9 bedroom detached house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Sussex House Farm nestles in picturesque rolling countryside to the south east of Cowden, a charming and unspoilt village on the edge of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex borders.

The property is approached over a long tree-lined driveway which leads to a gravelled parking area at the rear of the house with a pretty stone courtyard. A Grade II* listed house dating from the 16th century, Sussex House Farm has been beautifully refurbished and extended over the past 10 years with great attention to detail and now provides an extremely comfortable family home. The original two and a half storey timber framed house dates from 1580 and forms the core of the current house. A converted barn and three cottages offers further accommodation.

The farmland is a single block surrounding the house and extends to about 230 acres in all, of which about 202 acres are grassland and 22 acres are woodland. The land rises gently from north to south and has been farmed and managed with conservation objectives in mind and it is subject to a Countryside Stewardship Scheme.

The woodland comprises a selection of small belts together with two main amenity blocks of mature broadleaf woodland providing potential for a small shoot.


Sussex House Farm is situated close to the charming village of Cowden. Road and rail communications are excellent; the M25 junction 6 is about 13 miles to the north and central London is only 35 miles away. Cowden station provides regular train services to London Bridge, taking from about 47 minutes.

Cowden benefits from a pub and village hall. A comprehensive range of shopping and recreational facilities are available in East Grinstead, 7 miles to the west, or Royal Tunbridge Wells, 8 miles to the east.