Location

Acer House is situated in sought-after Maresfield Park, a popular and established private estate in the village of Maresfield. Maresfield has a primary school, parish church, an active village hall, tennis club, local shop, veterinary surgery and an 18th century public house/hotel; adjacent to the village is a Marks & Spencer food hall.   

The town of Uckfield (two miles) offers supermarkets, a cinema and a range of day to day shops and restaurants. Lewes (11 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (13 miles) have an excellent range of boutiques, restaurants and bars.      

Maresfield is on the outskirts of the Ashdown Forest, which offers superb walking and off road riding (for which a permit is required). There are many leisure activities available locally, including local clubs for football, rugby, cricket and theatre; across Sussex, activities include show jumping at Hickstead, sailing at Ardingly and golf at one of the many courses across the county.   

Sussex and neighbouring Kent provide a vibrant cultural scene, with world-class opera at Glyndebourne, theatre at Royal Tunbridge Wells, and the historic County town of Lewes and the annual Brighton Festival presenting a huge programme of theatre, dance, classical music and literary events.            

Rail Services: Buxted (London Bridge from 63 minutes), Uckfield (London Bridge from 70 minutes), Haywards Heath (London Bridge/Victoria from 42 minutes) and Tunbridge Wells (Charing Cross/Cannon Street from 52 minutes).         

Schools: There are a number of state and independent schools and colleges in the local area, including Bonners CEP school, Uckfield College, Cumnor House, Great Walstead, Brambletye, Michael Hall, Ardingly College, Bede's and Brighton College. A number of private schools offer bus services for students which stop in the village.         

All distances and journey times are approximate.

Description

Acer House is an attractive detached modern family home, designed with Georgian-style detailing and occupying a generous plot of just under half an acre. Set in the heart of the highly regarded Maresfield Park private estate, the house is approached via an electronically operated five-bar gate opening to a sweeping gravel driveway. Well-presented throughout, the house offers a pleasing and practical layout, centred around a generous entrance hall and complemented by well-proportioned rooms ideally suited to everyday family life and entertaining alike.

The house is classically styled, with a symmetrical façade incorporating twin bay windows, a pedimented portico porch with Doric columns and Georgian-style double-glazed windows with glazing bars. Inside, the house extends to nearly 2,600 square feet including the integral garage, with light-filled living spaces and four well-proportioned bedrooms arranged over the first floor.

The ground floor accommodation lies off a central tiled entrance hall with a turned staircase rising to a galleried landing. There are two formal reception rooms: a dining room with bay window, decorative coving and a tiled floor, and a dual-aspect sitting room with matching tiled floor, French doors to the rear terrace and a wide bay overlooking the garden. A focal point of the room is a marble fireplace with carved surround, set with a coal-effect gas fire and flanked by two elegant triangular oriel windows.

Also to the front is a generous study, again with a bay window and tiled floor, which could serve equally well as a playroom or third reception room. At the rear of the house is a well-appointed kitchen and breakfast room with wooden flooring and a range of contemporary high-gloss units under composite worktops and matching uprisers. Integrated appliances include a Caple sink, Rangemaster oven with five-ring gas hob, Bosch microwave, coffee machine and dishwasher, along with a fridge and freezer. An archway opens to a breakfast area with space for a table or seating, and French doors open directly to the garden. The kitchen is served by a utility room fitted with matching units, with space for laundry appliances and a wine fridge, a door to the side of the house and internal access to the integral garage. A cloakroom completes the ground floor.

Upstairs, the L-shaped galleried landing leads to four good-sized bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes. The principal suite is accessed via a dressing area fitted with drawers and a built-in wardrobe, leading to a double bedroom with further wardrobes and an en suite bathroom with twin basins set into a marble surround, a corner bath and separate shower. Bedroom two makes an ideal guest suite, with its own en suite shower room. Bedrooms three and four overlook the garden and are served by a family bathroom.

Outside
Acer House is set well back from the road, approached by a gravel drive ahead of the house and integral double garage. Mature hedging provides a sense of privacy, with sweeping lawns to the front and mature trees including a magnolia and a magnificent oak. Gated access at both sides of the house leads to the rear garden where a wide paved terrace spans the rear elevation, with steps up to the sitting room. From the terrace is an expanse of level lawn edged by hedging, fencing and a brick wall. A small stone patio set into the lawn features an ornamental pond and waterfall, and a rose bed sits in the corner. A beautiful acer gives the house its name and provides a striking focal point.

In all, just under half an acre.