Cooksbridge, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8

Detached five bedroom house with potential for self-contained annexe, with swimming pool and tennis court, in about1.88 acres of beautiful gardens and grounds.

Description

Woodland Place is a detached house set in beautiful gardens and grounds; the original portion of the house dates from the Victorian period and was subsequently extended in the 1980s to create a substantial property with a versatile layout. Woodland Place has clearly been a much-loved family home, and whilst it would benefit from some updating, it offers an excellent prospect for its next owners to make their own mark.

The ground floor layout offers plenty of reception space. The formal drawing room, dining room and sitting room are situated in the older portion of the house; the drawing room has a working fire place and French doors to the south facing garden, whilst the dining room has an elegant bay window and doors connecting to the drawing room, hallway, and sitting room, giving an excellent flow between the reception rooms, which is ideal for entertaining. The sitting room, which has its own working fireplace as well, has polished herringbone parquet flooring, and a door to the west garden.

Beyond the sitting room, in the newer portion of the property, lies a study/sitting room, a ground floor bedroom, a bathroom, a utility room with side access, and a wine store. The study has direct access from the front of the house and together these rooms offer the potential to be configured as self-contained ancillary accommodation, should it be required.

Lying off the entrance hall is the kitchen/breakfast room, which has freestanding units and a wood burning stove, and clay tiled flooring. A versatile boot room and a separate cloakroom complete the ground floor.

There are four bedrooms on the first floor, all with built-in cupboards. Bedroom one has an en suite bathroom, and bedroom two has a large walk-in wardrobe. Bedroom three gives access to a fully boarded loft room, currently used as games room, which has access to the eaves storage. There is a family bathroom.

Outside
The gardens and grounds are a particularly fine feature of Woodland Place. The property is screened behind tall hedging and approached by a gravelled driveway which opens out to provide parking ahead of the house. A timber outbuilding provides plenty of workshop and storage space and offers potential to create garaging (subject to any necessary permission and consent). There is a covered well.

To the west of the house and with access to the sitting room is a play area with climbing frame and a trampoline, with a timber storage shed to the north.

The formal gardens lie mainly to the south and east of the house; there is a south facing patio accessed from the drawing room. Towards the centre of the grounds, the heated outdoor swimming pool is sheltered behind hedging, and adjoins the all weather tennis court, creating a superb spot for family enjoyment and entertaining guests.

The gardens are enclosed by deer fencing and tall hedging, and are landscaped with mature planting including an abundance of spring bulbs, English roses, flowering shrubs and native trees. The vegetable patch has a rabbit proof fence, and a woodland walk leads along the boundary of the tennis court, round to the eastern gardens; tucked away in the centre of the grounds is a “wild” campsite. The pond attracts wildlife, including ducks. In all, about 1.88 acres.

Location

Situated in semi-rural position, approximately one mile to the west of Barcombe and one and half miles north of Cooksbridge station. Barcombe has a thriving community, benefitting from a primary school, post office/general store, two public houses, and a number of sports clubs including tennis, bowls, cricket and stoolball. Lewes (four miles) offers a comprehensive selection of shops, bars, restaurants, a cinema and a leisure centre. There are many leisure activities available locally, including local clubs for football, rugby, cricket and theatre; across Sussex, activities include show jumping at Hickstead, sailing at Ardingly and golf at East Sussex National or one of the many courses across the county. The surrounding countryside offers miles of footpaths and bridleways. Sussex offers a vibrant cultural scene, with world-class opera at Glyndebourne, and the annual Brighton Festival presenting a huge programme of theatre, dance, classical music and literary events.
Transport: Cooksbridge offers direct services to London Victoria, journey time from 60 minutes. Haywards Heath (9.5 miles) offers regular trains to London Victoria, London Bridge and St Pancras International, journey time from 42 minutes. To the west, the A23/M23 gives access to Gatwick airport (27 miles), central London and the south coast.
There is a good range of state and private schools in the local area including Barcombe primary school, Chailey School, Great Walstead, Cumnor House, Lewes Old Grammar School, Lewes Priory, Bede’s, Burgess Hill Girls, Hurstpierpoint College and Brighton College. All distances and journey times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,807 sq ft


Acreage: 1.88 Acres

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Additional Info

Services: Oil fired central heating. (LPG for the swimming pool). Mains water, and electricity. Private drainage (septic tank, which may not be compliant with current regulations).

Outgoings: Lewes District Council, . Council tax band G

Photographs taken: April 2025.

Tenure: Freehold

EPC rating: E

Site Plan: Produced from Promap © Crown copyright and database rights 2025. OS AC . Not to scale. For identification only.

Cladding: This property may have cladding. The property is under six floors so any cladding may not have been tested. Purchasers should make enquiries about the external wall system of the property, if it has cladding and if it is safe or if there are interim measures in place.

Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Savills on .
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