3 Bed House Sold STC
Post Horn Lane, Forest Row, RH18
£525,000 (Freehold)
- SEMI DETACHED CHARACTER HOME
- SPACE TO ENLARGE (subject to planning)
- INTERNAL SOUND PROOFING ADDED
- POPULAR ESTABLISHED LANE
- WALKS TO GOLF COURSE & FOREST WAY
- 3 BEDROOMS
- REFURBISHED BATHROOM
- LOUNGE & DINING ROOM
- KITCHEN & ATTACHED STUDIO
- GOOD SIZED GARDEN ADJ BROOK
1933 semi detached house standing on a broad plot offering potential to extend the existing house, subject to planning consents. The property stands alongside old growth forest, has access to the Shales Brook, and is in a very popular road which ultimately leads onto the Royal Ashdown Golf Course. The property is within walking distance to the Tablehurst Biodynamic Farm and the Forest Row village centre. There are also countryside walks close by on the Forest Way Country Park providing a footpath, bridle way and cycle path to East Grinstead and Groombridge, and buses stop at the end of the street. The house has accommodation arranged on two floors with three bedrooms, a bathroom and a hatch to a large loft space on the first floor, and two reception rooms and kitchen on the ground floor. The total floor area extends to eight hundred and eighty six square feet (eighty two square metres). There is a gas fired central heating system, double glazed acoustic glass windows, and fibre optic internet. The current vendor, a musician, has installed a significant amount of sound proofing in the walls and floors. Outside, the property has a good sized attached studio of seventeen feet in length suitable for a variety of different purposes. There is a broad mature garden, providing enough space at the side for extension (stpp), laid to lawn, screened by mature trees and established hedging to the boundaries, providing a good deal of seclusion and sense of being surrounded by nature.
Location Summary
The house stands in Post Horn Lane within a mile of the lively village centre of Forest Row with its excellent range of local shops, specialist stores, mini-supermarkets, and petrol station. The village also has a number of cafes, restaurants, and galleries. There is also a modern Health Centre and a number of churches of various denominations. Standing in a non estate location the property has a relatively level walk to the centre of Forest Row. The local primary school is within four hundred yards whilst the surrounding area has a varied selection of schools, both state and private, including Michael Hall, Greenfields and Emerson College all within Forest Row itself. East Grinstead, the nearest town, is within four miles, accessible by car or bus via the A22, providing a more extensive range of shopping/leisure amenities, including an indoor pool, and rail services to London via East Croydon. The Bluebell Steam Railway operates to the south extending the main rail line to Sheffield Park. Bus services from the village also connect the village to a number of other towns including Crawley, Tunbridge Wells, Haywards Heath and the City of Brighton. The house is situated close to the Forest Way Country Park for walking, cycling, and horse riding to East Grinstead and east through the villages of Hartfield, Withyham and Groombridge. Ashdown Forest and the Royal Ashdown Golf Course can be found at the top of Chapel Lane providing access to 6,400 acres of heath/woodland home to a variety of wildlife and fauna. Sports venues within a twenty five mile radius include Lingfield Park and Brighton racecourses, a number of local golf clubs including the East Sussex National at Uckfield and sailing/angling at Weirwood and Ardingly Reservoirs.
Council Tax Band: D
Nearest Stations
- East Grinstead - 3.70miles
- Kingscote (Bluebell Railway) - 4.26miles
- Dormans - 4.93miles
- Cowden - 5.11miles
- Horsted Keynes (Bluebell Railway) - 5.16miles