Markwick Terrace, Markwick Terrace Conservation Area, St. Leonards-on-sea, TN38

Architecture and interior
This rare and refined Grade II Listed home has been described as "Possibly the finest home in St Leonards". Many interior features such as the incredibly ornate plasterwork to the ceiling in the Drawing Room remain intact. The house is currently arranged to offer a self-contained one-bedroom flat to the lower floor with its own entrance and small courtyard garden. This could easily be re-configured to offer one enormous home with flexible living spaces across five floors. There is a very pretty and thoughtfully planted garden to the rear of the house with a shady timber gazebo.

Set back from a quiet road the house forms part of Markwick Terrace, which was conceived to be the most desirable terrace of large, stuccoed houses in St Leonards and Number 9 is the only house in the row to remain close to the original layout.

The front garden has a tessellated tiled path leading to steps up to the front door. The wide hallway contains an exceptional original plaster frieze of a classical scene. The ground floor living space has been opened to create a traditional style kitchen overlooking the garden and a spacious dining space overlooking the private gardens to the front. Also on this floor is a loo and utility room which gives access to the garden.

The elegant staircase brings you to the Drawing Room which spans the entire front of the house and is an impressive and calming room with intact ornate ceiling plasterwork, fireplace and huge windows which open to the balcony. Views across the pretty private park to the sea. Also on this floor is a spacious room currently used as a Study with views over the garden. On the half landing is another loo.

On the second floor is the main bedroom of impressive proportions, again with views to the gardens and the sea. Next door to this is an elegant bathroom which has been cleverly designed and decorated to reflect the original period of the property while offering a great shower and a pedestal bath in the centre of the room. A further loo on the half landing.

On the top floor are two further bedrooms and a bathroom. It's easy to imagine these rooms as the Nursery of the original home when it was built around 1860 with perhaps a Mary Poppins nanny in charge. Today there are two pretty and characterful bedrooms; the front bedroom has the most spectacular views to the sea and the rear bedroom looks across the garden to the rooftops of St Leonards. Good sized bathroom with some original Deco fittings. A spacious landing area offers a space for reading or playing.

On the lower ground floor there is currently a one-bedroom flat with a good-sized Reception Room, kitchen and bathroom plus access to a small outside courtyard area and exterior storage space which is currently used as the ideal wine storage.

The current owners rent a garage to the rear of the property which can be accessed via the garden.

In the neighbourhood
St Leonards is within an easy walk from the house as is Hastings Town and Hastings Old Town. The beach is a 12-minute walk from the house. Markwick Terrace is a quiet road with on street parking. The private park opposite was originally created for the pleasure of the residents living on the four sides of the park but is now operated as a membership garden where people can relax, walk their dogs and enjoy and the well maintained trees and grounds.

Everything is close at hand from the independent shops, galleries and cinemas of St Leonards, the convenience of the shopping in the centre of the Town and the charm of Hastings Old Town.

St Leonards and Hastings continue to thrive as hubs for creative thinkers and the number of independent shops, galleries, restaurants and bars also grows. Within easy reach of the house are all of the facilities that make living in this seaside town so attractive. On Norman Road there is an independent cinema, Kino, lauded restaurants including Galleria and St Clements as well as a growing number of interesting independently owned shops, wine suppliers and galleries. On nearby Kings Road is Bayte, now gaining recognition for its modern British style of serving fresh food with good provenance. Also on this road is Farmyard, The Royal and more casual eating and drinking opportunities.

In Hastings there's another array of great independent pubs and restaurants including The Crown, The Albion, Fagins.

The whole area is known for its inclusive and accommodating style and for many years now people from all parts of the creative industries have made this charming seaside town their home or second home.

Transport and Connections
St Leonards Warrior Square Station is within a short walk from Markwick Terrace, which connects with trains to London Victoria, London Charing Cross, London Bridge and Waterloo East as well as, via a change at Ashford the high-speed connection to Kings Cross St Pancras International. Brighton, Eastbourne, Gatwick Airport and Ashford International are all easy to access direct by train.

London is around 90-minute's drive from St Leonards.

Additional info

• Property construction: Brick with stucco finish
• Utilities: Gas, Electricity, Water Supply, Broadband
• Gas Supply & Electricity Supply: Independently supplied by British Gas
• Water supply & Sewerage: Mains connected with Southern Water
• Broadband: Standard Download speed 20Mbps; Upload Speed 1Mbps; Superfast available. (d/s 80Mbps; u/s 20Mbps) Source: Ofcom?
• Mobile signal/coverage: Likely excellent interior & exterior coverage on all major networks. Source: Ofcom?
• Restrictions: Grade II listed (listing no: 1353203)
• Flood risk: High future risk of surface flooding, low to no risk of any other kind. Source: Gov.uk?
• Coastal erosion risk: Hold The Line measurements taken. Source: Coastal Erosion Risks
• Planning permission: nothing noted - source for checking: Gov.uk planning decisions?
• Coalfield or mining area:? None.
• Flight path: check here?