Balaclava Lane, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6EH

A well-presented 1950s detached 4-bedroom house of approximately 1,582sq.ft set on a plot of just over ¼ acre in an elevated, south facing position on a quiet lane on the edge of the village.

Situation: The property is situated in an elevated position on a quiet lane on the outskirts of Wadhurst village, voted the best place to live in the UK in 2023.

The village High Street is approximately 1 mile distant and offers an excellent range of shops and services for everyday needs including a Jempson’s Local store and post office, café, butcher, baker, bookshop, pharmacy, florist, off licence, public houses, as well as a doctor’s surgery, dentist, primary school and the well-regarded Uplands Community College and Sports Centre.

For the commuter, Wadhurst mainline station is approximately 1½ miles distant and provides a regular service to London Bridge/Charing Cross/Cannon Street in just over an hour.

There is a regular bus service and the A21 is also within easy reach providing a direct link to the M25 (junction 5) and the coast.

Gatwick Airport is about 30 miles to the west, the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone is about 45 miles to the east and central London is about 50 miles away.

The regional centre of Tunbridge Wells is just 6 miles distant and provides a comprehensive range of amenities including The Pantiles, the Royal Victoria Shopping centre, cinema complex and theatres.

The beautiful surrounding countryside is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, provides many public footpaths and includes Bewl Water Reservoir, reputedly the largest area of inland water in the South East, where a wide range of water sports can be enjoyed.

Description: Hilburgh is a detached house built in 1953 with external elevations of brick beneath a shingle tiled roof and double-glazed windows and doors throughout.

The house provides spacious, flexible and well-presented accommodation of approximately 1,582sq.ft/147sq.m and benefits from having large windows giving lots of natural light and enjoying a lovely outlook over its gardens and surrounding woodland.

The accommodation is arranged over two floors and includes on the ground floor an entrance hall with oak flooring and a door leading to a cloakroom, stairs to the first floor and a door leading to a double aspect dining room, which has oak flooring, a built-in cupboard, a window overlooking the front garden and French doors leading out to the rear garden.

The dining room is open plan to a sitting room, which is also double aspect and has a fireplace fitted with a wood burning stove.

There is a good-sized kitchen/breakfast room with stone tiled flooring, an extensive range of wall and base units, Belling range cooker, tiled splash backs and a window overlooking the rear garden.

A door leads from the kitchen to a utility room with a door leading out to the carport and driveway. On the first floor there are four bedrooms (three doubles and a single).

The main bedroom is double aspect and has fitted wardrobes and the fourth bedroom has French doors leading out to a roof terrace.

There is a well-appointed shower room and a further bathroom with a bath and separate shower cubicle, and large eaves storage cupboards.

To the front of the property is a tarmac driveway providing off road parking, a car port and a single garage.

Steps lead to the front door and there is a good-sized front garden, which is laid to lawn with mature borders and a beech hedge bordering the lane.

There are gates both sides of the property giving access to the south facing rear garden, which is well established and laid to lawn with a terrace running along the rear of the property with steps and a pathway leading to a central brick terrace area with two small ponds.

The garden is bordered with mature mixed hedging and fencing, and there is a greenhouse and shed. Services: Mains water and electricity.

Gas central heating Local Authority: Wealden District Council Current council tax: G (2024/25 - £4,040.51) Current EPC rating: D