4 bedroom house

A character unlisted barn conversion in this delightful semi-rural location with garden, woodland and fine distant views.

Location

Located along this narrow country lane, Gate House Barn lies on the edge of the popular village of Hadow Down in a semi-rural setting, yet conveniently placed for commuting and local amenities.

The towns of Tunbridge Wells, Lewis and Eastbourne are reached within about 12, 14 and 22 miles, respectively.

Hadlow Down has a church, a primary school and a public house and is known for its ancient woodland attraction, Wilderness Wood.

The neighbouring village of Buxted is reached within about 2.2 miles and has more amenities and a mainline railway station offering services to London via Southern Rail. Trains run to London Bridge in about 1 hour and 16 minutes.

Uckfield, Crowborough and Heathfield are alternative smaller towns nearby, all reached within about 6 miles and Mayfield is a beautiful hilltop period village with shopping and good amenities, reached withinabout 3.5 miles.

The area is well served by state secondary community colleges at Crowborough, Uckfield and Heathfield and private schooling options in the area includes Skippers Hill preparatory school at Five Ashes, Mayfield for girls, Tonbridge for boys and co-ed options at Sevenoaks, Eastbourne, Brighton and Bedes in Upper Dicker.

Description

This imaginative semi-open plan conversion dates back to around 2010, adding to an existing very old, period barn believed to date back to circa 15th Century.

The property offers spacious flowing rooms, incorporating high vaulted ceilings on the ground floor and an abundance of exposed oak timbers, along with a good ratio of bedrooms to bathrooms as well as a good, practical, household working room, housing the pressurised water tank and providing a useful area for storage too.

The principal sitting room is an exceptional dramatic space, with about a six metre ridge height, amazing original beams and being double aspected through windows and doors on both sides. This has stone flooring and a large wood burning stove forming a focal point.

The kitchen has recently been upgraded and includes a modern electric five door Aga, with induction hob and there are a combination of concrete and marble worktops concrete and a filtered boiling water tap fitted, whilst the bathroom and shower rooms are all stylish, individually designed and generous in size.

The ground floor has a combination of timber and stone flooring and the lower ground floor is finished in oak.

Outside, the setting is delightful, with a substantial detached garage/outbuilding offering the potential for a variety of uses (subject to any required consents), including the fashionable home office, with a room above approached via external stairs to a generous entrance platform, ideal for seating and taking advantage of the distant view.

The lawned garden has a generous paved outside entertaining area and slopes down to a lower level, interspersed with tress, which then drops down to the area of ancient woodland towards the rear, incorporating a large pond.

The central heating operates either via an oil–fired boiler, outside to the front, or the log burner situated across the drive from the house, next to a very generous timber log store, with slate tiled roof. The heating is a combination of underfloor and radiators. There are also solar panels largely concealed on one roof pitch.

Square Footage: 2784 sq ft

Acreage: 3.6 Acres

Directions

From Tunbridge Wells head south on the A267 towards Eastbourne to the Mayfield roundabout (about 9 miles). Continue south towards Heathfield for a further 2.5 miles and take the right-hand turn onto the A272, signposted Hadlow Down and Uckfield. Remain on this road for about 1.3 miles passing Wilderness Wood on the left and take a right hand turn into School Lane. Pass the church and turn into Stockland Lane which is the second turning on the right. Gate House Barn will be found after a short distance on the left hand side.

Marketed by: Savills, Tunbridge Wells