School House, Lewes Road, Westmeston, East Sussex, BN6 8RH

£650,000 Freehold

in brief points School House is a pretty flint

elevated semi-detached 3 bedroom

house, formerly the village school,

believed to date back some 160-170

years, standing in a plot approaching

an acre with stunning views over

farmland of the South Downs

National Park. The property has

been in our vendors ownership for

some 80 years and extended in 2001

but with further enlargement

potential (STANC’s).

ACCOMMODATION: Entrance Hall -

Living Room – Cloakroom / WC -

Sitting Room - Dining Room - Kitchen

– Utility Room – Bathroom

FIRST FLOOR – Three Bedrooms -

WC – 18’0 x 17’10 Loft Room

OUTSIDE: Driveway – Outbuildings

Including a Brick Built Former

Outhouse/WC - Wood and Coal

Store – Greenhouse – Summerhouse

– Workshop - Timber Shed/Store –

Formal Gardens – Vegetable Plot /

Allotment – Orchard

HEATING: Provided by solid fuel

burning stove

DRAINAGE: Via septic tank

in more detail……

School House has been in our vendors family ownership for some 80 years, prior to which it was the

village school for the district. Extended by our clients in 2001 creating an additional ground floor

reception room that was at that time designed as an annexe, over the reception room there is a

substantial loft void which is considered ripe for conversion to an additional bedroom and bathroom

on the first floor (subject to obtaining any necessary consents) and having a uPVC double glazed

window already installed.

An oak pillared entrance/storm porch leads into the hall and there is an unused secondary porch

(original school entrance prior to conversion). From the hall access can be gained to the kitchen, a

rear door leads out to the outbuildings, and a door into the double aspect living room with window

looking out to the South Downs and double doors accessing the patio and formal gardens. In the

corner of the living room there is a cloakroom/WC fitted with a white suite. The kitchen is also double

aspect, was refitted in 2001 with white moulded fronted units and includes a built in Belling double

oven and a four-ring induction hob. There is a utility/store room and the ground floor bathroom

accessed from the inner lobby off the kitchen. The second sitting room has a cast iron solid fuel

burning stove by Aarrow Fires as its focal point, this also provides the radiator heating. Double doors

lead into the dining room, this room was the original school reception hall. On the first floor a small

landing provides access to all three double bedrooms, all have fitted/built in wardrobes and

bedroom one has an ensuite WC. The second bedroom enjoys the best views and is the one used

by our clients as their main bedroom.

Outside, a five-bar gate and private driveway provides ample off road parking with parking/turning

area, there is a personal gate and some double gates (to allow vehicular access to the gardens if

required). The gardens and grounds are arranged in several parts and briefly comprises:-

* Outbuildings - brick built former outhouse/WC now store, wood and coal store, 17’7 x 17’5

workshop with power, light and being independently fused from the main house, greenhouse,

summerhouse and further sizeable timber shed/store

* Formal gardens - immediately adjoining the house with substantial patio and pathways, planted

beds and borders stocked with roses, lavender and rosemary amongst numerous other specimens

* Orchard - running along the northern-most boundary of the property beside Glebe Cottages

* Vegetable plot/allotment - concealed from the formal gardens by mature well maintained

hedgerows

AGENTS NOTE: The orchard and vegetable plot/allotment are the subject of an overage

agreement with further details available from the agent’s office.

LOCAL AUTHORITY: Lewes District Council, 32 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LX

Telephone: 01273 471600 / Website: www.lewes.gov.uk

Council Tax Band: E / Energy Performance Rating: F

location… Hassocks – 2.5 miles

Burgess Hill – 4 miles

Haywards Heath – 7 miles

Brighton – 8 miles

Lewes – 6 miles

Gatwick Airport – 26 miles via

A23/M23 ( 28 minutes)

(N.B. All distances given are approximate)

SCHOOLS:

St Margarets Church of England Primary

School, Ditchling ( 1.1 miles)

Plumpton Primary School (3.9 miles)

Hassocks Infant School (2.7 miles)

Windmills Junior, Hassocks (2.5 miles)

Downlands Community School,

Hassocks (2.7 miles)

PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

Hurstpierpoint College (5.8 miles)

Burgess Hill School for Girls (4.2 miles)

Ardingly College (10.5 miles)

Great Walstead School (8.8 miles)

STATIONS:

Hassocks Mainline Railway Station

(London Victoria/London Bridge

approximately 48 mins) 3 miles

Plumpton Green Mainline Railway

Station (London Victoria/London Bridge

1 hour & Brighton 30 mins) 3.5 miles

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more details from Mansell McTaggart…

29 Keymer Road, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 8AB

email: has@mansellmctaggart.co.uk Tel: 01273 843377

LOCATION

Westmeston is situated within the South Downs National Park, between Ditchling and Plumpton at the foot of the South Downs. A few minutes’ walk from the cottage a

footpath leads to the top of Ditchling Beacon with wonderful views of the surrounding area. The village of Ditchling is approximately one mile to the West.

STATION

Hassocks mainline station and shops are approximately 3 miles to the West and Plumpton Green railway station is approximately 3.5 miles to the North-East.

BY ROAD

By road, Brighton/Hove and Lewes can all be reached in under 20 minutes clear drive.

DIRECTIONS

From our offices on Keymer Road, head East toward Ditchling on the B2116, at the mini roundabout at Ditchling Village head straight across onto Lewes Road, after

approximately one mile just after a row of three cottages on your left hand side (Glebe Cottages) School House is the second driveway immediately after the cottages.