Dean Farm House Rushlake Green, Heathfield, East , TN21 9QU • Enclosed Porch First Floor: Outside: DEAN FARM HOUSE • Sitting Room • Principal Bedroom with en • Garage and Car Port with Room above • Study suite Bathroom • Barn/Machinery Store A beautifully located, picturesque Grade II Listed Farm House in • Dining Room • 3 further Bedrooms • 2 Loose Boxes • Stunning Kitchen/ • Family Bathroom • Photovoltaic Solar Panels a glorious rural location, set down a long drive, enjoying farmland Breakfast Room Second Floor: • Delightful Gardens and Grounds running views amidst unspoilt countryside. Sympathetically • Cloakroom • Bedroom 5 and en suite down to a stream refurbished and extended in recent years and with grounds of about • Utility Room Shower Room • Large Paddock and productive vegetable 3.8 acres, including a large paddock. • Boot Room patch, orchard • In all about 3.8 acres AMENITIES

Dean Farm House is situated in a very special peaceful rural location being approached over a private drive of some length leading from a country lane in this stretch of unspoilt East Sussex countryside designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Footpaths near the property offer excellent walks through beautiful woodland. The picturesque village of Rushlake Green is about 1.7 miles and here is a local store, public house and parish church at . The hilltop village of Dallington and are both about 2.5 miles. The larger town of Heathfield, with a good range of amenities and two supermarkets, is some 5.7 miles whilst Stonegate station (London Bridge/Charing Cross) is about 10 miles. Tunbridge Wells and the coast at Eastbourne are some 18 and 14.5 miles respectively. State and private schools in the area include Dallington and Punnetts Town primary schools; Heathfield Community College; Battle Abbey at Battle; St Leonards Mayfield; Vinehall at Robertsbridge. DESCRIPTION

Dean Farm House is a picturesque Grade II Listed period Farm House which in recent years has been sympathetically refurbished and enhanced by the addition of a stunning ground floor kitchen/ breakfast room. The elevations are stone, brick, part tile hung beneath a tiled roof and the improvements include: new timber-framed leaded light windows; new oak interior and exterior doors; a new boiler was fitted in 2009; the bathrooms replaced in 2012 with Sottini fittings; the creation of the kitchen with custom-made Rencraft units and redecoration throughout. The main features are: • Oak front door to enclosed porch and inner door to drawing room with inset woodburner and steps up to an excellent study, door to boot room with door to garden. • The dining room is currently used as a second sitting room and has an inglenook fireplace with woodburner which is also connected to the heating system. The inner hall has a porcelain tiled floor, door to garden, excellent pantry and utility room leading through to the cloakroom, also with porcelain tiled floor and door to garden. • The spectacular kitchen/breakfast room extension 19’11 x 16’9 has larch timber-clad elevations and high pitched ceiling with large sky lantern. The units are custom-made and have flamed granite working surfaces, central island with De Dietrich induction hob and a De Deitrich teppanyaki hob, concealed extractor with press button control, oak cupboards beneath. Separate Siemens oven, microwave and plate warmer. Porcelain tiled floor with underfloor heating and bi-fold doors opening onto the terrace from which there is access to the cellar. • The first floor has a landing with the main bedroom having built-in cupboards and an en suite bathroom with a bath and a separate shower. There are three further bedrooms, two of which inter-communicate, and a family bathroom, also with a bath and separate shower. • The second floor has bedroom 5 which is a most attractive room with a vaulted ceiling, beautiful timbering, door to extensive loft storage space and excellent en suite shower room.

OUTSIDE

Attached, and integral with the house, is the boiler room housing the oil-fired boiler, and covered log storage area. The timber and tile garage block comprises a single garage and adjacent covered storage area with exterior staircase to room above. Small barn/machinery store, various garden sheds. The gardens and grounds form a delightful setting with gravelled drive and pathway leading to brick paths around the house and large paved sitting out area to the south-west, adjacent to the kitchen/breakfast room. There is a circular paved seating area on the other side of the house so the sun can be enjoyed throughout the day.

