House Crowborough

£1,175,000-£1,200,000. An exceptional 5 bedroom (2 bath/shower rooms) attached Arts & Crafts period home extensively updated and modernised by the current owners to an exceptional specification located in a peaceful position affording far reaching views across the breath-taking Ashdown Forest. This fabulous home is immaculately presented throughout and retains a wealth or period features to include grand high ceilings, exposed floorboards and original cast iron fireplaces and boasts light and spacious accommodation extending to 3,725 square feet spanning three floors. The gardens and grounds offer a good degree of peace and seclusion and have been extensively landscaped with a re-laid flagstone seating terrace adjoining the rear and side of the property the remainder laid to areas of terraced lawn flanked and interspersed with a wide variety of mature shrubs and trees including banks of rhododendrons, the whole bound by hedging and fencing and extending to about ½ acre. The well planned accommodation comprises in brief on the ground floor a grand split level reception hall, a cloakroom, a family room with handsome stone fireplace and arched glazed double doors opening to the gardens, a double aspect sitting room with attractive window seat, wall panelling and a wood burner and a magnificent open plan and beautifully re-fitted bespoke Clive Christian kitchen/dining room with quartz work surfaces, central island unit and full integrated appliances to include a Lacanche range cooker. The first floor proves a double aspect master bedroom which has built-in wardrobes and enjoys stunning views across the nearby Ashdown Forest, two further large double bedrooms one of which has a working cast-iron fireplace, a beautifully re-fitted and luxurious family bathroom and a separate shower room. A further staircase leads to the second floor which features a fourth double bedroom, currently used as a home office, with a natural divide for a study or playroom and a useful laundry room as well as extensive eaves storage space offering scope for conversion. Outside, the property is approached via a sweeping gravel driveway leading to a large parking area and a detached tandem length garage. The driveway is flanked on either side by mature shrubs and trees and provides a beautifully secluded setting. The gardens enjoy a fine south westerly aspect and a far reaching view towards the Ashdown Forest. EPC Band D.