Tamarisk Cottage

Built in the late 1700s, Tamarisk Cottage is one of only a few original flint cottages left in East Wittering. It has been in the family since 1975: a two-up, two-down farm worker’s cottage, extended in the mid-1970s and refurbished in 2021, with the old walls and character kept.

The cottage retains its original layout; two upstairs bedrooms with the bathroom and a separate loo downstairs in the later rooms. The stair rises from the old scullery, now the dining room: steep, narrow, and part of the cottage.

Sleeps four: the front room has a super-king that can split into two singles; the back bedroom has a standard double. There is a travel cot for infants.

The kitchen is small and complete — fridge freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, cooker, microwave — with a seating area that opens onto the garden. The original front room keeps an open fireplace.

The south-facing garden is full of flowers in summer. Help yourself to herbs and vegetables. Children have a mud kitchen and a bug hotel, and there is room to play. The garden is enclosed, so it is a good place to leave bikes or surfboards. Off-street parking at the front for two cars, or three if you squash them in.

Shore Road sits in the middle of the village. Greengrocers, bakers, butchers and a fish shop are a couple of minutes’ walk, with Tesco and the Co-op if you need them. Opposite is Ground. — great coffee, cakes and food. The Boulevard Café, across the road, does breakfast and fish and chips. The beach is 250m south, at the end of the road: sand and shingle once the tide goes out, and no lifeguard. We do not provide beach towels.

Chichester is close, and Goodwood is a short drive for racing, motorsport, or a day out. Cottage sockets are not for charging a car; there is a public charger behind Tesco in the village.