Wedderlie House St Helen’s Avenue, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 2JT Ground Floor First Floor Outside WEDDERLIE HOUSE • Porch • Master Bedroom • Parking/turning area • Dining Room • Four further Bedrooms • Garage A uniquely located detached character house, situated at the end of a no-through • Inner Hall • Family Bathroom • Carport lane, enjoying privacy and adjacent to a nature reserve, yet within the heart of • Sitting Room • Beautiful Gardens and Hastings. Mature grounds of about 2.42 acres. • Kitchen/Breakfast Room Grounds - in all about 2.42 • Shower Room acres On the market for the first time in over 70 years and now providing a wonderful • Integral Garage opportunity for refurbishment/re-development. • Rear Porch DESCRIPTION Wedderlie House was constructed in 1949 for the current owners, with a later extension. The property is full of character, with the elevations being of part-brick, with tile hanging, exposed timbers and plaster infill beneath a pitch tiled roof. Internally, there is plenty of exposed timbering with good ceiling heights and leaded light windows with some secondary glazing. There is gas-fired central heating. The main features of the property include: • Storm porch to wide oak front door leading into the dining hall, with brick fireplace, parquet flooring, good ceiling heights, exposed timbering, double aspect, deep cupboard under the stairs. Door to inner hall with parquet flooring, doors to garage and rear porch with store. • Lovely double aspect sitting room with stone fireplace, storage alcoves and bookshelves to the side. Oak window seats in both bays overlooking the gardens, door to terrace. Excellent ceiling heights with impressive oak timbering. • The kitchen/breakfast room has twin stainless steel sink unit with drainer to the side inset into work surfaces, as is the 4-ring electric hob, range of cupboards and drawers beneath, recess and plumbing for dishwasher and washing machine. Further work surfaces with cupboards below and eye-level units above, double oven with grill, space for refrigerator. Gas-fired central heating boiler. • Shower room with shower, WC, hand basin inset into vanity unit. • From the hall a door leads into the garage which would lend itself to further domestic accommodation, subject to the necessary consent. • A polished oak staircase leads to the spacious first floor landing where there is an airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder with immersion heater, hatch to the roof space. • The master bedroom is a double aspect room with views over the grounds, and a bank of fitted wardrobes along one wall. • There are four further bedrooms, three of which have fitted wardrobes. • The family bathroom has a panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, pedestal wash basin and WC. OUTSIDE Wedderlie House is the last house at the end of a no-through road, a five bar gate leads onto the driveway over a bridge onto a parking/turning area for a number of vehicles, leading round to the garage and carport to the rear. There is a terrace adjoining two sides of the property with a brick retaining wall, having an outlook over the garden and enjoying privacy. The gardens are a plantsman’s paradise and in the current ownership have been stocked with numerous varieties of rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas, magnolias and other species from the Himalayas and major plant collections. There are also a number of mature oak trees and Scots Pines. Various pathways intersect the semi-woodland leading down to a small stream. In all about 2.42 acres. AMENITIES Local: Wedderlie House occupies a superb location at the end of a no-through road adjoining St Helen’s Park, which was designated as a local nature reserve in 1988 and provides excellent woodland walks and the very unusual sense of enjoying a beautiful area of countryside yet set within the heart of the town. Towns: Hastings itself offers a comprehensive range of recreational, shopping and artistic amenities, particularly the charming Old Town. The historic town of Battle is about 6.6 miles; Tunbridge Wells with its wide range of leisure and shopping amenities is about 29 miles; Transport: Hastings station on the London Bridge/Charing Cross/Victoria line is about 2 miles, with links to