Location

The Presbytery is approximately 1.5 miles from the centre of the High Street within the pretty village of Burwash, which benefits from a range of excellent local amenities including a general store with post office, butchers, florist, public houses, a highly regarded primary school with an "Outstanding" Ofsted report, playing fields and medical centre. The surrounding area is superb for cycling and walking being within the High Weald National Landscape. National Trust property, Batemans, former home to Rudyard Kipling is very nearby with a wonderful network of footpaths surrounding the grounds.

The house is also well-placed for a number of pretty villages and the amenities, pubs and cafés they offer including Tottingworth Farm Shop and Cafe in Broad Oak, The Star Inn, Old Heathfield, King John's Nursery on the outskirts of Etchingham, which also has a Farmer's Market once a month, Lakedown Tap Room on Swife Lane, which is a delightful setting for walks, to enjoy the locally produced beer and food pop-ups and The Wheel Inn, just 1.2 miles away.

More extensive shopping and leisure amenities can be found in Heathfield (approximately 6.4 miles) and the historic town of Battle (approximately 11 miles). Tunbridge Wells, with its period architecture, excellent shopping centre and extensive retail park is reached within approximately 13.5 miles.

Mainline rail services: Stonegate (about 2.7 miles) has journey times to London Bridge from 59 minutes, London Charing Cross from 70 minutes, Etchingham station (about 4 miles).

Excellent educational opportunities can be found in the area at both primary and secondary levels, in the private and state sectors. These include primary schools in Burwash, Etchingham and Stonegate. Preparatory schools include Saint Ronans, Vinehall and Marlborough House. Senior schools include Benenden School, Battle Abbey, St Leonards Mayfield, Heathfield and Wadhurst Community colleges and further afield there are schools in Eastbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks.

Leisure/sporting facilities include a number of premium quality golf courses; Rye, East Sussex National, Dale Hill and The Nevill. Sailing, fishing, riding, walking and mountain bike trails at Bewl Water and a climbing and activity centre in Bedgebury Forest and Pinetum are also nearby. The South Downs National Park and coastline can also be reached within approximately 18.1 miles.

Motorway links: The M25 via the A21 can be accessed at J5 providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airports and other motorways.

Description

Approaching 3200 sq ft, The Presbytery provides generously proportioned accommodation set across four floors and retains much character and period features, including high ceilings, deep skirting boards, feature fireplaces, decorative cornicing, wood panelling and sash windows, which is now complemented and enhanced by a high standard of presentation throughout.

Our clients have taken on their custodial role of the property with pride, with considerable improvements that include: a new roof; a new boiler with Hive-controlled heating system; new bath/shower rooms, redecoration and recarpeting throughout and Google Nest Protect smoke/CO2 alarms fitted throughout.

On entering the house the impressive reception hall leads to the generous and flexible reception space that can be configured and used to suit individual needs; currently arranged to provide a more formal sitting room to the front of the house with a feature fireplace and log burner and a wonderful bay window overlooking to the gardens to the front of the house. There is a more relaxed, cosy, family room again with fireplace and log burner, a sizeable dining room and in addition a nearly 30ft long conservatory to the side of the house with direct access onto the terrace and gardens, which is ideal for entertaining on a grand scale.

The comfortable, welcoming, farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room is on the lower ground floor with painted wooden wall and base units and co-ordinating solid wooden worktops providing good storage and preparation space, with plenty of room for a family-sized dining table. There is also a very useful walk-in larder cupboard. Adjoining the kitchen is a further good sized room, used by our clients as a home gym. This room could be used for any number of uses with a further shower room also on this floor. There is a separate utility/boot room with plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer and direct access to the garden.

The first floor is home to four generous bedrooms, the principal bedroom with views to the front and en suite shower room, with three further bedrooms served by the stylish family bathroom.

The second floor houses the fifth bedroom with wonderful elevated views, and the well-appointed shower room and a sixth bedroom currently used as a separate study, which is an ideal retreat at the top of the house from which to work from home.

Outside - The Presbytery offers a wonderful and surprising sum of parts. A private, long and sweeping drive leads up to the house from Spring Lane to the parking area, which can accommodate numerous vehicles. There are more formal and well-established gardens to the front of the house, with different seating areas and terraces from which to enjoy the sunshine and views. Well-stocked beds, shrubs and planting providing much colour and interest and including a selection of mature fruit trees.

To the rear of the property there is a large expanse of meadow with some woodland to the boundary and an all-weather tennis court. There is a useful timber workshop/store and the meadow is also home to solar panels. In all the gardens and grounds amount to approximately 3.165 acres.

Whilst detached, the house is neighboured by the private and gated period conversion of apartments at Southover Place. Originally Southover Place was a seminary for an order of monks and latterly formed part of the boys school to which The Presbytery was the Victorian school house. The properties work in harmony together with a shared place in local history.

Directions

Postcode - TN19 7JA.

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