Ponts Green, Ashburnham

A beautifully located detached oast/barn (not Listed) of 2,584 square feet, set down a private drive, commanding views across farmland, situated in this unspoilt stretch of East Sussex countryside, together with a range of outbuildings, two ponds and pasture field – in all about 7.5 acres.

Reedlands Oast comprises a beautifully located detached oast/barn, converted in the late 1970s (not Listed) and providing flexible accommodation of about 2,584 square feet, including a ground floor bedroom and bathroom. There is oil-fired central heating and some double glazing. Of particular note are the large picture windows providing light and an attractive outlook over the garden and countryside. The elevations are brick with grey headers beneath a tiled roof.
Reedlands Oast has been the much loved family home of the present owners for the last 43 years and provides a wonderful opportunity for those seeking a rural lifestyle in a timeless location, with the outbuildings having development potential for conversion into holiday let/office accommodation, subject to planning consent.
The main features are:
• Front door to entrance hall which in turn opens through double opening doors into the reception hall with staircase to the first floor with cupboard beneath.
• The drawing room is a very spacious triple aspect room having a brick inglenook fireplace with oak bressummer beam, brick hearth and canopy. Sliding glazed doors open to the front garden. Exposed ceiling and wall timbers.
• The dining room is set in the roundel and has an arched door to the kitchen/breakfast room which is fitted with a 1½ bowl sink unit with drainer to the side inset into work surfaces with a comprehensive range of cupboards and drawers beneath. Space and plumbing for dishwasher and refrigerator. Lamona four-ring hob inset into work surface with extractor fan above. Further pine work surfaces with cupboards and drawers beneath and eye-level units. Built-in twin oven with grill. Tiled flooring and stable-type door with glazed upper portion to the side hall with separate door to outside.
• Further door to the L-shaped utility area with tiled work surfaces and feature semi-circular window above. Plumbing and space for dishwasher and tumble dryer below. The boiler room houses the Perrymatic oil-fired boiler as well as a large chest freezer and has a door to the outside.
• The spacious ground floor bedroom 4 is double aspect with built-in wardrobes and airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder with immersion heater. The good sized shower room has a tiled shower cubicle, pedestal wash basin, WC, heated towel rail.
Note: it is considered that this section of the house would lend itself to being a self-contained annexe

• Staircase to the first floor landing. Bedroom 1 is a spacious triple aspect room with an outlook over the gardens. Two double wardrobes and further storage cupboard. Airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder with immersion heater and slatted shelving.
• Bedroom 2 is situated in the roundel and has a large picture window overlooking the garden and countryside beyond. Built-in wardrobe and door giving access to generous useful walk-in eaves storage.
• The family bathroom has a panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, shower cubicle, WC, wash basin inset into vanity unit, tiled flooring and walls.
• Staircase to the second floor with roundel bedroom 3 with wonderful views and built-in large storage cupboard.

The Gardens and Grounds
Reedlands Oast is approached over a quiet rural lane through a timber five bar gate over a driveway of some 125 yards in length bordered by areas of lawn to the side and interspersed with mature trees including some fine oaks.
To the right of the driveway is a sensational south-westerly view over farmland and the drive curves round to the front of the house and a generous pea beech parking area for a number of vehicles.
There is a range of attractive outbuildings which include a good sized workshop 13’10 x 20’9 of block construction with weatherboarded front beneath a pitch tiled roof, with concrete flooring, light and power connected. Note: this was formerly used for stabling with two internal loose boxes and the stable doors are in place.
Adjoining is a large barn of timber construction with weatherboarded elevations beneath a pitched tiled roof and two sets of double opening doors to the front. Light and power connected. Within the barn is the oil tank. Attached to the side of the barn is a potting shed with power connected.
At a slight remove from the house within the garden is a beautiful five-bay cart lodge of timber construction beneath a pitch tiled roof, currently housing a hen house and chicken run.
The gardens and grounds provide an idyllic setting, being principally laid to lawn with a number of trees including cherries, weeping silver birch and apple, with shrubs including roses, one of which climbs over an arbour. The lawn delightfully merges into an area of light woodland with a selection of principally mature oak trees and some willow, along with two ponds.
In addition, to the west of the grounds, is an excellent sheltered and mostly level stock fenced paddock which extends to some 5.4 acres.
In all about 7.5 acres.