Location

Located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within the charming village of Withyham which has a well-regarded primary school, church, village hall and cricket club.

Ashurst mainline railway station is just 4.5 miles away, with direct services to London Bridge, whilst Tunbridge Wells (7.5 miles) has services to London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street.

Groombridge (3.2 miles) and Hartfield (1.3 miles) both offer a good choice of local amenities including village schools. Tunbridge Wells with its excellent cultural, leisure and shopping opportunities is about eight miles to the north. The historic Ashdown Forest is about 4.8 miles. The area is superb for walking and cycling, with access to the High Weald Landscape Trail nearby.
More comprehensive amenities are available in Crowborough (about 4.6 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (about 7.3 miles).

Private and state schools: St Michael’s Primary School in Withyham, preparatory schools include Holmewood House (Langton Green), Rose Hill (Tunbridge Wells), Brambletye and Michael Hall Steiner Waldorf (Forest Row). Independent senior schools in Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Mayfield and Eastbourne.

Communications: The A22 provides access to the M25, London and the suburbs, the south coast, Gatwick and Heathrow airports and the Channel Tunnel Terminus.

Description

Offering five bedrooms over three floors, this delightful and charming house is formed from the right-side wing of this stunning Georgian Rectory.

The whole property is listed grade II and is believed to date from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The house is just divided into two, with the major portion still owned and used by the Church. The property offers an abundance of character, including a variety of attractive fireplaces, exposed ceiling beams to the top floor attic rooms and some exposed floorboards, plus an attractive, balustraded staircase climbing up two floors. Of particular note though, there is a generous drawing room and fine principal bedroom, both enjoying large sash style windows to the front, offering delightful countryside views.

The property has a country style kitchen/breakfast room fitted with an Aga, with timber cupboards, granite worktops and a butler style sink. The house also benefits from a cellar, with good space here, as well as an integral garage to the side, formed from a converted outbuilding.

Finally, the rear garden is beautifully planted and has mature boundaries providing very good seclusion. From the back of the house, there is a level small lawn, to a dining terrace and pond, with steps up to a further, larger sloping lawn, which leads up to the top of the garden, where there is a further pond, a green house and a summerhouse, all secluded by tall mature trees.