2-bedroom flat · BN7 1HT
For saleListed 165 days
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About
Charles Wycherley Independent Estate Agents are delighted to present this garden ground floor apartment in this convenient and highly elegant former manor house.
The property has 2 double bedrooms with a modern ensuite shower room and a modern family bathroom.
The sitting room is 22ft depth and is currently used as a bedroom with double doors through a bay window to the attractive walled south facing 60ft garden.
The property has original features and sash windows with picture rails and ornate cornicing. The apartment benefits from gas central heating.
Southover Manor is a highly attractive Manor House which was converted in the 1980`s from the private Girl`s School and made into prestige apartments of which the ground floor are the most sought after.
The property looks out on a conversion of an attractive old beamed inn and Anne of Cleves House and is just yards from Southover Church. with a street of highly attractive and varied period houses.
The Southdown Tennis, Squash & Hockey Club is close by, as is the attractive Grange Gardens and Priory Crescent.
Lewes Railway Station is just 5 minutes walk (London Victoria approximately 65 mins, London Bridge 90mins & Brighton 15 mins), with the superb Depot Cinema and Lewes High Street just beyond.
Lewes` historic centre has period buildings, individual shops, 3 superstores, public houses and an increasing number of cafes and restaurants.
ACCOMMODATION WITH APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS COMPRISES:- COMMUNAL ENTRANCE HALL Video entry-phone. Dado rail, high skirting and ornate cornice. Attractive staircase with cast iron railings.
Exposed hand rail. Wooden panelling. Entrance door to Flat 3:- ENTRANCE HALL High skirtings, cornice and dado rail. Radiator. Smoke alarm. Cloaks hanging space.
Mirrored steel double doors to 4ft depth cloaks and storage cupboards. Video entry-phone. BEDROOM 2 15`7 x 11`10.
2 Original sash windows to attractive Southover High Street properties and Anne of Cleves House. Acoustic double glazing. Modern vertical radiator.
Ornate cornice, ceiling rose, picture rail and high skirtings. Double wardrobe cupboard with hanging rail. BATHROOM 4`6 x 9`.
Modern white suite of wood panelled deep white bath, with dado panelling surround. Armitage Shanks pedestal wash basin. Low level w.c. Vertical radiator. Shaver point. Bathroom cupboard.
Extractor fan. SITTING ROOM/BEDROOM 1 16`8 x 14`4. Attractive bay window with acoustic double glazing and original sash windows looking to Southover period properties. Radiator.
Ornate cornice and rose. Overheard cupboards. Further radiator. Double wardrobe cupboard and cupboards over. ENSUITE SHOWER ROOM 7`5 x 5`6. Modern shower cubicle. Tiled walls.
Independent fitted shower. Shower tray. Contemporary wash basin with mixer taps. Tiled floor. Low level w.c. Half tiled walls. Shaver point. Recessed spotlights. Heated ladder towel rail.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM 10`4 x 9`. Sash window to rear garden to south aspect. New modern kitchen with wooden fitted kitchen units. Quartz worktops with space and plumbing for a washing machine.
4-ring electric ceramic hob. Samsung electric oven. Samsung stainless steel extractor. Range of wall cupboards. Space for fridge/freezer. Plate rack. Drop lights. Under unit lights.
BEDROOM 1/SITTING ROOM 22`6 x 10`9 Picture rail. Cornice. High skirtings. 2 Wall lights. Double wood patio doors with two side windows. 2 radiators. Picture rail. Dimmer switch.
Opening to rear south facing garden. OUTSIDE REAR GARDEN 60ft depth. Slabbed rear patio with long lawned level garden with timber shed. Attractive stone and flint walls to side and rear.
Outside water tap. GARAGE Garage to the north-west end of the terrace, approached off Cluny Street.
LEASE DETAILS Shared freehold, 950 year lease remaining Service charge: to be advised Ground rent: to be advised what3words /// enormous.tenure.speaking Notice Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services.
Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
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