Cousley Wood, Wadhurst

**Guide Price £850,000 - £875,000**
An attractive and beautifully presented period (unlisted) detached house with well-planted mature gardens, detached garage and off-road parking, set
in the semi-rural hamlet of Cousley Wood and convenient for both Wadhurst and Lamberhurst villages.



Description
A most attractive detached period house (unlisted) and positioned in the semi-riural
hamlet of Cousley Wood. The house elevations are part brick and stone, part timbered with rendered panels and part weatherboarded beneath a tiled roof. The house is beautifully presented throughout retaining many period features, and offers well-proportioned and versatile accommodation, affording good natural light. There is also a useful detached garage. Gas fired central heating and mains drainage.

The main features of the property include:
• A covered, pitched roof entrance porch leads through the main door into a goodsized
reception/dining hall; stairs rise to the first floor and there is a cloakroom to one side fitted with a white suite.
• The reception/dining hall has exposed wall beams and ample space for table and chairs and free-standing furniture and is finished with an engineered oak floor. There is a window and low-level door to the rear elevation leading out to
the terrace and gardens.
• The kitchen/breakfast room is double aspect and fitted with a range of contemporary shaker style wall and base units complemented by a quartz work top with upstands. There is an integrated Neff microwave, washer/dryer,
slimline Neff dishwasher, Miele fridge/freezer and Miele 5 burner gas hob and wide (90cm) low-level oven.
• Off the inner hall is a useful understairs storage cupboard adjacent to the charming, dual aspect sitting room. With good ceilings heights and exposed beams this room enjoys an impressive inglenook fireplace of stone and brick with bressummer beam and a wood burner on a stone hearth. This room offers versatile space and could be subtly arranged into two areas. There is a pretty glass built-in cabinet to one end; windows look out across the front garden.
• On the first floor there are four bedrooms. The principal bedroom is double aspect with an outlook across the front garden; exposed beams and exposed brick chimney breast with a built-in storage cupboard. There is a useful small
‘dressing area’ off to one side.
• Bedroom 2 is double aspect with exposed beams and good ceiling height and is
positioned to the rear of the property with an outlook across the mature gardens. There is an en-suite shower room fitted with a white suite comprising corner shower, WC and hand wash basin and finished with Amtico flooring.
The family bathroom is fitted with a white suite comprising bath with centred taps and handheld shower attachment, WC and handwash basin, chrome towel rail and Fired Earth flooring.
• There are two further bedrooms, one of which houses the airing cupboard, and is currently used as a study.

Outside
Elder Cottage is situated in the sought after hamlet of Cousley Wood. There is ample off road parking on an attractive pea shingle, brick and stone driveway for several vehicles which is also screened from the road by mixed mature hedging. The front garden comprises an area of lawn framed by well planted flower and shrubs borders with a rose and wisteria covered pergola.
The detached garage is set back, with a tiled pitched roof and part brick and weatherboarded elevations. To the rear of the property, there is a delightful mature garden with well-established flower and shrub beds including tulips, camellias, roses and lavenders; a good-sized area of lawn and mixed mature hedging and trees to the boundaries. Two paved terraces create wonderful spots for sitting and al-fresco dining.