Turn heads with this elegant plot

This village house has its own access to an orchard footpath. The dog’s going to love it and so will you.

Sunshine floods through bay windows into the large sitting room of six-bedroom Russell House, an imposing Georgian home that’s on the market now.

The Grade II-listed brick and slate property is set back from the street behind a wrought iron gate and lawned front garden in the village of Woodnesborough, just west of Sandwich.

Built over four floors it comes with a matching brick and slate coach house garage and a purpose-built timber home office.

Front door leads to a long central hallway with cloakroom off and the ground floor also has the 23ft x 22ft sitting room with the fireplace and south-west facing bay windows with leaded panes.

A 28ft kitchen/breakfast room leads

HOUSE DETAILS Address: Russell House,

The Street, Woodnesborough, Sandwich Guide price: £925,000

Agent: Skyhunter

by Adrian Thompson, of Skyhunter

Russell House is a particularly fine Grade II listed Georgian house dating from circa 1830 and is constructed in the traditional manner of brick with shuttered sash and casement windows under a slate roof, the latter wholly replaced in 2016. Internally this charming family house retains much of the character of the period with light, wellproportioned rooms, fireplaces, panelled doors, ceiling cornicing, window fenestration and staircase. The house is set within delightful gardens backing on to orchards and occupies a delightful spot set back from the street in the centre of peaceful Woodnesborough, which itself is 1.5 miles west of historic Sandwich. to a deck and there is a separate dining room. Stairs lead down to a lower ground floor and a collection of cellars with good ceiling heights and separate access from the outside. First floor has a double aspect 22ft x 15ft master bedroom with large en suite. Three more bedrooms and a bathrooms are on this floor, with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor.

Buyers may be pleased to discover that a gate from the back garden leads directly to a footpath and orchards, ideal for dog walks.

Ring the agent on 01227 469869