Three Oaks Lane, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5

A fine detached, character family house, with a delightful garden and adjacent paddock, while conveniently placed in a country lane, nearby to the mainline railway station.

Description

This unlisted detached period house offers an abundance of detail, with a two storey extension providing generous reception space downstairs, hinting at a Regency era gentrification, and at the same time, providing for a sizeable, principal bedroom suite upstairs.

Features generally include an inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove to the snug and a classical period fireplace to the sitting room, linking to the dining room and with all three rooms having impressive beamed ceilings.

A good size tiled kitchen/breakfast room provides for everyday dining, having a gas four oven Aga as a key a focal point, with a Bosch larder fridge, Neff dishwasher and Microwave completing the line-up of appliances.

Upstairs there are five bedrooms, with a generous principal bedroom, complete with dressing room and en suite bathroom, as well as two bedrooms reached through a further lobby room, which could serve as an extra small sitting room, or a study. One of these bedrooms is en suite with a shower room and all the other bedrooms are served by the family bathroom.

Outside, the gardens surrounding the house are a delight, with a big variety of flowers, plants and trees and lawn on two sides. The grounds enjoy hedging to the boundaries and stone terracing at the rear of the house and to one side, by the stream. This stream runs through the garden as one enters the wooded area beyond the lawn, with three bridges providing crossing points to the far wooded bank beyond.

The adjacent paddock is reached on this far side by two of the bridges, one being next to the garage, which has a garden shed behind. The paddock also a five bar gated road access from here too, and rises steeply up at first from the lane ,making for a wonderful, secluded vantage point overlooking the house and garden, ideal for a children’s play area, and for entertaining facilities.

Location

Stream House enjoys an enviable position, located on the edge of Wadhurst, within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village (1 mile) is known for its local community and individual shops, including a butcher, delicatessen, hairdressers and florist, as well as two supermarkets, including a Jempsons with a post office, a church, bookshop, doctors’ surgery, village hall, sports centre, garage, cafes, restaurants and several pubs.

Tunbridge Wells is the nearest large town with high street shopping, two theatres, cafes, restaurants, health clubs, an out-of-town retail park and the historic Pantiles area. Recreational activities include golf courses at Lamberhurst, Flimwell and Tunbridge Wells. Bewl Water, 6 miles, has options including horse riding, walking and cycling trails, rowing, sailing, canoeing and fishing. The award winning Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest is within 9 miles and recognised as the most complete collection of conifers on one site anywhere in the world, offering further woodland walks, cycling, riding, and outdoor music concerts. National Trust-run Scotney Castle (5.5 miles) offers picturesque gardens against the backdrop of a moated medieval castle and Victorian country mansion with beautiful parkland, woodland and traditional hop gardens to enjoy.

There is a tennis club and football club at Sparrows Green (1.2 miles), as well as a wide network of public footpaths accessed from Bassetts Lane for extensive country walks.

Preparatory schools include Sacred Heart (Wadhurst), Holmewood House (Langton Green), The Mead and Rose Hill (Tunbridge Wells), Skippers Hill (Five Ashes) and St Ronans and Malborough House (Hawkhurst). Public schools include Beechwood (Tunbridge Wells), Tonbridge for boys, Mayfield for girls and co-ed options at Eastbourne and Brighton Colleges, Bedes (Upper Dicker), Kent College (Pembury) and Sevenoaks School.

Mainline rail: Wadhurst station 0.6 miles via the bridleway, with regular services to Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and Cannon Street from 60 minutes.

All distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,582 sq ft


Acreage: 1.1 Acres

Additional Info

Local Authority: Wealden District Council

Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.

Improvement indicator noted.