House For Sale £1,395,000
The property is a lovely Grade II listed detached house, located in a secluded semi-rural position and close to Ashdown Forest. This delightful family home is perfect for those seeking peace and quiet, but with amenities close by, and is surrounded by its own land totalling circa 1.65 acres.
Internally the house offers three beautiful reception rooms all with attractive fireplaces and wood burning stoves and a plethora of period features. The triple aspect drawing room is particularly well proportioned with a superb inglenook
fireplace and doors leading directly to the south and west facing terraces. The dining room is full of period charm, from which a door leads through to the well-fitted kitchen/breakfast room with breakfast bar. The double aspect kitchen includes underfloor heating, and a door gives access to the rear garden. There is also a charming sitting room, a large downstairs cloakroom/boot room and a large
sandstone and brick cellar.
On the first floor, there are five excellent bedrooms, and two bathrooms. The principal bedroom currently uses a bedroom as a dressing room and has ample fitted cupboards and storage and the family bathroom and shower room are beautifully appointed.
Planning permission has been granted by Wealden District Council on 22.12.2023 under Ref. WD/2023/0851/F for a single storey extension to provide a new kitchen/breakfast room and removal of the existing garage to be replaced with detached ancillary accommodation.
Outside, the property is approached off Snatts Road over a longshared driveway from which a wooden entrance gate leads into the property's entrance drive providing parking for several cars. To one side of the drive is the detached garage and adjacent wood store. The gardens are a particular feature of the property and include lawned areas, mature hedging and a wealth of mature plants and shrubs, including magnolia trees, wisteria, rhododendrons, twisted willow, and hydrangeas. There is a rear terrace with a pool house and heated swimming pool, perfect for al fresco entertaining and to simply enjoy the garden.
From the formal gardens surrounding the house wrought iron gates set between brick piers lead through to the beautiful more informal grounds which include a picturesque pond and further sweeping expanses of lawn and banks of mature rhododendrons. The gardens and grounds provide a very secluded and special setting for this lovely family home. In all about 1.65 acres.
Agents note: Under the Estate Agents Act, we are obliged to advise that one of the vendors is an employee of Knight Frank.
Internally the house offers three beautiful reception rooms all with attractive fireplaces and wood burning stoves and a plethora of period features. The triple aspect drawing room is particularly well proportioned with a superb inglenook
fireplace and doors leading directly to the south and west facing terraces. The dining room is full of period charm, from which a door leads through to the well-fitted kitchen/breakfast room with breakfast bar. The double aspect kitchen includes underfloor heating, and a door gives access to the rear garden. There is also a charming sitting room, a large downstairs cloakroom/boot room and a large
sandstone and brick cellar.
On the first floor, there are five excellent bedrooms, and two bathrooms. The principal bedroom currently uses a bedroom as a dressing room and has ample fitted cupboards and storage and the family bathroom and shower room are beautifully appointed.
Planning permission has been granted by Wealden District Council on 22.12.2023 under Ref. WD/2023/0851/F for a single storey extension to provide a new kitchen/breakfast room and removal of the existing garage to be replaced with detached ancillary accommodation.
Outside, the property is approached off Snatts Road over a longshared driveway from which a wooden entrance gate leads into the property's entrance drive providing parking for several cars. To one side of the drive is the detached garage and adjacent wood store. The gardens are a particular feature of the property and include lawned areas, mature hedging and a wealth of mature plants and shrubs, including magnolia trees, wisteria, rhododendrons, twisted willow, and hydrangeas. There is a rear terrace with a pool house and heated swimming pool, perfect for al fresco entertaining and to simply enjoy the garden.
From the formal gardens surrounding the house wrought iron gates set between brick piers lead through to the beautiful more informal grounds which include a picturesque pond and further sweeping expanses of lawn and banks of mature rhododendrons. The gardens and grounds provide a very secluded and special setting for this lovely family home. In all about 1.65 acres.
Agents note: Under the Estate Agents Act, we are obliged to advise that one of the vendors is an employee of Knight Frank.
Uckfield town 0.6 miles. Uckfield station 1 mile (London Bridge from 80 minutes). Haywards Heath station 12 miles (London Bridge from 48 minutes). Tunbridge Wells 15 miles (London Bridge from 46 minutes). Lewes 9.5 miles. Brighton 19 miles. Eastbourne 20 miles. Gatwick airport 23 miles. London 45 miles. (All times and distances approximate)
The property is situated in a semi-rural position on the edge of the popular town of Uckfield which offers a good range of shopping facilities and schools, as well as a mainline station to London. Haywards Heath mainline station serves London Bridge and Victoria whilst the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells serves London Charing Cross / Cannon Street. The historic county town of Lewes provides a good range of local amenities and shops, together with a mainline train service to. The A23 to the west of Haywards Heath provides access to Brighton, Gatwick, the M25 and national motorway network.
There is a good choice of schools in the area including Little Horsted Primary, Great Walstead at Lindfield, St. Mark's School in Hadlow Down, Skippers Hill preparatory school and St Leonards at Mayfield, St Bedes at Upper Dicker, Vinehall at Robertsbridge and Community Colleges at Heathfield, Wadhurst and Robertsbridge.
Leisure and recreational facilities include golf at the East Sussex National Course, Mid Sussex, Piltdown, Lewes and numerous other courses in the area; racing at Plumpton, Brighton, Lingfield and Goodwood; sailing at Brighton, Newhaven, Eastbourne and Chichester marinas; show jumping at Hickstead; and opera at Glyndebourne.
