5 bedroom detached house for sale

*Guide Price £950,000 - £1,000,000*
An impressive detached house of character in one of Bexhill-on-Sea’s most popular addresses, set well back from Maple Walk at the end of a long private drive and offering superb family accommodation of around 3,200 square feet, with a beautiful south facing garden and sea views from the upper floors.

St Malo is a truly impressive detached house of great character occupying an elevated position on one of Bexhill-on-Sea’s most sought-after residential avenues.
The house offers excellent family accommodation around 3,200 square feet and features a stunning south-facing garden. The upper floors offer wonderful views towards the sea.
There is ample parking and a garage and workshop to the front. The elevations are brick and part tile hung beneath a tiled roof, there is sealed unit double glazing on the south-facing windows and gas-fired central heating.
The main features include:
• A storm porch leads to the original timber panelled door opening to the reception hall, a welcoming introduction to the house with parquet flooring. A panelled door leads through to the elegant living room with original parquet
flooring, picture rail, brick mantelpiece with tiled hearth and open fireplace.
• A timber door leads to the orangery with brick flooring and sliding glazed doors open out onto the main garden; a really lovely space to sit and enjoy the pleasures of the garden to the side of the house.
• The dining room is another elegant and nicely proportioned room with original parquet flooring, open fireplace with brick surround, and window overlooking the rear garden.
• The kitchen/breakfast room was updated 8 years ago and features a Shaker style wooden kitchen with co-ordinating quartz worktops incorporating a sink with mixer taps and drainer, and some original wooden cupboards and dresser. There is a two-ring Aga, plumbing for dishwasher, integrated under-counter fridge and bi-fold doors leading out to the south-facing garden.
• The utility room has original flooring and space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer; glazed window to the side. The rear lobby has a tiled floor and houses the Worcester boiler and water tank, together with a secondary staircase to the first floor. There is a boot room, understairs storage and a door leading to the driveway.
• The cloakroom comprises an understairs storage cupboard, WC, butler-style sink and some storage, original tiled floor and window to the side.
• First floor landing with understairs storage cupboard. The principal bedroom is a generous double bedroom with two built-in wardrobes, double aspect with a view towards the sea and Beachy Head. From here an arch leads to the spacious en suite bathroom with panelled bath with shower attachment, separate tiled and glazed shower cubicle, WC, wash basin inset into vanity unit, olished wooden flooring, part panelled and part tiled walls and an attractive
fireplace with a wooden mantelpiece and slate hearth.
• Bedroom 2 has a built-in cupboard, wash basin inset into vanity unit and a window overlooking the rear garden. Bedroom 3 has a built-in cupboard, a feature fireplace, and a bay window with a window seat overlooking the rear
garden.
• Bedroom 5 has a built-in cupboard and a feature fireplace, window overlooking the front of the house. The study is a useful room with a window to the side.
• The family shower room comprises a shower cubicle, part glazed and tiled; pedestal wash basin, heated towel rail; partly tiled walls and tiled floor. There is a separate WC.
• The second floor landing offers access to the loft space where the solar panel system is stored. Bedroom 4 is a very generous double bedroom with wooden flooring, access to loft storage, built-in cupboard, and enjoys extensive views
towards the sea and Beachy Head.

Outside
St Malo is approached via a long driveway culminating in an area of generous parking and providing access to the garage and workshop, both of which have up and over doors with light and power connected.
The gardens surround the house to three sides and are considered to be a main feature of the property. There is a secluded westerly-facing area of lawn adjacent to the orangery with mature hedges and shrubs.
The main garden is largely south-facing and mainly laid to lawn with a range of mature shrubs, trees, flowers and hedges. There is a generous paved area, ideal for al fresco dining, and an attractive pond with a water feature. Shed and greenhouse. Further area of garden with a vegetable patch.