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5 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 - 6 reception rooms
- 4 - 5 bathrooms
- 52.00 acres
- Outbuildings
- Period
- Detached
- Rural
- Village
- Private Parking
The flexible and well-proportioned accommodation is arranged over three floors. On the ground floor there is an impressive dining hall with wooden flooring, w.c. and double doors opening out to the gardens. The attractive drawing room has a fireplace with wood burner and double doors opening out to a spacious balcony, running the width of the house, providing a lovely seating area overlooking the gardens. At the rear of the house, the kitchen/breakfast room also has access to the balcony and includes a range of fitted oak units, double Butler's sink, Range cooker and a walk-in pantry. There is also a double aspect study/family room with window to the side and attractive bay window to the rear.
From a rear hall, steps lead down to a lower ground floor which has a home office with door to the gardens, games room, shower room, cinema room and a door into the integral double garage.
On the first floor, the landing gives access to the five double bedrooms and family bathroom. Two of the bedrooms have en suite facilities, and one of the bedrooms has access to a useful loft storage area.
Outside, the house is approached via an electronically operated wooden gated entrance over a gravel driveway providing off-road parking and giving access to the detached garage building with store rooms attached. The driveway continues to the integral double garage and steps leading to the front door. The property has wonderful views over its own gardens, which are laid to lawn with a multitude of mature trees and shrubs, and the countryside beyond. There is a large paved terrace at the rear of the house, ideal for al fresco dining. The gardens lead on to the land, which includes various fields and paddocks. In all about 52 acres.
Agents Note: The property is subject to an agricultural occupancy restriction requiring the house to be occupied by a person solely or mainly employed in agriculture in the area. We are advised that, with the 52 acres available, a purchaser will be able to comply with those conditions.
Hartfield 2 miles. Groombridge 3.2 miles. Cowden station 4.8 miles (London Bridge from 53 minutes). Tunbridge Wells 7.5 miles (London Bridge from 44 minutes). Dormans station 8.5 miles (London Bridge from 51 minutes). East Grinstead 9.2 miles (London Bridge from 55 minutes). Gatwick airport 18 miles. London 46 miles. (All times and distances approximate)
The property occupies a delightful rural position on the edge of the popular village of Withyham, within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and close to Ashdown Forest. Withyham is an idyllic country village with a village school, renowned pub (The Dorset Arms), church and various clubs/societies. The nearby sought-after village of Hartfield has a lovely sense of community with a store, primary school, nursery school, health centre, church, two public houses and the famous 'Pooh Corner' tea rooms, shop and museum. Groombridge village also offers local amenities with a highly regarded primary school, general store/post office, two public houses, tennis club, Spa Valley Steam Railway, Harrison Rocks climbing centre and The Forest Way cycle path. Tunbridge Wells is a short drive away and offers comprehensive facilities as well as the famous Pantiles, a cinema complex, theatres, sports centre and golf course. Railway stations are available at Cowden, Dormans and Tunbridge Wells providing a regular service to London.
There is an excellent choice of schools in the area including Brambletye and Sackville (East Grinstead), Michael Hall (Forest Row), Lingfield College, Worth School (Turners Hill), Cumnor House Sussex and Handcross Park School (Haywards Heath), Tonbridge School, Schools at Somerhill in Tonbridge, Holmewood House Preparatory (Langton Green), and Ardingly College. There are grammar schools (girls and boys) in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge.
Leisure activities in the area include riding and walking in nearby Ashdown Forest with its many scenic walks and Winnie the Pooh's famous 'Pooh Sticks Bridge'; tennis and cricket clubs in Hartfield; golf at Royal Ashdown Forest, Chartham Park, Piltdown, East Sussex National, Lingfield Park, Holtye and Sweetwoods; sailing and water sports at Bewl Water, Weirwood Reservoir and on the south coast.
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