Shepherd's Hill

The overall package offered at this property is very impressive and provides extremely flexible family accommodation with the benefit of a separate converted oast house.

The double fronted main house is unlisted and believed to have Tudor origins. It has been extended over the years and has a Victorian facade with part weather boarded upper elevations under a pitched and tiled roof. Although in need of some updating, the property has well-proportioned reception rooms and many features including exposed beams, fireplaces, some sash windows, some wood panelling and an attractive bay window to the front.

The front door opens into a reception hallway with w.c. The drawing room is double aspect with a lovely bay window to the front. The remaining formal reception rooms provide a sitting room, study and dining room with double doors opening onto the rear terrace with views over the gardens and grounds beyond. The kitchen is at the rear and has a range of wall and base units, tiled floor. Two steps lead up to the breakfast/utility room with a door to the rear.

On the first floor there are four bedrooms, w.c. and a family bathroom.

At the rear of the main house there is a detached converted oast house which is currently used as an office with a studio in one roundel, drawing room in the second roundel, kitchenette area and cloakroom. The oast house could provide ancillary accommodation subject to obtaining the necessary consents.

There are numerous further outbuildings which include a barn with stables, wood store, garden tool sheds and workshop, additional detached timber clad stables (currently used to house the chickens). There is also a substantial timber clad agricultural warehouse (55 ft x 43 ft).

The property is approached over a long gravel driveway leading to the house and parking area. The beautiful gardens surround the property and include formal lawned gardens with mature hedging and an above ground swimming pool. The gardens lead on to various fields and paddocks with fencing and hedging on all sides, most of which have a water supply. In all the property extends to 16.9 acres.

Forest Row 1.9 miles. Hartfield village 2.7 mile. Cowden station 6.8 miles (London Bridge from 53 minutes). East Grinstead station 5.4 miles (London Bridge from 55 minutes/Victoria from 57 minutes). Tunbridge Wells station 11 miles (London Bridge from 44 minutes). Tonbridge station 14 miles (London Bridge from 32 minutes). Gatwick Airport 14 miles. Brighton 26 miles. London 37 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is located in the picturesque hamlet of Colemans Hatch, which has a parish church and popular local inn, and within the Weald of Sussex Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The nearby sought-after village of Hartfield has a lovely sense of community and is well equipped for everyday needs including a store, primary school, nursery school, health centre, church, two public houses and the famous 'Pooh Corner' tea rooms, shop and museum. For more comprehensive facilities, the towns of East Grinstead and Royal Tunbridge Wells offer a wide range of shopping, recreational, educational and cultural amenities as well as railway stations with a regular service to London.

The area is well known for its excellent choice of schools including Brambletye in East Grinstead, Michael Hall Steiner Waldorf at Forest Row, Lingfield College, Worth School at Turners Hill, Cumnor House Sussex and Handcross Park School in Haywards Heath, Tonbridge School and the Schools at Somerhill in Tonbridge, Holmewood House Preparatory School in Langton Green, and Ardingly College.

Ashdown Forest, with its many scenic walks and Winnie the Pooh's 'Pooh Sticks Bridge' is on the doorstep. Recreational facilities include golf at the Royal Ashdown, Chartham Park, The East Sussex National and The Nevill. There is also sailing and fishing at Bewl Water, Weirwood Reservoirs and on the south coast.

Marketed by: Knight Frank, Tunbridge Wells