Handsome detached Victorian house with scope for updating.

Description

Pinecroft and its outbuildings, garden and driveway, extend to about 1.8 acres. A further nine acres of paddock and woodland are available separately at a guide of £250,000 (marked in blue on the site plan).

Pinecroft is believed to have been built around 200 years ago, and was originally two, possibly three cottages; it was reconfigured in the late 19th century into the impressive family home that it is today. The property is being offered to the market for the first time in around 100 years, and has much to recommend it, offering excellent scope for updating and reconfiguring (subject to obtaining the necessary permissions) and with many classic period features including tall sash windows, high ceilings and stripped wood flooring.

Pinecroft has attractive white-painted brick and clay tile-hung elevations under a slate tiled roof, with roses planted to the front and an open porch sheltering the half-glazed front door. The principal reception rooms are arranged on the southern elevation; the sitting room has a working fireplace with a copper hood and wood mantelpiece. Lying across the hall, the dual aspect dining room has bay windows to the front and side and a working brick fireplace. There is a good sized study, with a cloakroom and WC beyond.

The kitchen/breakfast room has space for table and chairs, and a four oven oil-fired Aga (please see Agent's Note). To the rear lies a utility room and a boot room with adjoining pantry. The boot room gives access to the rear courtyard.

The first floor offers six bedrooms, two bathrooms and a separate WC.

Outbuildings
Pinecroft is approached from Felcourt Road by a long, tree lined private driveway bordered by light woodland, which leads up to the parking area ahead of the house, and onto the detached garaging and the rear courtyard with secondary access to Felcourt Lane. The courtyard gives access to the attached gardener’s WC, cold store and log store, and the house via the boot room.

Garden
The garden lies mainly to front of the house, and is predominantly laid to level lawn with mature trees, flowering shrubs and flower beds. A metal fence separates the garden and the paddock, giving a lovely open outlook. Pinecroft, its outbuildings, garden and driveway extend to about 1.8 acres.

Lot 2 - Paddock and Woodland
The paddock and woodland lie to the south of the gardens and house (marked in blue on the site plan). They have separate vehicular access from Felcourt Road via a five bar gate which opens to hardstanding, offering parking for several vehicles. The paddock and woodland extend to about 9.2 acres are being offered separately at a guide of £250,000.

Location

Felcourt is a hamlet in the north of West Sussex, about a mile and half to the south of Lingfield, which provides for day to day needs with shops, cafes, a primary school and a station. The thriving market town of East Grinstead lies three miles to the south, and an excellent range of shopping facilities, amenities and railway station. There are further shopping facilities at Tunbridge Wells (14 miles) and Crawley (10 miles).

The area is well served for sporting and leisure pursuits with local clubs for tennis (0.8 miles) and bowling (0.6 miles), racing at Lingfield Park, Epsom and Goodwood, golf at Royal Ashdown, Copthorne, Forest Row and Holtye, sailing at Hedgecourt Lake, Bough Beech and Weir Wood reservoirs and along the south coast; and walking and riding locally including Ashdown Forest and Felbridge Showground (0.5 miles).
Rail Services: Lingfield (two miles, London Victoria from 49 minutes) and Three Bridges (nine miles, London Bridge/City Thameslink from 35 minutes).

Gatwick airport 11 miles.

Schools: There are many highly regarded schools in the area, both state and private, including Lingfield Primary School, Brambletye, Copthorne Prep, Worth, Sackville, Imberhorne, Lingfield College, Michael Hall School (Rudolph Steiner) and Caterham.

All times and distances are approximate; walking times taken from Google maps.

Square Footage: 3,100 sq ft


Acreage: 1.8 Acres

Additional Info

Services: Mains gas fired central heating. Mains electricity, water and drainage.

Agent’s Notes: 1. Pinecroft has right of access over Felcourt Lane, which is a private road. Pinecroft contributes 5% towards maintenance costs. 2. The Aga is currently out of use as the flue requires some remedial work.

Outgoings: Tandridge District Council,[use Contact Agent Button]

Photographs taken: June 2023