64 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1XG Tel: 01273 474101
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£599,950
Cobblers Cottage Village Green Piddinghoe BN9 9AP Description A truly delightful period cottage nestled in the quaint village of Piddinghoe, which is adjacent the River Ouse. Situated in an elevated position in the shadow of the St John's Church, Cobblers Cottage once provided the village with a valuable trade and still has the original covered work place of Cobblers past. This Grade II listed property has been sympathetically modernised and refurbished over the past few years and provides a three bedroom cottage with a host of circa 18th Century features which include exposed wall and timber beams, inglenook fireplace and even its own original cobbler's shop. A canopied entrance door opens into the sitting room with exposed timber ceiling, brick built inglenook with wood burner and polished wooden floor. A double aspect room with small snug to the rear of the inglenook and dining area with double doors to the rear garden. There is a modern kitchen with range of floor and wall mounted units and a double aspect. There is also a downstairs cloakroom. On the first floor, the landing leads to three bedrooms and a modern bathroom and shower room which features white suite with paneled bath, wash basin and WC, with chrome towel rail in addition to a radiator. The shower cubicle has glazed doors and recessed lighting above. A grass verge and well beaten pedestrian pathway runs adjacent to the front of the cottage from the Church and it's car park. A detached brick building with pitched roof is the original Cobbler's shop with flint brick wall enclosing the side and rear garden. There are further outbuildings to the side of the house providing boiler room and workshop. The gardens are mainly lawned with terrace at the rear.
Situation The attractive riverside village of Piddinghoe lies approximately four miles distant from Seaford and just two miles to the north of Newhaven which offers two major supermarkets, leisure facilities including swimming pool and gym, attractive cliff top walks from Newhaven fort along to the coast of Brighton. The village itself has an active social calendar, village hall, tennis court, recreation space, and fishing and sailing on the pond nearby. The county town of Lewes is approximately seven miles distant and offers more comprehensive amenities along with individual specialist boutiques. Mainline railway station offers connections to London Victoria (just over the hour) and the ferry port at Newhaven offers services to Dieppe. The city of Brighton and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton are both about 10 miles distant, and the famous Glyndebourne Opera House is located on the outskirts of Ringmer.