Blackham, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex, TN3

A striking and substantial Edwardian home with generous gardens and delightful countryside views in the hamlet of Blackham.

Description

2 Watch Oak has undergone an extensive programme of restoration, extension and rejuvenation under our clients' ownership. This elegant, whilst welcoming, family home provides well-balanced and well-proportioned accommodation set across three floors. Offering considerable character, the property benefits from attractive features, including high ceilings, deep skirting boards, feature fireplaces, wooden floors and sash windows. These period details are complemented by a very high standard of presentation throughout, together with contemporary fixtures and fittings and beautifully appointed bath and shower rooms.

On entering the reception hall leads to the formal sitting room to the front of the house, with attractive square bay window and fireplace. There is also a further dual aspect reception room, also with fireplace, currently used by our clients as a more informal family/playroom but could of course be a formal dining room if desired.

The light-filled, farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with attractive, base and wall units providing good storage with a central island providing plenty of preparation space. There is a range of integrated appliances and space for an American style fridge-freezer, with plenty of room for a family-sized dining table and direct access to the terrace and gardens beyond. Adjoining the kitchen is a cleverly designed utility room, with laundry station to house washing and drying machines, a sink, more fitted storage and integrated Adexa wine fridge. The utility room also gives access to the ground floor WC.

Bedroom six, with en suite shower room, can be accessed via steps that lead down from the utility room or via an external door directly from the garden. This offers a very useful and flexible space; perhaps for an au pair or nanny, visiting family, home gym or studio.

The first floor is home to the principal bedroom to the front, with square bay window, framing the views over the front garden and fields beyond, a feature fireplace and an en suite shower room. There are two further bedrooms on this floor and a family bathroom. The second floor is home to a further double bedroom, a bathroom and a fifth bedroom. Our clients currently use the fifth bedroom as a study, ideal for today's working from home needs, with a striking porthole window from which to enjoy the elevated views of the beautiful scenery. There is also access to very useful eaves storage and loft space from the fourth bedroom.

Outside: 2 Watch Oak enjoys a plot of approximately 0.38 acres. The well-screened garden, has also been much improved by our clients predominantly laid to lawn, with lots of space for child's play, our clients have further invested in attractive country-cottage style planting to the borders, and framing the pathways, providing interest, softness and colour. A newly laid, paved terrace abutting the side of the house, is ideal for outdoor entertaining on a large scale, there is a charming vegetable garden, and tree swing. Behind the garage/workshop to the rear boundary, is a further area of garden, where one can enjoy the delightful view over the adjoining countryside, through the smart, estate-stye fencing.

The garage/workshop provides good storage on both the ground floor and loft space above but also offers scope for conversion, subject to any necessary consents.

2 Watch Oak enjoys private driveway parking for several vehicles with an electric car charging port, and pathways leading to the front and side of the house.

Location

This location offers rural living whilst being close to excellent local amenities. 2 Watch Oak is found within the hamlet of Blackham just north of Ashurst village, which has a Parish Church and a mainline station with direct trains to London, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The nearby, pretty village of Hartfield is well equipped for everyday needs including a store, butcher, primary school, nursery school, doctors' surgery, church, two public houses and the famous 'Pooh Corner' tea rooms, shop and museum.
There are local amenities in Fordcombe, Langton Green and Groombridge whilst the spa town of Tunbridge Wells is within 6 miiles.

Tunbridge Wells is the only spa town in the Southeast of England, with elegant architecture and a variety of cultural, entertainment and shopping attractions, including the historic Pantiles, known for its charming Georgian colonnade, summer live music festivals, regular food and craft markets and Chalybeate Spring. The town offers excellent cultural, leisure and shopping attractions including two theatres locally at The Assembly Halls and Trinity Theatre, together with the newly rejuvenated civic centre, The Amelia Scott. The town enjoys an abundance and wide variety of cafés and restaurants, with a mixture of multiple national retailers and independent shops.

Leisure activities in the area include riding and walking in nearby Ashdown Forest with its many scenic walks and Winnie the Pooh's famous 'Pooh Sticks Bridge'; tennis and cricket clubs in Hartfield; golf at Royal Ashdown, Chartham Park, Piltdown, The East Sussex National, Lingfield, Holtye and Sweetwoods; motor sports at Brands Hatch; sailing and water sports at Bewl Water, Weir Wood Reservoir and on the south coast.

State and private schools: Primary schools in Langton Green, Penshurst, Speldhurst, Withyham, Groombridge and Fordcombe. State secondary and Kent grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge. Preparatory schools include Brambletye, Cumnor House, Ashdown House and Michael Hall Steiner towards East Grinstead, Holmewood House in Langton Green and Rose Hill in Tunbridge Wells. Private senior schools in Tonbridge for boys, Mayfield and Benenden for girls, and Co-ed options at Sevenoaks, Brighton and Eastbourne.

Mainline rail: Ashurst station (approx. 0.7 miles to station car park) with services to London Bridge, whilst Tunbridge Wells has services to London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Hildenborough to the north is reached through country lanes within approximately nine miles.

Communications: The M25, accessed at junction 5 via the A21, links to London, the south coast and the motorway network, and thereby to Gatwick and Heathrow airports and the Channel Tunnel terminus.

All distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 3,366 sq ft


Acreage: 0.38 Acres

Directions

Directions: what3words: witty.gone.ever
This will take you to the top of the driveway, bear right into the private driveway for 2 Watch Oak.

Postcode: TN3 9TP.

Additional Info

Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
Improvement indicator noted.

Services: Mains Water, Drainage and Electricity. Oil-fired central heating.