House For Sale £1,800,000
A timeless combination of contemporary craftsmanship and sophisticated interiors beckons within this exquisite home. Exceptionally extended, it offers style, space and light to suit even the most discerning buyer.
This wonderful property is situated on Barnfield Gardens, just off East End Lane in Ditchling. If you’re looking for a home that offers you vast living space (with storage to match), privacy and seclusion and yet sits within the village, only a short walk from local amenities, whilst being just 15 minutes from Brighton City Centre...then this property is for you.
‘Limberlost’ occupies the desired easterly position within a 1930’s estate of 5 large mock Tudor houses built to an award-winning design and arranged around a small, peaceful green, accessed via a private lane. The detached house spans over 3,500 sq feet of internal space and provides circa 3/ 4’s of an acre of sprawling, mature yet secluded gardens. It has been fabulously extended and refurbished by the current owners over the past 5 years to an exceptional standard and is a wonderful family home...
The carriage driveway gives you plenty of space for a number of cars and furthermore, with screened hedges, sets the house back further from the road, providing added privacy. As you enter the property, you are welcomed by a warm and comforting feel, with a wide hallway and lovely ‘Farrow and Ball’ colour tones. Double doors on the left open through to the breathtaking open plan dining and kitchen area, immediately giving a tremendous sense of space and light.
The handcrafted custom built kitchen features a combination of classic and contemporary designs. The cabinets, finished in Farrow and Ball’s 'Off Black' are contrasted with the cool 'polar white' stone benchtops. The double oven with seven burner stovetop is framed by a nero marquina marble splash back whilst the double butler sink is backed by a stunning tinted mirror splashback reflecting the lush green outdoors. Without a doubt, the centrepiece is the island. The one-piece stone benchtop is five inches thick with a distinctive pencil edge, sitting above unique cabinetry in a gloss finish. The island features an additional undermounted sink with a boiling water tap.
The luxury of centrally controlled underfloor heating ensures a wonderful warm ambience. Contemporary triple glazed floor-to-ceiling glass provides a wall of light stretching across the entire back of the house, capturing the sunlight throughout the day and reflecting it throughout the house, offering a stunning view over the black limestone patio, landscaped and mature garden, and beyond.
An extremely well appointed butler’s pantry situated off the kitchen, provides a huge amount of additional storage complete with Bianco Valentino Quartz bench tops and another large butler’s sink. With plumbing for multiple under-bench appliances and expansive bench-top space, this room doubles as an extra food preparation area. The pantry leads onto a larder, very well set up with well-designed shelving for dry goods. There is an external door providing access to the side passage and garden.
There is also a separate ‘TV’ room, ideal for the children to play...out of the way! This room has an impressive floor-to-ceiling fixed pane triple-glazed window.
Leading off the kitchen is the ‘garden room’, a tranquil spot to unwind on a lazy afternoon with a good book or glass of wine. The South and East aspects of this room benefit from floor to ceiling triple-glazed windows, with two sets of double doors leading out to the patio and garden. Adjacent to the garden room, is the downstairs home office with an integrated bespoke desk and inbuilt bookshelf.
The main living room is a lovely space to escape to, with a large contemporary woodburning stove and a hand-crafted bookcase, including space for a wall-mounted TV. This room provides a warm and cosy space and yet it offers large proportions, for the family to enjoy.
In total, there are five bedrooms within this unique property, all with generous built-in storage. Upstairs on the first floor there are three double bedrooms, each of which is of a good size. The main bedroom on this level is complete with a modern en-suite bathroom and walk-in dressing room/study. On the top floor is another large bedroom, also complete with a modern bathroom and underfloor heating. This room features a private balcony which overlooks the garden and the cricket pitch and has expansive views of The Downs and Ditchling Beacon.
The ‘Principle Bedroom’ is located on the ground floor and is a ‘retreat’ in itself. With a bespoke walk-in wardrobe and marble bathroom with hand-crafted cabinet, it offers floor to ceiling windows which overlook the garden, along with the comfort of under-floor heating throughout, providing a truly luxurious feel.
Externally, the garden offers the perfect balance in size...Not ‘too big’ and manageable, yet impressively big enough to host your guests in the Summer months and for the children to run wild! There is a brick built outbuilding which is currently used as a home gym, fitted with water and electricity. With heating and double glazing already installed, this could be used for a variety of purposes. There is circa 0.75 acres of lawn, with a number of mature ash and oak trees and a gated kitchen garden, all of which creates a picturesque landscape. The perimeter of the garden is set with mature hedging and backs onto the famous ‘Ditchling Cricket Club’, accessible directly through a private gate.
Barnfield Gardens is within walking distance of the post office and the two Ditchling pubs (The White Horse and The Bull), and just around the corner from the local primary school, St. Margaret’s. You are within close proximity of excellent and established schools including Hurstpierpoint College, Brighton College, Bedes, Lancing College, Ardingly, Downlands Community Secondary School in Hassocks and Bhasvic in Brighton as well as prep schools Great Walstead and Cumnor House.
Hassocks railway station is 5 minutes away by car, offering regular services to London in less than an hour. The village falls within the South Downs National Park and is located at the foot of Ditchling Beacon. There is immediate access to a plethora of nature trails for walking and cycling. The Ditchling Museum of Art and Crafts is a modern art museum offering exhibitions, workshops and talks.
In summary, if you’re looking for a high end finished home, which offers a fantastic blend of ‘old’ and ‘new’ and enjoy private living, yet on the cusp of an array of local establishments which offer more of a lively atmosphere then look no further!
