Plan an escape to this secluded, light-filled cottage with calming contemporary interiors and country views as far as the eye can see. Hawkhurst is a mile and a half away, offering a colonnade of independent shops, a cinema and gastropubs serving Kentish wines and beers. Locally, there are ancient castles and historic houses to be explored; Bodiam (4.5 miles), Scotney (6 miles) and Sissinghurst (8.5 miles), as well as famous gardens including Great Dixter (9 miles) and Pashley Manor (3.5 miles) to visit. Take a day trip to historic Rye (17 miles) and Camber Sands (20 miles) and the Wealden town of Tenterden (12 miles), home to the Kent and East Sussex Steam Railway. The property is also 11 miles from a railway station at Staplehurst, from which you can buy tickets to Canterbury, Etchingham, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings.
Inside the property, an airy open-plan space accommodates kitchen, lounge and dining room areas, with floor-to-ceiling bi-fold doors bringing the outdoors — and those wonderful views — in. The seating, including chairs at the dining table, is plush, in neutral hues, for a restful ambience. This room also has a daybed available for a child and sleek kitchen units. Passing through the hallway, you’ll find the washer/dryer concealed in a cupboard and a door to the bedroom. A zip-and-link twin with anti-allergenic duvets and pillows, the bedroom can also be made up as a king-size. This has a Jack and Jill entrance to the en-suite, with a roomy walk-in shower featuring a rainfall head and hand-held attachment, and a WC.
Bi-fold doors the width of the lounge open onto the paved terrace, furnished with an outside table and chairs and loungers, and edged with hedging. Beyond this, a grass slope leads down to a rail and post fence, with steps from the terrace to a side gate.