Property description

A wonderful character detached 4/5 bedroom cottage extending to 2000 sq.ft surrounded by its own large gardens with the benefit of a 6.2 acre paddock.

The cottage fronts onto the Folders Lane with its own fields to the western side of the property and an area of common land which is part of a country park owned by East Sussex Council to the eastern side. The gardens include a number of outbuildings including a timber studio/office and a 2 bedroom static caravan situated towards the bottom of the garden.

The date of the property has been lost in the mystery of time but our owners have been in occupation since 1963, having extended the cottage in that time.

The accommodation includes a sizeable reception hall with storage cupboards, stairs to the first floor and a downstairs shower room. There is a triple aspect dining room and this opens onto a well fitted kitchen with integrated AGA. From the kitchen there is a generous utility room, but this could easily be altered to create a kitchen/family room.

The impressive triple aspect sitting room features a wealth of exposed joinery and fabulous inglenook fireplace with a door onto the garden.

There is a further reception room which is currently used as a bedroom with a dressing room leading from it, a bathroom and a secondary staircase to the first floor (this staircase leads to the bedroom on the far southern end of the house).

On the first floor there are 4 bedrooms, one of which has an inglenook fireplace and the master bedroom is situated next to the family bathroom (if desired this could be altered to create an en-suite and another bedroom could be altered or changed to a family bathroom).

The cottage style gardens surround the property extending to 0.56 acres and are a particularly charming feature.  Two five bar gates provide access from the Folders Lane with parking for numerous cars and a further five bar gate opens directly onto the 6.2 acre paddock.  

The detached pitched roof 17’ x 14’ timber garage has a timber shed to one side and a brick outhouse/wc.

In principal the gardens are laid to well tended lawns interspersed with rare purple indigenous orchids.  Old brick pathways meander around the cottage and throughout the gardens flanked by uniform hedging and a plethora of colourful flower, plant and rose borders.  Various areas of patio including a brick paved circular patio provide an ideal sun trap.

There are a number of useful brick and timber outhouses to include a TIMBER STUDIO with tiled roof measuring 20’ x 12’.  This would be ideal for a number of uses including a home office. Timber machine/garden store with tiled roof measuring 20’ x 10’.  Brick log store (formerly a pig sty).

Finally there is an area of hidden garden laid to lawn with borders and apple and plum trees.  Nearby stands a 2 bedroom STATIC CARAVAN with plumbing and an area of raised timber decking.  The caravan is ideal for ancillary/guest accommodation if required, or for children to play or stay in.

The gardens as a whole are mainly enclosed by Beech hedging and trees. A gate opens onto the strip of land that forms part of the country park.