Detached house for sale in Vines Cross Road, Horam, East Sussex TN21

Council tax band: G

no chain - Price Guide £970,000 to £990,000 - This is a deceptive house from the front and now provides 3,313 sq ft of adaptable accommodation with 4 large bedrooms and 4 bathrooms on both floors. Finished to a high standard, this property is easy to move into. Set well back from the lane and in approximately 0.5 acre of gardens with parking for multiple vehicles, a garage, large store room and two workshops.
Originally built in the 1950's and later extended ensuring all the rooms are very well proportioned. A pretty entrance porch with a studded oak door leads into the entrance hall which is very wide and has solid oak flooring extending into the reception rooms. Oak, half glazed doors also lead into the reception rooms and natural light floods through a large window to the rear. There is also the choice of soft coving lighting or pendant lights. Storage is at a premium throughout the house with a deep cloak's cupboard and airing cupboard in the hallway. The Drawing Room has a pretty, original brick fireplace with inset woodburning stove. The room has a double aspect with a bay window to the front and double doors leading through to the Dining Room: This too has a pretty, original brick open fireplace, window to the side and plenty of room for a large dining table. Across the hallway is the Sitting Room, The chimney breast has been creatively changed to house electrical devises related to the wall mounted t.v point. With a double aspect and bay window to the front, this is a lovely snug room. The Kitchen is extremely large with plenty of room for a table or sofa area, in addition to a large island which provides storage at the ends, three pendant lights above and seating on both sides. A very good social kitchen/dining area. There is an extensive range of units and space for white goods, American style plumbed in fridge/ freezer, and a double built-in larder cupboard. A high vaulted ceiling with Velux windows allows plenty of light in, along with windows to the side and bi-fold doors onto the patio. A door through to a Utility and Boot Room is a very useful space with sink unit, storage cupboards, space for the washing machine and a door to the garden.
The bedroom accommodation is arranged on both floors with a suitable master bedroom on each level: On the ground floor at the back of the house is a bedroom suite with a dressing room, large bedroom with double aspect and doors out to the patio and an ensuite wet room with shower, w.c and wash basin with the potential for this section of the house to be a self-contained annex.
A second large double bedroom with built-in wardrobe and a family shower room with w.c and wash basin. On the first floor is the original master bedroom which is very large with a full ensuite bathroom with corner bath, separate shower, wash basin and w.c. The second large double also has an ensuite shower room with w.c and wash basin.

Services: Mains water and waste, gas fired central heating with underfloor heating. Tax band G.

Outside: Protected from the lane by a mature beech hedge, a driveway leads to a single garage, second garage suitable for motor bikes, with two workshops to the rear accessed either from the front or the rear of the property. There are two parking areas for multiple vehicles and turning and a large, level and private lawn surrounded by a mature flowering shrubs including camellias and a mature Magnolia tree. To the right of the property is a gated, wide, paved area with a deep flower beds containing flowering shrubs and clematis covered archways through to the patio abutting the rear of the house. Steps lead up to a large garden laid to lawn with a central camillia bed. Post and rail fencing and a young hedge planted on the rear boundary and mature hedges and fencing secure for a dog on the remaining boundaries.

Vines Cross Road leads out of Horam Village. The High Street is within easy walking distance and yet the property is in a rural location with local vineyard on the land behind the properties along this lane.
Horam has local shops, medical practices, a Co-Op, golf and tennis club, running track and fishing lake with local cafés. There are bus services to Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, via Heathfield and a service for Heathfield Community College. Heathfield is only 3 miles away with a larger range of shops, supermarkets, primary and secondary schools. The larger towns of Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne area both about 30/25 minutes away respectively.

Directions: From Horam centre proceed north towards Heathfield. Just after a little hump back bridge turn right into Vines Cross Road. The house will be found on the left hand side behind a large Beech hedge.

Agents Note: The vendor owns a small field behind the house, accessed via a separate driveway, on which is a stable. A planning application to build a small property for themselves has been refused but gone to appeal wd/2023/2139F but this will not impact the property once the hedge has grown.