3 bedroom house

A charming and pleasantly positioned three bedroom attached character home with landscaped gardens, range of useful outbuildings and stunning country views located in a fine rural location on the edge of this highly desirable village. To the rear of the house there is an L shaped detached outbuilding which offers tremendous scope for conversion to provide ancillary accommodation and or a large home office/gymnasium if required. The gardens and outside space have been beautifully landscaped with areas of level lawn flanked by well stocked flower and shrub beds with a vegetable garden and a decked seating terrace. Planning permission has previously been granted for a ground floor extension to provide a large kitchen, dining room/sitting room and bedroom with en-suite. The existing accommodation comprises of in brief an entrance porch, an entrance hall with re-fitted cloakroom, a dining room with wood burning stove and original brick flooring, a kitchen and a stunning triple sitting room with glazed double doors opening to the terrace and gardens which affords fine rural views. From the entrance hall a staircase rises to the first floor landing, a master bedroom with built-in wardrobes and bedroom furniture and en-suite shower room, two further bedrooms both with built-in wardrobes and a re-fitted family bath/shower room with roll top bath. Recent improvements include replacement double glazed windows, new repositioned oil tank and a new pressurized hot water tank. Outside there is a large parking area providing parking for a number of vehicles with a meandering pathway leading to the entrance porch. Detailed plans relating to the granted planning permission are available upon request. EPC Band E.



LOCATION

Honeycomb Cottage is pleasantly positioned on the rural outskirts of the highly desirable village of Hartfield. The village itself offers a newsagents/general store, church, butchers, primary school and two public houses. The area is renowned for its natural beauty being surrounded by the breath taking Ashdown Forest which comprises approx. 6,500 acres of open heath land providing many miles of spectacular walking and riding country. Nearby Forest Row offers an excellent range of shops and facilities for every day needs including two mini supermarkets. The regional centres in the area, East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells are approx 6 and 11 miles distant, respectively both providing mainline railway services to London. From East Grinstead there is a service to London Victoria/London Bridge in approx 55 mins whilst from Tunbridge Wells there is a service to Charing Cross/Cannon Street in about 55 mins. Gatwick airport is approx 17 miles distant from which the Gatwick Express provides and additional rail service to London Victoria. The A23 lies to the west of East Grinstead and provides fast access to the M23/M25 motorway network.



The accommodation and approximate room measurements comprise:



PORCH: front door into ENTRANCE HALL: exposed brick flooring, stable style rear door with glazed insert opening to the courtyard and outbuildings, staircase rising to the first floor landing, spotlighting.



CLOAKROOM: fitted with a white suite and comprising low level WC, pedestal wash basin with tiled splash-back, radiator, UPVC double glazed window to rear, wood laminate flooring.



DINING ROOM: 14'1 x 10'9 window overlooking the front of the property, wall light points, fireplace with brick surround and recessed cast iron wood burning stove, built-in storage cupboard, part oak panelled walls, exposed original brick flooring.



KITCHEN: 14'1 x 7'2 single bowl single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, cupboards, drawers and space for domestic appliances beneath. Adjoining wood trimmed tiled work surfaces, inset four ring electric hob with extractor over and oven beneath, further range of units to eye and base level, windows overlooking the courtyard and outbuildings, tiled surrounds, exposed original brick flooring, recess housing pressurised hot water cylinder.



SITTING ROOM: 14'1 x 11'1 an impressive triple aspect room, UPVC double glazed windows overlooking the front and rear of the property, UPVC double glazed double doors with adjacent floor to ceiling side panels opening to the terrace and gardens enjoying stunning far reaching rural views.



Off the family room there is a large WALK-IN STORAGE CUPBOARD, UPVC double glazed window to front, oak flooring and radiator.



From the entrance hall a staircase rises to the FIRST FLOOR LANDING: hatch giving access to loft space.



MASTER BEDROOM: 11'1 x 11'1 an impressive double aspect room, UPVC double glazed windows overlooking the front and side of the property enjoying spectacular far reaching rural views, wood laminate flooring, extensive range of built-in wardrobes and matching bedroom furniture, door into EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM: 11'1 x 3'3 comprising fully tiled enclosed shower cubicle with wall mounted shower unit, pedestal wash basin, low level WC with concealed cistern, fully tiled walls, heated ladder style towel rail, wood laminate flooring, UPVC double glazed window to rear.



BEDROOM 2: 14'1 x 10'9 window overlooking the front of the property, cast iron fireplace with decorative tiled surrounds, built-in wardrobes and matching bedroom furniture, arched recess.



BEDROOM 3: 9'2 x 8'10 UPVC double glazed window to rear, built-in wardrobes and matching bedroom furniture.



FAMILY BATHROOM: 8'6 x 7'6 re-fitted with a modern white suite and comprising free standing roll top ball and claw foot bath with central chrome telephone style mixer tap, fully enclosed shower cubicle with wall mounted shower unit, pedestal wash basin, low level WC, part exposed brickwork, exposed wall and ceiling timbers, exposed floor board, recessed spot lighting, opaque leaded light double glazed window to rear.



OUTSIDE



The property is approached via a PRIVATE DRIVEWAY: providing parking for a number of vehicles and bound in part by attractive trellis.



GARDENS

The gardens have been beautifully landscaped with raised flower and shrub beds bound by timber sleepers beyond which is an area of level lawn. A decked seating terrace immediately adjoins the rear of the house with a large vegetable area and raised vegetable beds positioned to the far corner. The gardens are enclosed by woven hazel fencing and natural hedging and enjoy spectacular far reaching rural views across the adjoining paddocks and countryside beyond. Within the gardens there are several mature shrubs and trees and raised vegetable beds and a greenhouse. To the rear of the property there is a sheltered courtyard with a covered log store to one side beyond which is a large L-shaped detached outbuilding comprising FOUR SEPARATE BUILDINGS all with power and light connected (these buildings could be converted to provide large office/gymnasium or annex facilities if required).

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