Beachside

Reference Number: H757
Location: Normans Bay, East Sussex50.823057;0.384606
Sleeps: 5 + cot

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These two adjoining beach houses, built in 1924, are part of a cluster of properties situated along a small coast road, formerly a bridle path, at Normans Bay by the Martello Tower shown in the main exterior picture. The Tower is one of a line built along the coast during the Napoleonic Wars. The beach is shingle with firm, flat sands at low tide, ideal for paddling and swimming or, if you prefer, fishing for Sea Bass.

This of course is an historic part of southern Britain for it was at Pevensey, 2 miles along the coast, that the Norman Conquest began 950 years ago. Seven hundred years before that the Romans built a fortress there as part of their coastal defence again Saxon invaders. Today the ruins of both the Roman fortress and Norman castle can be visited. This part of the coast, still relatively unspoilt, is also a haven for nature lovers; the Pevensey levels are home to a diverse range of flora and fauna and have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The surrounding area offers plenty to see and do; within easy driving distance are Eastbourne, Hastings, Battle and Rye, Drusillas Zoo, several vineyards and a number of attractive villages.

Pevensey provides for local shopping needs and there is a small railway station at Normans Bay itself.

Accommodation

Back to back with Fisherman's Cottage(H756), but on the beach side, this cottage affords immediate access from its raised decking area onto the top of the shingle beach, just by the Martello Tower. (All at ground floor level with one or two steps). Entrance from the hard standing parking area, alongside the cottage into a fully glazed sun porch. Small inner lobby with utility cupboard. Bedroom with single bed and sliding doors onto a paved patio area. Shower room/wc with extra large cubicle. Spacious sitting room with glazed doors out onto the patio area. One step up into an adjacent dining area. Fitted kitchen. Double bedroom with 5ft bed. En suite bathroom/wc. 3rd bedroom with 4ft double sofa bed.

Paved patio with 4 steps up onto a raised decking area affording views out to sea.