Robin Post Lane, Arlington, East Sussex, BN27 3RA

NO CHAIN - A beautiful, historic country manor (not listed) IDEAL FOR MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING with ANNEX. 5 bedroom house with 1 bedroom cottage. Set in 1.7 Acres of gardens including a Walled Garden, Formal lawn and Paddock. Additional land and garages. 5,500 square foot/510 square metres tbc.
A historic country house with integral annexe, on the market for the first time in many years. situated amidst secluded and established gardens yet with easy access to road and rail networks.
This is a substantial, 5,500 square foot (tbc), property. Currently being used as a single home but the annexe, having both access from the main house as well as a separate front entrance, enables usage for multi-generational/extended family living or staff accommodation provision.
Originally a Post House, the property has been greatly extended over the years in the Sussex style of part colour wash with tile hung elevations. The beams, and exquisite wood panelling from an 18th Century Naval ship, which adorn the drawing room and lounge, create a very warm country house atmosphere.
It is an elegant country house with a good amount of land, a walled garden, formal lawn, vegetable garden and additional small paddock ideal for families.
The ground floor layout and generous room proportions offer an easy flow around the house. There are multiple windows and doors onto the garden throughout the property making the house an ideal family home and wonderful for entertaining, inside or out.
Ground Floor reception rooms
An original solid oak front door with inset stained glass leaded light window, depicting a robin, welcomes you into a large entrance lobby setting the tone of the house in terms of character and spaciousness.
The drawing room is a magnificent room with oak panelled walls, plate rack, oak flooring, heavily timbered ceiling, and full height square bay window with leaded light windows looking out onto the garden and radiators below. There is also a stone fireplace with raised hearth, wood burning stove and intricately carved over mantle with deep shelved storage cupboards on each side.
The dining room, which contains double doors leading out to the garden, is equally magnificent with matching oak panelling and exposed oak floorboards along with higher ceiling with plaster cornicing. The smaller stone fireplace in this room is a corner fit and the oak panelling contains a concealed drinks cabinet and bottle drawer.
The newly fitted modern kitchen is cleverly linked to these rooms via the butler"s pantry still fitted with original glazed cupboards, now fully renovated with display lighting.
Off the main entrance hall are two further reception rooms; the garden room, and separate WC. The music room/study is a lovely, panelled room with a stone open fireplace, many built in cupboards and a settle built into one of the windows. The morning room is delightfully bright with double doors leading into a sun loggia and out onto the formal garden. The garden room serves as a useful boot room with built in storage and door to the garden.
A tiled floor inner lobby with coat hooks and shoe cupboards serves as cloakroom as well as facilitating internal door access to the annexe.

Ground Floor kitchen and service rooms:
Robin Post House has an abundance of storage space and the kitchen is no exception. It has been thoughtfully designed with recently fitted units and Corian bevelled edge work surfaces. These extensive work surfaces provide excellent workstations and a breakfast bar. The extensive range of floor and wall cupboards incorporate a dishwasher space and are in addition to a walk-in larder. The large double sink unit has both a mixer tap, hot Quooker tap and integral waste disposal unit. The range cooker is a Nexus SE with induction hob.
The utility room also has an extensive range of storage cupboards and units, a large double stainless steel sink unit, plumbing and space for washing machine and tumble dryer as well as a traditional Kitchen Maid. Further access to the garden and side gate through this room.
First Floor
A galleried landing divides the bedroom accommodation into two wings. The extremely large principal bedroom suite consists of dual aspect bedroom with wide angle bay window to rear overlooking the walled garden; a large dressing room (which has also been used as a nursery) and a fully tiled en-suite bathroom, with both shower and bath facilities. The principal guest bedroom has off-set square bay window, an extensive range of fitted wardrobes and fully tiled en-suite bathroom, with both shower and corner bath. A small kitchenette containing fitted units with stainless steel sink and space for under-unit fridge is accessible via the bedroom corridor.
As well as a shelved linen cupboard and water tank storage room, there are 3 further double bedrooms on the first floor, two of which have extensive range of fitted wardrobes, along with a separate toilet and family bathroom, containing both bath and shower.
Annexe
Previously known as "The Cottage" the annexe has its own private front door. The entrance hall leads into a sitting room with high ceiling, giving it a spacious feel with character from leaded light windows and pretty, Victorian fireplace. The kitchen is well fitted and lit by a sky light. The double bedroom has an en-suite shower room and an internal door to the main house if required.
The Annexe is currently incorporated into the main house but, because there is access via a separate front entrance, as well as via the main house, it has in the past been used for multi-generational/extended family living as well as staff accommodation.
The Gardens: A beautifully mature garden with a formal, level lawn ideal for entertaining from the terraces abutting the back of the house. Completely private with a raised terrace with ornamental pond, original Anderson Air Raid Shelter and bordered by mature flowering trees and shrubs. Passing through into a "paddock" named such as it is an area for wild flowers to grow, games to be played or small livestock to be kept away from the more formal gardens. Beyond a "ha-ha" is an area which could be used as a vegetable garden and a pergola tunnel, clad in various climbing flowers, leads through to this area. A stunning feature of this property is the walled garden. Traditionally designed and enclosed with old brick walls, a wisteria clad archway, working well and espalier fruit trees. There are some outbuildings and an old greenhouse which needs repair. A domestic area for hanging washing, bins and log store is at the back of the house, enclosed by brick walls and with doors to the domestic rooms of the house.
There are double gates into the property where there was once a garage. As there is an additional area of land directly opposite these gates, which has a double garage and workshop on it with plenty of additional space, the garage was not reinstalled within the garden boundary.