4 bedroom detached house for sale

Charles Wycherley Independent Estate Agents are delighted to announce the sale of this fine detached house with additional detached garage and currently office/work building with easy potential for residential use (subject to planning permission). This property is in a top quality Lewes location in Green Lane, being a twitten off the quiet Stewards Inn Lane and yet just yards from Lewes High Street and the castle, but also being elevated and having stunning panoramic views across to the Newhaven Valley. The property is set in an attractive (large for Lewes) plot. The house is of 1950s style, with 3 bedrooms on the first floor including a fine large master bedroom with exceptional views and potential for ensuite. There is a further double and single bedroom with family bathroom on the first floor, which could be divided for the ensuite. The ground floor has an entrance hall with a new oak staircase, a superb open-plan fitted kitchen/living room with central island, a ground floor 4th bedroom/study and double aspect 22'4 x 16'1 sitting room opening to the large south section of the garden as well as a downstairs cloakroom and utility/shower room. The property is entered from a wrought iron gate on Green Lane with a north section of attractive and private garden, some of which could be private to The Apple Loft separate building. There is room to both sides of the house and a large south facing walled and private garden with exceptional views to the Newhaven Valley and South Downs. The Apple Loft is a detached building fronting onto Stewards Inn Lane with 3 garages, downstairs area and entrance, and an open-plan first floor room and bathroom, again with views. This property could be easily converted into a 2 bedroom house with garden and garage.

Green Lane is a most sought after twitten/footpath in an elevated position in central Lewes, quiet and yet just yards from the High Street and the Norman castle. The property is approached via the picturesque St. Martins Lane and Stewards Inn Lane and runs south, having exceptional views. St. Martins Lane joins Lewes High Street, with its many independent shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants, as well as attractive period properties and historical attractions, to the Grange Gardens in Southover, and has easy access to Lewes Railway Station with connections to London Victoria (65 mins), London Bridge (90 mins) and Brighton (15 mins), with the excellent Depot Cinema opposite. There are superb walks surrounding Lewes to the South Downs, the banks of the River Ouse and the close by nature park.

ACCOMMODATION WITH APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS COMPRISES:-

FIRST FLOOR

LANDING
New oak staircase to the ground floor entrance hall. Recessed spotlighting. Hatch to insulated roof space.

MASTER BEDROOM 1
20'4 into bay x 12'1, with further depth into wardrobes. Feature double glazed bay window with panoramic views over the Newhaven valley and the South Downs. Full range of 3 double wardrobe cupboard with hanging rails and shelves. Air conditioning unit. 2 Radiators. N.B. There is potential access for creating an ensuite shower room.

BEDROOM 2
16'5 x 9'7. Velux window looking west. Fitted shelves. Cupboard housing Ideal Logic gas fired boiler. Single wardrobe cupboard with hanging rail and shelves. Radiator.

BEDROOM 3
10'6 x 8'7. Window overlooking Apple Loft. Radiator. Hatch to eaves cupboard. Fitted shelves and hanging rail.

BATHROOM
8'9 x 7'3. Suite of panelled bath with Triton Main shower, pedestal wash basin and low level w.c. Tiled walls. Radiator. Shelves. N.B. There is potential for dividing into 2 rooms to create a family bathroom and ensuite.

GROUND FLOOR

ENTRANCE HALL
19'2 x 8'. Solid oak entrance door with leadlight window to side. New solid oak staircase to first floor landing. Oak parquet flooring. Space understairs. Clay tiled section. Exposed ceiling beam. Underfloor heating thermostat. Radiator.

CLOAKROOM
Secondary glazed leadlight window. Low level w.c. Wash hand basin. Heated towel rail.

UTILITY/SHOWER ROOM
7'10 x 7'8. Secondary glazed window with clay tile cill. Glazed cubicle with Triton independent shower, tiled walls and shower tray. Low level w.c. Wash hand basin. Recessed mirror area with spotlight and pine cupboards to side. Space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer with shelves over. Oak door.

SITTING ROOM
22'4 x 16'1. Double aspect room with leadlight window to west and double glazed bay window and double doors to south facing garden. Exposed feature brick fireplace with fitted gas fire, fitted shelves to nook and brick column, clay tile hearth and oak overhead bressummer beam. Oak parquet flooring. Exposed ceiling beam. 2 Radiators. TV point. Picture rail. Oak door and architrave.

BEDROOM 4/STUDY
15' x 11'. Double aspect to east and double glazed doors to south facing terrace. Fitted shelves. Wood parquet flooring. Radiator.

KITCHEN/FAMILY ROOM
28'4 x 16'. Triple aspect room with oriel window to west. Window to Apple Loft and garden and leadlight window to east. New fitted open-plan kitchen with painted wood units and grey granite worktops. Butlers ceramic 1½ bowl sink unit with mixer tap and granite top with grooved drainer. Fitted Neff dishwasher. Pull-out bin. Cupboards and pan drawers. Stainless steel triple oven with grill. Pull-out spice trays and double larder style cupboard. Lamona ceramic 4-ring hob with granite top surround. Central island with breakfast bar and ledge for seating with drawers and cupboards under. Glazed wall cupboard. Tiled floor. Space for fridge/freezer. Oak door to Apple Loft in bay area with side window.

OUTSIDE

GARDENS
The property is entered via Green Lane, a twitten off Stewards Inn Lane, and through a wrought iron gate into a fully walled garden surrounding the house, the majority of garden being to the south side. The north side garden has 2 storage cupboards built into the wall and The Apple Loft, with a path and shrubs to a crazy paved patio and wooden steps to the building. This section is easily divided to be exclusive to The Apple Loft. There are shallow steps to the adjoining section with a crazy paved pathway and apple tree. A similar pathway and steps lead to the entrance door and timber gate to the main garden surrounded by brick and flint boundary wall with climbing plants. Clay tiled entrance area.
The 85' depth rear garden has a brick and paved south facing terrace with exceptional south facing view. The terrace has a raised brick border with central steps and paths to east side. To the west side a path leads through 2 arbours with climbing plants. The garden is accessed from double doors from the sitting room and study/bedroom 4. There is a further brick seating area and bay tree with a lower lawn surrounded by productive flower and shrub borders. Timber shed 8' x 5'.

THE APPLE LOFT

This is a separate detached building currently used as parking, storage and for work purposes, but could easily be converted into a 2/3 bedroom cottage (subject to planning permission), with access from the garden and also Stewards Inn Lane.

GROUND FLOOR

DOUBLE GARAGE
21'1 x 17'2. Double aspect with window to south and garden and to the west. Automatic doors. Power and lighting. Separate fuse box. Meter.

SINGLE GARAGE
17' x 10'8 widening to 16'. Double glazed window to garden. Original folding wooden doors.

Separate ground floor covered entrance and hard standing for horizontal parking.

ENTRANCE HALL
Fitted shelves throughout. Electric heater. Staircase to:-

FIRST FLOOR

SITTING ROOM/KITCHENETTE
23'5 x 17'3. Double aspect room with conservation rooflight looking to Stewards Inn Lane and 2 sets of double glazed double doors to small decked and railed balconies, approximately 4' x 2'2, with exceptional views. Kitchenette area with circular sink, cupboards and shelves.

BEDROOM
13'2 x 10'6. Velux window looking west. Hayloft style door to Stewards Inn Lane. Fitted wardrobe cupboard.

SHOWER ROOM
8' x 5'5. Conservation roof light. Shower cubicle with Triton Enrich electric shower, shower tray and tiled walls. Wash basin. Low level w.c. Heated towel rail. Top with cupboards under.

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