House For Sale £1,000,000
Fine & Country are proud to bring to market this beautifully presented five-bedroom family home with a wealth of period features throughout and a plot of approximately half an acre located in a fantastic position in the popular village of Blackboys.
This Grade II Listed thatched property is in a private position and set well back from the road and benefits from a wealth of features including a double garage and workshop, landscaped gardens and a cellar. The property has been completely renovated throughout by the current owners to an excellent standard.
The house, which includes just under 2600 square feet of internal living space, is set over four floors and consists of, on the ground floor, a kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, original entrance hall, two living rooms, study, bedroom, shower room and utility room. On the first floor you have three bedrooms, a Jack-and-Jill bathroom and a family bathroom. A further bedroom is found on the second floor. On the lower ground floor, you find a cellar.
On entering the house, you arrive into the kitchen/breakfast room. This fantastic space has been beautifully renovated to an exacting standard with bespoke wall and floor cabinets, pantry cupboard and built-in range cooker. Adjacent to the kitchen is an utility room and also from the kitchen you have stairs leading down to the cellar. From the kitchen you enter the living room and dining room. The double aspect dining room is a well-proportioned space measuring 13'5 x 12'4 and features a wonderful ingle nook fireplace and stairs leading to the first floor. The living room is a stunning family space with exposed beams, wide French oak wooden flooring, a large ingle nook fireplace and views over the garden. Between the dining room and the living sits the original entrance hall for the property, now a porch and music room, with a door leading to the landscaped garden. From the living room you enter a snug/living room with an original Victorian fireplace and also a study which leads to a downstairs shower room and double aspect double bedroom. Between the study and living room is a second set of stairs leading to the upper floors.
On the first floor you find three bedrooms including a 19'3 x 12'2 double aspect principal bedroom with period windows and exposed beams. The two main bedrooms sit either side of a Jack-and-Jill bathroom while also on the first floor is a beautifully furnished family bathroom with free standing roll top bath. There are two sets of stairs leading to the top floor where you find a further bedroom with walk in wardrobe.
Outside, the garden is a particular feature of the property. To the front of the property, you have a large drive with ample parking and a double garage with attached workshop. The garden itself wraps around the property and features a variety of mature trees, raised beds shrubs and borders and a large Victorian style greenhouse.
The approach to the house is via a private drive with the house sitting well back from the road.
This unique property is in a convenient position in the popular village of Blackboys in an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has an excellent pub, The Blackboys Inn, a highly regarded C of E primary school and café/village shop. Local shopping can be done at Uckfield or Heathfield, both approximately four miles away. Ten miles away is Lewes, a thriving and popular town with a range of celebrated cultural and dining opportunities whereby Tunbridge Wells is approximately 16 miles away and Brighton around 19 miles. Buxted railway station (3 miles) runs regular services to London. The area is noted for the beauty of the nearby countryside which includes Sussex Weald, The South Downs and Ashdown Forest.
Freehold
EPC (Exempt)
Council Tax Band (G)
This Grade II Listed thatched property is in a private position and set well back from the road and benefits from a wealth of features including a double garage and workshop, landscaped gardens and a cellar. The property has been completely renovated throughout by the current owners to an excellent standard.
The house, which includes just under 2600 square feet of internal living space, is set over four floors and consists of, on the ground floor, a kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, original entrance hall, two living rooms, study, bedroom, shower room and utility room. On the first floor you have three bedrooms, a Jack-and-Jill bathroom and a family bathroom. A further bedroom is found on the second floor. On the lower ground floor, you find a cellar.
On entering the house, you arrive into the kitchen/breakfast room. This fantastic space has been beautifully renovated to an exacting standard with bespoke wall and floor cabinets, pantry cupboard and built-in range cooker. Adjacent to the kitchen is an utility room and also from the kitchen you have stairs leading down to the cellar. From the kitchen you enter the living room and dining room. The double aspect dining room is a well-proportioned space measuring 13'5 x 12'4 and features a wonderful ingle nook fireplace and stairs leading to the first floor. The living room is a stunning family space with exposed beams, wide French oak wooden flooring, a large ingle nook fireplace and views over the garden. Between the dining room and the living sits the original entrance hall for the property, now a porch and music room, with a door leading to the landscaped garden. From the living room you enter a snug/living room with an original Victorian fireplace and also a study which leads to a downstairs shower room and double aspect double bedroom. Between the study and living room is a second set of stairs leading to the upper floors.
On the first floor you find three bedrooms including a 19'3 x 12'2 double aspect principal bedroom with period windows and exposed beams. The two main bedrooms sit either side of a Jack-and-Jill bathroom while also on the first floor is a beautifully furnished family bathroom with free standing roll top bath. There are two sets of stairs leading to the top floor where you find a further bedroom with walk in wardrobe.
Outside, the garden is a particular feature of the property. To the front of the property, you have a large drive with ample parking and a double garage with attached workshop. The garden itself wraps around the property and features a variety of mature trees, raised beds shrubs and borders and a large Victorian style greenhouse.
The approach to the house is via a private drive with the house sitting well back from the road.
This unique property is in a convenient position in the popular village of Blackboys in an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has an excellent pub, The Blackboys Inn, a highly regarded C of E primary school and café/village shop. Local shopping can be done at Uckfield or Heathfield, both approximately four miles away. Ten miles away is Lewes, a thriving and popular town with a range of celebrated cultural and dining opportunities whereby Tunbridge Wells is approximately 16 miles away and Brighton around 19 miles. Buxted railway station (3 miles) runs regular services to London. The area is noted for the beauty of the nearby countryside which includes Sussex Weald, The South Downs and Ashdown Forest.
Freehold
EPC (Exempt)
Council Tax Band (G)
