The Officer's House
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About the home
Formerly the billet for the Officer of the Dragoons stationed there it has a secret coastal garden and decking area with outdoor dining. Comfortably the biggest house in the village it sleeps 8 in unashamed luxury and is probably the nicest holiday home for many miles around. Oak floors, open fire in the drawing room, separate TV and dining room with 4 generous double bedrooms upstairs, family bathroom and master en suite. We genuinely couldn’t make it any more comfortable if we tried.
| Size: | Sleeps up to 9, 4 bedrooms |
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| Nearest beach: | Rye Harbour Beach, 500m |
| Will consider: | Corporate lets Long lets Short breaks |
| Access: | Car not necessary Nearest amenities: 200m |
| Family friendly? | Suitable for children of all ages Suitable for people with restricted mobility |
| Notes: | May take pets - please enquire No smoking at this property Self-catering |
Facilities
| Luxuries: | Log fire, DVD player |
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| General: | Central heating, TV, CD player, Satellite TV |
| Standard: | Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer |
| Utilities: | Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine |
| Rooms: | 4 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 family bathroom and 1 en suite |
| Furniture: | Single beds (5), Double beds (2), Cots (1), Dining seating for 10, Lounge seating for 9 |
| Other: | Please check with the advertiser regarding linen and towels Highchair available |
| Outdoors: | Private garden, BBQ |
| Access: | Secure parking |
Further details indoors:
The look and feel of The Officers House is relaxed luxury that’s as practical as it is comfortable. Every room has been carefully designed to make the most of the space whilst not destroying the aesthetics of the Georgian layout. With a central corridor acting as a spine that runs from the front lobby to the breakfast room, each room is beautifully decorated in muted Farrow and Ball colours that don’t detract the eye. Under foot you’ll find oak boards throughout the ground floor (heated in the kitchen) only broken by a classic coir rug in the drawing room in front of the marble surrounded open fire.
Further details outdoors:
With the help of a fantastic local garden designer we set about creating a seaside garden that was not only in keeping with the location but would require little if any watering. Planted only a year ago the garden is still in its infancy but already overwhelming us with it’s natural beauty.
A mixture of shingle, decking and paving stones lets you meander around the planting. To the side and the rear of the house is an enclosed and secluded private garden with teak seating and dining table alongside a BBQ area. This is a particularly magical place to spend an evening, looking up into the enormous star filled skies, helped by the lack of street lighting in the village.
To the front and alongside the small private drive lies a much larger planting area that helps separate the house from the surrounding square. Sunken into this bed lies a small paved area with garden bench surrounded by tall grasses, aliums and interesting shrubs that we hope one day will become a natural oasis in the warm summer sun – the perfect place to take a mug of tea after a long walk on the beach.
Further details
We don't believe renting our homes is over the minute we take your deposit, for us it's only just beginning. We want to ensure you have the best stay possible and help to suggest what you and your party can get up to before you arrive. With every booking we send out our 'INSIDERS GUIDE TO RYE' which lists everything we think is worth visiting, whatever the weather - most of it personally vetted by us. From this you can decide BEFORE YOU ARRIVE what sort of things you would like to get up to and not, as is often the case, discover this on the last day of your holiday. We call it the 'Home from home' experience, like having your own holiday home, but without the hassle.
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The South East England / Sussex region
Discover Rye & the surrounding area
In recent years the beautiful sea-fort town has slowly become just a little bit more cosmopolitan but without losing any of it's endearing old world charm.
The town is perched high on a bluff over looking the salt marshes below. Ever since Norman times the town's history has been one of invasion and resistance standing firm against the winds of change that have swept across the Channel or over the marshlands and meadows that hold the rest of England at bay.
Once sitting right on the coast Henry VIII thought it a sensible place to build one of his impregnable gun fortresses to halt the annoying French approaches but the seas so quickly receded that even before it could be occupied in anger it was marooned in the fields soon to be surrounded by grazing sheep - now the hauntingly beautiful Camber Castle in the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. The steep cobbled streets are lined with enticing shops and buildings straight off a period Hollywood set (it's a yet to be denied rumour that Johnny Depp was so taken by the place he bought one himself).
If you are looking for a bit more activity and adventure then the coastal nature reserve at Rye Harbour is English big-sky country at its best, with a chance of a seal-spotting in the Harbour as a bonus on your blustery walk. Here you can literally get lost in the myriad of paths that criss cross the marshes peppered with stunning lagoons, the home to it seems, virtually every sea bird common to our shores. And if walking isn't your thing, just hire a bike from Rye Hire in the town and peddle your way around the freedom and space of the pancake flat marshes.
The Rye / Rye Harbour area
With each booking I will send you a comprehensive summary of all the things you can do, including contact numbers, addresses, websites and news of any special events that might be happening in the month you have booked.
As a starting point, these are just some of the places to visit/things to do near us:
RYE HARBOUR
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
www.wildrye.info/reserve
Discover our Wetland Wildlife, wildlife events, notice board and much more.
