House for sale in Upper Hartfield, Hartfield, East Sussex - 6 bedrooms

A beautifully situated country house and cottage with magnificent formal gardens and superb southerly views towards Ashdown Forest. About 28 acres.

A beautifully situated country house and cottage with magnificent formal gardens and superb southerly views towards Ashdown Forest. About 28 acres.

Entrance porch | Reception hall | Drawing room | Dining room | Study | Sitting room | Music room | Kitchen | Orangery/breakfast room | Laundry room | Utility room | Cloakroom | Boot room | Cellar | Galleried landing with balcony | Principal suite comprising bedroom, dressing room and bathroom | Guest suite comprising bedroom, dressing room and bathroom | Further suite comprising bedroom and shower room | Three further bedrooms | Further bathroom | Detached cottage comprising: Sitting room/kitchen | Utility room | Cloakroom | Three bedrooms | Bathroom | Separate home office | Pool house | Gas heated swimming pool | All-weather tennis court | Breeze house | Garaging | Greenhouses | Potting shed | Garden machinery store | Loose boxes | Feed store | Exquisitely landscaped gardens and grounds | Pond | Paddocks. About 28 acres (11.3 hectares)Understood to date from the 1920's, with later additions, the property presents attractive colour washed elevations. Internally, the house provides beautifully presented, light and stylish accommodation of grand proportions. From the drive, wide curved entrance doors lead through into a large entrance porch, with oak doors leading through into the impressive part oak panelled reception hall. From the reception hall, glazed doors draw the eye out to the terrace and the spectacular far-reaching views over the surrounding countryside to Ashdown Forest.
The reception rooms are ideally arranged for formal and informal entertaining, but equally well-arranged for modern living. Features of note include fireplaces in both the drawing room and dining room, intricate cornicing, an extensive range of built-in cupboards and drawers in the music room, large sash windows and oak veneer and wood floors. A particular feature of the house is the large open plan kitchen and orangery/breakfast room. The kitchen has a limestone and tumbled marble floor, and is fitted with a luxurious range of bespoke maple units with polished granite work surfaces, and incorporates a brushed stainless steel Britannia range cooker. Beyond the kitchen, a wide opening leads through into the wonderfully light orangery/breakfast room, which has under floor heating and a large central roof lantern.
The first floor accommodation is approached via two staircases, with a part panelled galleried landing with a central circular roof light. From the landing glazed doors give access onto a decked balcony. The house provides a total of six bedrooms, three bathrooms and a shower room. All of the bathrooms are luxuriously appointed with white suites. From the house there are wonderful far-reaching views over the grounds with unspoilt open countryside and Ashdown Forest beyond.
THE COTTAGE
Lying a short distance to the north west of the main house, and providing excellent secondary accommodation suitable for staff, a dependent relative or teenagers. The three bedroom cottage provides well arranged accommodation over two floors.
Incorporated within part of the ground floor of the cottage is a triple garage. An external staircase to one side of the cottage leads to the home office/studio.

The property is approached via a long no-through lane, from which electrically operated wrought iron entrance gates give way to a sweeping tree lined entrance driveway, leading up to the house. The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property, and have been beautifully landscaped over the years. Immediately to the south and west of the house is a wide Indian sandstone terrace with outside lighting. Beyond the terrace, the gardens are laid to lawn with various well-stocked and colourful beds bordered by banks of mature rhododendrons. To one side of the lawn is a breeze house, which is perfectly sited to take full advantage of the wonderful unspoilt views towards Ashdown Forest.
From the drive, a wide archway leads through to a further area of parking, adjacent to which is the cottage. To the rear of the main house is a beautifully landscaped formal garden, which is enclosed by a mature beech hedge, and intersected by various sandstone paths. The formal garden is divided into various areas, and incorporates an iris walk, spring border, summer border, a yellow and white garden, a box enclosed herb garden and a central rose garden. Lying between the formal gardens and the cottage, is a cottage cutting garden.
To the side of the formal garden is a productive kitchen garden, which incorporates an asparagus bed, raised beds and a number of cold frames. Adjacent to the kitchen garden is a heated greenhouse, garden store, workshop, store room, a further greenhouse and a substantial garden machinery store, which houses a diesel generator. To the east of the formal garden are two hornbeam avenues, from which there are some wonderful far-reaching views over the surrounding countryside. Beyond the hornbeam avenues is the heated swimming pool, which is set into a sandstone surround. Adjacent to the swimming pool is a weatherboard and tile pool house, which provides a large entertaining room with a kitchenette with integrated appliances.
In addition, the pool house provides changing rooms, a shower and a wc. Beyond the swimming pool, is the all-weather tennis court. The remainder of the gardens are laid to sweeping expanses of lawn and incorporate an orchard, picturesque pond and a 'wild garden'. Bordering the gardens and grounds and the entrance drive is the property's land, which is divided into four paddocks. To the side of one of the paddocks are two loose boxes, a store and two open fronted stores.
The garden, grounds and land at Landhurst Wood provide a stunning and secluded setting for this imposing and beautifully presented property. About 28 acres. (11.3 Hectares)