High Street, Lewes
- PROPERTY TYPE
Detached
- BEDROOMS
3
- BATHROOMS
2
- SIZE
4,508 sq ft
419 sq m
- TENUREDescribes how you own a property. There are different types of tenure - freehold, leasehold, and commonhold.Read more about tenure in our glossary page.
Freehold
Description
Fitzroy House is conveniently located in the Eastgate Centre, next to shops, banks, cafes and adjacent restaurants and hotel. There is a nearby car park to the south-east and it is within the historical centre, connecting School Hill (Lewes High Street), to the humpback bridge of Cliffe High Street. Lewes mainline Railway Station (London Victoria 1 hour, London Bridge 90 mins and Brighton 20 mins) is just a 5 minute walk.
Lewes is a stunning historical town with many attractive period buildings including the Norman Castle and Anne of Cleves House, surrounded by the South Downs and the River Ouse running through and the nature park just a hundred yards away from the property. There are excellent local primary and secondary schools as well as a superb community constituting many cultural and artistic clubs and societies.
ACCOMMODATION WITH APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS COMPRISES:-
FIRST FLOOR
LANDING
Wood parquet flooring. Stairs to ground floor with wrought iron balustrades and wood handrail. Glazed door to minstrel gallery with side glazed panel and roof light.
BEDROOM 1
16`3 x 8`9 (4.95m x 2.67m). Stone mullioned window with secondary glazing looking to High Street precinct. High ceiling. Cast iron fireplace with stone mantle. Solid wood door.
ENSUITE BATHROOM
11`4 x 8`4 (3.45m x 2.54m). Wood casement east facing window. High 13`4 (4.06m) ceiling with exposed beam. Sunken bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, tiled splashback and glazed screen. Low level w.c. Pedestal wash basin. Deep storage cupboard with automatic light and shelves.
CENTRAL STUDY ROOM
12`8 x 8` (3.86m x 2.44m). Tall stone window with secondary glazing and double doors to Balcony 8` x 4`6 (2.44m x 1.37m), with wrought iron handrail and overlooking the High Street precinct. High 13` (3.96m) ceiling. Wood parquet flooring. Hatch to roof space. Fitted cupboard and 2 walls of fitted shelves.
BEDROOM 2 (MAIN)
20`3 x 15`2 (6.17m x 4.62m). Double aspect room with stone mullioned and cloistered windows to the High Street precinct and up School Hill to the west. High 13`6 (4.11m) ceiling. Stone mantlepiece with cast iron fireplace. Fitted shelves. Picture rail. Solid wood door and indentures to door frames. Heating grill.
OCTAGONAL SHAPED GALLERY
36` x 30` (10.97m x 9.14m) overlooking main Fitzroy Hall . 8-sided gallery with full circular walkway and with 6 circular windows. Glazed dome roof. Wood lower section with upright to a coliseum style gallery with shaped panels. Power and fluorescent light on 6 sides.
GROUND FLOOR
ENTRANCE HALL
Arched door frame with double doors and stone arches above. Hexagon shaped ceiling and attractive stone arch with stone columns. Tiled floor. 2 Stone arches with 2 additional gothic columns to staircase leading to first floor, with cast iron balustrades and wooden handrail. Original Victorian tiles. Radiator. Wood glazed door to:-
KITCHEN
15`1 x 9`3 (4.60m x 2.82m). Double stone mullion casement window with outlook to the high street precinct. Stainless steel sink unit with tops to each side and pine cupboards to side and wall cupboards and shelves over. Stainless steel 4-ring gas hob with pine cupboards over. Hotpoint double oven with cupboards over and under. 11` (3.35m) ceiling height. Marble top work surface. Pine dado panelling. Oak window to hallway.
CLOAKROOM
8`9 x 8` (2.67m x 2.44m). Double casement stone mullion window with secondary glazing. Charlotte wash basin. Low level w.c. with wooden seat. Tiled floor. Pine dado panelling. Boiler Room with Worcester gas fired boiler and Megaflow hot water cylinder.
PRIVATE READING ROOM/SITTING ROOM
20`5 x 15`6 (6.22m x 4.72m). Double aspect room with double gothic arches, stone columns and arch to the High Street precinct and the High Street. 2 Wood shaped arched beams. Cast iron fireplace and stone mantle with wooden and indentured panelling. Further wood panelling. Heating grill. TV point. Double store cupboard. Exposed wooden flooring. Double doors to shower room.
FITZROY OCTAGONAL ROOM
36`8 x 37`7 (11.18m x 11.46m) overlooked by the octagonal gallery and domed ceiling light. 3 Double arch windows to east and to west. Tiled floor. Exposed timber columns and ceilings to gallery. 2 Stages for functions. Spotlighting. Arched stone window with porthole and double doors to entrance hall. 5 of 6 windows are original shutters. Door to bar area with wooden tops and cupboards.
REAR HALLWAY
Sloping ceiling with exposed rafters. Stone lintels and stone slabbed floor. 2 Windows to garden. Glazed double doors to courtyard.
CLOAKROOM
Window. W.c with handle bar. Wash hand basin. Tiled walls and floor.
HALLWAY
Shower cubicle. (not in use)
Storage cupboard with electric fuse box and fitted shelves.
ORIGINAL SKULLERY/UTILITY AREA
11` x 8`2 (3.35m x 2.49m). Sloping ceiling. 2 Windows to courtyard. Butlers sink. Space for fridge/freezer and tumble-dryer. Space and plumbing for washing machine. Tiled floor.
SMALL CELLAR SPACE
BEDROOM 3
12`6 x 10`2 (3.81m x 3.10m). Double casement window and diamond over light.
OUTSIDE
COURTYARD
32`3 x 19` (9.83m x 5.79m). South facing with high brick and flint walls for privacy with doors from the utility area and bedroom corridor. Raised border with fig tree. Double doors to Friars Walk.
TWO STORAGE SHEDS
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Band: F
High Street, Lewes
NEAREST STATIONS
Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode- Lewes Station0.3 miles
- Cooksbridge Station2.3 miles
- Glynde Station2.6 miles
About the agent
Charles Wycherley Independent Estates Agents are a new Company but a massively respected family name in property within the town and 10 mile area of Lewes since the mid 1800’s.
A new modern office with up to date systems including new attractive website, Charles’s team offer a friendly and competitive service and as a Chartered Surveyor Charles will use his vast knowledge of property
and Lewes to make property sales run smoothly.
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