Church Square, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7LA

ROOMS Hall, Living room, Kitchen / dining area, Rear hall, Utility room, Shower /cloakroom, Medieval cellar, 2 Double bedrooms, Bathroom, Large walk-in roof space  

LOCATION The property occupies a commanding position in the heart of the Conservation Area 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 Brighton 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. 

DESCRIPTION Flushing House originally formed part of the larger adjoining building which became known as the Flushing Inn and comprises a fine Grade II* Listed period house of early C16th origin with a jettied upper storey and a moulded bressumer. The lower storey to the front is of eighteenth-century brickwork and the side elevation is weatherboard clad. Over the succeeding 500 years, Flushing House has been used as a separate building, reintegrated and separated a number of times. The property benefits from generally good ceiling heights throughout and affords superb timber framing, including moulded and braced beams synonymous with an important building of the period and still displaying the builders' marks used during the original construction. The well-presented living accommodation, which boasts a fine turning Tudor staircase and bread oven, is arranged over two levels, as shown on the floor plan. Note: The cottage and street featured in BBC1's Mapp and Lucia in December 2014 as the estate agent "Woolgar and Pipstow" and as Dr Dobby's house. 

GROUND FLOOR A panelled front door opens from Pump Street into a hall with exposed timber framing and wooden floorboards. The living room has a large window overlooking Market Street, exposed beams and wide floorboards.The kitchen/dining area, which overlooks the cobbled street, has an ornamental Art Nouveau cast iron fireplace, matchboard panelling to dado height and a range of fitted cabinets comprising cupboards and drawers beneath wood work surfaces with a Belfast sink and mixer tap, an inset four burner gas hob with a stainless-steel oven below and filter hood above and an integrated dishwasher and fridge.

The rear hall leads to shower/cloakroom with a tiled floor and modern fitments comprising a shower enclosure, wall mounted wash basin and close coupled wc. Beyond is a utility room with an original bread oven within an inglenook fireplace and Tudor door to outside, together with a fitted worksurface with an inset stainless-steel sink, cupboards beneath, space for a washer/dryer and a wall mounted gas boiler.

From the hall, a turning Tudor staircase leads down to a medieval cellar and up to the first floor landing where the staircase then continues to a large walk-in roof space on the second floor.


 

FIRST FLOOR On the first floor, bedroom 1 has two windows overlooking Market Street, moulded ceiling beams, exposed studwork and antique floorboards. Bedroom 2, which overlooks a cobbled street, has an Art Nouveau cast iron fireplace and wide oak floorboards. The bathroom has white fitments including a panelled bath, pedestal wash basin and close coupled w.c.  

SERVICES Local Authority: Rother District Council. Council Tax Band TBA
Mains electricity, gas, drainage and water.
Predicted mobile phone coverage: EE, Vodafone, Three and 02
Broadband speed: Ultrafast 1000Mbps available. Source Ofcom
Flood risk summary: Very low risk. Source GOV.UK
 

PARKING A residents' parking scheme is currently operating in Watchbell Street whereby permanent residents living in Church Square can apply for an annual permit to park, subject to availability, on a ''first come, first served'' basis in a controlled parking zone.