5 bedroom house for sale

Converted from a historic farm building and forming part of an exclusive complex, The Barn is a spacious sensitively-converted family home with a wealth of exposed beams, a south-facing garden and outdoor amenities including a summer house/gym and detached bar/games room and double garage located at the heart of a sought-after village.

The Barn on Broyle Gate Farm is a red brick, part-flint-faced and weatherboarded converted farm building offering almost 2,600 sq. ft. of light-filled flexible and immaculately presented accommodation arranged over two floors, sensitively combining modern amenities with features including a wealth of exposed wall and ceiling beams (but no head height issues) and wooden flooring. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the accommodation flows from a spacious yet welcoming part-double-height reception hall with useful cloakroom and galleried landing over and briefly comprises a vaulted sitting room, study with en suite shower room futureproofing as a ground floor bedroom and superb open plan L-shaped drawing/dining room with feature exposed brick fireplace with woodburner, space for a sizeable table and two sets of French doors to the south-facing rear terrace.

The ground floor accommodation is completed by a generous kitchen/breakfast room with exposed brick wall, a range of base units including a central island, modern integrated appliances, a Belfast sink and deep walk-in larder, opening into the breakfast area and with a door to a useful fitted utility room with Belfast sink and a stable door to the garden.

On the first floor the property provides a vaulted principal bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and modern en suite bathroom, two further double bedrooms, one with en suite shower room, a dressing room with inter-connecting vaulted fourth bedroom and a modern family bathroom.

Set behind low-level flint-faced walling and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a gravelled driveway providing private extensive parking and giving access to a detached weatherboarded double garage. Laid mainly to lawn bordered by mature shrubs, the south-facing rear garden features a summer house/gym, a substantial vaulted timber-framed bar/games room with full-height glazing incorporating French and bi-fold doors to a terrace, a decked hot tub area and generous paved terraces, one wraparound and the other part-covered by a vine-clad gazebo, the whole ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The gardens are bordered with extablished trees and hedgerows providing excellent seclusion.

Broyle Gate Farm sits near to the heart of the historic village of Ringmer, one of the largest villages in Sussex. Arranged around a village green and only a short walk to the South Downs National Park, the village offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including a church, village hall, parade of local shops, cafés, popular nursery, primary and secondary schools and a variety of village sporting clubs. The historic county town of Lewes provides an extensive range of independent shops, supermarkets, services, cafés, restaurants and recreational and leisure amenities. The coastal business and entertainment centres of Brighton & Hove and Eastbourne both offer comprehensive amenities and water sports. Communications links are excellent: Ringmer benefits from a bus stop with regular services to Lewes and Brighton, Glynde and Lewes stations offer regular services to central London, and the A26 Maidstone to Newhaven road links to the national road and motorway network and to London and its airports.