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Guide Price£1,575,000

Meres Lane, Cross in Hand

Land size
7.69 acres
Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
4

Key Features

  • Impressive family home 4713 sq. ft
  • 7.69 acres of with equestrian facilities
  • Glorious southerly views over Sussex countryside
  • Substantial modern barn building, stable block
  • Elevated rural location between Mayfield and Heathfield
  • Double garage with storage room over
  • Extensive parking and driveways

Description

**Guide Price £1,575,000 - £1,650,000**
A substantial modern country house, located down a country lane in an elevated rural location between Mayfield and Heathfield, with an excellent range of outbuildings and equestrian facilities with glorious views over Sussex countryside - in all about 7.69 acres

Description
Ridgeview House is a most spacious modern country house with adaptable family accommodation, set in an elevated rural position with commanding southerly views towards Broad Oak. The landscaped gardens are ideal for entertaining with a feeling of light and space. The property is surrounded by its own land, amounting to 7.69 acres.
The main features of the property include:
• The house opens into an Impressive reception hall with oak flooring, and a striking central oak staircase. Triple aspect drawing room, central brick fireplace with log burner. light and French oak flooring.
• Three further good sized reception rooms on the ground floor including a spacious family room with bifold doors to the rear terrace. Stairs to Study.
• Large kitchen/breakfast room is a superb family space that is open to both the dining room and the rear conservatory. Together, creating a free flowing area ideal for everyday living and entertaining, overlooking the rear terrace.
The kitchen, has ceramic tiled flooring, wood units to all sides and a double sink beneath the rear windows. A substantial central island provides excellent working space and incorporates twin sinks, two ovens with warming drawers and an induction hob. Adjacent is a useful utility room.
• The grand staircase rises to two floors.
• On the first floor the master bedroom — a good sized room, with a dressing room, built in wardrobes and en suite bathroom.enjoying far reaching views. There are 5 further bedrooms, and a family bathroom and shower room. The
second floor provides 2 futher bedrooms, each with its own ensuite bathroom.
Outside
There is a driveway which splits into two, one spur of which leads through a double opening to gates to a large parking area in front of the double garage with storage room over, Adjoining the rear of the house is a broad paved terrace with dwarf walls and steps leading down to a rectangular ornamental pond and a gravel garden and rose bed. There is an excellent outside kitchen/bar with light and power connected and a sink unit and work surfaces. This area is perfect for al fresco dining and outside entertaining. The garden is laid to lawn with a central mature oak tree and there are well stocked herbaceous borders.The second spur of the driveway sweeps around the rear of the garden to the stable block of 3 loose boxes
and tarmac yard to the front. To the side of this is a very useful portal framed barn with light and power connected and double opening doors to the front. The land is divided into 2 paddocks and is part post and rail. All weather arena.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-07-28

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 469 Homes with Land listings in South East England (5+ acres).

This Property£204,811 / acre
Homes with Land Average (5+ acres) £136,911 / 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
56 D
57 D

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

  • Five Ashes CofE Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    53
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    379
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Mark's Church of England Primary School2.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    58
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Mayfield Church of England Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    133
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Parkside Community Primary School2.8 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    225
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Heathfield Community College2.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,416
    Type
    Community school
  • Beacon Academy4.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,642
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Uckfield College5.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,671
    Type
    Community school
  • Uplands Academy6.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    699
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hailsham Academy8.9 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    2 to 18
    Pupils
    1,577
    Type
    Academy converter

* 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

Budgens Isenhurst, Cross-in-Hand1.4 miles
Co-op Heathfield, Heathfield, East Sussex1.8 miles
Tesco Heathfield Station Rd Express, Heathfield, East Sussex1.9 miles

GP surgery

Woodhill Surgery2 miles

Pharmacy

Procter Health Care Pharmacy1.9 miles

Hospital

Crowborough War Memorial Hospital5 miles

Green space

Playing Field833 metres

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

Crowborough Rail Station4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Frog Hole Lane944 metres

Typical drive times

Uckfield15 min · 7.5 miles
Wadhurst17 min · 7.8 miles
Heathfield7 min · 3 miles
Crowborough17 min · 7.7 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)43 min · 23 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

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

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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