The home also hides a secret in the back garden. Behind an unassuming garden door, you’ll find the entrance to a labyrinth of subterranean tunnels buried some 50 or 60 feet (15-18m) underground and extending below the roads, fields and homes of the surrounding village of Eastry.

Better still, if legends are to be believed, these tunnels and caves were used by Thomas Becket as a hiding place while he was fleeing from Henry VII en route to Canterbury. With all that history, it's not surprising the unusual property hit the market in 2025 priced at £1 million ($1.3m).

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