House For Sale £1,295,000
Beacon Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6

This impressive detached period home, built by Connors, offers substantial and flexible family accommodation totalling in excess of 7500 sq ft and arranged over three floors. The front porch opens into a grand reception hall with a lovely twisted staircase leading to the first floor.

To the front of the house there is a double aspect study with windows to the front and side. The kitchen/breakfast room has windows to the front, extensive fitted wall and base storage unit, Range cooker with hood above fitted into the chimney breast alcove and a useful utility room off with a door to the integral garage.

To the rear of the house, the reception accommodation includes a double aspect family room and sitting room as well as a formal dining room with double doors opening to the rear garden. There is also an inner hall with store room, w.c. laundry room, shower room and second w.c. There are two further reception rooms, one with double doors to the garden, as well as a store room accessed via the garage.

On the first floor, there are nine bedrooms as well as a family bathroom and two cloakrooms. A staircase leads to the second floor where there are four further bedrooms and a bathroom. One of the bedrooms also has eaves access to a store room and attic room.

Outside, the property is approached via twin timber gates which give access to a substantial tarmacadam driveway providing parking for an extensive number of vehicles. There is an integral garage positioned to one side with twin doors. The west-facing gardens include paved terrace immediately adjoining the rear of the property. The remainder of garden is laid to lawn, interspersed with a multitude of mature shrubs and fruit trees, and bordered by thick natural hedging and close board fencing. There is also a covered rear loggia which adjoins the side of the property. In all the property extends to about 0.75 of an acre (to be verified).

Crowborough High Street 0.6 miles. Crowborough station 1.9 miles (London Bridge from 69 minutes). Eridge station 3.4 miles (London Bridge from 63 minutes). Tunbridge Wells station 7.5 miles (London Bridge from 44 minutes). Gatwick airport 21 miles. Brighton 25 miles. London 46 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is located in a convenient location, close to the Crowborough Beacon Golf Club, on the South side of Crowborough. The town centre is just over half a mile away with its choice of supermarkets, High Street shops, post office, leisure centre and other everyday amenities. A more comprehensive range of shopping, commercial and leisure facilities is available in nearby Tunbridge Wells. Train services are available from Crowborough, Eridge or Tunbridge Wells with direct services to London Bridge. The A26/A21 to the east of Tunbridge Wells provide connections to the M25 and national motorway network providing access to London Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports, the Channel Tunnel and ferry ports.

There are many well-regarded schools in the area, including primaries in Crowborough and Beacon at secondary level. Preparatory schools can be found in Danehill (Cumnor House), Ashurstwood (Brambletye), Langton Green (Holmewood House) and Tunbridge Wells (The Mead) as well as independent secondaries in Mayfield, Eastbourne, Brighton, Ardingly, Hurstpierpoint, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.

Sporting facilities in the vicinity include tennis, badminton, squash, cricket, rugby, football and bowls clubs in Crowborough; golf courses at Crowborough, Tunbridge Wells, Piltdown, Wadhurst and the East Sussex National Course at Little Horsted near Uckfield; riding and walking on the nearby Ashdown Forest; dry ski slope at Bowles Outdoor Centre (Eridge) and rock climbing close by; sailing and water sports at Bewl Water and on the south coast.