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Holtye, Cowden, Edenbridge, East Sussex, TN8

Land size
1.25 acres
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • Detached Country House, Well Presented Accommodation, Far Reaching Views, Beautiful Gardens and Grounds Totalling 1.25acres, Tennis Court, Ancillary Accommodation, Detached Garaging with (truncated)

Description

A delightful country house with a separate detached annexe situated in a peaceful and rural setting enjoying far reaching views.

The accommodation has benefited from recent improvements to provides a delightful family home with well proportioned rooms arranged over two floors enjoying an abundance of natural light and character features including an open fireplace in the drawing room. The gardens and grounds are a particular highlight of this property and have undergone a complete transformation offering excellent entertainment space, tennis court and areas of lawn flanked by established planting.

The ground floor comprises of a welcoming entrance hall with under stairs storage and access to the cloakroom. The double aspect drawing room provides a lovely light space with a central brick fireplace with a cast iron grate and hood with a tiled hearth, double doors open out to the rear terrace. The triple aspect and open plan kitchen/dining room offers an extensive range of fitted cupboards with complimentary worksurfaces, space for utilities, extensive storage and doors opening out to the sunny rear terrace. The family room completes the ground floor.

The first floor provides the double aspect primary bedroom with fitted cupboards and an en suite bathroom, there are 3 further double bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Further accommodation is available in the detached annexe with a large open plan kitchen/reception room, double bedroom and bathroom. Part of the annexe is currently used as a garage but is considered to offer potential to be converted into a further bedroom with en suite if required and subject to planning.

There is off road parking available to the front of the property along with access to the detached double garage and further garage/storage space in the annexe.

The garden and grounds total approximately 1.25 acres and offer complete privacy along with outstanding rural views. The elevated and substantial paved terrace to the rear offers wonderful outside dining and entertaining space. The brick pillared pergola makes a wonderful new feature to garden and overlooks the areas of rolling lawn which lead down to the established kitchen garden with raised beds, fruit cages and a greenhouse. The garden is enclosed by mature hedging and interspersed with specimen trees, has well stocked borders and a charming summerhouse with power and light, offering the perfect spot to relax and enjoy views over the grounds. The tennis court has been well maintained and sits to the side of the main house.

The property occupies an idyllic, rural setting, surrounded by woodland and open countryside. Royal Tunbridge Wells is approximately 8 miles distance offers a comprehensive range of shopping, eateries and recreational amenities, whilst the smaller town of Edenbridge to the north has a Waitrose store, a leisure centre and sports clubs, and a primary school.

Commuters can access services at Cowden train station for journeys to London Bridge and train services also run from East Grinstead to London Victoria. For road-users, there is easy access to Junction 6 of the M25 for links to the major road networks. Well-regarded schooling in the vicinity includes Brambletye, Lingfield College and Michael Hall Steiner School.

Electric Car Charging Point
Oil fired central heating and solar panels.
Private Drainage.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
H
Date Posted
2026-04-09

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,874 Homes with Land listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£1,000,000 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £303,753 / acre
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Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

Very energy efficient - lower running costs
CurrentPotential
(92+)A
(81-91)B
(69-80)C
(55-68)D
(39-54)E
(21-38)F
(1-20)G
85 B
105 A

Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)

Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School1.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    81
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Ashurst Wood Primary School2.6 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Michael's Primary School2.7 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    74
    Type
    Community school
  • Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery3.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    199
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Estcots Primary School3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    403
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Sackville School3.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,525
    Type
    Community school
  • Imberhorne School5.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,558
    Type
    Community school
  • Beacon Academy6.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,642
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bennett Memorial Diocesan School7.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,913
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School7.5 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,123
    Type
    Foundation school
    Gender
    Girls

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Forest Row Esso Express, Forest Row3 miles
Co-op Forest Row, Forest Row3 miles
Cook East Grinstead, East Grinstead4.2 miles

GP surgery

Ashdown Forest Health Centre3.1 miles

Pharmacy

Ashdown Pharmacy3 miles

Hospital

Queen Victoria Hospital4 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Cowden Rail Station2.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

The White House899 metres

Typical drive times

Edenbridge15 min · 6.3 miles
Crowborough21 min · 9.2 miles
East Grinstead15 min · 5.8 miles
Royal Tunbridge Wells21 min · 9.4 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)58 min · 32 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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