Foxhunt Green Waldron, East Sussex, TN21

A stunning and immaculate Victorian coach house conversion, currently arranged and occupied as a Convent, but being sold with planning permission for a residential conversion.

Description

This stunning Victorian coach house forms part of the original estate of Foxhunt Manor, which was purchased in its entirety for the Visitation Monastery, back in the 1950's. The mansion on the estate was originally occupied and the coach house was mainly used for storage. Then, about fifteen years ago a decision was taken to downsize the accommodation by moving the into the coach house, which underwent a comprehensive refurbishment and adaptation to make it ready as the Convent. The mansion house was then sold and returned to a single residential use and also, currently as a showcase for the present owners’ antiques business. A decision has now been taken for the Visitation Monastery to move on again.

The property is a stunning Victorian structure, with impressive detailed brickwork to the elevations, attractively set under a substantial pitch tiled roof. The refurbishment and adaptation undertaken has been sympathetically in design and so the further work to residential looks to be able to go on from here, although of course, buyers will need to take their own professional advice over this. The property benefits from double glazing and gas fired central heating and there is already a modern kitchen and a utility room, as well as shower rooms en suite to all the bedrooms and a further two bathrooms. Also, a lift has been installed, as an alternative access route to the first floor bedroom suites, in addition to the oak main stairs and the secondary stairs.

Features of note outside the building include the brick block courtyard, with its arched, wrought iron gated entrance and also the raised rear terrace, facing west, with steps down to further terracing and directly onto the grounds, giving a delightful private outlook to the ancient woodland.
Inside, the layout downstairs is laid out as generous, well-proportioned rooms, leading off from a conservatory style entrance hall, which helps to fill the property with a feeling of space and light. The style is generally minimalist, with an emphasis on the quality finishes, including stone and oak flooring, oak doors and architraves, along with some exposed brickwork, which all work well with the ceiling downlighters. The chapel located in the right hand wing is of particular note, being double height with exposed roof timbers and features stain glass to some of the windows.

Outside there is a good secondary building called Patmos, which is a substantial oak framed meeting room, sympathetic in style, inside and out, with substantial glazing giving a wonderful outlook over the garden and grounds. The large principle room has an open plan kitchenette, oak flooring and central heating, with a wet room shower sink and w.c, ante room and boiler room.

In addition, there is a timber art studio building and summerhouse, a green house and two small sheds, which are next to a fence vegetable garden, plus a tractor store, with additional storage, a large garden shed and a brick built boiler house, which also serves to house the electricity supply.

The property is approached from its own gated entrance, with the backdrop of park like gardens and grounds amounting to about 28 acres in all. This includes large grassed areas, interspersed with a variety of impressive mature trees, as well as a delightful large, landscaped pond and a substantial area of ancient woodland.

Location

Visitation Convent is located on the edge of the pretty village of Waldron known for its popular family run traditional pub, the Star Inn.

Horam is reached within approximately 2.8 miles, with good local amenities including a butchers, a pharmacy, a post office and Co-op supermarket and for wine-lovers Hidden Springs Vineyard has a shop on Vines Cross Road.

Heathfield lies approximately 4.3 miles to the north offering a wider range of shops including a Waitrose, Tesco, Co-op and Sainsburys, cafes, restaurants, opticians, Italian deli and an animal feed store, whilst Tunbridge Wells is approximately 16.8 miles to the north and Eastbourne approximately 16.7 miles to the south.

State and private schools: There is an excellent choice of schools in the area including primaries at Cross-in-Hand, Horam and Heathfield, Skippers Hill preparatory school at Five Ashes, Vine Hall at Robertsbridge. At secondary level there is Heathfield Community College and private options at Mayfield for girls, Bedes at Upper Dicker, Lewes Old Grammar School, plus Eastbourne and Brighton Colleges on the coast.

Mainline rail: Buxted railway station approximately 5.8 miles London Bridge from 1 hr 16 mins (Southern), or Stonegate station approximately 10.7 miles with regular commuter services to London Charing Cross from 1hr 13 mins (South Eastern).

Local leisure amenities include the picturesque Cuckoo trail, accessible from West Street Lane, which is part of the National Cycle network running from Heathfield to Shinewater Park, Eastbourne (passing through Horam, Hailsham and Polegate), Horam tennis and football clubs, Isenhurst Country Club and rugby and tennis clubs in Cross in Hand, and a cricket club and the Star Inn in Old Heathfield.

All distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 8,647 sq ft


Acreage: 31.81 Acres

Additional Info

Services: Mains Water, Electricity and LPG. Private drainage (Sewage Treatment Plant) and Propane Gas central heating.

Outgoings: Wealden District Council, Tax Band: H.

Please note, driveway will be shared ownership.

The woodland on the property is ancient woodland and is protected.

Please note, planning permission has been granted WD/2004/2957/F for the conversion and change of use of the existing building to form a single dwelling, subject to a legal 106 agreement.