5 bedroom detached house for sale

An immaculately presented Arts & Crafts-style family home with garaging and beautiful gardens.


Description

Covehurst is an immaculately presented Arts and Crafts-style family home, understood to date from the late 1930's close to beautiful countryside, set amidst beautifully landscaped gardens, just over 1 mile to the west of the historic East Sussex village of Robertsbridge and within a High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

This distinctive house has been internally remodelled incorporating a versatile and stylish kitchen/dining/family room. The double aspect sitting room with a multi fuel stove has outlooks over the lovely front and rear gardens. The adjoining bedroom suite, (currently used as a study), and en suite shower room leads to a home office, and a utility room with a range of fitted cupboards, and space for appliances, with direct access to a very useful covered passageway linking the front and rear gardens.

The entrance hall, with integral cupboard and separate cloakroom, links to the sitting room and to the multi-purpose kitchen/breakfast room/dining/family room with excellent bespoke large range of fitted cupboards, central island with breakfast bar, extensive work surfaces, integrated double oven, combi-microwave oven, five burner gas hob, extractor canopy, integrated dishwasher, main sink with Quooker tap, and a further useful prep area with sink. The kitchen area has an external door to a covered porch and access to an enclosed courtyard.

The family room has direct access via double doors to a Portland conservatory, with French doors from the conservatory to the rear garden. These rooms feature porcelain floor tiling with electric underfloor heating.

The first floor has four bedrooms all with a lovely outlook over the rear gardens, and countryside beyond. Bedroom one is also double aspect with an ensuite bathroom with a bath and separate shower.

Bedroom two also has an ensuite shower room. A separate family shower room is located off the landing. All feature modern white sanitary ware. There is a range of built-in wardrobes along the landing and loft ladder access to the loft area. Also generous accessible eaves storage spaces.
Covehurst is approached via electric gates with the drive leading to a English Heritage oak framed open car barn with storage area, lighting and power. Also a substantial parking area suitable for several cars.

The front gardens are laid to lawn with evergreen hedging and planting areas . The main beautifully landscaped gardens lie to the rear, with a generous stone paved terrace and sitting area partly shaded with a timber pergola with flowering climbing plants. An ornamental fish pond has varieties of freshwater fish.

The lawn stretches away, with herbaceous borders and shrubs and a Wisteria clad Summer House. Separated from the formal garden is a lovely natural wild flower area, and on to a productive kitchen garden, with a greenhouse, fruit cage, cutting garden, and orchard with several sheds and a store suitable for lawn mowing equipment. A number of these outbuildings benefit from power and lighting.

Location

Covehurst is situated within a High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about 1.1 mile from the village of Robertsbridge with its good range of local facilities, including two general stores (one with post office), a bakery, Boots chemist, drs and dental practices, two florists, several restaurants and public houses, primary and secondary schools and a railway station.

More extensive shopping and leisure amenities can be found in the picturesque town of Battle. Tunbridge Wells, with its period architecture, excellent shopping centre and extensive retail park is about 16.5 miles away.

Mainline rail services can be found at Robertsbridge (1 mile) or Etchingham (2.2 miles) and with frequent services to Charing Cross. Eurostar trains run from Ashford International and there is a high speed train service from Ashford International to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.

There are excellent schools in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary levels.

Leisure/sporting facilities include a number of premium quality golf courses at East Sussex National golf course, Uckfield, Dale Hill,Ticehurst, The Nevill, Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough Beacon and Rye. Sailing, fishing, riding, walking, and mountain bike trails at Bewl Water and a climbing and activity centre in Bedgebury Forest and Pinetum.

Motorway links: The M25 via the A21 can be accessed at J5 and the M20 via J8, providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airports and other motorways.

*All mileages and distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,461 sq ft


Acreage: 0.76 Acres

Directions

From Cranbrook travel south on the A229 towards Hawkhurst. At the traffic lights, turn right towards Flimwell, at Flimwell traffic lights, turn left onto the A21 towards Hurst Green and Hastings. Travel for approximately 2 miles and at the Salehurst roundabout turn right towards Robertsbridge village. Proceed through the village and turn right onto Station Road. Follow this road (merging into Brightling Road) for about 1 mile and Covehurst will be found on the right hand side.

Additional Info

Services: All mains services.

Agent's Note: Some photographs have been supplied by the vendor.