Location

Walsynghams is found in the heart of the popular village of Lamberhurst, with its general store and well-regarded public houses. Rich in nature as well as history, the village Common is used for local events today as it has in years gone by.

Wadhurst, approximately 3.5 miles away, offers more extensive amenities including supermarkets, post offices, individual shops, bakeries and butchers. Tunbridge Wells (7 miles) offers high street shopping, supermarkets, theatres and restaurants.

Nearby Bewl Water Reservoir (2.2 miles) offers a wide range of activities including fishing, sailing, rowing and wonderful walks around the reservoir. The award winning Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest is within approximately 4 miles and is now 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 (1 miles) offers picturesque gardens against the backdrop of a moated medieval castle and Victorian country mansion, with 780 acres of beautiful parkland, woodland and traditional hop gardens to enjoy. There are also golf courses in Lamberhurst, Ticehurst and Tunbridge Wells.

State and private schools: Lamberhurst has its own well-regarded primary school. Preparatory schools in Wadhurst (Sacred Heart), Hawkhurst (Marlborough House and St Ronan’s). Uplands Community College in Wadhurst at secondary level and Kent grammar schools in Cranbrook, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

Mainline rail: Frant (at Bells Yew Green - approximately 4.5 miles) with services to Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and Cannon Street, or Wadhurst (4.7 miles) further down the same line.

Walsynghams is situated approximately 0.6 miles from the A21 which links directly to the south coast, Hastings is approximately 20.6 miles to the south, whilst Camber Sands (approximately 24.7 miles) is on the edge of Rye, famed for its sandy beach and home to the only sand dunes in East Sussex.

To the north, the M25 London orbital motorway and thereby a national motorway network, ideal for Gatwick and Heathrow airports, and the Eurostar tunnel which is about miles to the east.

Description

Listed Grade II, this character period property was originally the village butcher’s shop and is thought to date from the 16th Century, with the Coach House to the side being a later, Victorian addition.

The accommodation is steeped in character, with an abundance of exposed beams and a large, inglenook double sided fireplace, as well as some later features, including attractive built-in cupboards to the study and parquet flooring in the sitting room.

Recently occupied as a long-term family home, this property offers lots of style and charm, but now requires updating and improvements. However, the layout itself is particularly good for modern day family living, with flowing reception rooms to a large, open-plan kitchen/dining room. Also, the principal bedroom is laid out with wardrobes and a good size en suite shower room.

The Coach House building to the side offers further potential as an annexe or as a separate dwelling with planning permission and listed buildings consent granted with the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council - reference 23/03116/LBC, with a sitting room pitched into the roof, and the option of an open-plan kitchen, with the bedroom and shower room below.

The parking is good for a central village house, complete with an electric car charger point and accessing a detached building combining a garage and workshop. This workshop has a high pitched ceiling, currently with storage, formerly being the abattoir for the butchers, so offering further potential.