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] The grounds have been laid to lawn for ease of maintenance and are principally extensive areas of lawn/rough grass, bordered by woodland, leading down to a small stream with, beyond, an orchard with a mixture of mature and young trees including apples, pears and plums. There is also a small pond and a large vegetable patch with soft fruit bushes and herbs. In addition there is a large paddock fronting the private drive, with two loose boxes. The paddock has an area suitable for raising livestock. In all about 3.8 acres.

DIRECTIONS

From the centre of Rushlake Green take the road signposted to Bodle Street Green. Continue for 1.25 miles and turn left into a private farm drive marked Dean Farm. Dean Farm House will then be found at the end of this drive on the left. Please note the drive is shared with 2 other properties.

Additional Information: Local Authority: Council. Tel: 01892 602010 www.wealden.gov.uk Services: Mains electricity and water, private drainage (not checked or tested) 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 ESX170126

REGION £1,100,000 - £1,250,000

VIEWINGS For an appointment to view please contact our Battle Office, tele- phone 01424 775577

Dean Farmhouse, Rushlake Green, Heathfield, TN21 9QU APPROX. GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA 2734 SQ FT 253.9 SQ METRES (EXCLUDES RESTRICTED HEAD HEIGHT & EXCLUDES GARAGE) NOTE: Batcheller Monkhouse give notice that: 1. These particulars including text, Denotes restricted photographs and any plans are for the head height guidance of prospective purchasers 16'9 (5.11) Down x 11'1 (3.38) only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact; 2. The particulars do not constitute any part of a Contract; 3. Any description provided herein GARAGE FIRST FLOOR Kitchen / Breakfast Room represents a subjective opinion and should 19'11 (6.07) Bedroom 5 not be construed as statements of fact; x 16'9 (5.11) 16'4 (4.98) max Loft Space x 12'8 (3.86) max 26'5 (8.05) max 4. A detailed survey has not been carried x 10' (3.05) out, nor have any services, appliances or specific fittings been tested; Garage 16'2 (4.93) 5. All measurements and distances are x 11'1 (3.38) SECOND FLOOR approximate; 6. We strongly advise that a prospective purchaser should contact the agent to check any information which is of particular GARAGE GROUND FLOOR importance, particularly for anyone who will be travelling some distance to view the property;

Access 7. Where there is reference to planning To Eaves permission or potential, such information Utility Larder 9'10 (3.00) is given in good faith. Purchasers should Boot Room 9'1 (2.77) 6'5 (1.96) x 7'1 (2.16) x 5'9 (1.75) make their own enquiries of the relevant 10'2 (3.10) x 8'2 (2.49) Up x 6'10 (2.08) authority; 8. Any fixtures & fittings not mentioned in Sitting Room Boiler Down the sales particulars are excluded from the 17'4 (5.28) Room sale, but various items may be available, Up x 12'9 (3.89) Bedroom 2 Bedroom 1 subject to separate negotiation. Bedroom 3 Study Dining Room 12'11 (3.94) 13'2 (4.01) 11'8 (3.56) max Bedroom 4 / 10'9 (3.28) Entrance Hall 13'3 (4.04) x 12'8 (3.86) x 12'4 (3.76) min x 10'7 (3.23) x 12'3 (3.73) min x 11'3 (3.43) max Dressing Room 9'1 (2.77) 9'4 (2.84) x 8'11 (2.72) x 8'11 (2.72)

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the floor plan contained here, measurements of doors, windows and rooms are approximate and no responsibility is taken for a ny error, omission or misstatement. These plans are for representation purposes only as defined by RICS Code of Measuring Practice and should be used as such by any prospective purchaser. Specifically no guarantee is given on the total square footage of the property if quoted on this plan. Any figure given is for initial guidance only and should not be relied on as a basis of valuation. Copyright nichecom.co.uk 2016 Produced for Batcheller Monkhouse REF : 83100

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