Winkenhurst Manor NORTH STREET • HELLINGLY • EAST SUSSEX
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Winkenhurst Manor NORTH STREET • HELLINGLY • EAST SUSSEX Winkenhurst Manor NORTH STREET • HELLINGLY • EAST SUSSEX • BN27 4EB A stunning Grade II* listed Georgian country house with elegant secondary accommodation. The Manor House Entrance lobby • Drawing Room • Sitting Room • Kitchen/breakfast room Orangery • Guest cloakroom • WC Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and dressing room • Guest bedroom suite 2 further bedrooms • Office/bedroom 5 • Family bathroom Spacious cellar with laundry room, boot room, boiler room, china room and further storage The Stables Sitting Room • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Cloakroom • 2 bedroom suites Outbuildings housing a gym, cinema room and additional storage • Large garage Garden and grounds extending to approximately 4 acres Horam 1.75 miles • Heathfield 3 miles • Polegate mainline station 6 miles (London Victoria 80 minutes) Stonegate mainline station 11 miles (London Bridge from 62 minutes) Eastbourne 10 miles • Tunbridge Wells 19 miles • (All distances 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. Location • Winkenhurst Manor is located on the outskirts of the village of Hellingly in the rolling Sussex countryside. • Horam, just 1.75 miles away, has a selection of local amenities with more comprehensive shops and services being found in Heathfield 3 miles away. • Royal Tunbridge Wells is within easy striking distance offering a further comprehensive range of shopping, recreational and cultural amenities. • Communications in the area are very good. The property has access to major road and rail routes. Main line station at Polegate offers regular services to the capital, taking approximately 80 minutes. http://www.southernrailway.com • Gatwick Airport is just over 30 miles away. • There are excellent schools in the area including local primary schools, St Andrews Prep school, Vinehall Prep school, Eastbourne College, Bedes, Brighton College and Mayfield School as well as very good schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge. • Leisure activities in the area include riding and walking in the surrounding countryside, local rugby and cricket clubs, golf at a number of interesting courses including Wellhurst Golf Club, Dewlands Manor, East Sussex National and Crowborough and motor racing at Brands Hatch. There is sailing on the Kent and East Sussex coasts, and at Bewl Water. Winkenhurst Manor • Winkenhurst Manor is a stunning Grade II* listed, Georgian fronted, country house originally dating back to the 18th century with later additions in the early 19th century. The main house offers elegant and spacious accommodation arranged over two floors with a very large basement and is beautifully presented and maintained throughout. • The impressive front door leads through an entrance lobby to a stunning and spacious drawing room extending the width of the house and with many original features, two bay windows to the front and French doors to a courtyard at the side. The sitting room has a beautiful period Inglenook fireplace and a door leading to the kitchen/breakfast room which has a range of wall and floor mounted units with modern appliances throughout. There is an excellent Orangery which provides a spectacular dining room. • In addition to the main rooms are a guest cloakroom, a further WC and stairs to the cellar which has very good head height and comprises a boot room, boiler room, china room, store room and an excellent laundry room. • A sweeping staircase leads to the first floor landing off which the master bedroom suite and guest bedrooms are accessed. The master bedroom has a double aspect, an en-suite bathroom and dressing room. There is a guest bedroom suite and a further bedroom. A ‘secret door’ leads to the rear of the house where there is an office/ bedroom 5, a further bedroom and bathroom and a back staircase arriving in the sitting room. • The house is positioned centrally in its land extending to approximately 4 acres and is approached along a winding drive leading through an entrance flanked by two ancient Spanish Chestnut trees to a gravel parking area to the front and side of the house. The Stables • Winkenhurst Manor also benefits from a beautifully refurbished former stable building which has been • The gardens and grounds are very well maintained and the drive winds past a duck pond on one side converted to a self-contained annex with 2 bedroom suites, a kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom and and a paddock on the other. The formal gardens a beautifully presented and mostly laid to lawn with a reception room. The Stables has its own gated entrance from the drive, leading to a stunning Mediterranean large variety of mature trees and shrubs. There are two courtyard gardens which are very attractive, in courtyard. There are a couple of outbuildings, one of which has been fully refurbished and converted to a gym particular the Mediterranean one which is well stocked with numerous interesting and exotic plants. and the other to a home cinema. There is also a detached double garage with parking for two large cars. Easements, Way leaves and Rights of Way There is a public footpath which runs along the north-west boundary of the property. It is situated behind an established hedge and has been lowered into the land to afford privacy. It is marked on the boundary plan running from point A to B. Viewings Strictly by prior appointment through the owners’ sole agents, Knight Frank tel: 01892 515035 Local Authority Wealden District Council. Tel: 01892 653311 Directions From Tunbridge Wells proceed south on the A267 towards Mayfield. At the roundabout take the second exit, remaining on the A267 towards Cross in Hand. Stay on this road passing the Shell garage on the left and continue towards Heathfield taking the next turning on the right signposted A267 Hailsham. Proceed along the A267 through Horam and after 1.75 miles the entrance to Winkenhurst Manor will be found on the left, opposite Wellshurst Golf Club. Once through the gate remain on the left and follow the drive to the house. Services Mains water. Mains electricity. Private drainage (Septic tank). Mains gas. Fixtures and fittings All those items regarded as the vendors fixtures and fittings, together with the fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings, are NOTE: This plan is for convenience of NOTE: This plan is for convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items may be guaranteed and it is expressly excluded guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Contains Ordnance from any contract. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and Survey data © Crown copyright and available by separate negotiation. database right 2013. NOT TO SCALE. database right 2013. NOT TO SCALE. 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 its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint 01892 515035 agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given 85 Mount Pleasant Road, is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1PX and distances given are approximate only. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been [email protected] 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/tunbridgewells without notice. Particulars dated June 2015. Photographs dated May 2015. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. .