Piccadilly Lane, Mayfield, East Sussex, TN20

An exceptional period Grade II listed home positioned in a superb rural elevated position with spacious accommodation, detached annexe, outbuildings, outstanding views. The house is set in 9.7 acres and close to the popular village of Mayfield.

Description
Great Bainden is a fine period Grade II listed property with excellent room proportions and a wealth of period features including fireplaces, exposed oak timbering, floorboards and doors. The house is set back at the end of a private drive off a quiet country lane and yet within easy reach of Mayfield. It has exceptional uninterrupted views to the south towards the Rother Valley. The property is part timbered in construction with rendered panels, tile hanging and part brick elevations under a peg tile roof.
The spacious accommodation with good ceiling heights is arranged as follows:
• Entrance hall with flagstone flooring and staircase to the first floor.
• Drawing room with impressive inglenook fireplace, sash windows affording a view over the garden, grounds and beyond.
• The dining room has brick flooring, fireplace with inset woodburner, and a door to the terrace. Steps lead down to a cellar/wine store.
• Sitting room with an inglenook fireplace with brick surround, bresumeur beam and stone hearth, flagstone flooring and window to front.
• Study which is dual aspect and again with views.
• Kitchen/breakfast room with a range of units, granite work surfaces, flagstone flooring, electric Aga and to one side is a cloakroom and utility room.
• First floor principal bedroom has concealed built-in wardrobe cupboards along the length of one wall, open brick fireplace and glorious views, together with an en suite shower room.
• There are 3 further double bedrooms, one with an en suite bathroom and one is a good size dual aspect room with far reaching views, and a family bathroom.
• On the second floor there is a galleried landing and a fifth bedroom with a vaulted ceiling and an en suite shower room.

Outside
There is an extensive parking and turning area and a detached annexe with kitchen/sitting room, bedroom and shower room. The gravel courtyard has a range of outbuildings including an oak framed barn with weatherboarding and two gabled entrances incorporating storage, a four bay open barn with weather cladding and tiled roof, garage and workshop with store and a pool house to the rear.

The mature park like gardens are a real feature of the property. There are formal brick paved terraces, pathways with well stocked herbaceous borders, partly enclosed with brick and sandstone wall, a rose garden, fruit cage and trees including plum and apple trees. Situated in a sheltered position and flanked by a high wall is a heated swimming pool. Beyond the gardens is a block of south facing pasture land of around 8 acres and the gardens and grounds in total are 9.7 acres.