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5 bedroom detached house
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 - 4 reception rooms
- 2 bathrooms
- 10.53 acres
- Outbuildings
- Period
- Conservatory
- Detached
- Garden
- Rural
The dining room is also double aspect with double doors opening to the terrace and gardens as well as a window to the front. The dining room leads into the attractive country kitchen which has a range of wall and base storage cupboards, Aga cooker, wood flooring, cloakroom and door to the front.
On the first floor, the principal bedroom overlooks the rear gardens and has an en suite bathroom as well as a dressing room. There are two further bedrooms as well as a family shower room. There are two further bedrooms on the second floor as well as access to eaves storage.
In addition to the main house there is a charming detached self-contained annexe/studio of brick construction under a tiled roof. The single storey accommodation provides an open plan bed/sitting room with vaulted ceiling, exposed timbers and a fireplace with wood burner. There is also a shower room and a kitchen with a door to the side.
Outside, the house is approached from the lane through a pair of wooden gates, flanked on either side by brick walls, forming an attractive gravelled courtyard area to the rear of the house providing a parking area and giving access to the studio and garaging. The detached garage building includes a double open car port, garden store and attached wood store as well as garaging.
The fabulous gardens and grounds surround the house and are mainly laid to lawn and divided into various areas. To the front there is a paved formal garden with box hedged flower beds. A paved terrace runs along the side of the house and enjoys wonderful views over the gardens and surrounding countryside. There is also a vegetable garden, various sitting areas to take advantage of the beautiful rural views, a gently sloping south facing paddock with a stream and a further field beyond. In all the property extends to about 10.53 acres.
Buxted station 2.2 miles (London Bridge from 76 minutes). Uckfield station 4.5 miles (London Bridge from 80 minutes). Heathfield 4.5 miles. Mayfield 7.5 miles. Lewes 12 miles. Tunbridge Wells 13.2 miles (London Bridge from 44 minutes). Haywards Heath 16 miles (London Bridge from 44 minutes). Brighton 20 miles. Gatwick airport 25 miles. M25 - 27 miles. London 58 miles. (All times and distances approximate)
The property is located in unspoilt, undulating Sussex countryside between the villages of Buxted, Blackboys and Framfield and within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village of Blackboys has a primary school and a well known and established public house, the 14th century Blackboys Inn. The larger towns of Uckfield, Heathfield, Tunbridge Wells and the historic county town of Lewes, all provide a good range of shopping, leisure and commercial amenities. Mainline rail services are available at nearby Buxted and Uckfield, and the A23 to the west of Haywards Heath gives access to Brighton, Gatwick airport, the M25 and national motorway network.
There is a good choice of schooling in the area in both the state and private sectors including Skippers Hill Preparatory School in Five Ashes, Cumnor House Sussex School in Danehill, Mayfield School, Bede's in Upper Dicker, and Eastbourne College.
Leisure amenities in the area include golf at a number of interesting courses in the vicinity including The East Sussex National, Piltdown and Dewlands Manor; local sports clubs include rugby, tennis and cricket; walking and riding in the surrounding countryside including on The Downs and Ashdown Forest; sailing and water sports at Bewl Water and on the south coast; opera at Glyndebourne.
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