• A distinct period country home upon the Ashdown Forest +
• Well known with history dating back to 1659 +
• 4 bedroom cottage +
• Established and much loved tea rooms +
• A wealth of period features +
• Private garden +
• Bakery | commercial kitchen +
• Beautifully fitted private kitchen +
• Utility room and cloakroom +
• Garage/storeroom +

£700,000 - £750,000. A wonderful opportunity to purchase a historic and iconic Tea Rooms and cottage, beautifully situated on the Ashdown Forest with a south facing rear garden, driveway providing off street parking with a garage/storeroom and further outbuilding.
Duddleswell Tea Rooms is a well-known establishment dwelling found upon the Forest with access to 6,500 acres of breath-taking heathland. The original part of the property dates back to 1659 and has many charming period features and over the years there have been a few later additions, in particular the double fronted Victorian façade. Lying to the front of the property is a level lawn and layby owned by the forest who allow the area to used by the business. 
The property is steeped in history and is regarded as a building of significance, in the 1880s it served as the general village store and bakery which sold many other goods and in 1935 a post office with the cottage let as a bed and breakfast. Further details of the property and its history can be found using the following link teas rooms/shop front itself could easy be converted to form a fully residential dwelling and in part provide a self-contained annex STPP.
Duddleswell Tea Rooms and Fern Cottage are connected made up of the tea rooms to the front which has a counter with a well-equipped kitchen found beyond. The sitting area takes up both bays and there are steps descending to a further seating area with a cloakroom found beyond and door providing access to the former garage/storeroom, courtyard and driveway. Continuing on the ground floor there is a useful study/snug which is part of the cottage, a beautifully refitted bespoke kitchen made up of country style units with a sink set in a marble work surface. There is an inner hallway which leads to a utility room with w/c and a stunning 22’9 x 10’6 sitting room with a most captivating fireplace with open fire. Finally on the ground floor there is an additional working kitchen which is used as the bakery. The first floor provides 4 bedrooms with the principal bedroom having an extensive range of built-in wardrobes and a family bathroom comprising an enclosed bath.
Outside the front of the property is approached via a picket style gate with an adjoining seating terrace to the shop front. There is also private access to the property from the courtyard found to the rear and a driveway and garage/storeroom with a further storeroom found nearby. The private garden is predominately laid to level lawn with a detached shed, a seating terrace and enjoys complete seclusion.