Location

The rural hamlet of Eridge Green lies just under 4 miles to the south of Tunbridge Wells and offers amenities including a mainline station and two public houses. Extensive day-to-day services are provided for in Tunbridge Wells and Crowborough and the area is superb for walking and cycling, with the Sussex Border Path and National Cycle Route 21 accessible nearby.

Royal Tunbridge Wells (approximately 3.7 miles) is a historic spa town located about thirty miles south of London, surrounded by countryside offering a popular base for commuters. 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 of cafés, such as Juliet's, Italian Delicatessen Arte Bianca and Fine Grind on the Hight Street and restaurants including Thackerays, The Ivy and The Old Fishmarket, together with a good mixture of national multiple retailers and independent shops.

State and private schools: There are many well-regarded schools in the area including primaries in Groombridge and Crowborough, Holmewood House preparatory in Langton Green, Ashdown House in Hartfield, grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge (entry dependent upon performance in the 11 plus exam) and independent secondaries in Pembury (Kent College), Mayfield, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Benenden and Eastbourne.

Mainline rail: Eridge station (about 1.7 miles), with services to London Bridge from 55 minutes. Tunbridge Wells (about 3.4 miles) with frequent services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and Cannon Street with journey times from 47 minutes.

Communications: The A26 links to the M25 (via the A21) and the M20 (via the A228) to the north and thereby to the national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports and the Channel Tunnel terminus and leads to the coast to the south.

Description

Built in the Wealden Hall House style, this is a substantial and well organised family country house, which is nicely set away from neighbours, with its own land surrounded by Eridge Park.

The interior style matches the exterior, but with the layout offering concessions to modern day living. Features of note include the dramatic, full height galleried dining hall, with an inglenook style fireplace, fitted with a wood burning stove and looking up to an exposed crown post in the roof. Also, the flowing, open-plan ground floor reception spaces, laid out around a central well-planned fitted kitchen, incorporating Miele appliances in the main, with painted traditional style units and granite worktops.

The lower ground floor is accessed from the lower terrace to the rear, as well as from an impressive wide, oak spiral staircase, which leads up to the family room. There is clear potential here for a variety of uses, subject to any necessary planning/building regulatory consents, but until recently, this space has been used by our clients as a home office, for running their business. Upstairs the ensuite principal bedroom has modern fitted wardrobes, slate tiled floor and stairs up to an impressive full ensuite bathroom, with a walk in jet shower, sanispa, twin sinks and WC. In total, there are up to six first floor bedrooms, with four ensuite, plus a family bathroom.

The indoor pool, gym and leisure facility, in the same style, is a very attractive and impressive space, complete with its own outside decked terracing and balcony, overlooking the garden.

Outside, the landscaped gardens and grounds are a delightful feature, with a lawned parklike rear garden, interspersed with mature trees and planting, with a stream edge to the plot, bordering Eridge Park woodland. The grounds have pathways for ease of access, leading to a feature pond with a bridge over to a small island.