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4 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
4 bed
2 bath
EPC rating: D*
1,657 sq ft / 154 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band G
Broadband: Super-fast 80Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
Charles Wycherley Independent Estate Agents are delighted to offer this large 2-storey modern property built on a large and private plot off Vicarage Way. The first floor of the property has 2 bedrooms and a bathroom, with a further 2 bedrooms and shower room to the ground floor along with a spacious living room, a full-depth kitchen/dining room and cloakroom, as well as an integral garage, which could be brought into the accommodation for the lower annex, and a utility room. The garden is approximately 1 acre, backing onto stunning open farmland, and faces south and west for excellent light and sun and has a fruit orchard and useful outbuildings. The property benefits from having gas fired central heating and double glazed windows.

Fields House is a superbly located property in the heart of Ringmer village centre, close to the parish church with the village green with pond just beyond. Close by, there is a bus stop outside the village hall and the excellent Anchor Inn public house. Just a few minutes walk from the property is the parade of local shops which include a supermarket with Post Office, butcher, bakery, café, restaurant, veterinary surgery, dentist and hairdressers. Just beyond is the doctors surgery and pharmacy. There are excellent walks to open countryside and South Downs. Lewes is some 2 miles distant, with its attractive and historical town centre comprising an excellent range of independent shops, 3 superstores, cafes, pubs, restaurants and the Depot Cinema. Lewes mainline Railway Station has connections to London Victoria (65 mins), London Bridge (90 mins) and Brighton (20 mins).

ACCOMMODATION WITH APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS COMPRISES:-

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING
uPVC double glazed window overlooking walled garden and outbuilding. Hatch to insulated roof space. Radiator with shelf. Airing cupboard with jacketed copper hot water tank, immersion heater and slatted shelves.

BEDROOM 1
14'4 x 13'4. Double aspect room with uPVC double glazed window overlooking the drive to the front and over the rear garden to the west. Radiator with thermostat. Wall light point.

BEDROOM 2
13'8 x 13'4. Double aspect room with uPVC double glazed window overlooking the drive to the front and to the attractive south facing garden. Radiator with thermostat. Double wardrobe cupboard with hanging rails and shelves. Door to huge double loft space with easy access with one step up. 37' depth x 14' width with sloping roof, boarded floor and electric light.

BATHROOM
9' x 6'9. uPVC double glazed frosted window. Modern white suite comprising panelled bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, low level w.c., bidet and wash basin with counter top, cupboards and drawers under. Radiator. Mirrored bathroom cabinet. Shaver point. Wall cupboard.

GROUND FLOOR (split-level)

ENTRANCE PORCH
8'8 x 4'6. Triple aspect with uPVC double glazed entrance door. Glazed door to:-

ENTRANCE HALL
16'8 x 7'10. Radiator with shelf. Stairs to first floor and lower split-level.

CLOAKROOM
10'4 x 5'3. Pedestal wash basin and low level w.c. Radiator. Potterton Precision gas fired boiler. Double cupboard with programmer.

KITCHEN/FAMILY ROOM
23' x 11'9 overall. Fitted kitchen with twin-bowl stainless steel sink unit, single drainer and mixer tap. Worktop to each side with drawer and cupboards under. Stainless steel 4-ring gas hob with drawer and cupboards under. Stainless steel Neff extractor hood. Stainless steel double oven with cupboards over and under. Breakfast bar with cupboard under. Electric skirting heater. Space for fridge/freezer. Tiled floor. Radiator. uPVC double glazed patio doors to patio and south facing garden.

SITTING ROOM
22'9 x 16'10. Double aspect room with uPVC double glazed window to south. Double patio doors and uPVC double glazed window to west facing rear garden. 2 Radiators. Open fireplace with hearth, grate inset and wooden mantle, fitted shelves each side.

LOWER SPLIT-LEVEL HALLWAY
Radiator. Cloaks hanging space. Storage cupboard.

BEDROOM 3
13'10 x 9'5. uPVC double glazed window looking to front drive and south facing garden. Radiator. Double wardrobe cupboard with hanging rail and shelf. Fitted shelves.

SHOWER ROOM
uPVC double glazed window. Glazed shower cubicle with Mira Sport electric shower, tiled walls and shower tray. Low level w.c. Wash basin. Radiator.

UTILITY ROOM
6'6 x 4'4. uPVC double glazed window. Fitted shelf. Space and plumbing for washing machine. N.B. There is potential for opening up to the sitting room/bedroom 4, for an open-plan kitchen/sitting room.

