Telham Lane, Battle, East Sussex, TN33
£1,100,000
Guide Price- Country lane location
- Extensive southerly views
- Battle town and station within 1.4 miles
- Charming character house
- Delightful established gardens
- Equestrian facilities
- Paddocks of about 6 acres
**Guide Price £1,100,000 - £1,300,000**
A beautifully located character house of mixed ages, enjoying country views, set within an established private garden and benefiting from a range of stabling and pasture fields in all about 7 acres.
Description
Hillside Cottage is a beautifully located detached character house of mixed ages, originally built around 1905, subsequently extended in 2007 and again in 2014.
The elevations are brick, colourwashed white, half tile hung beneath a tiled roof, there is oil-fired central heating and extensive double glazing.
The main features of the property include:
• Part glazed front door to entrance hall fitted with coat cupboards. Cloakroom with basin and WC.
• The attractive drawing room has a high ceiling, stone fireplace with woodburner, timber floor and doors to the garden.
• The sitting room also has a high ceiling, circular stained glass window and a window overlooking the garden.
• From the hallway steps lead down to a well-fitted kitchen/breakfast room with artisan units comprising 1½ bowl glazed sink; quartz working surfaces; Neff hob with extractor over; Neff double oven; plumbing for washing machine and dishwasher; cream oil-fired Rayburn; limestone flooring and a glazed door giving access to, and a wonderful outlook over, the rear garden.
• The adjacent dining room has an oak floor and doors to the terrace and garden.
• Staircase to the first floor. The master bedroom is a double aspect room with a bank of fitted wardrobes and an outlook over the rear garden and countryside beyond. En suite bathroom with panel-enclosed bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, wash basin, WC, and bidet.
• There are two further double bedrooms on the first floor, and a spacious family bathroom installed in 2014 with oval bath, double shower cubicle with drench head and telephone shower attachment, wash basin inset into vanity unit, WC; double opening doors through to the Juliet balcony; heated towel rail.
• From the landing a staircase rises to bedroom 4 with vaulted ceiling and eaves storage cupboards.
Outside
Hillside Cottage is approached from the lane via an in-and-out driveway with a parking/turning area for a number of vehicles, and garaging.
The gardens form a very private and established setting which, over the years, has been professionally planted with wonderful magnolias, rhododendrons, other native and foreign trees including a ginkgo. There are areas of lawn with pathways leading around and down to an old medieval quarry which now forms part of a water garden with mini bridges. There is also a summerhouse.
There is a stable block comprising three loose boxes and adjoining hay store, giving access to the paddocks which extend to about 6.2 acres.
The land has exceptional southerly views and woodland shaws.
The gardens and grounds form a delightful backdrop to the property, providing privacy, and extend to about 7 acres.
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