Location

Firgrove Oast is located between the villages of Cross-in-Hand and Waldron, reached within 0.9 miles and 1.4 miles respectively, to the west of the market town of Heathfield, reached within 2.6 miles, which offers town shopping, cafes, restaurants and supermarkets, with the larger towns of Tunbridge Wells and Lewes, both approximately 14 miles, and Eastbourne on the coast within approximately 18 miles. Buxted station (Southern Rail) is approximately 6.7 miles, or Stonegate (South East Rail) is approximately 9 miles.

Heathfield also has several supermarkets including a Waitrose, animal feed store, selection of shops, farmers' market, cafes, takeaways, dentist and doctors' surgeries. The property is located within the High Weald National Landscape.

There are village primary schools at Cross-in-Hand and Blackboys, with secondary schooling at Heathfield Community College, approximately 3.6 miles. Skippers Hill Manor preparatory school at Five Ashes is approximately 3.5 miles and Battle Abbey, which also has a senior school, is approximately 14.5 miles. For senior schools, there are co-ed options at Eastbourne, Brighton and Upper Dicker (Bedes), Mayfield for girls and Tonbridge for boys.

Cross in Hand has a well-regarded bakers, a private members health club, rugby and tennis clubs, whilst Waldron is a smaller village, offering a cricket club and with a very pretty centre, featuring a 12th century village church and the Star Inn, dating back to the 17th century. There are other villages around, set in fine countryside, with a number of good local pubs, country pursuits, golf at the East Sussex National and Piltdown and horse racing at Plumpton, Lingfield and Brighton.

The nearby towns of Crowborough and Tunbridge Wells offer more extensive shopping, entertainment and leisure facilities, reached within about 8 miles and 12 miles respectively. Alternatively, Lewes is reached within about 15 miles and Eastbourne on the coast in approximately 18 miles. The smaller villages of Rotherfield and Five Ashes are also nearby.

Description

A striking and immaculate detached four bedroom character oast house, nicely set in a walled garden enclosure of about half an acre.

In addition, the property benefits from a large corner outbuilding to the front of the plot, offering significant secondary space in the form of a a triple garage, together with a large, adjacent studio room, and also access up to a gym and office space, which is located above the garage. This secondary building is only currently converted to a basic level, so offers considerable further potential for any incoming purchaser.

In contrast, the unlisted oast house itself is immaculate throughout and attractively fitted out to a high standard, with double glazing throughout. This is a very pretty building, originally thought to have been converted in the 1970's, with attractive brick elevations in 'Flemish Garden Wall Bond', with blue headers, all set under a pitch tiled roof. The accommodation is very well balanced throughout, with generous reception rooms linked by a spacious central reception hall and stairs, which is accessed from an impressive and recently constructed, oak framed entrance porch. In addition downstairs, there is a good size fitted kitchen/breakfast room, with a modern style painted units and oak worktops, centred around a Rangemaster stove with induction hob, integral extractor and matching splash back. Also, a generous utility room, plus two bedrooms to one end, served by a shower room. Upstairs there are two further bedrooms, including a large principal room, both served by a full bathroom, with separate shower.

Features of note include the parquet flooring and exposed roundel brickwork to the reception hall, the heavy ceiling beam and the wood burning stove to the sitting room and the high beamed ceiling to the roundel dining room.

The walled garden surround is a stunning feature and creates a feeling of privacy and security, with extensive entertainment patios, lawns, driveway, hedging and mature trees, including a rare, weeping silver birch and cherry blossoms' to the front, with fruit trees and further silver birch to the rear. Tucked away behind the outbuilding, the property enjoys a private, un-heated swimming pool. There is also a greenhouse and composting bays, with mature trees and hedging to the boundaries.

Directions

Postcode: TN21 0QL - Take the A267 south from Tunbridge Wells, reaching Cross in Hand soon after passing through the village of Five Ashes. Turn directly right into the High Street opposite the Shell/Budgens filling station, just before David Salmon furniture and proceed past the bakers on the left, turning next left into Firgrove Road. Proceed out of the village, along this road, heading in the direction of Waldron. Look out for the property on the right, just past the left turn called Brown's lane, in approximately 0.6 miles. The farmhouse is first, then the oast is next.

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