5 bedroom detached house for sale

*Guide Price £925,000 - £975,000*
A deceptively spacious and much improved, detached Edwardian family home, with excellent entertaining space including an open-plan, vaulted kitchen/family room, situated in a sought-after, peaceful location on the outskirts of Rotherfield, with mature gardens of around 0.24 acres.

Description
Ashley Lodge is a stylishly presented five-bedroom, detached family home offering well-proportioned accommodation with a wealth of period features including high ceilings, fireplaces and picture rails. The property has a welcoming atmosphere and is ideal for modern family life, set in a peaceful location, just a five-minute walk from the local shop and within a mile of Rotherfield village; sold with the benefit of no chain.
The main features of the property include:
• Entrance canopy, door through to good sized entrance hall with wooden flooring, window to the side and stairs turning and rising to the first floor, with under-stairs cupboard. Shower room with WC and basin.
• Attractive drawing room with large bay window to the front, window to the side and fireplace with wood burning stove and dresser.
• Dining room has shelving and low level cupboards to chimney recess, window to side, and double doors leading through to the kitchen.
• Entrance hall leads through to the kitchen with ground floor shower room to the left comprising shower cubicle, WC and basin, window to side. A fantastic kitchen/family room; in the kitchen area there is a good range of units with Corian working surfaces extending to a breakfast bar with a gas fired burner/range cooker; a storage cupboard with sliding doors housing the boiler, door and window to the side. This open plan room has a vaulted ceiling with high level windows built into the gable ends, wooden flooring in this section of the kitchen, a contemporary Hwam wood burning stove, bay window to side and large bay window to rear with two double doors to the east facing terrace. Sliding doors open to the utility room which has a stainless steel sink, space for washing machine and tumble dryer, window to side and door to the rear garden.
• On the first floor, the landing has a window to side; there is an excellent main bedroom which is dual aspect with large bay window to the front, built-in wardrobe cupboards, ornate fireplace. A second, good size double bedroom, dual aspect to rear and side, with ornate fireplace; a third bedroom to the front, currently used as a study, again window to the front. Family bathroom with underfloor heating, panelled bath and drench-head shower over, vanity unit with basin, WC, airing cupboard and linen cupboard, window to the rear.
• Second floor landing with window to the side, two further, excellent double bedrooms, the first of which has a double window to the front affording a view towards the surrounding countryside; bedroom five is a comfortable double room with window to rear; a second family bathroom with panelled bath and telephone handset style mixer taps, WC and basin, skylight window to the rear.

Outside
The front garden is hedge enclosed, primarily laid to lawn with flower borders. There is a pathway to one side and off-road parking to the other; gate to the rear with side garden which has an east facing sandstone terrace; brick pathways extend to the rear which is landscaped with good level areas of lawn, an array of mature shrubs and trees, and flower borders. There is a good size garden/studio room with power supplied, currently used as a gym. At the foot of the garden is a garden store.
In all 0.24 of an acre.