BEDROOM 4/SITTING ROOM
17'2 x 8'10. Double aspect room with uPVC double glazed window looking to the front drive and to the walled garden to the west. Radiator. Fitted cupboards, one with electric meter and fuse box and the other with gas meter. Smoke alarm. Door to:-

INTEGRAL GARAGE
17'8 x 8'10. Double garage doors to front drive and uPVC double glazed window to rear garden. Power and lighting. Further potential for including into the garden floor annex.

OUTSIDE

GARDENS
Fields House is approached off Vicarage Way via a long private pebbled/tarmacadam driveway with grass centre, wall surround and attractive borders of fig and Hollyhocks. The driveway would accommodate approximately 5 cars then leads to a further large brick driveway/courtyard with parking for four cars approaching the front doorway, integral garage and studio/workshop, with electricity, outside lighting, double external power point and water tap. Potential for significant additional parking. Brick detached outbuilding for studio/workshop or home office, 18'5 x 12'10, currently divided into 2 rooms with vaulted ceilings, workbench, front entrance door and window facing west to courtyard, giving potential for additional window light. Wood store. Raised borders. From the brick courtyard, there is a further pebble driveway to the south of the house, thus having the ability to reach the majority of the garden, including the paddock. Completely private raised slabbed patio with doors from the kitchen and with planting and overlooking the south garden.

The garden is a huge benefit of this property, divided into 4 sections. The beautifully planted south side, the main central lawned garden and outbuildings, backing onto open fields. The walled planted garden and a paddock/orchard, the whole plot being an acre. The southern section is attractive and private, dog-legging around neighbouring Merton House, of 75' max. depth with central lawn, apple tree, raised pathway, rockery, flower and shrub beds with hedge surround, including attractive Michaelmas daisies. West facing garden with further slabbed seating patio. The main west facing garden is approximately 170' depth with a very long lawn and flower beds.

Aluminium greenhouse, 10' x 8'. Timber garden shed in 2 compartments, 8'4 x 8' and 8'4 x 8'8. Apple trees and fruit cage. Compost housing with rustic fencing to open field to the rear and the property's paddock to the north. From the west facing patio, there is an attractive walled garden with raised planting beds as well as a central lawn, slabbed path, vine hanging to both sides, water butt and sensor light leading to garage door. To the north of the garden is a large paddock/orchard, approximately 130' x 125', with rustic fencing and gate to the main garden. This mature field has a hedge surround, grass and apple trees interspersed with oak and further wooded area.

Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.

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    Formally a partner of Messrs A. Wycherley, Charles has chosen to set up a new exciting venture as Charles Wycherley Estate Agents and Surveyor. As a specialist in Lewes, a town that he loves, and within a ten mile radius including the local villages and hamlets that he knows so well, Charles has unsurpassed knowledge of Lewes property over 30 years of valuing, selling and surveying in the town and area over these many years. Charles was within a fifth generation of estate agent in the Wycherley firm, starting in 1853 in Keere Street, previous generations dealing with Leonard and Virginia Woolf purchasing The Round House, Pipe Passage and most famously Monks House in Rodmell. Three generations alone are mentioned in the popular historical book ‘Mrs Dudeney’s Diary’. Charles Wycherley Estate Agents incorporates the skill, experience and knowledge of 30 years property work in Lewes and being a qualified Chartered Surveyor. This expertise combines with a new clear-cut modern image with new website, particulars, advertising campaign and property portals including Rightmove, to continue strong links with London, Brighton and Hove and throughout the country, to continue to sell in this highly attractive town and area. Charles Wycherley has a B.Sc in Estate Management from South Bank University, working for St. John Smith, Chartered Surveyors, Uckfield in his ‘sandwich’ year, including auction work. He worked at Lewis & Tucker in the West End, doing a full range of property management and then was 2nd Surveyor for Barnard Marcus carrying out full surveys, rent reviews and mortgage valuations in south and west London. Charles returned to the family firm in 1986, qualifying as an Incorporated Valuer in 1985 and then as a Chartered Surveyor in 1990. Charles was Junior Chairman of the RICS Sussex Branch and has won two national auction competitions. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors have now established the qualification of RICS Registered Valuer. Valuations underpin nearly all financial decisions from home mortgage to major investment and corporate finance. We provide probate valuations instructed by Banks, Solicitors, Executors and Beneficiaries,Registered Valuers giving added experience and credence to valuations and indeed his other servicessuch as Structural Surveys,Homebuyers Reports or indeed as agents giving qualifications in aid of the sale of property. Charles Wycherley holds the qualification of RICS Registered Valuer which, where necessary, can be used at the same time as a structural survey, Homebuyers Report or becoming agents for the sale of the property.

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