ROOMS Verandah, Reception hall, Living room, Dining room, Open plan kitchen and breakfast/day room, Utility room, Rear hall, Cloakroom, Cellar, Landing, Five/six bedrooms, Dressing room, Bath/shower room, Shower room. Gas central heating. EPC rating E. Victorian glasshouse. Outhouses. Garage. Off road parking for several vehicles. Mature garden
 

LOCATION The property is located in a semi-rural position within a small hamlet of properties on the edge of Westfield village in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Local shops and facilities include doctors' surgery, tennis club, public house, butchers, parish church, village store and Post Office, hairdresser, recreation ground, bowling green and primary school. More comprehensive shopping facilities are available at Hastings (5 miles) with a selection of independent high street shops, various leisure facilities and access to multiple supermarkets and Battle (6 miles), each with a mainline station and commuter services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Schooling in the area includes state secondary schools in Hastings, Claverham Community College in Battle and independent schools including Claremont School, Battle Abbey School and Buckswood School.  

DESCRIPTION Built in 1882 as a wedding gift to the daughter of Crowham Manor, Further Down is a detached Victorian family house presenting mellow brick elevations set with large sash windows beneath a recently recovered pitched tiled roof. The light, well-proportioned accommodation with good ceiling heights is arranged over two levels, as shown on the floor plan, and is currently informally sub divided to provide an independent ancillary suite to the main house comprising a fitted kitchen, two bedrooms and a shower room but which could readily be reconfigured as one larger six-bedroom family house, subject to requirements. 

GROUND FLOOR The property is approached via a verandah with a geometric tiled floor and a panelled front door which opens into a spacious reception hall with a turned staircase to the first floor, access to a useful cellar and a door to an inner hallway with a cloakroom. The well-proportioned living room has a wide bay window overlooking the garden, ornate moulded cornicing and a cast iron fireplace with a decorative surround. The dining room, which has two tall sash windows overlooking the front of the house, has moulded cornicing, picture rail and a cast iron fireplace with a decorative surround.

The double aspect kitchen and breakfast/day room, which has two sets of full height glazed double doors opening onto the terrace and gardens, is fitted with a range of Georgian style painted cabinets comprising cupboards and drawers with traditional wooden round drawer knobs ,granite work surfaces, an island unit, a built in fridge freezer, an integrated dishwasher, a double bowl ceramic sink and a Lacanche range cooker with double oven, 5 burner hob and filter hood. Adjacent is a utility room with a wall mounted boiler and space for a washing machine and tumble dryer. A connecting door leads to the rear hall serving the ancillary accommodation with an independent front door to outside, a cloak/shower room and a secondary staircase to the upper level.