The White House Rushlake Green, Heathfield, East , TN21 9QD • Entrance Hall providing: Study, Bedroom communicating THE WHITE HOUSE • Drawing Room 23’7 x 13’9 and Cloakroom • Further Bathroom and with adjacent Library area • 2 Cellars Shower Room A handsome Grade II Listed period house, stylishly refurbished and updated • Sitting Room First Floor: Outside: throughout over recent years. Benefitting from a delightful and very private • Dining Room • Large Landing • Barn/Garaging garden, and overlooking The Green in this beautiful rural village. In all • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Principal Bedroom with en • Summer House • Rear Hall/Utility Area suite Bathroom • Covered outdoor eating area about 0.45 of an acre. • Side Hall • 5 further Bedrooms, • Established Garden of 0.45 • Potential integral Annexe 2 of which are inter- of an acre AMENITIES The White House is situated in the centre of the picturesque village of Rushlake Green which has a village green surrounded by interesting period houses and cottages, the popular Horse & Groom public house and a general store/post office. Rushlake Green is a friendly village with many local activities. There are wonderful walks immediately available across neighbouring farmland. The 13th century church stands at , which is a small rural hamlet about 1.5 miles away and where one will also find the Black Duck Inn. Heathfield is some 4 miles and provides an excellent rangeof shops, supermarkets and other amenities. Stonegate mainline railway station (London Bridge/Charing Cross) is about 8.5 miles. Tunbridge Wells, with its broad range of shops, leisure activities, restaurants and hotels, and the coast at Eastbourne are both some 16 miles. There is a selection of state and private schools within reach including Dallington and Punnetts Town Primary Schools; Heathfield Community College; St Leonards Mayfield; Bede’s at Upper Dicker; and Vinehall at Robertsbridge.

DESCRIPTION The White House is an attractive and imposing Grade II Listed period house. Over recent years, the present owners have undertaken a comprehensive programme of refurbishment and modernisation. This includes redecoration throughout; stylish new bathrooms and kitchen; and new carpets throughout with sisal in the hall and drawing room. As a result the property now forms a very comfortable and beautifully presented home. The elevations are brick, colour washed white beneath a part slate and part tiled roof. The interior is light and sunny with Georgian sash windows and good ceiling heights. There is an oil-fired central heating system.

The main features include: • Front door opening into a hall with, to one side, the annexe area comprising study, bedroom, walk-in dressing area and cloakroom. • The well-proportioned panelled drawing room - a particular feature, being double aspect and with a woodburner. Leading off is a panelled Library Area. • The sitting room is also double aspect with a further fireplace with wood burning stove. • The dining room is also panelled and has parquet flooring, and is adjacent to the kitchen/breakfast room, rear hall/utility area and side hall. • There are two cellars, one accessed externally. • The first floor has an large landing with internal windows overlooking the library area. • The principal bedroom is a good size and has an en suite bathroom. • There are five further bedrooms, two of which inter- communicate, together with another bathroom and a separate shower room.

OUTSIDE These is a short gravelled drive leading to a parking/turning area in front of the three bay garage/barn. To the front of the house, a short path with areas of lawn on either side leads from the pavement to the front door. A gate leads from the parking area to the rear garden and a paved sitting out area adjacent to the house with rose beds and other shrub borders. Below is an attractive, covered decked area, ideal for eating out or entertaining in the warmer months. The garden forms an extremely attractive setting and a good degree of privacy. It is mostly laid to lawn with a good sized area of level grass, besides which stands a summer house understood to date from 1909. At the bottom of the garden is vegetable area. The boundaries are largely fence and hedge enclosed. In all about 0.45 of an acre. DIRECTIONS On entering Rushlake Green from the Heathfield direction, turn immediately left, keeping the Green on the right. The White House will then be found immediately in front, standing on the corner of the lane signposted to .

Additional Information: Local Authority: Council. Tel: 01892 602010 www.wealden.gov.uk Services: Mains electricity, water and drainage (not checked or tested). No mains gas. Oil fired central heating. Links: www.environment-agency.gov.uk, www.highways.gov.uk, www.caa.co.uk, www.landregistry.gov.uk Tenure: Freehold. Land Registry Title Number ESX 109776

GUIDE PRICE £1,200,000 - £1,300,000

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NOTE: Batcheller Monkhouse give notice that: 1. These particulars including text, The White House, Rushlake Green, Heathfield, TN21 9QD photographs and any plans are for the APPROX. GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA 3869 SQ FT 359.4 SQ METRES (EXCLUDES GARAGE & OUTBUILDING) guidance of prospective purchasers only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact; 2. The particulars do not constitute any part of a Contract; Covered 3. Any description provided herein Seating 9'10 (3.00) represents a subjective opinion and should not be construed as statements of fact; Up x 8'9 (2.67) Kitchen / 4. A detailed survey has not been carried Breakfast Room Utility out, nor have any services, appliances or 17'4 (5.28) Bedroom 5 x 11'10 (3.61) 11'11 (3.63) max Garage specific fittings been tested; x 9'1 (2.77) max 10'8 (3.25) 25'2 (7.68) x 8'5 (2.87) x 12' (3.66) 5. All measurements and distances are Cellar Cellar approximate; 13'6 (4.11) 23'10 (7.26) max x 12'4 (3.76) x 18'3 (5.56) max 6. We strongly advise that a prospective Summer purchaser should contact the agent to Occasional Cellar 9'5 (2.87) House check any information which is of particular Bedroom 6 9' (2.74) x 8' (2.44) importance, particularly for anyone who x 8'4 (2.54) min will be travelling some distance to view the property; OUTBUILDING Library LOWER GROUND FLOOR 2 GARAGE 2 LOWER GROUND FLOOR 1 7. Where there is reference to planning Dining Room 14'8 (4.47) 16' (4.88) x 8'3 (2.51) permission or potential, such information x 10'10 (3.30) Garage is given in good faith. Purchasers should Up 14' (4.27) make their own enquiries of the relevant x 8'3 (2.51) authority; 8. Any fixtures & fittings not mentioned in the sales particulars are excluded from the Bedroom 3 Drawing Room Landing 13'4 (4.06) sale, but various items may be available, 23'7 (7.19) Bedroom 2 18'4 (5.59) 13'8 (4.17) max x 11'6 (3.51) subject to separate negotiation. Down x 13'9 (4.19) x 18'2 (5.54) max x 11'9 (3.58) max Garage 18'3 (5.56) Down x 10'7 (3.23)

Bedroom 1 Bedroom 4 Entrance Sitting Room 18'9 (5.72) 14'6 (4.42) Garage Snug / Hall 15'10 (4.83) x 14' (4.27) 14' (4.27) Study x 10' (3.05) Bedroom x 14' (4.27) x 12'2 (3.71) 13'11 (4.24) 14' (4.27) max x 7'8 (2.34) x 10'4 (3.15) max

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