the coastal city of Brighton, and also Ashford, with its further links to London St Pancras and the Continent via Eurostar. Schools: State and private schools within the area include Ark Blacklands Primary Academy, The Baird Primary Academy; Ark Alexandra Academy and The Hastings Academy secondary/senior schools, Hastings; Claremont Preparatory School on the edge of Hastings and Senior School at Bodiam; Buckswood School, Guestling; Battle Abbey School at Battle; Vinehall School at Robertsbridge. Leisure: Nature Reserve and excellent woodland walks in the area, including the Hastings Country Park with coastal and countryside walks; the coast, sailing and watersports; the White Rock theatre and Hastings Contemporary Art Gallery. DIRECTIONS From the A2101 running alongside Alexandra Park, turn left at St Helen’s Park Road and take the third left (still St Helen’s Park Road). At the top of the hill, just after Baird Drive, turn left down Hillside Road. At the bottom turn right onto St Helen’s Avenue. The house is the last one on the left just before a wooden gate leading to the woods. Alternatively, from The Ridge, turn down Elphinstone Road opposite the cemetery. Turn right into Downs Road and take the first road on the right, which is St Helen’s Park Road. Continue as the above directions. Additional Information Local Authority: Hastings Borough Council, telephone 01424 451066. Services (not checked or tested): Mains electricity, gas, drainage and water Links: www.environment-agency.gov.uk, www.highways.gov.uk, www.caa.co.uk, www.landregistry.gov.uk Tenure: Freehold. EPC: EPC rating D Region £825,000 - £875,000 Viewings For an appointment to view please contact our Battle Office, telephone 01424 775577 Battle Haywards Heath Pulborough Tunbridge Wells London Mayfair 01424 775577 01444 453181 01798 872081 01892 512020 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CROWN COPYRIGHT LICENCE 100032237 N St Helen's Avenue (Path) Wedderlie House St Helen's Avenue (Path) FB FB Wedderlie House ST HELEN'S AVENUE Drain Nutfield FB LOCATION PLAN 1:1250 FB WEDDERLIE HOUSE ST HELEN'S AVENUE ST HELENS AVENUE HASTINGS EAST SUSSEX TN34 2JT Drain APRIL 2021 SCALE 1:500 & 1:1250 @ A3 BLOCK PLAN 1:500 NOTE: Batcheller Monkhouse gives notice that: Wedderlie House, St. Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT 1. These particulars including text, photographs Approximate Area = 1962 sq ft / 182.2 sq m and any plans are for the guidance of Limited Use Area(s) = 15 sq ft / 1.3 sq m prospective purchasers only and should not be Outbuilding = 52 sq ft / 4.8 sq m relied upon as statements of fact; Garage = 178 sq ft / 16.5 sq m Total = 2207 sq ft / 205 sq m 2. The particulars do not constitute any part of a Contract; Store 10'3 (3.12) x 5'2 (1.57) Denotes restricted 3. Any description provided herein represents a head height subjective opinion and should not be construed Bedroom 2 as statements of fact; Garage Store 14'6 (4.42) max 15' (4.57) max x 12' (3.66) max x 12'2 (3.71) max 4. A detailed survey has not been carried out, nor have any services, appliances or specific fittings been tested; Kitchen / Breakfast Room 5. All measurements and distances are 17' (5.18) max x 9'11 (3.02) max approximate; Down Bedroom 4 6. We strongly advise that a prospective 10'10 (3.30) purchaser should contact the agent to x 7' (2.13) Bedroom 3 check any information which is of particular Dining Room 15'5 (4.70) max 16'1 (4.90) max importance, particularly for anyone who will be x 14'7 (4.45) max x 11'1 (3.38) max travelling some distance to view the property; 7. Where there is reference to planning permission or potential, such information is Up given in good faith. Purchasers should make their own enquiries of the relevant authority; GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR 8. Any fixtures & fittings not mentioned in the Sitting Room Bedroom 1 sales particulars are excluded from the sale, 15'4 (4.67) max Bedroom 5 22'6 (6.86) into bay 14'4 (4.37) max but various items may be available, subject to x 14' (4.27) max x 16'5 (5.00) into bay x 7'3 (2.21) max separate negotiation. 9. Purchasers please note that in order to assist with your property purchase, we are able to refer you to a mortgage lender/broker. 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