St. Marys Villas, Battle

**Guide Price £750,000 - £800,000**
An attractive attached Victorian villa in a sought-after private residential road, with a large south-west facing plot, providing generous family accommodation with the benefit of a self-contained one-bedroom apartment. The house is exceptionally well located, only moments from the mainline station at Battle.

Description

The Gables is an extremely attractive early Victorian villa set well back behind a pretty front garden from this popular and well situated cul-de-sac. The house offers some 3,000 ft2 of light and spacious accommodation, with good ceiling heights throughout and with a self-contained apartment. As the house is attached at the rear, from the front it has the appearance and the feel and privacy of a detached house.
There is generous parking on the driveway and an integral garage.

The elevations are colour-washed render with cornerstones beneath a tiled roof. There is partial double glazing and gas-fired central heating.
The main features are:
• Entrance porch with stone floor, and space for coats and boots. A part glass panelled door opens to the entrance hall with ceramic tiled flooring and understairs storage cupboard.
• A panelled door opens to the nicely proportioned sitting room with oak flooring,
and a double aspect, incorporating a sliding patio door to the front deck/terrace. There is a wooden mantelpiece with tiled slips and hearth with an open fireplace, the chimney breast being flanked by storage cupboards and a range of fitted bookshelves.
• The attractive dining room has polished wood flooring and exposed beams with an opening through to the breakfast area. There is an exposed brick chimney with slate hearth and fitted gas log burner.
• The kitchen has a breakfast bar and a range of wooden wall and base units, some with glass fronts, and co-ordinating worktops and splashbacks; fitted Cannon six-ring gas range with three ovens and plate warmer; double bowl butler-style sink with mixer taps and drainer; plumbing for dishwasher; large larder cupboard.
• The very useful utility/boot room has a door out to the rear garden. Cloakroom with WC and wash basin.
• A staircase from the main entrance hall rises to the first floor landing, which has a linen cupboard.
• The principal bedroom has laminate wood flooring and mirror-fronted wardrobes together with a range of open-fronted hanging and shelving units. An arched door opens to the en suite bathroom with a free-standing claw foot roll-top bath with mixer taps and shower attachment, a separate tiled and glazed shower cubicle; pedestal wash basin; WC; heated towel rail; tiled floor and part tiled walls.
Bedroom 2 sits opposite the main bedroom and offers an attractive view over the front garden. There is a cast iron fireplace with painted mantelpiece and some fitted bookshelves.
• Bedroom 3 also features a painted mantelpiece and fireplace and a view over the rear garden.
• Cloakroom with vinyl flooring, WC and wash basin.
• The second floor landing has a storage cupboard also housing the cold water tank. Hatch access up onto the roof and an under eaves storage area.
• Bedroom 4 is an excellent double bedroom, partly in the eaves, with a range of open-front fitted shelves and hanging rails, and a window overlooking the front garden.
• Bedroom 5 has strip wood flooring with a vaulted ceiling and a painted cast iron fireplace, again with a range of open-front hanging rails and a view over the rear garden.
• The family bathroom features a panelled bath with separate overhead electric shower attachment, wash basin in vanity unit with storage below, WC. Part tongue and groove and part tiled walls.
• The lower ground floor can be accessed either from the main staircase of the house, or via a separate entrance from outside, with no steps, to the front of the house, thus allowing this floor to be used as a fully self-contained flat, if required.
• A pathway at the end of the drive leads to the glazed front door. The entrance hall opens onto the kitchen with a range of fitted wall and base units and co-ordinating worktops including a stainless steel sink unit with mixer taps; electric oven and hob with overhead extractor; plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, and a double glazed window to the side of the house. Panelled door to a cellar/ storage area.
• The sitting room has a range of built-in bookshelves and is currently used as a television/playroom.
• Bedroom 6 is a generous double bedroom with an en suite bath/shower room with panelled bath; separate tiled and glazed shower cubicle; pedestal wash basin; WC; vinyl flooring and part tiled walls.
• The integral garage is a large single garage with a window to the rear and is currently used for storage.

Outside

The very pretty south-west facing front garden is undoubtedly a feature of the house, approached via two sets of steps. This is well screened from the lane, offering a surprising degree of privacy and seclusion, and features two areas of lawn and a raised terrace/decked area ideal for al fresco dining and entertaining.
The driveway provides parking for up to four cars (tandem parking) and leads to the single garage with double timber doors.
A separate flight of steps from the driveway leads to the rear garden, featuring a large paved terrace with steps up to an area of lawn beyond which is a raised bed bordered by a mature bamboo plant. A wrought iron gate leads to a passageway culminating in St Mary’s Terrace.