Hurstwood Road, High Hurstwood, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22

Charming weatherboarded period property with outbuildings and exceptional landscaped gardens, ideal for equestrian or smallholding

Description

Tucked away and nestled within its beautiful gardens and grounds, Cygnet House is a delightful single storey property with attractive weatherboarded brick elevations under a concrete tiled roof. The original property is believed to date from 1909, and has been extended with later additions over time.

It offers beautifully presented accommodation, decorated in a soft, natural palette, and has been improved over time including the addition of a new oil tank and boiler in 2021, replacement double glazing, a new kitchen, bathrooms and radiators in 2017, a new fuseboard in 2024, new roofing to the outbuildings in 2021, and the replacement of the flat roofing over the kitchen in 2025.

The accommodation is arranged around a cosy reception hall, which gives an inviting entrance to the house, with a woodburning stove and space for seating; it could offer space for studying. To the front of the house is a bedroom / study with a door to the veranda, and a sitting room with a woodburning stove. At the rear of the hall, a door opens east to the formal dining room, which is open to the drawing room through double doors, creating a superb space for entertaining; the drawing room is vaulted, with a fireplace set with woodburning stove and both rooms have French doors to the veranda.

A door opens west, to the kitchen/breakfast room, which was refitted in 2017 with granite worktops, wood cabinets and tiled floor; appliances include a fitted Miele dishwasher and fridge/freezer, Bosch double oven with Siemens warming drawer and induction hob with extractor over, and a wood burning stove; there is space for a farmhouse style table and chairs, and a large picture window framing the views to the north over the grounds and landscape beyond. A door opens to the rear courtyard garden.

To the west of the kitchen, an inner hall gives access to the principal bedroom, a wet room with a vaulted ceiling (recently refitted with Vanity Hall units), a guest bedroom with en suite shower room, and a further bedroom with fitted wardrobes and French doors to the front. Both the wet room and the en suite shower room have underfloor heating and dual fuel towel radiators.

Outside
The eastern elevation of Cygnet House is spanned by a generous tiled veranda with a glass balustrade, an excellent spot to relax or host guests and enjoy the glorious outside space, with superb views across the gardens. The gardens are a particular feature; they lie mainly to the east of the house and have been beautifully landscaped with rolling lawns interspersed by fine native and specimen trees and well-stocked beds, planted with trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs to provide interest throughout the year. The property lies on a striking sandstone outcrop, which has been incorporated into the garden as a feature, and includes a large natural wildlife pond. At the rear of the house is a further courtyard, and a smaller, gravelled terrace, both offering further spots to sit and enjoy the views; there is a new timber framed sauna. The formal garden is enclosed by hedging and rail and post fencing.

Cygnet House is approached by electronically operated gates which open to a wide gravelled driveway offering parking for multiple cars; there is a detached garage building arranged as a log store, triple garage and store with single garage. All the garages have recently replaced electronically operated roller doors. There is an electric vehicle charger.

At the rear of the house, accessed from the courtyard, is a further outbuilding providing a utility/storage room which could be used a home office, a garden store and a tractor store with direct access to the enclosed orchard, which is planted with a range of productive fruit trees including mulberry, damson and apple.

Within the orchard is a timber framed stable block with two stalls, mains water and power. There are two larger timber stables and a small mobile chicken coop situated in the paddock to the north, which is accessed from the orchard via deer gates; it has been divided by stock fencing to create a lambing paddock. The northern paddock additionally has gated vehicular access to Hurstwood Road, with a hardstanding driveway. The eastern paddock can be accessed from the orchard and the northern paddock by five bar gates, with further deer gates to the garden; it also contains an enclosure with a pig ark.

Cygnet House includes a portion of the stream which runs northwest to southeast, forming the boundary; Cygnet House owns to the midway point of the stream bed, and enjoys fishing and water extraction rights; there is a pump to connect to a water pipe running under the land to the garden pond, which can be used for replenishment and irrigation if desired.

About 8.28 acres in all.

Location

High Hurstwood is an attractive village with a church, school, village hall and the Hurstwood Inn, lying within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Beauty. To the south, Uckfield (3.5 miles) has an independent Picture House, sports centre, Waitrose and large out-of-town Marks & Spencer Food Hall, whilst Buxted (two miles) has a village shop, farm shop and the Buxted Park Hotel. Comprehensive shopping and leisure is at Tunbridge Wells (13 miles) and the historic County Town of Lewes 12.5 miles.

There are many leisure options in the area including golf courses in Crowborough, the East Sussex National, Uckfield and the Royal Ashdown Forest at Forest Row. Racecourses in the area include Lingfield Park, Plumpton, Fontwell and Brighton. The Ashdown Forest can be accessed within approximately 3.5 miles. The Forest is an ancient area of heathland and the highest sandy ridge within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Originally a deer hunting forest in Norman times, it is now one of the largest public spaces in the South East. There is a good range of state and independent schools in the area, including High Hurstwood CofE Primary School, Holmewood House, Cumnor House, Brambletye, Uckfield College, Bedes, Mayfield School (Girls), Tonbridge (Boys), Sevenoaks School and Eastbourne College. Mainline rail: Buxted (two miles), to London Bridge from 76 minutes. Haywards Heath (13 miles) offers frequent services to London Victoria and London Bridge, from 42 minutes.

All times and distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,037 sq ft


Acreage: 8.28 Acres

Directions


From the A22/A26, take the A272 east. Turn left on to Hurstwood Road; Cygnet House is on the right hand side after approximately 1.2 miles, immediately after the left turn to Rocks Lane.

Additional Info

Agent’s Notes: 1. There is a public footpath, fenced outside the gardens but lying within and along the southern boundary. Please refer to the Site Plan.
2. All plants and their pots are included, save for the camellias in the courtyard and plants on the veranda.
3. Some of the smallholding machinery and equipment, and the outdoor furniture, is available by separate negotiation.

Services: Oil fired central heating. Mains water and electricity. Solar panels, feed in tariff c£660 pa. Private drainage (septic tank).

Outgoings: Wealden District Council, . Council tax band F

Photographs taken: May 2025

Tenure: Freehold

EPC rating: B

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 .
If there is any point which is of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property.