Ringles Cross, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22

A wonderful opportunity to acquire an individual detached family home, understood to date back to the mid-19th Century, ideally positioned for easy access to local services and amenities.

NO CHAIN | ATTRACTIVE DETACHED FAMILY HOME | UNDERSTOOD TO DATE BACK TO THE MID-19TH CENTURY | IDEAL FOR LOCAL SERVICES AND AMENITIES | DELIGHTFUL AND SECLUDED GARDENS | WESTERLY REAR ASPECT | GAS CENTRAL HEATING | PORCH | DINING ROOM | SITTING ROOM | KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM | UTILITY ROOM | SHOWER ROOM/WC | CELLAR | FOUR FIRST FLOOR DOUBLE BEDROOMS | EN-SUITE BATHROOM | SHOWER ROOM | DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE | COUNCIL TAX: BAND F | EPC: BAND D.

SITUATION: In a non-estate position on the north side of the town, ideal for a broad range of services and amenities. Uckfield High Street is approximately one mile with its local shops, supermarkets, post office, banks, bus depot and mainline station to London Bridge/Victoria (in just over an hour). Other mainline rail stations can also be found nearby at Buxted, Crowborough, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath. For road users the A22 and A26 give good access in all directions. Excellent state and independent schooling is available for all ages in the vicinity. Leisure facilities include Freedom Leisure, East Sussex National Golf Course and the picturesque Ashdown Forest with its scenic walks over 5000 acres of heathland.

DESCRIPTION: A wonderful and seldom found opportunity to acquire a most attractive and much-loved family home which has been under the same ownership for over 40 years.

Understood to date back to the mid-19th Century, White Lodge offers spacious accommodation typical of the era, together with period features and a wonderful garden which wraps itself around the property and the benefit of a detached double garage.

The accommodation is approached via an Entrance Porch leading through into a welcoming Dining Room having sash window to the front, tiled fireplace and built-in storage to one side of the chimney breast. Doors to Lobby, with stairs rising to the first floor and Sitting Room also with a sash window to the front, open brick fireplace and a picture rail.

There is a central hallway to the rear giving access to a cellar and to the rear garden. To one side is a Kitchen/Breakfast Room with a good range of base units and built-in shelved storage cupboards, one housing the gas fired boiler. To the other side is a Shower Room/WC and a Utility Room.

The first floor has four double Bedrooms, two with feature cast iron fireplaces. Steps lead down to a Bedroom having the benefit of an En-Suite Bathroom, whilst all are served by a Shower Room.

OUTSIDE: The gardens are a delight, thoughtfully planted with an array of plants, trees and established herbaceous borders including fir, apple, acer, bay and rhododendron. A brick path abuts the whole of the property, flanked by areas laid to lawn. The rear garden is of a generous size with a paved terrace and brick built bbq taking full advantage of the westerly aspect and the afternoon sun. The boundary to one side is enclosed by a lovely brick wall and hedgerow to the remainder. To one corner is some outside storage and stepping stones lead to a side gate, timber store and the double garage having a remote controlled up and over door.