fordlands BATTLE • EAST

FordlandS BATTLE • • TN33 9BT

An impressive country house in a private rural location with fabulous far reaching views

Reception hall • Drawing room • Sitting room Dining room • Conservatory • Smallbone kitchen/breakfast room Walk-in larder • Utility/laundry room • Wine cellar Master bedroom suite with dressing room Guest bedroom suite • 5 further bedrooms 2 further bathrooms • Second Floor – Attic storage

Adjoining and separate garage block • Potting shed

Beautiful gardens and grounds • Long tree-lined drive Far reaching views • Swimming pool

In all about 7.2 acres

Crowhurst 1.4 miles • Battle 4.25 miles ( Bridge 1 hour 10 minutes) • 5 miles • 13.5 miles Tunbridge Wells 28 miles • London 62 miles (Distances and times are approximate)

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Situation Fordlands is situated between the villages of and Crowhurst in a beautiful rural setting. The house sits in an elevated position just below the brow of the hill, and commands far reaching views over the surrounding countryside, and in parts towards the sea. The historic town of Battle, famed for its connection to 1066, is well known for the pretty abbey and enchanting High Street, with shops and amenities serving all the usual day-to-day needs. Hastings and Eastbourne are both easily accessible providing a further comprehensive range of shopping, social and cultural amenities. Communications in the area are well served with the A21 being a short drive away, giving access to the south coast, to , Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and the M25 motorway network to the north. The A27 south coast road and the A259 are also important arterial links. There are regular fast train links from Battle to London Bridge and London Charing Cross taking approximately 1 hour 10 minutes and 1 hour 19 minutes respectively.

The area is well served with schools both in the private and state sectors, private schools include St Leonards-Mayfield School, Battle Abbey, Buxted and Eastbourne College.

Leisure activities in the area include riding and walking in the surrounding countryside, golf at the East Sussex National at , Dale Hill at Ticehurst, racing at Plumpton, Goodwood, Lingfield and , sailing on the Kent and Sussex Coasts.

Description Fordlands is an ideal country family house, and is believed to date from around the mid-19th Century, and is constructed of brick and rendered elevations under a slate roof.

The accommodation is well arranged, being predominantly over two floors. The rooms are all of good proportions with high ceilings. The ground floor rooms are particularly spacious and arranged around a central reception hall with access to all the principal rooms.

Features of the property include:- Large two-part drawing room and adjoining conservatory, as well as the sitting room. All three rooms have excellent views over the gardens and beyond. The large three-quarter height Victorian windows mean the rooms are very light

The kitchen/breakfast room is a totally bespoke Smallbone kitchen with a four-door aga and numerous floor and wall-mounted cupboards and drawers. There is a spacious larder with slate tops, and doors lead out on to the entertaining terrace to the side of the house

There is a considerable amount of period Victorian detailing throughout the house, including arched recesses, beautiful black and white tiled floors, working shutters, and decorated working fireplaces

Large amounts of storage space throughout

Outside The house is approached down a long gravelled carriage driveway flanked by mature Scots Pine trees. The gardens have been specifically designed and landscaped and complement the house on all sides.

To the front of the house, sloping away on the south side, are a series of immature formal tiered walled gardens planted up with beautiful specimen shrubs. The gardens are made up of a mixture of formal and informal areas interspersed with mature trees. There is a picturesque orchard and an outdoor heated swimming pool with paved surround. The drive sweeps round past the front of the house beyond the garage block to a secondary access.

N.B. There is a right of way over the very top section of the secondary drive for the neighbouring property.

Energy Performance Certificate

Fordlands Dwelling type: Detached house Crowhurst Road Date of assessment: 06 October 2009 Catsfield Date of certificate: 06 October 2009 BATTLE Reference number: 9966-2886-6305-0301-4361 TN33 9BT Total floor area: 507 m² This homeʼs performance is rated in terms of the energy use per square metre of floor area, energy efficiency based on fuel costs and environmental impact based on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Energy Efficiency Rating Environmental Impact (CO2) Rating

The energy efficiency rating is a measure of the The environmental impact rating is a measure of a overall efficiency of a home. The higher the rating homeʼs impact on the environment in terms of the more energy efficient the home is and the lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The higher the the fuel bills are likely to be. rating the less impact it has on the environment.

Estimated energy use, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and fuel costs of this home

Current Potential Energy use 355 kWh/m² per year 266 kWh/m² per year Carbon dioxide emissions 38 tonnes per year 28 tonnes per year Lighting £508 per year £266 per year Heating £5180 per year £3935 per year Hot water £354 per year £276 per year Based on standardised assumptions about occupancy, heating patterns and geographical location, the above table provides an indication of how much it will cost to provide lighting, heating and hot water to this home. The fuel costs only take into account the cost of fuel and not any associated service, maintenance or safety inspection. This certificate has been provided for comparative purposes only and enables one home to be compared with another. Always check the date the certificate was issued, because fuel prices can increase over time and energy saving recommendations will evolve. To see how this home can achieve its potential rating please see the recommended measures.

This EPC and recommendations report may be given to the Energy Saving Trust to provide you with information on improving your dwellingʼs energy performance. For advice on how to take action and to find out about offers available to help make your home more energy efficient, call 0800 512 012 or visit www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/myhome

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Viewings Strictly by prior appointment through the owner’s sole agents.

Local Authority Council Tel: 01424 787878

Directions From London take the A21 Hastings Road. Take the A2100 into Battle and to avoid the town, turn right onto the A271 signposted and Eastbourne. After about 1½ miles, turn left into Catsfield Road (B2204) and on entering Catsfield turn sharp left into Church Lane which becomes Church Road. Keep following the road round to the left, and Fordlands will be found on the right hand side.

Services The services, including central heating, electrical equipment and all other appliances have not been tested and no warranty can be given that they are in working order even where described in these particulars. Intending purchasers should make their own enquiries of the suppliers of services and make their own arrangements to have appliances tested in order to satisfy themselves that they are in working order.

Services Water 4 Mains Central Heating 4 Oil-fired Electricity 4 Mains Drainage 4 Private

Fixtures and fittings All those items regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, together with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Important Notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or 01892 515035 its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs Churchill House, 85 Mount Pleasant Road show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1PX approximate only. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary [email protected] planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change KnightFrank.co.uk without notice. Particulars dated September 2014. Photographs dated September 2014. Ref: APH/TJP 345850. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names.