House For Sale £995,000
Fine and Country are delighted to bring to market this unique oast house offering spacious and light accommodation, including four double bedrooms, in a wonderful rural setting in the popular village of Framfield.
Uptons Mill Oast House is presented to the market in excellent condition throughout and offers a spacious and bright home in a sought-after location with outside space including a wooded area and large infinity terrace overlooking a mill pond and a waterfall – a truly stunning backdrop.
Oast houses were traditionally built for the drying of hops for beer making in the area and this unique family home is believed to have been converted into living accommodation around the 1940s.
The property is superbly located on a quiet country lane in a wonderfully picturesque spot nestled in the local sandstone valleys of Framfield. The property, which has off street parking for two/three cars, boasts more than 1690 square feet of internal living space, light and airy spaces displaying a wealth of charm and character, including exposed beams, leaded windows and handcrafted internal oak doors, and finished to the very highest standard using high quality materials. Internally the property consists of an attached garage measuring 18'11 x 15'3, central hallway, kitchen, utility room, sitting room, dining room, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
On entering the front door, you have a bright main hallway with porcelain tiled floor and built in storage cupboard and to your right a large modern kitchen. The kitchen boasts handcrafted oak kitchen cabinets with granite counter tops and a central island with wine store and breakfast bar, Liebherr fully integrated fridge freezer and icemaker, integrated Miele dishwasher and Amtico oak wood effect floor. The traditional red oil-fired Aga ensures this central hub of the house is always cosy and welcoming and ensures plenty of hot water. The kitchen leads conveniently into to the laundry/utility room with room for a washing machine and a tumble dryer. From the laundry/utility room you can directly access the impressive garage/workshop with electric remote-controlled door. The driveway has been recently refurbished with resin bound stone.
From the kitchen, to your right, you are led into a spacious hallway with exposed beams, second front door, oak hardwood floor, bread oven, built in under stairs storage cupboard, drinks cupboard and wooden staircase to first floor landing. From the hallway you enter the ground floor of the oast roundel sitting room with leaded handcrafted windows, wood burning stove and French doors giving access out to the infinity terrace and incredible views overlooking Tickerbridge stream, mill pond and waterfall. The sitting room boasts oak hardwood floors, York stone hearth, Yeoman Devon wood burner. The terrace is constructed with York stone pavers with brick pillars either side of a gate out to the road and features established laurel hedging making for a truly unique, private and tranquil space to relax and entertain.
Taking the stairs from the hall to the first floor landing you find solid oak flooring and storage cupboards. To the left is a superbly appointed modern bathroom with Aqualisa Digital high-pressure remote-controlled walk in shower, finished in granite and glass. The bathroom also features pewter plated wash bowl, oak storage, towel warming storage, porcelain tile flooring with under floor heating controlled by a smart Wifi Warm-up 4IE controller and app. Additional features include a Bluetooth ceiling sound system, dual fuel Zehnder heated mirrored towel rail and heated mirrors in the shower and basin areas.
Directly ahead is the principal bedroom in the first-floor roundel. This stunning room offers breath-taking views of the waterfall and an ambiance that is unrivalled with the sounds of flowing water from the mill. The room boasts double aspect windows, allowing for an abundance of light to flood in, new carpeting, handmade oak illuminated built in storage and under stair cupboard space. Taking a spiral staircase into the top of the oast roundel, traditionally used for drying the beer hops, is a large bedroom with stunning views, brand new carpet and low voltage dichroic halogen lighting. This room provides access to the eave's storage/plant room.
A second stairway from the ground floor leads to a large landing area, dining room, further bedrooms and bathroom, all with exposed beams. The dining room features solid hardwood floor, Yeomam County traditional wood burner on a Welsh slate hearth, dimmable low voltage dichroic halogen lighting, stairwell with a handcrafted balustrade in fine oak wood and double aspect windows.
The two further bedrooms include solid oak flooring and dimmable low voltage dichroic halogen lighting. A second bathroom features a newly installed large two person double ended sunken bath with shower, twin basins, handmade cupboards and storage finished in fine granite installed by Nathan Levick Interiors, solid hardwood floor and low voltage dichroic halogen lighting
Outside, the property offers off road parking for two/three cars, riverside access, secret gardens, and raised garden areas within a 0.5 acre plot.
The house is fitted with Stuart Turner Monsoon pumped water system and the central heating is all controlled by Nest smart home heating system with an oil-fired external boiler that heats the whole house with individual thermostatically controlled radiators. Additional features include mains water and electricity and Klargester Biodisc sewage freshwater treatment system.
