Balfour Gardens, Forest Row, East Sussex

A fabulous remodelled family house in the Arts and Crafts style set on the edge of the village.
Reception hall, Library, Sitting room, Dining room, Cloakroom, Kitchen/breakfast room, Pantry, Boot room, Study, Laundry Room, Scullery, Games room.
Spacious landing, Principal bedroom with en-suite bathroom and dressing room, 4 further bedroom suites.
Annexe/office.
Workshop, Gravel driveway for parking, Planning for 2 bay barn style garage, Garden with terrace, lawn, seating areas and summerhouse.
About ¾ acre
Property
The house has been substantially and sympathetically remodelled, which today presents as an Arts & Crafts style home. Extensive use of architectural salvage adds considerable character which, like the gardens, have been designed and executed with considerable flare and attention to detail. It is not a showy house, which is not to say that it will fail to impress. It will, quietly and without fuss. It is a house of understated elegance and considerable charm, which belies its considerable size. It blends successfully an industrial design aesthetic within an Arts and Crafts context.

The double front door opens into the reception hall which is open plan to the library and boot room. It is very spacious with a sweeping staircase and parquet flooring which runs through much of the ground floor. The sitting room has a fireplace and double doors to the kitchen. The kitchen/breakfast room, which is partially open to the eaves, has fitted units, a large island unit with granite worksurface, electric Aga, 4 ring induction hob, 2 ovens and sink. There is a larder cupboard and bifold door to the garden. There is a good size games room and dining room. Also on this floor is a cloakroom, scullery, boot room, study and laundry room.

On the first floor there is a spacious landing. The principal bedroom has a dressing room and en-suite shower room. There are 4 further good size bedroom suites.

Attached to the side of the house is a workshop and an office/annexe with bed/sitting room and shower room on the ground floor with a gallery over.
Outside
A gate opens to a gravelled drive where there is plenty of parking. There is planning to construct a 2 bay barn style garage WD/2025/0078. Steps lead down towards the front door where there is a formal garden with a paved seating area, beech hedging, bay, acre and borders. To one side of the house is a log store and 3 air source heat pumps.

The main garden is to the rear with a large brick paved terrace, steps down to the lawn, which has borders, hedging, stone wall and a summerhouse. Further steps lead down to another lawn with hornbeam hedging, hydrangeas, rhododendron, cedar of Lebanon, acer andoak.

Local Amenities & Communications
Situated on the rural outskirts of Forest Row, within the leafy curtilage of the Ashdown Forest and in close proximity to the golf club, cricket pavilion and tennis club. Forest Row has good local amenities and restaurants. East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells have a further range of shops, transport and recreational facilities. There is an excellent selection of schools in the surrounding area. The Ashdown Forest is the largest free public access space in the South East. It is a great place for walking and enjoying spectacular views over the Sussex countryside and is known the world over as the 'home' of Winnie-the-Pooh.

The A22 provides access to the M25 and London. The train station at East Grinstead offers services to London Bridge/Victoria in 54 mins. Gatwick is about 12 miles.
Tenure, Local Authorities and Services
Freehold. Mains water, three phase electricity and drainage. Three Air source heat pumps, 10 solar panels for electricity. Fast car charging point. Council tax: House band G. EPC band C. Wealden DC . East Sussex CC .Council tax band G. EPC band D. Broadband fibre to the cabinet.
Directions
From the centre of Forest Row take the B2110 Hartfield Road and after about ¼ mile turn right into Chapel Lane. Proceed to the top of the hill where the road bears to the right. Take the left fork with Highgate Road and continue along this road past Inkpen Lane and then take the next right. At the T junction turn right into Balfour Gardens and Pinewood will be found at the end.