5 bed detached house for sale

Hammer Lane, Rushlake Green, East Sussex TN21

This beautifully presented detached Victorian home offers spacious and well-proportioned family accommodation. The property is set in a wonderful rural position surrounded by stunning gardens extending to over 4 acres.

Main House:
Internally, the property offers generously proportioned rooms including the excellent kitchen/breakfast room which forms part of an extension built by the current owners. The modern kitchen provides a range of fitted units with integrated appliances and a central island. A door leads through to a useful utility/boot room and a laundry room.

The reception space includes an impressive double aspect drawing room with a working fireplace and French doors to the garden. There is a study, also with French doors, an office and a guest cloakroom. The sitting room and dining room combine to create an excellent long room with a working fireplace at one end, and two sets of French doors at the other. The dining room has wonderful views over the garden.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom suite comprises a double aspect bedroom with dressing room and en suite bathroom. The guest bedroom suite has a south-west facing balcony. There are two further bedrooms, a family bathroom and a spacious games room or bedroom 5, if required.

Coach House:
In addition to the accommodation provided by the main house, there is also a separate one bedroom coach house (currently used as a holiday let but could be used for guest or staff accommodation).

The well-appointed accommodation includes a sitting room, kitchen and shower room as well as a double bedroom with en suite bathroom. There is also a workshop, garage, greenhouse and various storage areas.

Outside:
The house is approached through a set of electric gates over a gravel driveway leading to a parking area to the front of the house. The stunning gardens have been beautifully landscaped and maintained and extend to over 4 acres.

To the south west of the house there is a raised area of garden and a path leading to steps down to the herbaceous garden which leads on to the wild flower meadow. To the south eastern end of the garden is a very attractive lake surrounded by mature trees and fed by a small pond above it. Much of the garden is laid to lawn with beautifully stocked borders, manicured hedges and mature trees. In the centre of the garden is a hard tennis court complete with practice wall. There is also a vegetable garden with fruit cage. In all about 4.3 acres.

Heathfield 4 miles. Stonegate station 10 miles (London Bridge from 59 minutes). Buxted station 11.8 miles (London Bridge from 76 minutes). Tunbridge Wells 18 miles. Gatwick airport 35 miles. London 58 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is located in a wonderful rural position, on the edge of the High Weald National Landscape Area and close to local amenities.

Nearby Rushlake Green has a village store with a post office as well as a well-regarded public house. A wider range of amenities are available at the larger towns of Heathfield and Tunbridge Wells.

Mainline stations are available at Buxted, Stonegate, Wadhurst and Tunbridge Wells with a regular service to London.

There is an excellent choice of schooling in the area including local primary schools, Bricklehurst Manor in Stonegate, Skippers Hill Manor in Five Ashes, Mayfield School (girls), Marlborough House Vinehall in Robertsbridge, Saint Ronan's in Hawkhurst, St Andrews, Bedes and Eastbourne College in Eastbourne.