7 bedroom house

The property comprises a wonderful and beautifully presented Georgian style family house providing well-proportioned and substantial accommodation. The principal reception rooms have wood flooring and double doors opening out to the stunning gardens and grounds and enjoy wonderful views over the surrounding countryside.

The front door is flanked by stone columns and opens into an attractive reception hall with wood flooring and staircase leading to the first floor. The beautiful triple aspect drawing room is a particular feature of the house with attractive archways and pillars, marble fireplace, windows to the front and rear and two sets of double doors to the side. There is also a formal dining room and a double aspect sitting room, both with numerous doors opening out to the rear terrace and gardens.

The impressive kitchen/breakfast room has windows to the front and rear, stone flooring and bespoke fitted kitchen units with granite worktops and a central island. There is also a useful utility room, a study and two ground floor cloakrooms.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom has an en suite bathroom and a balcony enjoying fine views over the gardens and beyond. There are four further bedrooms (one with an en suite shower room) and a family bathroom with an infrared sauna.

From the landing, stairs lead up to the spacious second floor bedroom and cinema room with balcony overlooking the front of the house.

Outside, the property is approached via a long drive and gated entrance leading to the courtyard parking area and detached triple garage. Above the garage there is a self-contained annexe providing an open plan kitchen/sitting room as well as a bedroom and shower room.

The stunning and beautifully maintained gardens and grounds surround the house and have a multitude of mature trees, shrubs and plants. There is a large south-facing paved terrace running along the rear of the house as well as formal lawned areas, a walled garden with pond feature, a fenced hard tennis court, vegetable/fruit garden, paddock, stream, and an area of woodland. In all the property extends to about 9 acres (to be verified).

Rotherfield village centre 1 miles. Mayfield 3.5 miles. Wadhurst 5.6 miles. Wadhurst station 5.8 miles (London Bridge from 53 minutes). Tunbridge Wells station 7 miles (London Bridge from 46 minutes). Gatwick airport 25 miles. Eastbourne 25 miles. Central London 49 miles. Heathrow airport 61 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is located in a fantastic and peaceful position within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just over a mile from the popular and historic village of Rotherfield and within close proximity to Tunbridge Wells. Rotherfield offers a good range of local amenities including church, primary school, doctors surgery, local pubs, tea room, village stores and post office. Nearby Tunbridge Wells offers a more comprehensive range of shopping, leisure, cultural and educational facilities as well as a mainline station with a regular service to London. Train services are also available from Wadhurst (Cannon Street, London Bridge and Charing Cross) and Crowborough (London Bridge). Road communications in the area are good with the A21 providing access to the M25, national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports, the Channel Tunnel and ferry ports. There is a wide range of schooling in the area in both the private and state sectors including Rotherfield Primary School, Mayfield School (girls), Skippers Hill Preparatory School at Five Ashes, Holmewood House Preparatory School at Langton Green, Bede's at Upper Dicker and Uplands Community College at Wadhurst. There are public schools at Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, and grammar schools for girls and boys in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge. Leisure facilities in the vicinity include golf at Crowborough, Tunbridge Wells and at the East Sussex National Course at Little Horsted near Uckfield. There is a dry ski slope

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