Property - For Sale

This is probably one of the oldest and historically interesting properties to be offered for sale in this county for many a year. Having been an early 14th century Aisled Hall House dendro-dated to 1311 and as you would expect you can feel the weight of the history in every corner in every room and is one of only a few occupied Grade 2 star listed properties in the country. Historians have discovered that this property originated as the Master's House of The Hospital of St John the Baptist, which is first recorded in the1260s and is mentioned in town records until the sixteenth century.

When you step down into the beamed sitting room you are instantly struck by a magnificent and five hundred tear old carved Tudor inglenook fireplace. This is nine feet wide and features an original salt niche.

From the sitting room you pass under a 16 feet carved dias beam into the kitchen which features a medieval joist being the support on the master solar bedroom above, corbels which support the fireplace and two medieval lamp niches.

There is a vaulted and beamed rear hall under a catslide roof from where you access the bathroom and the dogleg style staircase leads you to a beamed landing.

The master bedroom features a stunning early 14th century fireplace with an adjacent ogee niche in the wall. In the 14th century this was the "Solar "(bedroom), of the Master of the Hospital of St John the Baptist. The second bedroom was created back in the 17th century when the medieval hall, then open to the roof was floored over. This room features a huge Tudor Flemish brick chimneybreast of handmade. A second staircase takes you to a third bedroom in the attic loft space where you can still see some soot stained rafters from when it was an open Hall House.

Being just of New Romney high street you are well placed to stroll to the shops for a little retail therapy and the various pubs and restaurants for lunch or a evening out. And you can leave the car safely at home as the property has a must have 21st century convenience........ an allocated car parking space.

So if you are looking for a character home or maybe a holiday home to
retreat too and re charge your batteries then this is a must see property.

Door to

Sitting Room
13'3" x 12'7"

Kitchen
15'3" x 9'0"

Inner Hall

Bathroom

Stairs to First Floor

Bedroom One
10'8" x 10'6"

Bedroom Two
11'0" x 9'9"

Stairs to

Bedroom Three
24'9" x 10'9"

Garden to Rear
Paved courtyard garden gate to

Allocated parking space.