Island Wall, Whitstable, Kent

122 Island Wall was originally converted from part of the former Whitstable Shipping Company office, and this weather-boarded family home offers 2,036 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged over two floors.

Configured to provide a practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment, it sensitively combines modern amenities, quality fixtures and fittings and elegant décor throughout with period features, including sash windows and two fireplaces. There is underfloor heating throughout the property.

The ground floor accommodation is approached from the entrance hall and comprises inter-connecting sitting and kitchen/dining rooms, both extending to almost 25ft in length and with vaulted wood-lined ceilings, wood-lined walls and wooden flooring. The triple aspect sitting room has a feature fireplace with wood-burning stove and French doors to a large rear deck.

The front aspect kitchen has a range of wall and base units, complementary Carrera marble work surfaces and splashbacks, modern integrated appliances (including a double oven) and a door to a fitted utility room with a Belfast sink and WC. It opens into a rear aspect dining area with space for a good-sized table, also with French doors to the rear deck.

The remaining accommodation, accessible down carpeted stairs from the dining area, sits on the lower ground floor.

The wooden-floored hallway opens to two wooden-floored double bedrooms, one with fitted wardrobes, and a part-wood-lined family bathroom. The wooden-floored family room (currently used as an artist’s studio) has a feature corner fireplace with wood-burning stove and French doors to the garden. This leads to the carpeted principal bedroom, with a stable door to the garden, a carpeted fitted dressing room and an en suite bathroom. The bathrooms are luxuriously appointed.

The property is approached over a side driveway providing private parking and giving access to steps rising to the gable end front door and to an adjacent walkway leading down to the beach. Double wooden gates open to a walled courtyard providing further private parking and external storage.

The spacious L-shaped deck set off the sitting and kitchen/dining rooms affords uninterrupted views of the sea.

A sheltered sunken courtyard garden can be accessed through the driveway gates, family room and principal bedroom. It is paved for ease of maintenance and benefits from a useful walk-in store and an outdoor shower.

Both areas provide a fantastic setting for the house, extending the living spaces into the garden and providing wonderful spots in which to relax and entertain alfresco

Island Wall, the closest street to Whitstable’s seafront, sits seconds from the beach and near to the thriving High Street, cafés, pubs, restaurants specialising in local seafood (including the town’s world-renowned oysters), a community centre, museum and gallery, theatre, and primary and secondary schooling. The town has a golf course, swimming pool, sports centre and watersports facilities including a yacht club and windsurfing and waterskiing sports.

Comprehensive amenities are also available in Herne Bay, Faversham and Canterbury.

Transportation links are excellent: buses link the town to Herne Bay and Canterbury, the A299 dual carriageway connects to the A2/M2, Channel ports and motorway network, and Whitstable station (0.9 mile) offers regular services to London St Pancras and Victoria (from around 73 and 90 minutes respectively).