6 bedroom detached house for sale

White Lodge is an attractive double-fronted period family home offering over 4,000 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged across four floors, enjoying a beautiful tranquil setting with 3.64 acres of garden and ambling woodlands creating a wilderness away from modern day living, plus a swimming pool and detached cottage for additional living space or a generous working studio. A distinctive property with very flexible spaces.

The layout flows from a welcoming reception hall with original feature tiled flooring into an inner hall with a useful cloakroom and larder. The main living spaces include a dual-aspect dining room with a feature fireplace and an L-shaped drawing room with exposed wooden flooring, a freestanding wood-burning stove, and access to a triple-aspect glazed conservatory with patio doors to the side terrace. The drawing room also opens into a wooden-floored sitting room with another feature fireplace; both rooms have French doors leading to a raised, decked rear balcony. The ground floor is completed by a dual-aspect kitchen fitted with base units, complementary worktops, a Belfast sink, an Aga, and a door to a laundry/boot room with access to the side terrace.

On the lower ground floor, the property includes a workshop and a pool room with an en suite shower room and French doors opening onto the poolside terrace.

Stairs rise from the inner hall to the first floor, which features a principal bedroom with an en suite bathroom including a freestanding bath, along with two further double bedrooms—all with fitted storage and French doors opening onto a rear aspect decked balcony. This floor also includes a fourth bedroom with wooden flooring and two family bathrooms, one being wood-lined with wooden flooring and includes a freestanding bath, the other having been updated to a smart new shower room. The second floor offers two additional double bedrooms, one benefiting from walk-in eaves storage.

An additional benefit is the new oil fired boiler and hot water cylinder.

Screened by mature trees and offering strong kerb appeal, the property is approached via a gravelled driveway offering private parking and access to a range of outbuildings, including a vehicle shed, Nissen hut, log store, and a detached dormer cottage. The cottage does require some updating but features an entrance hall with cloakroom, a sitting/dining room, fitted kitchen, ground and first-floor bedrooms, and a family bathroom with a freestanding bath.

The formal garden is mainly laid to lawn and bordered by mature shrubs, with two sheds, multiple seating areas, a swimming pool and paved poolside and side terraces, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.
The gardens lead in to the light woodland with a gazebo and ambling country paths and walkways through your own land.

The property is situated in a highly convenient location on the fringes of the coastal resort of Bexhill-on-Sea which provides a good range of day-to-day amenities including local shopping, cafés, restaurants, pubs, a leisure centre, medical facilities including a hospital and the De La Warr Pavilion, an iconic community hub and host to numerous art, music and comedy events. Cooden Beach and Bexhill beach are ideal for swimming, paddle-boarding, sailing and fishing. Eastbourne, Rye and Lewes offer more comprehensive amenities. Communications links are excellent: the A27 provides access to major regional centres and to the national motorway network, Cooden Beach (2.4 miles), Collington (3.0 miles) and Bexhill (3.3 miles) stations offer frequent links to Ashford International and central London, and London Gatwick Airport offers a wide selection of domestic and international flights.