Room by Room

Lounge

Stove alight, with aspidistra, bookcase, and blue tiled surround

Sofa, oak occassional table, stove alight, blue Tiffany standard lamp

Small Tiffany lamp on console table with vase of red roses

TV on oak tv unit, oak bookcase with books, picture of Hastings Country Park on wall

The curtains and wallpaper are William Morris ‘Fruit’ pattern, designed in 1864. There's a traditional hand-dyed jute rug, a small selection of local books, occassional tables and storage space, and traditional board games. And a wombat.

Equipment includes:

Dimplex ‘Oakhurst’ Optimyst stove;
Panasonic TX-40DX600B, 40” Ultra HD 4k TV;
Q-Systems M3 sound bar;
Panasonic DMP-BDT 180EB disc player.

The TV has Freeview live TV, as well as a variety of catch-up and other services via the app menu.

Kitchen/Diner

oak kitchen units, cooker, butler sink, table with vase of tulips.

Small oak dining table with two chair, bottles and welcome pack on table

Oak kitchen units, oak work surfaces, retro radio, window to back garden.

Stoves cokkder with adjoining oak units, black tiled wall and oak cupboards above.

Close-up of squirrel cage bulb in copper holder

The swagged lighting uses reproduction ‘squirrel cage’ tungsten bulbs. There's a dimmer switch so they can be bright for food preparation, or subdued for dining. Worktops, cupboard and door fronts are all oak, with an Arts & Crafts tulip motif. There's plenty of food storage space, and a small dining table and chairs.

There's all the usual kitchen equipment: a kettle, toaster, microwave, a large fridge-freezer, and of course, a wine rack.

The cooker is a Stoves Richmond Mini Range, which has a 4-zone ceramic hob, upper small oven with grill, and lower fan oven. There’s a built-in Beko slimline dishwasher and a LG F14A8YD washer dryer. The radio is a Goodmans Heritage 2. It has DAB, FM, and Bluetooth connectivity.

Kitchen Inventory
Inventory of kitchen equipment and utensils, and consumables provided.
Larkspur Inventory.docx
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Bedroom

Metal frame bed by window, with willow bough pattern cushions

bedside cabinet, bedsie chair, oak ottoman and wall with three fern prints

Detail of door showing two painted lemon on branch designs

Oak bedside cabinet with Tiffany shade bedside light, flowers and small oak-cabinet radio

Bed and wall with willow bough patern wallpaper, Tiffany glass ceiling shade

The wallpaper is William Morris ‘Willow Bough’, designed in 1887. The curtains are the same design, on a printed fabric.

The bed has an Eve ‘cool foam’ mattress, with cotton sheets with a 500-thread count. The radio is a Pure Evoke D2 with Bluetooth. There are two zip-together linked anti-allergenic microfibre duvets totalling 13.5 tog, one 4.5 and the other 9 tog. There is a choice of pillows: feather & down, microfibre and memory foam.

Bathroom

Shower cubicle with wall mounted shower unit

View into bathroom from bedroom, showing shower cubicle

The mirror is illuminated with a movement-sensitive switch, and is heated to prevent misting. It incorporates a shaver socket, above a basin with a waterfall tap. The shower is a Mira Sport with Airboost, with programmable colour-changing LED lighting. A selection of toiletries from Romney Marsh Wools is also provided.

Dressing Room

Dressing table with Tiffany wall light above

Tiffany glass ceiling light at top of stairs

The wallpaper is again William Morris ‘Willow Bough’, with a William Morris design tapestry, the ‘Tree of Life’ (also known as ‘The Garden’), first woven in 1910.

This room has a large wardrobe and chest of drawers, with a desk/dressing table and large wall mirror. There’s a double USB charging socket in the power point mounted on the desk, a compact Dyson vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, and small ironing board and iron.

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Courtyard Garden

Metal garden chairs and table with lantern, plants in pots

Climbing plants up white-painted courtyard walls

Brick-paved courtyard with pots and edge planting, from above

Ferns and red pelargonium in beds against white wall

The brick-paved coutyard has garden furniture and dimmable LED festoon lighting. It is planted with a range of plants that would have been common in a late 19th century garden. We've chosen plants that flower at different times of the year, and include scented varieties. Species include:

Morello cherry
Anemone x hybrida
Lonicera (Honeysuckle)
Ferns (Aspelnium, Dryopteris, Blechnum and others)
Climbing rose
Hebe
Sarcococca confusa (Christmas box)
Fuchsia
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine)
Clematis (inc. winter flowering varieties)