RYE
Rye Heritage
www.ryeheritage.co.uk/default.aspx?n=p&p=home
The Rye Heritage Centre provides an ideal introduction to the town bringing together the Story of Rye set within the Rye Town Model
Rye Castle Museum
History Rye
www.ryemuseum.co.uk
Children under 16 years free at both sites, when accompanied by an adult who takes full responsility for them.
SHOP RYE
Turtle Fine Art
01797 229999
www.turtlefineart.co.uk/turtle_home.html
Sources the very best of what's on offer locally and throughout Britain and exhibits this along with some period work of great quality by artists from the past. Great selection of unusual cards too.
Glass Etc.
http://www.decanterman.com/
Aladdin's cave of everything to do with glass
Andy McConnell is one of Britain’s leading authorities on glassware of all types, and his books have covered the subject from 1650 to the present. He is the first glass specialist recruited to BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow. If you ask him nicely you might even get a cup of tea.
HEALTH & BEAUTY RYE
Freedom Leisure Centre
Gym/Pool
www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=c_pages.showPage&pageID=12
Rye Sports Centre offering a 25m pool, fully equipped gym, squash court, badminton, table tennis, 5 a side football....
The Rye Retreat
www.theryeretreat.co.uk
Centre of Excellence for Hair and Beauty
Really fantastic beauty, hair and health salon offering a enormous range of treatments and alternative therapies at very reasonable prices
FOOD & DRINK
The Place At The Beach
www.theplacecambersands.co.uk
01797 225057
Overlooking the dunes, The Place at the beach is uniquely located a hop and a skip from one of the most dramatic white sandy beaches on the South Coast – Camber Sands. One of the coolest places to 'hang out' enjoying a long drinks whilst watching the sun goes down.
Simply Italian
www.simplyitalian.co.uk
Offers a range of authentic regional specialities including freshly made pizzas, traditional pasta dishes and seasonal daily specials.
Rye Farmer's Market
www.ryemarket.org.uk
Every Wednesday. 10.00 - 1.00 Strand Quay. Buy local produce from local suppliers and fish caught on the day!
KITE SURF/WINDSURF/SAIL/ACTIVITIES
Rye Water Sports
www.ryewatersports.co.uk
Camber Nr Rye
Teaches windsurfing, sailing and kite boarding to all ages on their beautiful lake
KIDS RYE
Ghost Tours of Rye
www.ryeheritage.co.uk/default.aspx?n=p&p=audiotours
Ghosties and ghoulies and long-legged beasties...
Cassettes are available for hire by day or... overnight!
Rare Breeds Centre Farm Park
www.rarebreeds.org.uk/
South of England Rare Breeds Centre
Whatever the weather or time of year, no other attraction offers so much to see and do as the Rare Breeds Centre with its unique mix of fun, excitement and countryside adventure!
Port Lympne Animal Park
www.totallywild.net/portlympne/index.php
Every day is different at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and there's always something new to see and do. Set in 600 acres, including a magnificent mansion and 15 acres of landscaped gardens the park offers a totally wild day out in Kent for all the family!
GOLF
Golf Rye
www.ryegolfclub.co.uk/visitor/visitor.html
Golf World Magazine ranks Rye Golf Club as 25th in the World
BEST BEACHES
Rye Harbour Beach Reserve
www.wildrye.info
The beach is peaceful and never crowded with shingle at high tide and level sand at the low.
Camber Sand Beach
www.goodbeachguide.co.uk/details.php?beach=Camber
Camber has 7 miles of Blue Flag award winning beach. This very popular foreshore contains the only sand dunes in East Sussex a valuable habitat for many different animals and plants, and provides an ideal family beach with a wide expanse of sand fronting the dunes.
THE MAGIC OF DUNGENESS
Discover why the ‘Ness’ is so popular with Art Directors
Dungeness Lighthouse
www.dungenesslighthouse.com
Dungeness
Climb the tower for panoramic aspects over the English Channel and the surrounding countryside.
RH&DRailway
www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/home_flash.html
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is Kent's mainline in miniature.
NATIONAL TRUST HOUSES AND EVENTS
Smallhythe Place
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-smallhytheplace
Smallhythe
Tenterden
Ellen Terry's early 16th-century house and cottage gardens
Bodiam Castle
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-bodiamcastle
Bodiam
One of Britain's most famous and evocative castles
GREAT HOUSES AND GARDENS
Great Dixter house and garden
www.greatdixter.co.uk/index.htm
Great Dixter
Home of Christopher Lloyd, famous gardener, designer and prolific writer of gardening books.
Battle Abbey
www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.14113
Stand on the very spot where King Harold was slain and explore the ruins of the atmospheric abbey
DAY TRIP TO FRANCE
Pourquoi pas?
Lydd Air
www.lyddair.com/flyanddine.html
Scheduled flights operate from Lydd and Le Touquet Airports as well as many others such as Le Havre, Deauville, Le Mans, Amsterdam and Antwerp on a charter basis.