This wonderful family home is in the popular village of Framfield, just a short drive to the nearby town of Uckfield with its plethora of artisan and mainstream shops, restaurants and main line train station with direct links to London.
Uptons Mill Oast House is presented to the market in excellent condition throughout and offers a spacious and bright home in a sought-after location with outside space including a wooded area and large infinity terrace overlooking a mill pond and a waterfall – a truly stunning backdrop.
Oast houses were traditionally built for the drying of hops for beer making in the area and this unique family home is believed to have been converted into living accommodation around the 1940s.
The property is superbly located on a quiet country lane in a wonderfully picturesque spot nestled in the local sandstone valleys of Framfield. The property, which has off street parking for two/three cars, boasts more than 1690 square feet of internal living space, light and airy spaces displaying a wealth of charm and character, including exposed beams, leaded windows and handcrafted internal oak doors, and finished to the very highest standard using high quality materials. Internally the property consists of an attached garage measuring 18'11 x 15'3, central hallway, kitchen, utility room, sitting room, dining room, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
On entering the front door, you have a bright main hallway with porcelain tiled floor and built in storage cupboard and to your right a large modern kitchen. The kitchen boasts handcrafted oak kitchen cabinets with granite counter tops and a central island with wine store and breakfast bar, Liebherr fully integrated fridge freezer and icemaker, integrated Miele dishwasher and Amtico oak wood effect floor. The traditional red oil-fired Aga ensures this central hub of the house is always cosy and welcoming and ensures plenty of hot water. The kitchen leads conveniently into to the laundry/utility room with room for a washing machine and a tumble dryer. From the laundry/utility room you can directly access the impressive garage/workshop with electric remote-controlled door. The driveway has been recently refurbished with resin bound stone.
From the kitchen, to your right, you are led into a spacious hallway with exposed beams, second front door, oak hardwood floor, bread oven, built in under stairs storage cupboard, drinks cupboard and wooden staircase to first floor landing. From the hallway you enter the ground floor of the oast roundel sitting room with leaded handcrafted windows, wood burning stove and French doors giving access out to the infinity terrace and incredible views overlooking Tickerbridge stream, mill pond and waterfall. The sitting room boasts oak hardwood floors, York stone hearth, Yeoman Devon wood burner. The terrace is constructed with York stone pavers with brick pillars either side of a gate out to the road and features established laurel hedging making for a truly unique, private and tranquil space to relax and entertain.
Taking the stairs from the hall to the first floor landing you find solid oak flooring and storage cupboards. To the left is a superbly appointed modern bathroom with Aqualisa Digital high-pressure remote-controlled walk in shower, finished in granite and glass. The bathroom also features pewter plated wash bowl, oak storage, towel warming storage, porcelain tile flooring with under floor heating controlled by a smart Wifi Warm-up 4IE controller and app. Additional features include a Bluetooth ceiling sound system, dual fuel Zehnder heated mirrored towel rail and heated mirrors in the shower and basin areas.
Directly ahead is the principal bedroom in the first-floor roundel. This stunning room offers breath-taking views of the waterfall and an ambiance that is unrivalled with the sounds of flowing water from the mill. The room boasts double aspect windows, allowing for an abundance of light to flood in, new carpeting, handmade oak illuminated built in storage and under stair cupboard space. Taking a spiral staircase into the top of the oast roundel, traditionally used for drying the beer hops, is a large bedroom with stunning views, brand new carpet and low voltage dichroic halogen lighting. This room provides access to the eave's storage/plant room.
A second stairway from the ground floor leads to a large landing area, dining room, further bedrooms and bathroom, all with exposed beams. The dining room features solid hardwood floor, Yeomam County traditional wood burner on a Welsh slate hearth, dimmable low voltage dichroic halogen lighting, stairwell with a handcrafted balustrade in fine oak wood and double aspect windows.
The two further bedrooms include solid oak flooring and dimmable low voltage dichroic halogen lighting. A second bathroom features a newly installed large two person double ended sunken bath with shower, twin basins, handmade cupboards and storage finished in fine granite installed by Nathan Levick Interiors, solid hardwood floor and low voltage dichroic halogen lighting
Outside, the property offers off road parking for two/three cars, riverside access, secret gardens, and raised garden areas within a 0.5 acre plot.
The house is fitted with Stuart Turner Monsoon pumped water system and the central heating is all controlled by Nest smart home heating system with an oil-fired external boiler that heats the whole house with individual thermostatically controlled radiators. Additional features include mains water and electricity and Klargester Biodisc sewage freshwater treatment system.
This wonderful family home is in the popular village of Framfield, just a short drive to the nearby town of Uckfield with its plethora of artisan and mainstream shops, restaurants and main line train station with direct links to London.
