House For Sale £1,350,000
Situation: The property is situated in a much sought after location in Wadhurst within approximately 1½ miles of the High Street. The village offers an excellent range of shops and services for everyday needs including a Jempson’s Local store and post office, café, delicatessen, butcher, baker, pharmacy, bookshop, florist, off licence, public houses, as well as a doctor’s surgery, dentist, primary school and the well regarded Uplands Community College and Sports Centre.
For the commuter, Wadhurst mainline station is also about 1½ miles distant and provides a regular service to London Charing Cross/ Cannon Street in about an hour. There is a regular bus service and the A21 is also within easy reach providing a direct link to the M25 (junction 5) and the coast. Gatwick Airport is about 40 miles to the west, the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone is about 46 miles to the east and central London is about 50 miles away. The regional centre of Tunbridge Wells is about 7 miles distant and provides a comprehensive range of amenities including the Royal Victoria Shopping centre, cinema complex and theatres.
The beautiful surrounding countryside is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and includes Bewl Water Reservoir, reputedly the largest area of inland water in the South East, where a wide range of water sports can be enjoyed.
Description: Having been in the same ownership since 1958, and a much loved family home, Westerleigh is an attractive 1930’s detached house, providing light, well proportioned accommodation of approximately 3,500 sq. Ft, that benefits from gardens of approximately 2½ acres with lovely countryside views.
With external elevations of render beneath a tiled roof, the property has been well maintained by the current owner and now offers excellent scope for modernisation and re-modelling (subject to the necessary consents).
Arranged over two floors, and with most of the rooms benefiting from views of the gardens and the countryside beyond, the accommodation includes on the ground floor; a spacious reception hall, a drawing room, a dining room, a garden room, a kitchen/breakfast room with two separate pantries, a utility room, a cloakroom, a WC, a storage room and a workshop. On the first floor there is a spacious landing, a master bedroom with a dressing room and an en-suite, three further double bedrooms, two single bedrooms, a family bathroom, a shower room and a WC.
Outside there is a shared entrance leading to a sweeping drive which leads to an integral double garage and large gravelled parking areas.
The landscaped gardens are quite simply wonderful and a real feature of the property, with large sweeping lawns, mature plant & shrub borders interspersed with a variety of specimen trees, and hedges dividing the gardens into different areas. There are various terraces for sitting out and entertaining, an orchard, a selection of brick outbuildings and a swimming pool with a pool house. The gardens back onto open countryside and there is fencing and hedging on all sides.
Services: Mains water and electricity. Gas fired central heating. Private drainage
Local Authority: Wealden District Council
Current council tax band: H (£4,325 per annum)
Current EPC Rating: F
Property address: Westerleigh, Mayfield Lane, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6JE
For the commuter, Wadhurst mainline station is also about 1½ miles distant and provides a regular service to London Charing Cross/ Cannon Street in about an hour. There is a regular bus service and the A21 is also within easy reach providing a direct link to the M25 (junction 5) and the coast. Gatwick Airport is about 40 miles to the west, the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone is about 46 miles to the east and central London is about 50 miles away. The regional centre of Tunbridge Wells is about 7 miles distant and provides a comprehensive range of amenities including the Royal Victoria Shopping centre, cinema complex and theatres.
The beautiful surrounding countryside is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and includes Bewl Water Reservoir, reputedly the largest area of inland water in the South East, where a wide range of water sports can be enjoyed.
Description: Having been in the same ownership since 1958, and a much loved family home, Westerleigh is an attractive 1930’s detached house, providing light, well proportioned accommodation of approximately 3,500 sq. Ft, that benefits from gardens of approximately 2½ acres with lovely countryside views.
With external elevations of render beneath a tiled roof, the property has been well maintained by the current owner and now offers excellent scope for modernisation and re-modelling (subject to the necessary consents).
Arranged over two floors, and with most of the rooms benefiting from views of the gardens and the countryside beyond, the accommodation includes on the ground floor; a spacious reception hall, a drawing room, a dining room, a garden room, a kitchen/breakfast room with two separate pantries, a utility room, a cloakroom, a WC, a storage room and a workshop. On the first floor there is a spacious landing, a master bedroom with a dressing room and an en-suite, three further double bedrooms, two single bedrooms, a family bathroom, a shower room and a WC.
Outside there is a shared entrance leading to a sweeping drive which leads to an integral double garage and large gravelled parking areas.
The landscaped gardens are quite simply wonderful and a real feature of the property, with large sweeping lawns, mature plant & shrub borders interspersed with a variety of specimen trees, and hedges dividing the gardens into different areas. There are various terraces for sitting out and entertaining, an orchard, a selection of brick outbuildings and a swimming pool with a pool house. The gardens back onto open countryside and there is fencing and hedging on all sides.
Services: Mains water and electricity. Gas fired central heating. Private drainage
Local Authority: Wealden District Council
Current council tax band: H (£4,325 per annum)
Current EPC Rating: F
Property address: Westerleigh, Mayfield Lane, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6JE
