The Oast House Priory, Rushlake Green, Heathfield, East , TN21 9RG THE OAST HOUSE • Entrance Hall • Family Bathroom • 2 Bedrooms • Drawing Room • Shower Room • 1 Bathroom A quite unique stone-built Grade II Listed period house situated in a • Dining Room • 2 Attic Rooms • Beautiful gardens including wonderful rural but not isolated location with a recently constructed • Study • Excellent Studio/Annexe grass tennis court and detached studio/annexe and beautiful park-like gardens and grounds of • Kitchen/Breakfast Room (minor works to complete) historic chapel ruins • Cloak/Utility Room comprising: • In all about 1.3 acres about 1.3 acres. • 4 Bedrooms (one with en • Sitting Room suite shower room) • Kitchen/Breakfast Room AMENITIES The Oast House at Warbleton Priory is in an excellent location being in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and set at the end of a shared drive of 0.7 miles. There are three other properties nearby although The Oast House has a good degree of privacy, particularly in the gardens which form an idyllic setting.

The popular and friendly village of Rushlake Green is 1.6 miles with a village green surrounded by interesting period houses and cottages, a public house and general store, and in addition there are many village activities including amateur dramatics and horticultural society The town of Heathfield is some 5.3 miles and provides an excellent range of shops, two supermarkets and other amenities.

Stonegate station (London Bridge/Charing Cross) is about 9.2 miles and station (London Victoria) is some 11.5 miles. Tunbridge Wells and the coast at Eastbourne are both about 18 miles.

State and private schools within reach include Dallington & Punnetts Town primary schools, Heathfield Community College; Vinehall at Robertsbridge; Battle Abbey at Battle; St Leonards girls’ school at Mayfield and Bede’s at Upper Dicker.

DESCRIPTION The Oast House is a special and somewhat unique detached Grade II Listed period house with attractive stone elevations beneath a tiled roof. The house is believed to date in part from the 15th century and has been modernised in recent years to an exceptional standard to form a comfortable, well-insulated, and beautifully presented family home whilst retaining many period features.

The front door opens into an entrance hall with a cloak/utility room to one side. The drawing room has a fireplace with stone surround and wood burner, jute carpeting and leads through to the dining room which is within the roundel. The adjacent kitchen/breakfast room has a range of cupboards, butler’s sink, 4-oven Aga, limestone flooring, space for entertaining and doors to the garden and the rear of the house. Also on the ground floor is a good study with double doors to outside.

On the first floor, the master bedroom has an en suite shower room and there are three further bedrooms, one of which is currently used as a dressing room. The family bathroom is beautifully fitted and has exposed beams, a roll top bath and oak flooring. There is a further separate shower room.

The second floor attic has been carpeted and refurbished to provide a comfortable play/sitting room and a second dressing room.

There is oil fired central heating.

OUTSIDE The gardens and grounds form an idyllic, characterful setting with an electrically operated five bar gate opening onto a drive which culminates in a parking area for several cars.

The gardens are largely laid to lawn and have been divided into various different areas. To the front is a large lawn with the historic chapel ruins forming a wonderful feature. Beside this is a hedge enclosed lawn tennis court.

Nearby is a charming established lime grove and outside the kitchen is a delightful partly walled garden with paved sitting out area and an expanse of lawn, ideal for summer eating and entertaining.

The gardens extend to about 1.3 acres in all. Studio/Annexe THE ANNEXE The current owner built the timber framed detached annexe in 2011 (Planning ref: B/101/0445), the elevations being untreated weatherboard beneath a tiled roof.

Although there are one or two minor elements to finish off, it provides excellent further accommodation comprising three good sized rooms and a shower room on the ground floor and on the first floor a further room measuring 32’ x 13’11.

The annexe is secluded, being some distance from the main house, and has its own small area of garden as well as a spacious sitting out area.

DIRECTIONS

From The Swan Inn at Woods Corner, proceed in a westerly direction on the B2096 towards Heathfield for 1.3 miles then turn left, signposted Rushlake Green. Proceed for 0.4 miles and at the crossroad take the private lane to the left opposite Goldings Lane. Follow this lane for 0.7 miles passing through woodland and farmland. Go through the first electrically operated gate and past Warbleton Priory then proceed through a second electrically operated gate into the grounds for The Oast House which is the last property on the track.

Additional Information:

Local Authority: Council, Vicarage Lane, , , BN27 2AX Telephone: 01892 602010 www. wealden.gov.uk Services (not checked or tested): Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. No mains gas or connection to mains drainage. Links: www.environment-agency.gov.uk, www.highways.gov.uk, www.caa.co.uk, www.landregistry.gov.uk Tenure: Freehold. Land Registry Title Number ESX141036

PRICE ON APPLICATION

VIEWINGS For an appointment to view please contact our Battle Office, telephone 01424 775577

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The Oast House, Warbleton Priory, Rushlake Green, NOTE: Batcheller Monkhouse give notice that: Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9RG 1. These particulars including text, APPROX. GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA 3589 SQ FT 333.4 SQ METRES (EXCLUDES RESTRICTED HEAD HEIGHT) photographs and any plans are for the guidance of prospective purchasers only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact; Denotes restricted 2. The particulars do not constitute any head height part of a Contract; 3. Any description provided herein Bedroom represents a subjective opinion and should 32' (9.75) max not be construed as statements of fact; x 13'11 (4.24) max 4. A detailed survey has not been carried out, nor have any services, appliances or Bedroom 4 specific fittings been tested; 11'9 (3.58) Bedroom 2 Down x 10'8 (3.25) 12'3 (3.73) Attic Room 5. All measurements and distances are 15'5 (4.70) x 10'5 (3.18) Attic Room approximate; x 8'8 (2.64) 17'5 (5.31) max ANNEXE FIRST FLOOR x 14'9 (4.50) max 6. We strongly advise that a prospective purchaser should contact the agent to Down Down check any information which is of particular Up Bedroom 1 Bedroom 3 17'5 (5.31) max importance, particularly for anyone who 12'5 (3.78) max Bedroom will be travelling some distance to view the x 11'3 (3.43) max Kitchen x 12'5 (3.78) max 15'9 (4.80) property; (Unfinished) x 12'4 (3.76) SECOND FLOOR 16' (4.88) 7. Where there is reference to planning x 10'5 (3.18) permission or potential, such information FIRST FLOOR is given in good faith. Purchasers should make their own enquiries of the relevant authority; Up 8. Any fixtures & fittings not mentioned in Kitchen / the sales particulars are excluded from the Breakfast Room sale, but various items may be available, Study subject to separate negotiation. 20'4 (6.20) Drawing Room 15'7 (4.75) max x 9'7 (2.92) 20'5 (6.22) max x 13'8 (4.17) max Sitting Room x 16'3 (4.95) max 23'8 (7.21) x 15'9 (4.80)

Dining Room 12'4 (3.76) Up x 12' (3.66)

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