Beacon Road, Crowborough, TN6

A beautifully modernised and significantly improved five bedroom (three bath/shower rooms) detached Edwardian home with secluded gardens pleasantly positioned within a short stroll of Crowborough town centre, the Ashdown Forest and a bus route linking with the neighbouring districts. This outstanding and generously proportioned home offers versatile accommodation which spans three floors and extends in total to 2,371 sq. ft.  The current owners have sympathetically modernised and greatly improved the house to include replacement bath/shower suites, a refitted luxurious kitchen with built-in ovens, dishwasher and hob, and the addition of an outstanding outdoor entertaining area which consists of two detached pitched roof timber outbuildings, ideal for outdoor entertaining with a large secluded patio and a useful log store. The accommodation comprises in brief on the ground floor, an entrance lobby, a large reception hall, a ground floor bathroom, a fine double aspect sitting room with Chesney’s wood burner, a double aspect separate dining room, a spectacular open plan double aspect family room with glazed double doors opening to the patio and gardens, and a further free standing wood burner, a beautifully refitted kitchen and a large separate utility room with walk-in boiler store. The first floor provides a fine double aspect bay fronted principal bedroom with refitted en-suite shower room, two further generous size double bedrooms and a bathroom, whilst the second floor provides two additional good sized bedrooms. Outside, there is a private driveway which provides parking for an extensive number of vehicles and leads in part to a detached double garage/workshop with loft storage space over. The gardens surround the property on two sides with a large expanse of lawn adjoining the side of the property flanked by well stocked flower and shrub beds. EPC Band D. Council Tax Band F.

The accommodation and approximate room measurements comprise:

GROUND FLOOR

Front door with opaque double glazed inserts into: ENTRANCE PORCH: double glazed window to side, glazed internal door into: RECEPTION HALL: wide staircase, floor to ceiling opaque double glazed side panels to side, deep walk-in coat cupboard, oak flooring.

GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM: comprising enclosed bath, chrome telephone style mixer tap with handheld shower attachment, pedestal washbasin, low level WC, fully tiled walls.

DINING ROOM: 13’9 x 15’ double aspect room, UPVC double glazed sash style windows overlooking the front and side of the property with views across the gardens, picture rail.

SITTING ROOM: 15’0 x 13’9 a fine double aspect bay fronted room, double glazed sash style windows overlooking the side and front of the property, fireplace with recessed cast iron Chesney wood burning stove, slate hearth, timber mantle over, picture rail.

FAMILY ROOM: 20’7 x 13’2 double aspect room, double glazed windows overlooking the rear of the property, double glazed double doors opening to the adjoining veranda, free standing Chesney’s cast iron wood burning stove, wall light point, deep walk-in coal/log store.

KITCHEN: 10’10 x 14’8 beautifully refitted with a range of units to eye and base level and comprising recessed double bowl ceramic sink unit with freestanding chrome mixer tap, cupboards beneath.  Adjoining Corian worksurfaces, integrated Bosch dishwasher beneath, glazed display units, further range of units to eye and base level, built-in Neff induction hob with extractor over and deep pan drawers beneath, built-in Neff double ovens with cupboards above and below, tall larder style cupboard, tiled surrounds, under unit lighting, double glazed sash windows to side, deep under stairs storage cupboards, recessed spotlighting, bi-folding doors into family room.

UTILITY ROOM: comprising single bowl single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, cupboards beneath.  Adjoining Corian work surfaces, further units to eye and base level, double glazed windows to side and rear, cupboard housing Potterton gas fired boiler.

From the reception hall, a wide staircase ascends to the FIRST FLOOR LANDING double glazed window to side, further staircase rising to the second floor, double glazed window to front, airing cupboard housing lagged hot water cylinder with slatted shelving over.

MASTER BEDROOM: 13’9 x 15’ a fine double aspect room, double glazed sash style windows overlooking the front and side of the property, picture rail, door into: EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM: comprising fully tiled enclosed double width shower cubicle with wall mounted chrome shower unit, low level WC, vanity unit with inset washbasin, opaque double glazed window to side, fully tiled walls, recessed spotlighting.

BEDROOM 2: 15’0 x 13’9 double aspect room, UPVC double glazed sash style windows overlooking the side and front of the property, picture rail.

BEDROOM: 13’7 x 10’11 a fine bay front room, double glazed square bay window overlooking the side of the property, picture rail.

FAMILY BATHROOM: beautifully refitted with a modern white suite and comprising enclosed double ended bath, wall mounted chrome shower unit, glazed shower screen, fully tiled surround, wall mounted washbasin, low level WC, part tiled walls, tiled flooring.

From the first floor landing, a staircase rises to the SECOND FLOOR hatch giving access to loft space, extensive eaves storage cupboards.

BEDROOM 4: 15’4 x 7’9 double glazed window overlooking the side of the property, twin built-in storage cupboards, dado rail.

BEDROOM 5/STUDY: 7’10 x 15’7 double glazed window overlooking the front of the property, dado rail.

OUTSIDE

The property is approached via a private driveway which leads to a large parking area providing parking for an extensive number of vehicles to one side of which is a DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE, half of which is used as a workshop, full power and light connected.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS

The gardens and grounds have been beautifully landscaped to provide a fine outdoor entertaining area with a decked seating terrace immediately adjoining the rear of the property beyond which is an area of flagstone paving offering peace and seclusion to one side of which is a handsome pitched roof open barn to one side of which are twin ceramic sinks, power and light connected (this provides a fantastic outdoor covered entertaining area). To the opposite side of this paved courtyard is a further  pitched roof outbuilding which affords a pleasant view back towards the main house. The remainder of the gardens are laid predominantly to level lawn flanked by extensively stocked flower and shrub beds and enclosed by close board fencing and thick natural hedging and mature trees with a path and gate giving access to the covered entrance. The gardens and grounds provide a fine backdrop and offer total seclusion.

Garden

The gardens and grounds have been beautifully landscaped to provide a fine outdoor entertaining area with a decked seating terrace immediately adjoining the rear of the property beyond which is an area of flagstone paving offering peace and seclusion to one side of which is a handsome pitched roof open barn to one side of which are twin ceramic sinks, power and light connected (this provides a fantastic outdoor covered entertaining area). To the opposite side of this paved courtyard is a further pitched roof outbuilding which affords a pleasant view back towards the main house. The remainder of the gardens are laid predominantly to level lawn flanked by extensively stocked flower and shrub beds and enclosed by close board fencing and thick natural hedging and mature trees with a path and gate giving access to the covered entrance. The gardens and grounds provide a fine backdrop and offer total seclusion.