New Street, Sandwich

An attached Grade II listed period cottage with accommodation comprising open plan entrance hall and sitting room, cloakroom, dining room and kitchen on the ground floor together with three bedrooms and bathroom on the first floor. To the rear there is an enclosed courtyard garden.

Description

Colts Cottage is an attached Grade II listed period cottage believed to date back to the 15th century, and originally one of two medieval houses. The property later became part of one of the town’s former 19th century inns, known as the Three Colts, and has many features including a brick fireplace in the sitting room and many exposed timbers. The accommodation is laid out on two floors and comprises open plan entrance hall and sitting room, a slightly raised inner hallway, cloakroom, dining room and kitchen on the ground floor together with a split level landing, three bedrooms and bathroom on the first floor. To the rear there is an enclosed courtyard garden. There is gas fired central heating with radiators in rooms where indicated and some windows are secondary double glazed.

The property is situated within the Conservation Area of the Cinque Port Town of Sandwich. Local amenities include a supermarket, shops, banks, post office, chemist, doctors and dental surgeries, and restaurants, with an Infant, Junior and two highly regarded Secondary schools, and leisure facilities. Sandwich Station provides a mainline service to London St Pancras at peak times (approximately 107 minutes) and to London Charing Cross (approximately 138 minutes). There is good access to the busy Coastal Port of Dover approximately 8 miles away, and the Cathedral City of Canterbury is about 14 miles distant.