A handsome and well presented, four bedroom family home, enjoying pleasant countryside views, found within the sought-after village of Mayfield.


Description

Dating back to the 1930s with later additions, and being marketed for the second time in 60 years, Downalong is a very attractive family home enjoying a highly convenient position just on the outskirts of the very pretty, Mayfield village, High Street. The accommodation, which is set across two floors is very well-presented and well-appointed throughout, with a layout much suited to modern family life.

A generous reception hall leads to the stylish kitchen/breakfast room with attractive wall and base cabinetry providing good storage, with a range of integrated appliances, including an electric AGA. The central island with a striking granite worktops, offers good preparation space and a breakfast bar for more informal dining. The kitchen/breakfast room opens onto the impressive oak-framed dining room, creating a highly sociable layout, with double tri-fold doors to the terrace and gardens beyond. The kitchen/breakfast room extends to one side to incorporate a further utility area and useful pantry cupboard for further storage. There is a door to a sizeable study which is ideal for today's working from home needs or could of course be used as a TV snug/family room. A large, welcoming, front-to-back sitting room is ideal for more formal entertaining with attractive bay window to the front, a feature fireplace with working log burner with French doors overlooking and opening onto the terrace and gardens. A WC completes the ground floor.

The first floor is home to four generous, light-filled double bedrooms. Bedroom One enjoys good storage with two banks of fitted wardrobes and an attractive bay window providing the view over the gardens. Bedroom One has direct access onto the roof terrace; this wonderful retreat has plenty of room for seating with glazed balustrades allowing for unencumbered views over the gardens and neighbouring countryside. Bedroom Two also benefits from the view to the rear and a sizeable en suite bathroom. There are two further bedrooms and a separate family bathroom.

Outside - Downalong enjoys a generous total plot of about 0.61 acres, comfortably set back from Little Trodgers Lane. There is a large gated driveway with parking for numerous vehicles, together with a detached oak framed garage and adjoining workshop.

To the rear, the pretty and established garden is predominantly laid to lawn, with ease of maintenance in mind, with established borders to the sides providing good screening from the neighbouring property. A large paved terrace spans the width of the house creating a super entertaining area, with a paved pathway that leads to the rear boundary, with a further seating area that overlooks the neighbouring fields.

Location

Downalong is found within the historic and pretty hilltop village of Mayfield, in the heart of East Sussex and the High Weald National Landscape. This thriving village, just 0.3 miles on foot, enjoys a good selection of amenities, with convenience store, Post Office, chemist, wine store, interiors shop, florist, dentist, doctors’ surgery, hairdresser, delicatessen, bakery, butcher, pubs, cafés and boutiques, The Middle House, gastro pub and cosy hotel and Rose and Crown public house.

Mayfield is also well placed for the nearby villages of both Mark Cross and Wadhurst and the smaller towns of Crowborough (approximately 6.5 miles) and Heathfield (approximately 4.6 miles) have a choice of amenities, sports facilities, national retailers, independent stores and supermarkets, including Waitrose, Sainsburys and The Cooperative in both towns.

Royal Tunbridge Wells just 9.5 miles is a historic spa town located about thirty miles south of London, surrounded by countryside and offering a popular base for commuters. The town offers excellent cultural, leisure and shopping attractions including cafés, restaurants and two theatres. The High Street offers many restaurants including The Ivy and The Warren and so many choices for delicious cakes, fresh bread and coffee, Juliet's, Fine Grind, Gail's and the Italian delicatessen Arte Bianca with fresh fish and seafood at Sankey's fishmongers and so much more with numerous shops and independent boutiques.

The surrounding countryside boasts several places of historic interest and attractive walks, including the famous Ashdown Forest, and sailing, walking and fishing at Bewl Water. The award winning Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest is also nearby and is now recognised as the most complete collection of conifers on one site anywhere in the world and offers further woodland walks, cycling, riding, and outdoor music concerts.

State and private schools: Mayfield has its own well-regarded Primary & Nursery School as well as the independent Mayfield School for girls at secondary level. Preparatory schools in the area include Skippers Hill in Five Ashes, Bricklehurst Manor in Stonegate and Vinehall in Robertsbridge. Wadhurst, Crowborough and Heathfield have community colleges. There are independent secondary schools in Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Eastbourne and grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge.

Mainline rail: Wadhurst (5 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (9.6 miles), services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and Cannon Street. Crowborough (Jarvis Brook), (4.8 miles), services to London Bridge.

Square Footage: 2,749 sq ft




Acreage: 0.61 Acres


Additional Info

Local Authority: Wealden District Council

There is an improvement indicator noted on the property.

Services: Mains water, electricity and gas. Private drainage - Cesspool sewage system.

Sourced reference: 164838149