Preston Farm Boreham Street, East , BN27 4SF PRESTON FARM • Hall • Farmhouse Kitchen/ • 4-bay enclosed Dutch Barn A handsome and beautifully presented Grade II Listed period farmhouse in a • Cloak/Shower Room Breakfast Room • 3-bay open-side Dutch Barn village location, sympathetically updated in recent years, and enjoying distant • Drawing Room • 2 Cellars • Former Cowshed views over open countryside. In addition there are 3 large outbuildings and 3 • Dining Room • 5 Bedrooms, 1 with en suite • Garden Store • Sitting Room Shower Room • Partly walled Garden paddocks - in all about 10.61 acres • Snug • Family Bathroom • 3 Paddocks • Study • Double Garage • In all about 10.61 acres AMENITIES Preston Farm is located in the village of Boreham Street, on high ground and commanding wonderful views across open farmland for some distance. Boreham Street has a public house and village hall which holds many events. village is about 2.4 miles and has shops for everyday needs. The historic town of Battle is about 6.5 miles with an excellent range of shops, restaurants, supermarket and a mainline station (London Bridge/Charing Cross). is some 6.2 miles and provides an excellent shopping centre with two supermarkets (Waitrose and Tesco) and a cinema. Bexhill-on-Sea and Eastbourne are about 5 and 11 miles respectively and between them have a broad variety of shops and entertainment facilities including the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill. station (London Victoria) is about 9.5 miles. State and private schools in the area include and Herstmonceux primary schools, Claverham Community College and Battle Abbey at Battle, St Bede’s at Upper Dicker, Vinehall at Robertsbridge, Moira House and St Andrew’s at Eastbourne. DESCRIPTION Preston Farm is a handsome and well presented Grade II Listed period farmhouse principally of 18th Century origin, being of mellow brick with newly rendered and colour washed front elevations and a tiled roof, and beneath the eaves is a dentil frieze which is typical of the period. The interior has retained the original period features and has well proportioned rooms with good ceiling heights. The property over the last couple of years has been sympathetically refurbished and updated to include an overhauling of the roof, rewiring, new plumbing and oil-fired central heating system, secondary double glazing, re-fitting the kitchen/breakfast room, together with new fittings to the shower rooms and bathroom. The main features are: • Covered porch with front door to hall and excellent newly fitted cloak/ shower room. Dining room to one side with fireplace. • Excellent farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room with electric 2-oven Aga, fitted dresser unit, twin glazed sink, central island work surface, half- glazed doors to garden to enjoy the view and also door to enclosed rear porch. Steps down to large cellar/boiler room. • The drawing room has an open brick fireplace with wood carved surround and cupboards to half height either side, fitted corner cupboard. Adjacent is the wonderful, mostly panelled sitting room with wide inglenook fireplace, brick floor and exposed timbering. • There is a side hall with door to garden and snug with wood burner and further door to garden. Four steps lead up to a useful study. • The first floor has five bedrooms, several with period fireplaces, one with an en suite shower room, and a separate large family bathroom. • There are two cellars, and two staircases lead to the first floor. • Architect’s drawings have been prepared to convert the roof space to provide two further bedrooms and a bathroom and the drawings would be available to the purchaser on request. OUTSIDE Electric double gates open onto a large gravelled parking area adjacent to the house and in front of a brick and tile Double Garage. The principal area of garden lies on the east side and is partly wall enclosed. There are brick paths, areas of lawn and a selection of trees and shrubs. To the rear with a separate vehicular access is a traditional Garden Store 19’7 x 14’ overall (in need of repair) and former Cowshed 53’x 14’7 together with an area of lawn/rough grass. Beyond are two Dutch Barns, one enclosed and one open sided, measuring 74’x 37’ and 50’x 19’ respectively. In addition there are three grass paddocks. In all about 10.61 acres. DIRECTIONS On entering Boreham Street from an easterly direction on the A271, just after passing the post box on the left, Preston Farm will be found 200 yards into the village on the right. Additional Information: Local Authority: Council Services: Mains electricity and water (not checked or tested), private drain- age. 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 ESX151964 GUIDE PRICE £800,000 - £850,000 VIEWINGS For an appointment to view please contact our Battle Office, telephone 01424 775577

Battle Haywards Heath Pulborough Tunbridge Wells London 01424 775577 01444 453181 01798 872081 01892 512020 Mayfair Office [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Preston Farm, Boreham Street, , BN27 4SF NOTE: Batcheller Monkhouse give notice that: APPROX. GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA 3437 SQ FT 319.2 SQ METRES 1. These particulars including text, photographs and any plans are for the guidance of prospective purchasers only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact; Up 2. The particulars do not constitute any part of a Contract; 3. Any description provided herein represents a subjective opinion and should Cellar not be construed as statements of fact; 20'4 (6.20) max Cellar x 18'10 (5.74) max 4. A detailed survey has not been carried 15'6 (4.72) max out, nor have any services, appliances or x 8' (2.44) max specific fittings been tested; Up 5. All measurements and distances are approximate; LOWER GROUND FLOOR 1 LOWER GROUND FLOOR 2 Kitchen / 6. We strongly advise that a prospective Breakfast Room purchaser should contact the agent 21' (6.40) max to check any information which is of x 14'8 (4.47) max Study particular importance, particularly for 14' (4.27) max Snug Bedroom 1 x 8' (2.44) max 20'6 (6.25) 18'7 (5.66) max anyone who will be travelling some x 7'10 (2.39) x 12'2 (3.71) max distance to view the property; Down 7. Where there is reference to planning permission or potential, such information Down Up Down is given in good faith. Purchasers should Bedroom 4 make their own enquiries of the relevant 15'3 (4.65) max authority; Sitting Room x 9' (2.74) 19' (5.79) max x 14' (4.27) max Bedroom 3 8. Any fixtures & fittings not mentioned in 18'4 (5.59) the sales particulars are excluded from the Dining Room Drawing Room Bedroom 2 x 11'10 (3.61) sale, but various items may be available, 12'7 (3.84) Up 19'10 (6.05) max 20' (6.10) max x 11'1 (3.38) max x 14'4 (4.37) Bedroom 5 x 14'6 (4.42) subject to separate negotiation. 12' (3.66) x 9' (2.74) Down

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