5 bedroom house

The property currently comprises an architecturally designed five bedroom detached single storey residence built in the 1970's. The property is positioned centrally within a total plot size of 1.82 acres.

Internally, the home offers light and spacious accommodation of approximately 2700 sq.ft. and includes a large living/dining area with two sets of doors leading out to the terrace and rear garden, a kitchen/breakfast room and a utility room. There are also five double bedrooms and three bathrooms.

Planning Permission currently exists for a replacement dwelling to create a stunning and contemporary house extending to approximately 11000 sq.ft. (including outbuildings) with predominately glazed elevations, to take full advantage of the countryside setting, under a mono-pitch roof.

The proposed accommodation will include an entrance lobby and hall with a lift, open-plan family room, dining room and kitchen across the rear with sliding doors to the garden. There would also be a formal dining room, laundry/utility room, boot room, home office/gym, galley/showcase and library/gallery to the ground floor.

The first floor will provide a principal bedroom with an en suite and walk-in wardrobe/dressing room, a guest suite with en suite and four further bedrooms all of which also have en suite facilities. Further details available at: Quote reference: WD/2019/0461/F.

The current owners are also in the process of applying for permission to demolish the existing dwelling and build an architecullay designed property providing accommodation of approximately 6500 sq.ft.

Outside, the house is approached via a private lane which leads to a long private driveway providing access to the garaging for several vehicles and parking. The front garden is mainly laid to lawn with a central pond and mature trees providing screening. The rear garden offers a large decked terrace leading to the lawned garden, again surrounded by mature shrubs and trees to the rear boundary. There is also a detached outbuilding currently used as a mower store. In all the property extends to approximately 1.82 acres.

Nutley 2.5 miles, Maresfield 2.8 miles, Fletching 3 miles, Uckfield 5.3 miles (London Bridge 1 hr 20 minutes), Haywards Heath 10 miles (London Victoria from 41 minutes), Lewes 12.5 miles, Tunbridge Wells 15 miles, Brighton 21.5 miles, London 41 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is positioned in a secluded and peaceful setting on the edge of Ashdown Forest and the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The property is surrounded by the delightful East Sussex countryside which covers 6,400 acres of the High Weald and are the remains of the Lancaster Great Park deer hunting forest from the time of King Edward II. The nearby village of Fletching has two public houses, a farm shop, village hall, church and primary school. Shopping facilities for day to day needs can be found at the nearby villages of Nutley and Maresfield. A more comprehensive range of shopping can be found at Uckfield, Crowborough, Haywards Heath, Lewes, Tunbridge Wells and Brighton.

There is a good selection of schools in the area and communications are excellent with train services to London from Haywards Heath, Buxted and Crowborough. The A22 and A23 are a short drive away providing access to the M23 and M25 national motorway network, London and the international airports of Gatwick and Heathrow.

The surrounding countryside provides delightful walks and there is excellent riding on Ashdown Forest and the South Downs. Other recreational facilities include golf at Piltdown, Haywards Heath and the East Sussex National. Opera can be enjoyed at Glyndebourne and there is good access to the south coast providing a wide range of water sports and other interests such as the Theatre Royal in Brighton.

Marketed by: Knight Frank, Tunbridge Wells