| Status: | Available |
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| Furnishings: | Furnished |
| Available: | Now |
| Deposit: | Unspecified |
Key features
- 8 BEDROOMS
- 3 RECEPTION ROOMS
- 4 BATHROOMS
- MAGNIFICENT DRAWING ROOM
- 3 PADDOCKS & GROUNDS
Full description
Situation
The Glen is situated on the edge of the popular village of Old Heathfield. It is about 12 miles from Tunbridge Wells, and about 5 miles from Mayfield.
COMPREHENSIVE SHOPPING: Heathfield and Mayfield have their own butchers, newsagents, bookshop, gift shops, clothes shops, souvenir shops and greengrocers. Heathfield has a Sainsbury's and a Co-op store and there is also Waitrose in nearby Hailsham.
Tunbridge Wells - around 15 miles away - has the Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre, High Street and the historic Pantiles.
MAINLINE RAIL SERVICES: Stonegate to London Bridge 56 mins, Wadhurst to Charing Cross 60 minutes. Tunbridge Wells offers frequent mainline rail services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street in approximately 50/60 minutes. Also available are Polegate, Crowborough and Buxted stations. www.southeasterntrains.co.uk
SCHOOLS: Broad Oak, Burwash, Stonegate, Old Heathfield and Wadhurst primary schools and Uplands Community College Wadhurst and Heathfield Community College.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS: St Leonards-Mayfield School, St Bedes School,Vinehall School in Robertsbridge, Holmewood House Preparatory School in Langton Green, Rose Hill Prep School, Tonbridge Public School, Sevenoaks, Hurst College, Eastbourne College and Skippers Hill at Five Ashes. Many of these schools operate a private school bus transport. Please see further details: www.kent.gov.uk
SPORTING AND LEISURE FACILITIES: Badminton, Bowls, Cricket, Football, Lawn Tennis and Rifle clubs are in the village of Mayfield and Old Heathfield. There are many country walks in the area.
ROAD LINKS: The M25 can be accessed via the A21 (at Pembury) or at Hurst Green, linking to other motorway networks, Gatwick and Heathrow airports and the Channel Tunnel rail terminal at Ashford. The City of London is within 1 hour 30 minutes.
Description
The Glen is an impressive Victorian country house dating back to c1850 with a later addition c1910 of a billiard room, which is now a magnificent drawing room. The house has high ceilings throughout and displays attractive period features including sash and bay windows, decorative cornicing, deep skirting boards and panelled doors. There are also working period fireplaces and original parquet flooring throughout the ground floor. The house occupies about 13 acres with a south east facing garden and three paddocks.
There is also a one bedroom annexe in the Coach House with a further one and a two bedroom flat, currently let on a short hold tenancy. These flats could be made available by separate negotiation.
Accommodation
GROUND FLOOR
Spacious entrance hall with double doors leading to a veranda overlooking the garden. Cloakroom. 2nd imposing reception room to the front of the house currently used as children's TV room. Formal dining room with large bay window, period fireplace and a large bay window overlooking a south and south east facing rear garden.
Kitchen/ breakfast room: double AGA with 4 ovens and plate warmer, Lacanache 5 ring gas cooker with two electric ovens. Cream wooden shaker style kitchen units and with granite worktops and integrated dishwasher and fridge/freezer. There is also one double and one single Butlers sinks. French doors lead to the side garden. Access to cellar and boiler room. (Some of this area will be used by Landlord for storage) Wooden floor.
Door to tiled floored utility area/boot/snug room with large Butlers sink, dryer, stairs to the second floor and door to front of the house. Further utility room with washing machine, free standing freezer, fridge and wine cooler.
Library with fireplace and magnificent views over the garden, leading to oak stairs case with steps to the drawing room. This is a room of huge proportions with oak flooring, panelled ceiling, beautiful original fireplace with marble surround and large window overlooking the garden.
FIRST FLOOR
Stairs to landing with glass atrium, leading to 3 double bedrooms and one single/study.
Family bathroom comprises a separate shower, bath, large sink and W.C, half tiled in pink, purple and white mosaic tiles, Amtico flooring and recess down lightning.
Corridor with large double bedroom with en suite bathroom, limestone flooring, white tiles and bath, sink and W.C. This room is located next to a small staircase which leads to the ground floor utility area.
Further corridor leads to spacious Master bedroom with triple window aspect over the garden, cream carpet, bathroom with original green and black resin panelled tiles with white bath, sink, W.C and separate shower.
SECOND FLOOR
Stairs rise to two further double bedrooms with ornamental fireplaces and views to the rear.
EXTERNALLY
The property is accessed via electric gates with a sweeping gravelled drive past one of the paddocks before you reach the house. There is ample parking in front of the main house. Large stone terrace to the front with access to rear of the house with a delightful veranda with lavender hedge and views over the large lawn and mature garden with rhododendrons and a stream. There are three paddocks surrounding the property.
Directions
From our offices in Tunbridge Wells proceed out of the town on the A267 towards Frant. Continue along the A267 for around 6 miles, through the villages of Frant, Mark Cross and Argos Hill until you reach a roundabout, take the 1st exit towards Mayfield village and then take the immediate turning on the right into Newick Lane. Follow the lane to the end. Turn left at the T Junction onto the A265 Burwash Road and then the next right B2096 Battle Road signposted Old Heathfield. Follow this road , bearing right at the first junction towards Old Heathfield and this road turns into School Hill. The entrance gates to the property can be found along this road on the left hand side.