7 bedroom village house

A beautiful three storey Victorian family house in nearly half an acre of garden on the coveted south side of Cuckfield’s most prestigious private avenue, within easy walking distance of the High Street. Built in the late 19th Century by renowned local builders Knights, the house forms part of a purpose built pair of properties whose gardens back on to an open grassland field and falls within the conservation area of the village. The present owners have extended the property on the ground floor to link the house with the garaging, in doing so creating a wonderful open plan kitchen dining room with access to a possible annexe area. Many fine features of the period of construction remain. Approached from the tree lined avenue, a gravel driveway sweeps around the front of the house and back out to the road providing a carriage style entrance. A substantial front door opens into the hall with the original staircase rising to the first and second floors. The ground floor comprises, WC, two similar sized sitting rooms, one with bay window and both with fireplaces, a useful study, open conservatory, the large kitchen dining room, utility and rear hall with stairs leading to a room above the garage served by its own bathroom. This studio/bedroom could be used as staff accommodation/teenagers den, home office and is linked to the back door for separate access, if required, as well as the main house. The first floor provides three double bedrooms, a shower room, family bathroom and capacious ensuite to the master. A further flight of stairs takes the viewer to three more bedrooms and a walk-in linen cupboard. Outside the rear gardens face south. A wide terrace around the back of the house leads to neat lawn enclosed by high mature hedging with connecting openings through to the lower garden where further lawns run down to the rear boundary protected by tall trees. There is a summer house and garden implement store. The gardens are professionally maintained and provide both beautiful rose and shrub borders, raised vegetable sections and specimen trees. To the front, the gravel driveway provides ample parking and turning plus a sheltered carport. The front boundary is made up of tall trees and a centre Rhododendron island, separating both the drive’s entrances.

Courtmead Road is considered to be Cuckfield’s premier location, being as it is, a ‘no through’ quiet tree lined private avenue that offers the owners a short walk to the picturesque High Street, with its boutique shops, cafes, pubs and the magnificent Holy Trinity church. Other village assets include, a general store, pharmacy, modern medical centre and dentist, the Ockenden Manor hotel and spa, excellent primary and secondary schools together with a village hall and a golf club. Haywards Heath is just over 2 miles with a wider range of shopping and a mainline railway station to London with services to London Bridge and Victoria from about 45 mins, as well as the Thames Link through to St Pancras. Local footpaths abound with access to stunning countryside not far from the doorstep. The A23 London to Brighton dual carriageway is about 4 miles to the west and connects quickly with Gatwick airport and the M25.