The Old Rectory East is the eastern half of an attractive Victorian house with stunning gardens and excellent outbuildings.

Built in the 1880s by Henry Darbishire, the Victorian architect, noted for his works for the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts. The building was remodeled in the 1980s to create two attached houses.

The building is included in Pevsner's 'The Building of England' series and retains many wonderful period features.

The property has attractive principally red-brick elevations with hung-tiles, sash windows and original chimneys.

Internally, the accommodation flows well and comprises light filled, elegantly proportioned rooms with high ceilings typical of the period.

The drawing room is a bright room, with arched sash windows, original shutters, and a handsome marble chimneypiece with a wood-burning stove.

Facing the drawing room is the dining room, which leads through to the study and kitchen/breakfast room.

The double aspect kitchen/breakfast room has ample storage, work surfaces, double sink and space for an oven and fridge. Beyond the kitchen is a boot room/laundry room.

The first floor landing has a wonderful sky lantern, with electric windows; doors lead off to four double bedrooms and two bathrooms.

The principal bedroom is particularly fine, with a south-facing window and adjoining bathroom.

There is ample parking to the front of the house on a shingle drive and within the cart lodge.

The Old Rectory East has spectacular gardens in grounds of just under an acres. To the rear of the house is a stunning walled garden, with a detached conservatory by Weinor, and a potting shed.

There is an array of beds and borders including an especially fine peony border, and various raised beds forming a kitchen garden.

Beyond the walled garden is an orchard, festooned with daffodils and cowslips, primroses and miniature narcissi , with a variety of fruit trees, including plum damson, pear, quinces, apples, nectarines and apricots.

Within the orchard is also a delightful pond with Victorian cast iron fencing.

To the side of the cart lodge is a useful detached office, ideal for working from home.

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