An exceptionally pretty detached cottage with planning permission to extend and create a 5-bedroom house, set in a wonderfully quiet, elevated, rural position towards the end of a small no through lane and enjoying a glorious outlook over Bewl Water and adjoining farmland.

Situation: Wishdown Cottage is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty overlooking towards Bewl Water and surrounded by open farmland. The much sought after village of Wadhurst is just 3 miles distant and offers an excellent range of shops and services for everyday needs including a Jempson’s Local store and post office, café, delicatessen, butcher, baker, pharmacy, bookshop, florist, off licence, public houses, as well as a doctor’s surgery, dentist, primary school and the well regarded Uplands Community College and Sports Centre.

For the commuter, Wadhurst mainline station is about 4 miles distant and provides a regular service to London Charing Cross/Cannon Street in an hour. There A21 is also within easy reach providing a direct link to the M25 (junction 5) and the coast. Gatwick Airport is about 40 miles to the west, the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone is about 46 miles to the east and central London is about 50 miles away. The regional centre of Tunbridge Wells is about 8 miles distant and provides a comprehensive range of amenities including the Royal Victoria Shopping centre, cinema complex and theatres.

Bewl Water Reservoir, reputedly the largest area of inland water in the South East, offers a range of leisure activities and water sports including an Aqua Park, walking and cycling trails, sailing, paddleboarding, rowing and fishing.

Description: Wishdown Cottage is a delightful period cottage, which benefits from being unlisted and from having planning permission to almost double the size, by replacing the existing extension to the rear (West) and extending to the side (North) to create 5 bedrooms and
2 bathrooms on the first floor, and 3 reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom and study on the ground floor.

The cottage is set in a spectacular, elevated position within approximately an acre of gardens and grounds in a wonderfully quiet location overlooking Bewl Water and presents very pretty brick and tile hung elevations with white painted timber windows under a peg tiled roof.

There are period features throughout, including some lovely exposed timbers and oak floorboards, and the cottage benefits from superb views over the reservoir from the front bedrooms and reception rooms.

The accommodation on the ground floor includes an entrance porch, a sitting room with an attractive brick fireplace (NB the wood burner is not in working order), fitted bookshelves, staircase to the first floor with exposed timbers and doors to a dining room and the kitchen/breakfast room – the dining room has exposed ceiling timbers and a lovely outlook to the front; the kitchen is fitted with a range of oak wall and base units, an Everhot cooker, tiled floor and windows and door leading to the rear garden. There is a rear lobby leading to a utility/shower room and a cloakroom. On the first floor there are three bedrooms (two doubles and a single) – the two front bedrooms enjoying stunning views over the front garden and Bewl Water - and a family bathroom.

Wishdown Cottage is set off a small lane and is approached via a shared private driveway serving just one other property and traditional outbuildings. The cottage and most of the gardens are beyond the drive and there is a further area of garden and a garage on the other side. The garage has useful storage in the roof, power and lighting and is attached at one end to a neighbouring outbuilding.

The gardens, which extend to approximately and acre, are mainly laid to lawn and are bordered with post and rail fencing and mixed hedging and adjoin farmland to the side and rear and the lane to the front with the reservoir beyond.

Current EPC Rating: E
Services: Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating (boiler is not in working order).
Local Authority: Rother District Council[use Contact Agent Button]
Current council tax band: F
Agent’s Note: Recent changes in legislation require the private drainage system to be upgraded.