A Medieval House | In Hastings | For Sale | Unique Property Company #forsale #uniquehomes

A unique Grade II Listed four-bedroom home with many intact period features, Constructed as a Wealden Hall in the mid-15th century (c1450) with alterations conducted c1600, staircases, fireplaces, plasterwork and finally the kitchen renovated in the 1920s.

The artist Quentin Blake owned the house from 1972 – 2022. It is in the historic hub of Hastings Old Town on a street which is of huge historical and aesthetic interest, just a few metres from the sea and the beach, this house is probably the finest and most well-preserved property on the street.

The house has five bedrooms, two bathrooms, downstairs loo, flexible spaces for working from home and a good-sized, well stocked garden.

But that’s just the basic facts. What this extraordinary home has, and which can’t be measured in terms of value is the history and provenance of a building which has stood for nearly 600 years and has seen a litany of personal stories, historical upheavals and unfathomable changes in taste and domestic evolution. The original house would have stood in significant grounds and have been regarded as a grand property. The grounds would probably have extended right up to the West Hill and were a market garden.