A stylish family home enjoying a lovely rural position between the villages of Ticehurst and Etchingham.


Description

October Lodge is an immaculately-presented home, tucked away within a generous and well-screened corner plot offering a high level of privacy.

For those looking for a rural life-style, yet need ease of access for practical family life, Sheepstreet Lane is the perfect spot, lying between the delightful village of Ticehurst, with its excellent amenities and Etchingham, with its mainline station and just 13 miles from Tunbridge Wells.

Built in the 1980s, the property has undergone extensive refurbishment to create a comfortable and stylish country home, with a crisp contemporary finish, big picture windows and glazed doors to enhance the natural light and enable a lovely outlook to all sides.

The large dual aspect open plan living space comprises a well-fitted kitchen with stone flooring, a good range of wall and base units, a large island breakfast bar, corian work tops, twin electric ovens, induction hob and integrated fridge/freezer.

There is ample space here for dining, and bi-fold doors open out to the garden creating extra scope for summer entertaining. The informal sitting area to the front enjoys an attractive outlook through tall windows.

The separate well-proportioned sitting room has roof skylights, is fitted with a wood burning stove and also opens out to the garden.

The boot room and utility room are country-living essentials, providing useful domestic space for washing and drying, with a side entrance, and linking through to an integral double garage.

There are four bedrooms, three to the rear and one to the front, all with a lovely outlook, together with two well appointed bath/shower rooms.

The property is accessed via a track and is set well back from Sheepstreet Lane, with a large woodland garden to the front featuring several mature oaks providing an attractive outlook.

The gently sloping garden to the rear has a wide terrace, herbaceous borders and with an outlook to mature woodland beyond the far boundary.

The pretty kitchen garden to the side has several raised beds, a greenhouse and is sheltered behind a wall with a gated entrance supporting a productive red grape vine.

Location

October Lodge is located in an Area of Outstanding Beauty on the edge of Ticehurst, which is less than three miles away, with amenities including The Bell Public House, village store with post office, greengrocers, art gallery, zero waste shop, chemist, hairdressers, Village Hall, St Mary's Church and The Greedy Goat café.

Wadhurst is a little further being approximately six miles, also with excellent amenities, a Jempsons supermarket and two pubs. Tunbridge Wells is approximately 13 miles for comprehensive shopping, theatres and restaurants.

Further attractions in the area include Bedgebury Pinetum and Forest, Bewl Water, Pashley Manor Gardens and Dale Hill Golf Club.

A major asset is the proximity to Etchingham station, approximately 1.3 miles, with parking and services to London Bridge, Charing Cross and Waterloo East from about 64 mins, or Wadhurst, on the same line with a journey time from about 52 mins. Bus services operate from Ticehurst to Wadhurst and Tunbridge Wells.

State and private schools: The well regarded Stonegate C of E Primary School is just 3.3 miles away. Preparatory options include, Marlborough House and St Ronan’s (Hawkhurst), Rose Hill (Tunbridge Wells), Holmewood House (Langton Green), and The Schools at Somerhill (Tonbridge). At secondary level Uplands Academy in Wadhurst and independent senior schools in Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Eastbourne, Bedes in Upper Dicker, Benenden Girls School and Mayfield School for Girls.

Square Footage: 2,129 sq ft


Acreage: 0.58 Acres

Directions

Postcode - TN19 7AX. From Tunbridge Wells head south out of the town on Frant Road (A267), then through Frant and take the next road on the left towards Wadhurst (B2099). Continue through Wadhurst and Wallcrouch into the centre of Ticehurst village and turn right opposite The Bell pub into Church Road. Follow this road, passing the church on your left, out of the village and down into the valley. As the road starts to ascend again, turn left into Sheepstreet Lane, continue for about 1.2 miles, passing King John's Nursery and Garden on your right hand side, where the entrance to Fox Farm will be found shortly after on the left hand side.

Additional Info

Services: Oil-fired central heating, mains water and electricity, private drainage.

Outgoings: Rother District Council, Tax Band G.

Agent's note: A public bridleway runs down the access track to October Lodge from Sheepstreet Lane.