Picketts Lane, Uckfield, East Sussex

This property is surrounded by just over an acre of beautiful gardens and grounds and is approached off a private farm track leading to a gravel driveway with a double garage. A seven bar gate opens onto a spacious inner parking area and a pathway to the main entrance flanked by shrub beds and lawned areas.

The period front door opens into the hallway with quarry tiled flooring, the staircase, an understairs cupboard and the cloakroom. A spacious triple aspect sitting room has exposed ceiling beams, French doors to the terrace and an impressive limestone fireplace with a log burner, while the dual aspect family room also includes a fireplace with an unusual surround and a log burner. The study has a fitted cupboard and a door to the rear walled garden.

The charming circular dining room has oak flooring and direct access to the modern country style kitchen/breakfast room with its terracotta tiled flooring, Nobel range cooker and attractive units with oak worktops housing various appliances. There is also a walk-in larder, a loft hatch and a composite door to the walled garden.

A secondary entrance lobby provides access to the utility room and a boarded loft. There is also a door to a double bedroom with an ensuite shower room and, because it is adjacent to the integral garage, could become part of a self-contained annex, subject to planning.

Upstairs there is a family shower room and four double bedrooms with lovely rural views. One has a cast iron fireplace while the superb master suite is in the circular oast with a hatch to a boarded loft to the roof of the oast and includes a luxury bathroom and a fitted dressing area.

The secluded and secure gardens feature swathes of lawn, specimen trees, fruit trees, shrub and flower beds and a vegetable garden all surrounded by six foot stock fencing covered by a beech hedge. There is also an underground rain water tank providing water for the garden, two garden sheds and a greenhouse.

What the Owner says:

It took us a long time to find this delightful and unusual family home but we just fell in love with it the moment we saw it. However, after 29 years it is now time to downsize and pass the baton on to new owners.
Prior to our moving in, the property was upgraded with a new slate roof, new plumbing, rewiring, new kitchen and bathrooms and double glazed diamond pane windows. We have completely redesigned the garden and grounds since much of it was originally a sheep field!
Although we are discreetly hidden away in a rural idyll, we have easy access to the A22/A26/A272 for Tunbridge Wells, Eastbourne and Haywards Heath.
Nearby, Uckfield includes two supermarkets, a cinema and leisure centre with a swimming pool as well as a variety of independent shops and eateries. The railway station provides direct trains to London Bridge taking one hour 20 minutes. There is parking opposite the station.
Uckfield College secondary school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted, while there are numerous primary schools in and around the town, the nearest being Nutley Primary School.
There are many beautiful walks directly from the house. Footpaths take you across the fields to Fletching and its famous pub The Griffin. The Ashdown Forest is a short stroll up the lane, where you can walk for miles on Henry VIII's old hunting grounds, while Pooh Bridge is a short drive away near Hartfield on top of the forest.
There is golf at Piltdown, the Royal Ashdown Forest and East Sussex

Room sizes:

• Entrance
• Porch
• Entrance Hall
• Drawing room: 21'0 (6.41m) x 20'10 (6.35m) narrowing to 14'8 (4.47m)
• Living room: 15'3 (4.65m) narrowing to 13'3 (4.04m) x 14'10 (4.52m)
• Kitchen/Breakfast room: 16'9 x 12'2 (5.11m x 3.71m)
• Dining room: 15'4 x 15'4 (4.68m x 4.68m)
• Study: 15'0 x 9'9 (4.58m x 2.97m)
• Utility room
• Rear Hallway
• Bedroom 5: 13'0 (3.97m) x 12'4 (3.76m) narrowing to 9'11 (3.02m)
• En-Suite Shower room

• Downstairs cloakroom
• Bedroom 1: 15'0 x 15'0 (4.58m x 4.58m)
• Dressing area
• En-Suite Bathroom: 9'0 x 6'3 (2.75m x 1.91m)
• Bedroom 2: 15'2 (4.63m) x 11'3 (3.43m) narrowing to 10'3 (3.13m)
• Bedroom 3: 13'11 (4.24m) x 12'4 (3.76m) narrowing to 11'9 (3.58m)
• Bedroom 4: 11'10 x 10'4 (3.61m x 3.15m)
• Shower room
• Bathroom
• Double Garage
• Gated Driveway
• Gardens & Grounds

 
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