3 bed cottage for sale

Homestall Road, Ashurst Wood RH19

Guide price: £575,000 - £625,000 A beautifully presented detached country home, standing within the main stone pillared gated entrance to the former country estate of Homestall Manor, once the home of the Dewar family synonymous with the whisky brewing industry. The property stands off the main drive and has a lovely countryside outlook to the front over open fields with a west facing aspect. To the rear the gardens adjoin light private woodland with mature trees. In the last few years the property has been the subject of an extensive overhaul with a completely new external facade, the installation of solar panels for heating and electricity supply, complete re-decoration, revised layout, new kitchen and is now exceptionally well insulated to keep running costs down.

The property comprises a single storey residence in beautiful order both internally and externally and now haqs an EPC Rating of ‘A’. There is a hallway, three bedrooms and a refitted shower room. The lounge, which is to the front of the property overlooking the fields, has a wood burning stove and wood flooring, whilst at the rear is a well fitted kitchen/dining room with a door to the garden.

Outside the property has a hardstanding area for 2/3 cars and a pretty well laid out garden to the front. The gardens lie on all sides and include a good sized rear garden adjoining private woodland to the rear.

EPC Rating ‘A’

EPC Rating: E

Location

The popular village of Ashurst Wood lies one mile north of Forest Row, on the East/West Sussex border, and is designated as a Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The property stands in a rural location with countryside views to the rear. Ashurst Wood has two local stores, popular butchers shop, two Inns, primary and pre school, all within one mile of the property. The larger village of Forest Row with its extensive and varied range of shops, specialist stores, cafes, galleries and Inns is accessible by road and bus services which run through the village, continuing on to the towns of East Grinstead, Crawley and Tunbridge Wells. There is a wider variety of shops, supermarkets, sports/leisure amenities and a rail service to London in East Grinstead, which also includes the northern extremity of the Bluebell Steam Railway. Cowden railway station is also within four miles.
The local area has a good selection of both state and private schools including Michael Hall, Greenfields, Cumnor House, Brambletye and Sackville, together with a number of primary schools.
There are a number of historic buildings in the High Street in East Grinstead together with National Trust houses and gardens at Standen, Sheffield Park and Wakehurst Place. Other places of interest include Hever Castle and Chartwell, home of the late Sir Winston Churchill, in Kent.
Sporting venues within thirty miles include Lingfield Park and Brighton Racecourses, Weirwood Reservoir, East Sussex National Golf Club and the Amex Stadium home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. There are a number of local golf courses, a leisure centre with indoor swimming pool in East Grinstead, and a range of local sports clubs.

Garden

Well laid out with lawn and flowering shrub borders with a lightly wooded backdrop.