The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, East Sussex

Believed to date from around 1850, the property is a handsome part tile-hung detached family home offering almost 1,800 sq ft of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. Artistically designed with a luxury feel, Priory Cottage offers a refined yet functional setting for both daily living and entertaining. The living space thoughtfully blends neutral tones, contemporary conveniences, and highquality finishes with delightful period details. It flows from an inviting entrance hall that provides access to a well-appointed cloakroom/family shower room and comprises a large L-shaped kitchen/breakfast room with feature flagstone flooring.

The kitchen by Harvey Jones is fitted with a range of bespoke wall and base units, including a large central island, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, a Belfast sink, and modern integrated appliances. The adjoining breakfast area features a contemporary freestanding wood-burning stove, space for a sizeable dining table, and bi-fold doors opening onto the terrace. There is a useful, neighbouring fitted utility room with a door to the rear aspect and the ground floor is completed with a beautiful dual aspect sitting room with a beamed ceiling, exposed wooden flooring and a feature fireplace with woodburning stove.

The first floor provides a stunning dual aspect principal bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, exposed wooden flooring, walk-in storage, full-height glazing incorporating French doors to a private Juliet balcony and a luxury en suite shower room. Two further front aspect double bedrooms, both with vaulted ceilings, and a family bathroom with freestanding bath and separate shower conclude the level.

Being very private and quietly tucked away, the property is approached through a five-bar gate and a gravelled forecourt providing private parking and giving access to a detached outbuilding with double and single garages. External stairs rise to a spacious deck with a door to a vaulted annexe with woodenfloored studio sitting room and bedroom, a separate fitted kitchen and an en suite shower room, Velux glazing throughout flooding the space with natural light. The generous professionally designed and wellmaintained landscaped garden is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds with mature topiary and features terraced planting, numerous seating areas, a raised decked dining area and a spacious paved terrace accessible from the kitchen/breakfast room, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The whole is screened by mature hedging and trees.

Wilmington, home to The Long Man, has an historic church, priory and pub with restaurant. Arlington has a church, local shopping, a village hall, tea garden with nursery and pub. The market town of Hailsham provides more comprehensive facilities, while the seaside town of Eastbourne offers extensive shopping, a shopping centre, hotels, cafés, restaurants, pubs, theatres, cinemas, an art gallery, marina, swimming pools, fitness centres, numerous sports clubs and a golf club. The South Downs National Park provides extensive walking and riding opportunities, while the beaches at Eastbourne and the South Coast provide a wide range of water sports. Communications links are excellent: Berwick station (2.8 miles) offers regular trains to London and the A27 gives access to the national road and motorway network and to London airports.