through innovative marketing for our clients. Just as we benefit from a unique and historic coastline, so the inland rural areas, villages and market towns are exceptionally beautiful being both diverse in nature, from the rolling countryside of the High Weald to the low lying plains of Romney Marsh, and wide ranging in style with a high density of architecturally interesting buildings and Grade II listed properties including converted outbuildings, old farmhouses and charming cottages, which collectively ‘have been slowly and richly coloured by the personality of the people who have dwelt in them these hundreds of years. One may say of them that they are of the colour of English history’. W. Beach Thomas. Such unique properties demand particular attention and a focus on the special qualities of an individual property through tailored marketing rather than a ‘one size fits all approach’ in order to ensure you get the best possible outcome. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION It is the advice you hear from us all the time and we apply it to ourselves. Our distinctive office in Rye occupies a high profile, corner position which ensures your property will get noticed. It also has a contemporary feel reflecting our forward thinking approach whilst being conducive to discussing business and property related matters in a relaxed yet professional environment. Rye is a destination of choice for people and often the starting point for their property search, not just in the town but right across the wider area as many people are simply too ‘time-poor’ to travel around the outlying villages to register with estate agents, thereby, making them increasingly irrelevant whilst boosting our own profile as a regional property hub. In addition, we open 7 days a week and most Bank Holidays to make sure we take full advantage of any opportunity to market your property. It is vitally important to maintain this presence given that high number of buyers who come to this area from London looking to relocate or to buy a second home and yet the vast majority of estate agents are closed for business on these prime viewing days. We find it bizarre in this day and age but we are not complaining! STYLE & SUBSTANCE Contemporary marketing is integral to our business. From branding to advertising, from how our office looks to the bespoke brochures we produce using floor plans, professional photography, dusk shots and aerial images and through our online presence and the use of social media channels, journalist interviews and historical research on individual houses, we are committed to constantly evolving our marketing approach to ensure your property is shown to maximum advantage. The benefits are greater awareness and better results for both us and our clients. A STRONG ONLINE PRESENCE Over 80% of all property searches begin online and so it is a very important factor when it comes to marketing but in order to differentiate your property in an overcrowded market there is in our view a need to go beyond simply replicating what can be seen on the main property portals on our own website. 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Not every property sells within a few weeks, of course, but from the outset we agree a marketing strategy with you that has regular reviews built-in to it to ensure your property remains firmly at the forefront of our minds. By working together it takes less energy and time and creates a better understanding and appreciation of the outcome. As an independent firm with a ‘can-do’ attitude and a business built on professionalism, energy, enthusiasm and extensive knowledge, we understand it is the quality of service we offer to clients that determines our success and we are particularly proud of the repeat business and recommendations we get from satisfied clients. LET ME SELL YOU A SECRET Evoking Robert Cialdini’s Scarcity Principle of Influence, there are certain circumstances where it may be advantageous for a property owner to sell off-market and we have a discreet service aimed at search agents and specific buyers who have clearly defined criteria.
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