Little Horsted, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22

A fabulous detached Grade II Listed country house, much improved and extended by the current owners, set in delightful gardens of approximately half an acre with views over adjacent fields.

Key features
- Grade II Listed Sussex Farm House
- Natural Swimming Pool & Sauna
- Established Gardens
- Sussex Barn with lapsed planning for a 2 bedroom holiday let
- Converted Annexe used as a successful holiday let
- Fruit Bearing Orchard

Description: A wonderful Grade II listed 16th Century farmhouse with immense charm and character, fruit orchard & vegetable garden, and with an adjoining annexe used as a successful holiday let and further lapsed planning permission to convert the Sussex Barn to a 2 bed holiday let.

- Secure off road parking for 4 vehicles.
- 22’ 8” Double aspect living room with large inglenook fireplace & log burner.
- Bespoke Kitchen/breakfast room, original bread oven & Rayburn for cooking, heating & hot water.
- Central heating throughout, underfloor heating on tiled ground floor.
- Separate Utility room/Pantry for white goods and ambient food storage.
- Bedroom / Study with separate log burner and garden entrance.
- Ground floor Shower room, toilet and Cloakroom.
- Main Bedroom with adjoined bedroom/nursery/dressing room.
- Delightful bathroom with double ended claw bath and vanity unit.
- Further bedroom on 2nd floor.
- East facing Cowshed Annexe with wall to wall sliding glass doors recently converted by the current owners
- Bedroom with en-suite in the Cowshed
- Kitchenette in Cowshed featuring handmade oak units
- Annexe has a sliding door connecting to the main house so the space can be used as an extension to the house, or closed off for holiday let guests.
- Super-fast internet speed for working from home efficiently.
- Log shed with access to the bread oven, and a good sized wood store adjoining the house.
- The original well is plumbed for watering the gardens
- Well stocked orchard plus soft fruit bushes
- Several vegetable plots in raised beds plus a herb garden
- The courtyard with large arbour and entertaining area
- Fire-pit area for entertaining
- Raised Stone formal Koi carp pond
- Large natural swimming pool
- Wood fired barrel sauna
- Further potential for development
- Full fibre

Development Opportunities:

- Delightful detached Grade II listed house dating back to around 1575 offering buyers exciting new development opportunities.

- The lovely detached Sussex Barn also has lapsed planning to convert into a 2-bedroom property offering further separate accommodation or potential income.

- Further plans to build a 2 bay carport and workshop west of the car park.

Ground Floor
This charming property has a wealth of exposed beams and period features throughout. The stunning quadruple aspect living room has an inglenook fireplace with log burning stove, solid oak parquet flooring and exposed beams. The kitchen is bespoke with excellent storage and a beautiful tiled floor with underfloor heating. There is a Rayburn for cooking, heating and hot water and a secondary water based heating system for the Cowshed. An immaculately intact bread oven is just waiting to be restored to a pizza oven by new owners. There is a separate utility room plus a bathroom and toilet. All windows have been restored with heritage glass and draught proofed. The ground floor bedroom/ study has a small log burner, double height ceiling, wattle & daub walls and its own entrance to the garden.

First Floor
On the first floor is an excellent sized double aspect master bedroom with a large storage space. The floorboards on this level are stunning, mostly original and irreplaceable. There is an adjoined nursery room or large walk-in dressing room. There is an excellent size main bathroom with roll top bath and plenty of light.

Second floor
On the second floor is a further guest double bedroom and entrance to large attic with options to extend Bedroom #2, also you could remove ceiling of master bedroom to expose ancient oak beams.

Cowshed:
The Cowshed was converted by the current owners and extended to create a full width link between the three buildings. It has its own exit to the street and parking space, plus private access to the courtyard garden. It is East facing so is filled with morning sunshine and warmth and has been insulated to modern standards. It is currently used as an extension to the main house, as a sun room with a couple of reading nooks. It is also a fabulous entertaining space with a long dining table and reception room. The cowshed features a bedroom with skylights and an en suite shower room. As it’s linked to the main house it can be rented out tax free for up to £7,000 per year creating a great passive income opportunity. Particularly with its close proximity to Glyndebourne, only an 11 min drive away.

Barn
Sussex Barn:
This fantastic wooden structure is an absolute show-stopper. Structurally sound, dry and stuffed with original beams and with large doors opening out to the front it offers plenty of opportunity as a workshop or farm shop with custom from the nearby A22. Lapsed planning was for a 2 bedroom property.

Garden
Outside there is a well laid out half acre garden which has been lovingly planted with an abundance of fruit trees, veg plots, herbs and established flower beds. A good-sized lawn, rosemary hedge and raised York stone koi carp pond offer formal aspects. The Arbour with mature grape vine offers shade and an entertaining space for barbecues and relaxing next to the fragrant herb garden. The property benefits from the inclusion of a large wooden greenhouse. The original well is in immaculate condition and reaches 40 foot down. Plumbed into the hose it provides clean (off-grid) water no matter how dry the conditions. This could easily be connected to use as grey water indoors.

The well-stocked orchard features cherry, plum, apple & pear, hazel nuts, mulberry, medlar and quince trees as well as decorative blossom trees. There are also 20 fruit bushes including raspberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants on the west side of the garden.

There are several vegetable plots, asparagus beds, and raised beds, a herb garden, arbour and mature prolific grape vine.

The natural swimming pool is 12x7m large, 2m deep, fully lined, requires no chemicals or maintenance and is warm enough to swim from March through October. With the addition of the wood fired barrel sauna, you may find yourself swimming in it year round! The barrel sauna has room for 6 people inside, as well as a small changing area within it. It contains a Harvia wood oven and is in excellent condition.

Front Garden
The street side of the house shows vernacular windows, a formal brick path surrounding the property, twin lawns, fragrant white well managed wisteria, and well stocked flower beds. A large ancient yew next to the bricked drive lends good luck to this home.

Location
Totease Farmhouse lies in a convenient rural position with views of the South Downs in winter, approached via a minor country lane surrounded by open fields, bluebell woods and farmland. The East Sussex National Golf Course is the next-door neighbour which is excellent for jogging, indoor sports and spa facilities and of course golf. The surrounding Bentley Estate provides fantastic walking routes and Glyndebourne is a short drive away.

A comprehensive range of shopping and leisure facilities can be found in nearby Uckfield which offers numerous bars/restaurants, a cinema, public library, supermarkets and other public facilities including a leisure centre and sixth form College as well as a railway station with lines to London in around an hour to London Bridge. The historic town of Lewes with its wonderful antique shops and Tunbridge Wells are also within driving distance offering a more comprehensive range of shopping and leisure facilities.

The south coast resorts of Brighton City centre and Eastbourne are 18 and 19 miles away respectively and the stunning Ashdown Forest, the inspiration behind A.A. Milne’s Winnie The Pooh books with its walks and bridle paths are within a short driving distance.