Vicarage Road, Hailsham, East Sussex

Built in 1709 as a vicarage for the neighbouring church, Hailsham Grange is a detached Grade II* listed Queen Anne family home offering 4,113 sq ft of lightfilled, flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. Providing an elegant living and entertaining environment, it sensitively combines generouslyproportioned rooms and quality fixtures and fittings with large sash glazing, high ceilings and feature fireplaces. The accommodation flows from a rear reception hall with black-and-white tiled flooring and an original staircase to the first floor. The flooring continues through the dining room which has a front door, fireplace and display alcove. The drawing room has a feature open fireplace, curved walls with bespoke shelving and storage and a door to a vaulted conservatory with French doors to the garden. The wooden-floored snug has panelled walls, a fireplace and a door to an inner hall with useful storage and a cloakroom. It gives access to a kitchen/breakfast room with a large bay window incorporating French doors to the rear garden, a range of wall and base units, a central island with breakfast bar, an Aga, modern integrated appliances and a door to a side hall with a fitted utility room and access to the garden. The property also benefits from a spacious cellar, suitable for a variety of uses.On the first floor the property houses four woodenfloored bedrooms and a family bathroom with bath and separate shower, the principal having fitted storage and an en suite shower room. A separate staircase rises from the utility room to the first and second floors. The second floor provides three further wooden-floored bedrooms, a second family bathroom with bath and separate shower and music and gym rooms, both suitable for use as additional bedrooms, if required.

Set behind high walling and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached through five bar gates over a gravelled in-and-out driveway providing private parking. The well-maintained garden surrounding the property, a particular feature, is laid mainly to areas of lawn bordered by well-stocked flowerbeds and low-level topiary, all screened by mature hedging and trees. The landscaped walled garden to the rear uses the topiary to create a traditional parterre-style space with numerous zones and seating areas. It features a paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

The market town of Hailsham offers extensive independent and High Street shopping, a shopping centre, supermarkets including Waitrose, restaurants, bars and cafés, GP and dental surgeries and primary and secondary schooling.Local leisure amenities including a 22-acre country park with fishing lake, a playing field, leisure centre, the Cuckoo Trail walking and cycling route and numerous woodland, riverside and field walks. Comprehensive facilities are also available in the seaside town of Eastbourne and the county town of Lewes. The beaches at Eastbourne and on the south coast provide a wide range of watersports. Transportation links are excellent: the A22 links to the A27 and motorway network and to London airports, buses connect Hailsham to Eastbourne, Lewes and Brighton, and Polegate station (3.8 miles) offers regular services to Haywards Heath and central London.The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling together with independent schools including Bede’s, Eastbourne College and St Andrew’s Prep.