An elegant Victorian detached house offering substantial family accommodation as well as a detached office building, large garage and lawned gardens featuring an all-weather swimming pool. EPC D
The property is an attractive and beautifully presented Victorian house providing elegant and substantial family accommodation totalling 5,978 square feet, arranged over three floors as well as a wine cellar. This unlisted property has been thoughtfully refurbished to retain and preserve the charm of the Victorian era, featuring original floor tiles, high ceilings, ornate fireplaces, intricate coving, and ceiling roses. Additionally, the property has been enhanced with double glazing throughout, and all principal bedrooms are equipped with air conditioning.The reception areas include an impressive drawing room with a square bay window and a connected dining room that opens onto the front terrace and garden through French doors. At the rear of the house, the modern kitchen is well equipped and includes a convenient utility area, a bar room, and a conservatory with French doors leading to the garden, creating the perfect entertaining space.On the first floor, the master principal bedroom benefits from an en suite dressing room and a spacious bathroom with a free-standing roll-top bath and a separate shower. This level also features three additional bedrooms and a family bathroom. On the second floor, there are five more bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room, and a further family bathroom.Outside, the house is approached via a gated entrance over a driveway leading to the house, a detached triple garage with electric doors and a separate timber outbuilding which provides excellent air-conditioned office space. To the rear of the house, there is a quiet kitchen garden, garden store and to the side an area featuring all-weather artificial grass and a paved terrace. This leads on to a swimming pool, which benefits from a telescopic enclosure allowing for all-weather use. Beyond the driveway, there is an additional lawned area edged by mature trees and shrubs, and in all the property extends to about 2.14 acres.
Heathfield 1.7 miles. Buxted station 8 miles (London Bridge from 76 minutes). Mayfield 8 miles. Etchingham station 10 miles (London Bridge from 64 minutes). Stonegate station 12 miles (London Bridge from 1 hour). Wadhurst 12 miles. Tunbridge Wells 17 miles. (All times and distances approximate). The property occupies a wonderful position, within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in the small hamlet of Maynards Green. The nearby town of Heathfield offers a wide variety of recreational and shopping amenities, including multiple shops (such as a Waitrose), a leisure centre, pre-school, primary schools, and a doctors' surgery. The picturesque and historic 16th-century Sussex village of Mayfield provides an additional range of local shops, as do Wadhurst and Tunbridge Wells. In the surrounding villages, you can find numerous gastro pubs, dining establishments, and award-winning vineyards as well as independent breweries, all within a short drive or a longer walk.Train services are available from Etchingham, Stonegate, Wadhurst, Buxted and Polegate with regular and reliable services to London. There is an excellent choice of schools in the area, in both the state and private sectors, including Mayfield CE Primary, Mayfield School (girls), Skippers Hill Manor (Five Ashes), Vinehall (Robertsbridge), Bede's (Upper Dicker), St Andrews Prep (Eastbourne), Eastbourne College, Benenden School (girls), Dulwich Preparatory (Cranbrook), Holmewood House (Langton Green) and The Skinners School (Tunbridge Wells).