- Delightful period cottage +
- Overlooking the Village Green +
- Popular Rushlake Green village +
- Sitting Room +
- Kitchen/Breakfast Room +
- Conservatory +
- Charming gardens +
- Local shop and public house +
- Heathfield town some 3 miles +
- Mainline station within 8.5 miles +
Guide Price £425,000 - £450,000
A charming and stylishly presented period cottage, with beautiful front and rear cottage gardens. Located in a prime position overlooking the quintessential village green in Rushlake Green, with a public house and village shop.
2 Byschool is a very attractive period cottage superbly located overlooking the village green. The property has been subject to much care and attention and is very well-presented throughout, with good ceiling heights and quality kitchen and bathroom fittings. The conservatory was replaced in September 2023 and the exquisite gardens are another very appealing feature.
The elevations are of painted brick beneath a tiled roof and there is electric heating with wall mounted slimline radiators and double glazed windows throughout.
The main features of the property include:
• Front door to entrance porch with brick flooring and a window to the front overlooking the garden. Door to the attractive sitting room having a brick fireplace with wood-burning stove on a raised hearth. Two windows look over the front garden. Staircase to the first floor with cupboard beneath.
• Door to the kitchen/breakfast room having a sink unit with drainer to the side inset into quality granite work surface with cupboards and drawers below; inset four-ring Neff hob with overhead extractor fan; twin ovens with grills; range of eye-level units. In the breakfast area are oak work surfaces with additional cupboards and drawers beneath and utility cupboard to the side. Integrated full-height fridge-freezer.
• Doorway to the conservatory which was rebuilt in 2023 with brick flooring, sealed unit double glazed windows and a lovely aspect over the garden, and with a door to the terrace.
• On the first floor there are three bedrooms, two of which overlook the village green; one has a cast iron duck’s nest fireplace and all have fitted wardrobes.
• The shower room has quality fittings including a sink unit inset into granite worktop with cupboard and drawer beneath, tiled shower cubicle, WC, heated towel rail and an extractor fan. Access to roof space.
Outside
The gardens are a real asset to the property, with a charming picket gate leading onto a pathway approaching the front door. There are beautiful well-stocked flower borders with potentilla, poppies, geraniums, hydrangeas, roses, sedum, peony, acer etc, together with areas of hedge-enclosed lawn.
Discreetly situated to the front of the garden is a bin storage cupboard and behind the porch is a log store and additional timber storage cupboard.
The rear gardens are delightful and have been designed in a cottage style with a beautiful array of roses and other colourful shrubs. The terrace is principally laid to attractive brickwork with areas of stone paving and to the rear is a garden shed.