Location

Situated in the heart of a working vineyard, in rural countryside approximately 3.6 miles to the southwest of East Grinstead. East Grinstead offers a range of high street shops, supermarkets including Waitrose, a station and leisure facilities.   
Leisure: golf at Royal Ashdown, Mannings Park and Copthorne, sailing at Weir Wood and a variety of local and county sports clubs to suit all ages and abilities.   
Racing is available at Plumpton, Lingfield and Goodwood, with show jumping at Hickstead. There are miles of footpaths and bridleways across the surrounding countryside, and the South Downs National Park and Ashdown Forest are accessible by car.   
Spa and country house hotels include Gravetye Manor (which can be reached directly from Lowen Barn via public footpaths), Alexander House, Ashdown Park, South Lodge and Ockenden Manor.
Sussex is ideal for food and drink enthusiasts: there are many renowned gastro pubs and Michelin accredited restaurants locally, and the region is at the heart of England's emerging wine scene.
Kingscote Wine Estate has a bar and café, and the Bluebell Railway heritage steam railway passes through the estate.   Sussex offers a vibrant cultural scene, with world-class opera at Glyndebourne, and the annual Brighton Festival presenting a huge programme of theatre, dance, classical music and literary events.      
Transport: Rail services from East Grinstead to London Victoria from 56 minutes; fast trains from both Three Bridges (7.6 miles), and Gatwick Airport (nine miles) to London Bridge and Victoria.
The A23/M23 and A22 give access to Gatwick airport, the south coast and the M25.      
All times and distances are approximate.

Description

Situated at the end of a long, private track in the glorious vineyard setting of a prestigious working wine estate in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural beauty, Lowen Barn is a charming barn conversion with mainly beautiful sandstone and brick elevations under a tiled roof. This property is believed to date from around 1850 and was originally an agricultural building; it was sympathetically converted to a residential property in 2007 and acquired by the current owners in 2012.

Lowen Barn offers spacious and well-presented accommodation, principally arranged on the ground floor. The main living space is open-plan, and cleverly zoned into distinct areas. There is a large living/dining room with a vaulted ceiling set with electrically operated roof-lights, beams, and a wood burning stove; this light and bright room is separated from the kitchen/breakfast room by a stained-glass partition.

The bespoke kitchen has a good range of free-standing, handcrafted wood units, arranged under a fixed wood countertop, and offering the option to reconfigure if required. There is space for a range cooker and plumbing for a dishwasher; there are bifold doors to the largely south southeast facing terrace, creating an excellent flow between inside and out.

Beyond the living room is a useful utility room, with a sink and space for laundry appliances; it also houses the energy efficient ground source heat pump which provides both hot water and services the zoned ground-floor underfloor heating.

The rear hallway leads in turn to a family bathroom, two bedrooms and the principal bedroom suite, a vaulted room with fitted wardrobes and an en suite shower room. On the first floor are two further bedrooms, one of which is currently used as an office.

Outside Lowen Barn is approached from the private track via a five bar gate which opens to a parking area at the head of the drive. The drive winds downwards past a productive orchard and kitchen garden to a further parking area and to the detached timber framed workshop, which has power connected and could be used as an office if required.
Adjoining the barn's long, south southeast elevation is a broad sandstone terrace, sheltered by a rockery planted with spring flowers, which rises up towards the elevated lawn, and offering space for table and chairs.

Beyond the workshop is an enclosed former 16th Century iron working, now a wildlife pond, with steep banks to one side, and surrounded by mature trees including oaks.

At the top of the bank is a path connecting the parking to the lawn; the elevated lawn offers a wonderful vantage point to enjoy the extensive views of the surrounding vineyard, the countryside and the heritage Bluebell Steam Railway, an ideal spot on a sunny day.

About 0.78 of an acre.

Directions

The postcode does not lead to the property, but will take you to the wine estate surrounding it.
From Vowels Lane, once on the private track, follow signs for Kingscote Wine Estate and after about a mile pass under the railway viaduct. The track will divide, keep forward with the large barn on the left. Keep forward, passing The Coach House and The Old Dairy on your right and the track leading to Lowen Barn is signposted on the right. Follow the track up to its peak and turn right into Lowen Barn's drive.
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