Contact Mishon Welton today on to book your viewing and avoid disappointment.
This wonderful property is situated on Barnfield Gardens, just off East End Lane in Ditchling. If you’re looking for a home that offers you vast living space (with storage to match), privacy and seclusion and yet sits within the village, only a short walk from local amenities, whilst being just 15 minutes from Brighton City Centre...then this property is for you.
‘Limberlost’ occupies the desired easterly position within a 1930’s estate of 5 large mock Tudor houses built to an award-winning design and arranged around a small, peaceful green, accessed via a private lane. The detached house spans over 3,500 sq feet of internal space and provides circa 3/ 4’s of an acre of sprawling, mature yet secluded gardens. It has been fabulously extended and refurbished by the current owners over the past 5 years to an exceptional standard and is a wonderful family home...
The carriage driveway gives you plenty of space for a number of cars and furthermore, with screened hedges, sets the house back further from the road, providing added privacy. As you enter the property, you are welcomed by a warm and comforting feel, with a wide hallway and lovely ‘Farrow and Ball’ colour tones. Double doors on the left open through to the breathtaking open plan dining and kitchen area, immediately giving a tremendous sense of space and light.
The handcrafted custom built kitchen features a combination of classic and contemporary designs. The cabinets, finished in Farrow and Ball’s 'Off Black' are contrasted with the cool 'polar white' stone benchtops. The double oven with seven burner stovetop is framed by a nero marquina marble splash back whilst the double butler sink is backed by a stunning tinted mirror splashback reflecting the lush green outdoors. Without a doubt, the centrepiece is the island. The one-piece stone benchtop is five inches thick with a distinctive pencil edge, sitting above unique cabinetry in a gloss finish. The island features an additional undermounted sink with a boiling water tap.
The luxury of centrally controlled underfloor heating ensures a wonderful warm ambience. Contemporary triple glazed floor-to-ceiling glass provides a wall of light stretching across the entire back of the house, capturing the sunlight throughout the day and reflecting it throughout the house, offering a stunning view over the black limestone patio, landscaped and mature garden, and beyond.
An extremely well appointed butler’s pantry situated off the kitchen, provides a huge amount of additional storage complete with Bianco Valentino Quartz bench tops and another large butler’s sink. With plumbing for multiple under-bench appliances and expansive bench-top space, this room doubles as an extra food preparation area. The pantry leads onto a larder, very well set up with well-designed shelving for dry goods. There is an external door providing access to the side passage and garden.
There is also a separate ‘TV’ room, ideal for the children to play...out of the way! This room has an impressive floor-to-ceiling fixed pane triple-glazed window.
Leading off the kitchen is the ‘garden room’, a tranquil spot to unwind on a lazy afternoon with a good book or glass of wine. The South and East aspects of this room benefit from floor to ceiling triple-glazed windows, with two sets of double doors leading out to the patio and garden. Adjacent to the garden room, is the downstairs home office with an integrated bespoke desk and inbuilt bookshelf.
The main living room is a lovely space to escape to, with a large contemporary woodburning stove and a hand-crafted bookcase, including space for a wall-mounted TV. This room provides a warm and cosy space and yet it offers large proportions, for the family to enjoy.
In total, there are five bedrooms within this unique property, all with generous built-in storage. Upstairs on the first floor there are three double bedrooms, each of which is of a good size. The main bedroom on this level is complete with a modern en-suite bathroom and walk-in dressing room/study. On the top floor is another large bedroom, also complete with a modern bathroom and underfloor heating. This room features a private balcony which overlooks the garden and the cricket pitch and has expansive views of The Downs and Ditchling Beacon.
The ‘Principle Bedroom’ is located on the ground floor and is a ‘retreat’ in itself. With a bespoke walk-in wardrobe and marble bathroom with hand-crafted cabinet, it offers floor to ceiling windows which overlook the garden, along with the comfort of under-floor heating throughout, providing a truly luxurious feel.
Externally, the garden offers the perfect balance in size...Not ‘too big’ and manageable, yet impressively big enough to host your guests in the Summer months and for the children to run wild! There is a brick built outbuilding which is currently used as a home gym, fitted with water and electricity. With heating and double glazing already installed, this could be used for a variety of purposes. There is circa 0.75 acres of lawn, with a number of mature ash and oak trees and a gated kitchen garden, all of which creates a picturesque landscape. The perimeter of the garden is set with mature hedging and backs onto the famous ‘Ditchling Cricket Club’, accessible directly through a private gate.
Barnfield Gardens is within walking distance of the post office and the two Ditchling pubs (The White Horse and The Bull), and just around the corner from the local primary school, St. Margaret’s. You are within close proximity of excellent and established schools including Hurstpierpoint College, Brighton College, Bedes, Lancing College, Ardingly, Downlands Community Secondary School in Hassocks and Bhasvic in Brighton as well as prep schools Great Walstead and Cumnor House.
Hassocks railway station is 5 minutes away by car, offering regular services to London in less than an hour. The village falls within the South Downs National Park and is located at the foot of Ditchling Beacon. There is immediate access to a plethora of nature trails for walking and cycling. The Ditchling Museum of Art and Crafts is a modern art museum offering exhibitions, workshops and talks.
In summary, if you’re looking for a high end finished home, which offers a fantastic blend of ‘old’ and ‘new’ and enjoy private living, yet on the cusp of an array of local establishments which offer more of a lively atmosphere then look no further!
Contact Mishon Welton today on to book your viewing and avoid disappointment.
