Coldthorn Lane, Hailsham, BN27

£500,000-£550,000 A beautifully characterful  2/3 bedroom Victorian cottage much improved by the current owners to provide a stunning country home combining the traditional and contemporary, occupying a 0.25 acre plot enviably positioned in a quiet rural lane yet within walking distance to the town centre with its comprehensive range of shopping leisure facilities.

This charming home benefits from light and spacious accommodation which has been recently modernised by the current owners while retaining a wealth of period features and offers, in brief, on the ground floor; a bespoke kitchen with a range of matching hand-made units, an Esse range oven and a butler sink, a generous dining room with a log burning stove and double doors opening to the outside, a spacious living room with a log burning stove leading to a conservatory, a downstairs WC and a downstairs study/bedroom 3.

From the entrance hall a staircase rises to the first floor offering; a principal bedroom with fitted wardrobes, a four piece bathroom with separate shower cubicle, a second double bedroom and a loft hatch with attached ladder leading to a boarded loft with a Velux window.

Outside the plot size is a particular feature extending to approximately 0.25 acres of thoughtfully landscaped gardens and grounds having been carefully planted to provide blooms all year round from a variety of specimen flowers, shrubs, trees and plants.  Several seating terraces intersperse the planting as well as a pond and several outbuildings, a stable block is currently used as storage and could be converted to a summerhouse/games room or office.

The front of the property is approached via a gated driveway leading to a large detached garage with power and light connected in front of the garage is parking for several vehicles.

EPC: E

Council Tax: E

Oil fired central heating and private drainage

Hope Cottage is situated on a quiet rural road within 1 mile of the picturesque market town of Hailsham which offers a comprehensive range of shopping and leisure facilities including a fully restored Edwardian independent cinema, numerous bars and restaurants, a popular leisure centre and several supermarkets. The town and surrounding areas also offer numerous primary schools and provides secondary education at Hailsham Community College, as well as nearby Bedes and St Andrews private schools. The popular seaside town of Eastbourne also within close proximity of approximately 7 miles to the town centre with its extensive shopping and recreational facilities, mainline railway station, Victorian seafront promenade and International Lawn Tennis Centre at Devonshire.  Locally offers access to multiple golf courses, one of the largest sailing marinas on the south coast at Sovereign Harbour, Downland countryside and villages with wonderful recreational opportunity and numerous public houses and cultural facilities including theatres in Eastbourne and world class opera at nearby Glyndebourne.

Other coastal resorts of Brighton, Bexhill and Hastings are also all within driving distance and nearby railway services can be found at Polegate offering services to Victoria and London Bridge (approximately 2 miles distant).