Wych Cross, Forest Row, RH18

A detached family house of character on a large secluded plot adjacent to the Ashdown Forest with a separate detached barn sympathetically converted to provide thoughtfully planned ancillary accommodation, exceptionally spacious and light, to the main residence. The property stands a few hundred yards south of Wych Cross with a gated entrance into the mature grounds, with the 6,400 acres of heath/woodland comprising Ashdown Forest opposite. The house comprises a character Victorian home with a spacious and light interior which has been modernised and enlarged in keeping to offer modern living in good decorative order throughout. There is an extensive and exceptionally well equipped kitchen/breakfast room comprising good worktop space with cupboards and drawers below, inset hob and hood above, arranged over two levels including a breakfast area with doors overlooking the rear garden, The remainder of the ground floor comprises a large living room with large wood burner linked to the central heating and water, double aspect dining room, and study/bedroom 4. On the first floor there are three bedrooms, an en suite bathroom, and shower room. The current Vendors have carried out a stunning conversion of a stone barn within the gardens to provide a delightful and beautifully equipped secondary residence finished to an exceptionally high standard providing additional accommodation to the main home. Arranged over two floors this has two bedrooms and two bath/shower rooms, together with a thirty one foot open plan living room/kitchen which is exceptionally well fitted and has doors to the gardens. The established grounds have a wide variety of mature shrubs and established trees including banks of colourful rhododendrons and azaleas, lawns, gravelled driveway and electric entrance gates. The gardens surround the house providing seclusion and extend to around 1.6 acres. There is extensive driveway parking together with a double garage with light, power and water .

The house is well placed for access to a number of major towns including East Grinstead, Crawley, Tunbridge Wells, Uckfield and Haywards Heath all of which provide extensive shopping and rail services to a variety of London Stations. Gatwick Airport/Station and access to the M23 motorway is within twenty miles. Bus services close by operate to the village of Forest Row, three miles, with its exceptionally wide variety of local shops, specialist stores, cafes and restaurants. The area is also well known for its good selection of both state and private schools.

Directions. From Forest Row proceed south on the A22, over the traffic lights at Wych Cross and take the drive on the left immediately after the bus stop and entrance to Bens Gutters.

Garden

Large secluded and mature plot of around one and a half acres (tbv)