HOMESNEWS Step out for cottage home

Walkers will be especially keen to view Pond Cottage, now for sale in an elevated spot that is close to the historic Pilgrims’ Way footpath.

The Pilgrims’ Way is the 141mile route taken by pilgrims travelling from Winchester Cathedral, in Hampshire, to kneel at the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury.

As the Pilgrims’ Way approaches Canterbury, it passes through Old Wives Lees, on the Chartham Downs, where three-bedroom Pond Cottage is now on the market with Strutt & Parker, priced at £750,000.

Ground floor has a vaulted kitchen/breakfast room with bi-fold doors out to the pretty gardens.

A double aspect sitting room has a wood-burning stove and is divided from a dining room by original 18th-century open studwork. One of the bedrooms is on this floor, with a set of French doors and an en suite bathroom.

Upstairs on the first floor are two large bedrooms, both having good views over the countryside.

Also on the first floor is the family bathroom with its rolltop bath.

The attic also offers some accommodation, with skylight windows letting in plenty of light.

Chilham and Selling stations are each 1.5 miles, away and Junction 7 of the M2 is four miles away for great access to road networks.

Jane Layfield, of Strutt & Parker, says: “Pond Cottage is an idyllically situated, yet highly accessible country property.

“Understood to date from 1711, the cottage was sympathetically renovated in 2005 creating a special home of great charm.

“Although rurally located, Pond Cottage has easy access to commuter links and facilities.”

For more information ring the agent on 01227 473700