4 bedroom house

Offering almost 2,200 sq ft of light filled, flexible accommodation, Old Manor Cottage is a sensitively-extended and modernised timber-framed, red brick property that has been extensively refurbished by the current owner. The original core of the house is thought to be 16th century with later additions, combining the amenities of modern living with retained period features including some leaded glazing, exposed beams and original fireplaces. The two-storey outbuilding offers scope for improvement to create a two/three bed annexe or holiday let, subject to any necessary consents. The elevated setting provides superb far reaching views over Romney Marsh and towards the sea.

The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall. The large L-shaped drawing room has parquet flooring, a feature exposed brick fireplace with wood-burning stove and French doors to the garden terrace. Adjacent are a reception room with exposed wood flooring and a generous sitting/dining room with quarry-tiled flooring and a feature inglenook open fireplace. The spacious kitchen/breakfast room has a walk-in pantry and a door to the reception hall with utility and boot rooms off. The kitchen offers a range of wall and floor units with quartz worktops and splashbacks, a Belfast sink, modern integrated appliances, space for a good-sized table for more informal dining and French doors to the garden terrace.

On the first floor the property provides an extensive principal bedroom with fitted dressing room and modern fully-tiled en suite shower room, three further well-proportioned bedrooms and a contemporary family bathroom with freestanding bath. Both rear bedrooms have fantastic coastal and country views.

Set in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Lympne village sits above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh and offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including a church, village hall, convenience store, popular primary school and public house with restaurant. Nearby Hythe offers a wide range of shopping, cultural and leisure amenities and more extensive leisure, educational and shopping facilities are available in Folkestone, Dover and Canterbury, together with a good selection of golf courses and fishing and water sports along the coast.

Communications links are excellent: the M20 gives access to Ashford, Folkestone, the Channel Tunnel and Dover, High Speed trains from Westenhanger run to Ashford in less than 10 minutes and to Central London from 45 minutes. The area has good access to the Continent.

The property occupies a large elevated plot with views to the coast and is approached over a block-paved driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the integral double garage. The enclosed rear garden is laid mainly to gently-sloping lawn with well-stocked flowerbeds and a large raised paved terrace part-covered by a verandah, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole screened by mature shrubs and trees and enjoying far-reaching views over surrounding countryside.

The property benefits from a large outbuilding comprising a spacious studio with twin sinks, two sets of patio doors to the garden and a central spiral staircase to a first floor over, suitable for a variety of uses, together with a through sun room, store and workshop.

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Canterbury