RYE'S BEST TOURISM SITES
Wild Rye
www.wildrye.info
Discover Rye Harbour Reserve
rye-tourism
www.rye-tourism.co.uk
All about rye, and its near by towns and villages.
Visit Rye
www.visitrye.co.uk
Tourism web site about Rye and events
Rye Eye
www.ryeeye.co.uk/default.htm
Tourism web site on Rye (my favourite)
Visit 1066
www.1066country.com/rye/events/default.aspx
Tourist website featuring listing of events in Rye, Camber, Battle. Bexhill and Hastings
How to get there
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| Airport: | London Gatwick: 68 km |
| Railway: | Rye: 1 km |
| Ferry: | Dover or Folkestone: 68 km |
CAR - London to Rye (1.5 hours)
TRAIN - Charing Cross/Waterloo to Rye (2 hours)
FRANCE - Eurostar to France, Ashford International (20 mins)
France - Lydd Airport (15 minutes)
Activities near Rye
Tennis in town
Watersports
Horse Riding
Golf within 30 mins drive
Fishing
Walking holidays
Rural / countryside retreats
Beach or lakeside relaxation
City breaks
Cycling holidays
Guestbook for The Officer's House
Some nice things past customers have said about the Officers House
We all had a fantastic time! You have done a spectacular job...we really loved your garden, it's a lovely finishing touch to a really special property. Thank you.
B and family, June 2009
Many thanks for all your assistance in helping to ensure my weekend away was a success. I sincerely had a wonderful time and would like to personally thank you for all your help.
Liam and family, May 2009
We absolutely loved the beautiful house and garden! The birdsong was a great tonic coming down from London...and we loved walking in the nature reserve, it was really uplifting to the soul. I think the only thing we struggled with was leaving by 10am. You are lucky to have found such a fabulous property and have really made so much from it.
Adrienne and family, May 2009
Such a comfortable and elegant house. Beautifully decorated, we were impressed by the standard you've done everything to. We had a most enjoyable time with great walks and look forward to coming again.
Dee and family, May 2009
We have just spent 5 glorious days at The Officers House in Rye. The accommodation was perfect. The house had everything we needed and was very clean and comfortable. Olive our dog settled in immediately and loved the long walks and bracing sea air. We have returned home feeling happy and refreshed. A real holiday.
CC, April 2009
Rental prices
| Rental prices originally quoted in: British £ | Convert to: |
| Prices for group size 9 | ||||||
| Period | From | To | Weekly | Nightly rate | Minimum stay | |
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| Mid High | 21 Oct 11 | 31 Oct 11 | £ 1390 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Low | 31 Oct 11 | 16 Dec 11 | £ 970 | 576 | 720 | 2 Nights |
| High | 16 Dec 11 | 4 Jan 12 | £ 1750 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Low | 4 Jan 12 | 10 Feb 12 | £ 970 | 576 | 720 | 2 Nights |
| Mid High | 10 Feb 12 | 20 Feb 12 | £ 1390 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Low | 20 Feb 12 | 30 Mar 12 | £ 970 | 576 | 720 | 2 Nights |
| Mid High | 30 Mar 12 | 16 Apr 12 | £ 1390 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Mid | 16 Apr 12 | 1 Jun 12 | £ 1250 | 608 | 760 | 2 Nights |
| Mid High | 1 Jun 12 | 12 Jun 12 | £ 1390 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Mid High | 12 Jun 12 | 20 Jul 12 | £ 1390 | 680 | 850 | 2 Nights |
| High | 20 Jul 12 | 3 Sep 12 | £ 1750 | - | - | 1 Week |
The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday and Saturday nights
NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.
Prices include:
Bed linen, towels, all utilities, pre-arrival and departure cleaning, toiletries, coffee, tea, biscuits and fresh milk for your arrival. The changeover day for weekly bookings is a Friday. Other start days may be possible on request in the low and mid season. Short breaks may commence on any day.
2 Complimentary adults and 2 kids bikes are available to explore the nature reserve and beyond, additional bikes and child seats are available to rent at RyeHire.
Special Winter Offers during Low Periods please ask for details.
Special Winter Offers during Low Periods please ask for details.
A complimentary bag of logs and kindle is provided for your arrival (October to April)
Extras: Winter heating allowance of £10/day or £35/week (October to April)
Last Minute Winter Escape Offer:
20% discount to 2 nights minimum, 3 weeks in advance maximum, during all LOW SEASON periods (this cannot be linked to any other offers and stay)
20% discount to 2 nights minimum during LOW, MID and MID HIGH (Monday to Thursday only tis cannot be linked to any other offers and stay)
THE OFFICERS HOUSE
2 days - £576 (normally £720) LOW
3 days - £680 (normally £850) LOW
SEAKALE
2 days - £280 (normally £350) LOW
3 days - £340 (normally £425) LOW
We also offer a 10% discount for our returning guest!
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Availability
See below for next 9 months' availability - to see the next 24 months click here
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Contact the owner
* Required fields Please check the following errors: | 2 years listed You are contacting Sigrid Cragoe
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