Martens Field, Rodmell, Lewes, East Sussex

Ash Tree Cottage is an attractive part-weatherboarded detached double-glazed character family home offering almost 2,000 sq ft of sensitively modernised accommodation arranged over two light-filled floors. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with useful cloakroom and separate modern family shower room. It briefly comprises a spacious sitting room with feature fireplace with woodburning stove, French doors to the terrace and a further set of double doors lead to a generous glazed conservatory with vaulted ceiling, tiled flooring, large picture glazing and French doors to the terrace, and a well-proportioned neighbouring study.

There is a spacious L-shaped kitchen/dining room with underfloor heating, with the front-aspect kitchen featuring a range of modern country-style wall and base units, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, an Aga (highly efficient new generation Rayburn Heatranger), and modern integrated appliances. An interconnecting fitted utility room provides additional storage and includes a door to the side aspect. The dual-aspect dining room enjoys ample natural light and benefits from French doors opening onto the rear terrace. Completing the ground floor accommodation is a well-proportioned double bedroom with exposed wooden flooring, fitted storage, a contemporary fully tiled en suite shower room, and French doors leading to a decked side terrace

On the vaulted first floor the property provides a spacious principal bedroom with fitted and eaves storage and double doors to a part wood-lined en suite bathroom with twin basins, together with two further well-proportioned bedrooms, one with generous fitted storage.

The home benefits from solar panels with battery storage and a water heating diverter that reduces grid electricity use to near zero in the summer months.

Having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a gravelled driveway providing ample private parking. The well-maintained wraparound garden is predominantly laid to lawn, bordered by mature trees and well-stocked flower and shrub beds. At the front, raised planting beds add visual interest, while a detached outbuilding provides a workshop and storage space. To the rear, a garden studio with full-height glazing opens onto a decked terrace overlooking a scenic garden pond. Both outbuildings have power and lighting. A separate decked side terrace extends from the ground-floor bedroom, and a generous wraparound paved terrace to the side and rear is accessible from the conservatory, sitting room, and dining room, offering an ideal space for outdoor relaxation and entertaining. The whole is ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, screened by mature hedging and trees.

Situated in the heart of a sought-after Ouse Valley village of Rodmell, the property benefits from close proximity to local amenities and nearby town centres. Rodmell is an historic village with a church, village hall, pub, access to the South Downs Way and Monk’s House, Virginia Woolf’s former home. The village sits between the county town of Lewes and Newhaven, the former providing comprehensive amenities including boutique and high street shopping, supermarkets including Waitrose, restaurants, pubs, a cinema, golf course and racecourse and the latter a marina and the Dieppe ferry. Nearby Brighton and Haywards Heath both also offer extensive amenities. Local sporting facilities include several golf courses, show jumping at Hickstead, horse racing at Brighton and Goodwood, sailing at Brighton and Chichester and opera at Glyndebourne. Communications links are excellent: the A27 (3.7 miles) gives access to the A23/M23 and motorway network, and Southease and Lewes stations offer regular services to major regional centres and to central London in a little over an hour.