New Heritage Way, North Chailey, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8

Attractive double-fronted detached family home with double garage, tucked away in a popular modern residential area on the edge of Chailey Common.

Description

Built in 2008, New Heritage Way is a popular modern residential development featuring a large central green and a children's play area, nestled in a semi-rural setting next to Chailey Common Nature Reserve. Number 48 is an attractive double-fronted home, tucked away in a close of just three other properties, offering a lovely rural outlook over the adjoining fields to the north. With nearly 2,000 square feet of space (excluding the detached double garage), it offers well-proportioned and versatile accommodation, making it an ideal family home.

The front door opens into a spacious entrance hall with a tiled floor, off which is a cloakroom with a WC. At the front of the house are two reception rooms, both with bay windows overlooking the front garden: a study or playroom, and an elegant sitting room featuring a fireplace with a slate hearth and an inset wood burner.

Spanning the rear of the house is an open-plan kitchen, dining, and family room, an excellent space that serves as the hub of daily family life. Two sets of French doors open to the garden, creating a bright and inviting area with ample room for sofas and a large dining table. The room also features a tiled floor with zoned underfloor heating. The kitchen has been refitted with modern white shaker-style units, black quartz worktops, a breakfast bar with space for stools, and integrated appliances, including a five-ring gas hob, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, and Neff double ovens with ‘slide and hide’ doors. The adjoining utility room has additional units, an integrated microwave, space for laundry appliances, and a door leading to the side of the house.

On the first floor, five bedrooms are accessed via a light and airy galleried landing. The spacious principal bedroom includes built-in wardrobes and an en suite bathroom with a bath and separate shower cubicle. Bedroom two, an ideal guest room, also has built-in wardrobes and an en suite shower room. The remaining three bedrooms share a family bathroom with both a bath and a large shower cubicle.

Outside
Number 48 is set back from the road and accessed via a block-paved driveway alongside the house, offering ample parking for several cars in front of the detached double garage. A pathway leads across the front lawn to the front door.

There is gated access between the house and garage to the west-facing garden, where there is an expanse of level lawn surrounded by close-board and post-and-rail fencing, with shrub and flower borders. A stone terrace extends across the rear and around to the side of the house, providing a lovely spot for outdoor dining, from which the rural views to the north can be best enjoyed.

Location

New Heritage Way is a modern residential development situated in a delightful rural position on the northern edge of Chailey Common.

North Chailey has a garage and shop which provides for day-to-day needs; there are further amenities at Newick (2.5 miles) including a shop, newsagent with Post Office, pharmacy, bakery, three public houses, Indian restaurant and a health centre. The pretty village of Fletching (three miles) has a farm shop, café/florist and is home to the award-winning Griffin Inn public house.

The towns of Haywards Heath (six miles), Uckfield (seven miles), and Lewes (eight miles) all offer supermarkets, leisure centres and a range of restaurants.

As well as wonderful walks on the doorstep, there is a vibrant cultural and arts scene in Sussex, with world-class opera at Glyndebourne, and the annual Brighton Festival presenting a huge programme of theatre, dance, classical music and literary events. The Bluebell Railway, a heritage steam railway, and Sheffield Park National Trust gardens are in neighbouring Sheffield Park.

There are frequent rail services from Haywards Heath (station six miles) to London Bridge, London Victoria and St Pancras International, journey time from 45 minutes. Further services at Cooksbridge and Lewes (six and nine miles respectively).

Schools: There is a good range of both state and independent schools in the area, including Chailey St Peters, Newick and Fletching C of E primary schools, Chailey Secondary School (which runs a bus service from New Heritage Way), Cumnor House School in Danehill, Great Walstead, Brambletye, Ardingly and Hurstpierpoint Colleges, Lewes Old Grammar School and Burgess Hill Girls.

All distances and journey times are approximate.

Square Footage: 1,996 sq ft



Additional Info

Agent’s Note: New Heritage Way is managed by a residents’ association. There is an annual charge of £800 to cover estate maintenance and management of the grey water ‘reed bed’ system; the property benefits from a discount on waste water as a result of this system: waste water is calculated at 30% of the water used, a saving of c.£200 p/a.

Services: Gas fired central heating. Partial electric underfloor heating. Solar panels for thermal water heating. All mains services. Fibre broadband to the property is provided.

Outgoings: Lewes District Council. Tax band G.

Photographs taken: March 2025.