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Guide Price£1,000,000

Hanging Birch Lane, Horam

Land size
1.5 acres
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • Privately located closed to Horam village
  • Heathfield town about 2.5 miles
  • Detached Edwardian family house
  • High ceilings and excellent natural light
  • Ground floor annexe potential
  • Cart lodge garaging and ample parking
  • Integral office
  • Excellent detached Studio
  • Established mature gardens
  • In all about 1.5 acres

Description

**Guide Price £1,000,000 - £1,200,000**
A very appealing Edwardian family house, providing versatile well-presented accommodation, part of which could be formed into a small annexe, together with a detached Studio, excellent garaging and established grounds of about 1.5 acres.

Griffins is a very appealing detached Edwardian family house, providing comfortable and well-appointed accommodation. The elevations are brick, pebble-dash rendered, colour washed white beneath a tiled roof.
There are high ceilings and excellent natural light, together with oil-fired central heating (new Worcester boiler 2024) and sealed unit double glazed windows.
Part of the ground floor accommodation could be formed into a small annexe comprising sitting area, bedroom and shower room.
The main features are:
Front door to entrance vestibule with door to the hall. Cloakroom with wash basin and WC.
From the hall, double glass-panelled doors open into the study which has an Edwardian fireplace and windows to the side.
The drawing room has a handsome open fireplace with multi-fuel stove set in a white-painted surround, flanked on either side by cupboards to half height and bookshelves above. It also has a square bay window together with french doors leading to the garden, a further open fireplace with brick surround and hearth, and a door leading to the conservatory,.
The good sized conservatory has a ceramic tiled floor and doors at either end leading out to the terrace and garden.
The open-plan kitchen/breakfast room has a woodburner in a tiled recess and has handmade units comprising 1½ bowl sink, granite and beech work surfaces, some with storage shelves beneath, range of cupboards and drawers, American-style fridge freezer, integrated dishwasher, Rangemaster electric cooker with induction hob, two electric ovens and extractor hood above.
From the kitchen there are two steps down to the adjacent dining/family area with a tiled floor and double doors to the terrace. The utility room has a stainless steel sink and a range of cupboards, plumbing for a washing machine and door to the garden.
From the dining/family area a door leads to accommodation that could be formed into a small annexe, and currently provides sitting area with doors to the terrace, bedroom 5 and shower room with basin, WC and shower cubicle.
The first floor has a spacious landing with Bedroom 1 having a range of cupboards along one wall with fitted hanging space and shelving. En suite shower room with tiled walls, walk-in shower, basin and WC.
Bedroom 2 has a further range of wardrobe cupboards and is adjacent to the large family bathroom with bath having shower fitting, separate shower cubicle, basin with cupboard under, WC, airing cupboard with new hot water cylinder and electric immersion heater.
In addition there are two further bedrooms.

Outside
The gardens and grounds form a private and established setting, being approached through electric gates to a large gravelled parking area.
The traditional style cart lodge garaging is timber framed, weather boarded with a tiled roof, and provides two car garaging with electric roller blind doors, and with an excellent integral office.
Adjacent to the house is a wide paved terrace, large patio, well and sweeping lawns incorporating an ornamental pond with adjacent summer house and decked sitting out area.
Beyond is a machinery barn, combined garden shed/greenhouse, fruit cage, a number of raised vegetable beds, a selection of established fruit trees and areas of lawn/natural woodland including red oak, cedar and hornbeam, leading to the excellent purpose-built STUDIO which is fully insulated with electricity connected and has tinted glass windows, raised decking and overlooks a natural pond.
In all about 1.5 acres

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
G
Date Posted
2026-08-01

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,937 Homes with Land listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£666,667 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £307,144 / 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
60 D
66 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
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

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 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 29% of premises

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

  • Maynards Green Community Primary School0.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    205
    Type
    Community school
  • Parkside Community Primary School1.8 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    225
    Type
    Community school
  • 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
  • All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School2.2 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    86
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Punnetts Town Community Primary and Nursery School3.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    121
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Heathfield Community College2.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,416
    Type
    Community school
  • Hailsham Academy5.2 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    2 to 18
    Pupils
    1,577
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Uckfield College6.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,671
    Type
    Community school
  • King's Academy Ringmer8.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    659
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Beacon Academy8.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,642
    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

Co-op Horam High Street, Horam843 metres
Waitrose Heathfield, Heathfield, East Sussex2 miles
Co-op Heathfield, Heathfield, East Sussex2.1 miles

GP surgery

Quintins Medical Centre4.6 miles

Pharmacy

Manor Pharmacy917 metres

Hospital

Amberstone Hospital4.4 miles

Green space

Playing Field797 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

Buxted Rail Station5.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Cherry Tree Court831 metres

Typical drive times

Hailsham10 min · 6 miles
Polegate13 min · 9.1 miles
Uckfield17 min · 9.2 miles
Heathfield6 min · 2.8 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)42 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

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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