Maresfield Park, Maresfield, TN22

£1,000,000 - £1,100,000. A magnificent 5 bedroom, 3 bath/shower room detached cottage enviably positioned in this highly sought-after private road bordering open fields and enjoying a beautiful outlook across the neighbouring countryside.

Having been significantly renovated by the current owners to an exacting standard, the main house offers 4 bedrooms and 2 bath/shower rooms with the annex/games room/studio above the triple garage also providing a bedroom and shower room. This beautiful character cottage boasts a wealth of period features, has been finished to a high specification and benefits from, in brief, on the ground floor; an entrance hall with tiled flooring, a useful downstairs cloakroom, utility room with a side door providing access to the driveway, a stunning solid wood hand-made kitchen with a range of matching units to eye and base level, quartz worksurfaces, double butler sink, Sandyford range which is also the boiler and a smeg electric oven. Just off the kitchen is a delightful dining area with three walls of windows and a door opening onto the outside seating terrace and a bay fronted living room with a door to the outside seating terrace and a log burning stove.

From the entrance hallway a staircase rises to the first floor offering a principal bedroom suite with a dressing room and beautifully fitted en-suite shower room, two further double bedrooms a modern family bathroom with a shower above the bath and a fourth bedroom currently used as a home office.

Outside the gardens and grounds are a particular feature having been thoughtfully landscaped to provide an excellent relaxing and entertaining space boasting an impressive outside kitchen with power, light, a bar and a seating terrace leading towards a pond with a fountain. An expansive seating terrace immediately adjoins the rear of the property with a deep well to one end with lighting. The majority of the garden is laid to level lawn bordered by stock fencing allowing uninterrupted views across the adjacent farmland, an external staircase for the triple garage provides access to the annex/games room/studio above which boasts a shower room, kitchenette, living area and bedroom.

The front of the property is approached via a large driveway leading to the triple garage which provides two open bays and one enclosed bay. A path through the front garden provides access to the front door.

EPC rating E

Council tax band G

Services: Oil fired central heating and private drainage

Ye Olde Cottage forms part of this highly desirable and exclusive development, Maresfield Park, close to the heart of Maresfield village. The village centre is a designated conservation area and nestles midway between the chalk hills of the North and South Downs and on the edge of the stunning 6,500 acre Ashdown Forest offering exceptional walking and riding. The village offers an 18th century pub, as well as a general stores and post office. Mainline railway stations can be found at nearby Uckfield and Buxted offering services to London in just over 1 hour (London Bridge/Victoria 67 mins). Local shopping facilities can be found initially in Uckfield which offers day to day needs with a more comprehensive range of shopping and leisure facilities in Royal Tunbridge Wells: offering a shopping mall, two theatres, numerous bars/restaurants and a multiplex cinema. The A22 provides swift vehicular access to the M25 and the national motorway network, central London and Gatwick airport. Rail services also run from Crowborough (6 miles) and Haywards Heath (13 miles) offering services to London Bridge/Victoria with journey times to London 63 mins and 47 mins respectively. The area is renowned for its excellent schooling for all age groups Bede’s at Hailsham, St Leonards at Mayfield and Cumnor House at Dane Hill. Recreation and sporting facilities nearby include racing at Plumpton, Lingfield Park and Brighton. Local golf courses include two at Royal Ashdown, Crowborough, Piltdown and the East Sussex National at Uckfield.