School Lane, St. Johns, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1SB | Property for sale | Savills
1,376 sq ft(127.83 sq m)
Guide price £680,000

School LaneSt. Johns, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1SB

  • Under offer

Key features

  • Glorious gardens providing a wonderful sense of seclusion
  • Flexible accommodation that can be arranged to suit
  • Four bedrooms - three of which are doubles
  • Car port and driveway parking for multiple vehicles
  • Jarvis Brook railway station (approx. 2.4 miles) and Crowborough High Street (approx. 1 miles)

An attractive and generous four bedroom family house in this tucked away position with wonderful mature gardens

About this property

  • Found tucked away off School Lane, located on the edge of the Ashdown Forest , Brook Mead is a detached family home dating back to the 1960's sat on a generous plot of approximately a third of an acre with impressive and delightful gardens providing a wonderful opportunity for a new family to put their stamp on moving forward.

    The property provides flexible accommodation and can be configured to suit individual needs. The kitchen is fitted with shaker style units providing plentiful storage and preparation space. There is an impressive and sizeable reception room that can be easily zoned into a dining area and sitting room, which opens onto a paved terrace and the expansive gardens beyond, ideal for outdoor entertaining. There is a study on the ground floor, which can be arranged to suit, perhaps as a further bedroom or hobby room. There is a family shower room completing the ground floor accommodation.

    The first floor is home to four bedrooms; there are three double bedrooms, two of which enjoy an outlook to the mature gardens to the rear, together with a single bedroom. The bedrooms are served by the family bathroom and separate WC.

    The lovingly maintained and beautifully kept, well-screened gardens are a particular feature of the property, with a level lawn, many specimen trees, plants and shrubs, including azaleas, rhododendrons, and roses. There is a useful summer house, benefitting from an electrical connection, double glazing and insulation. The driveway and carport provides parking for multiple vehicles.

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Local information

  • Found on the edge of Crowborough on School Lane, Brook Mead is set back from the road with mature trees providing a good level of screening. Crowborough High Street (approximately 1 miles) enjoys a good selection of supermarkets including Waitrose and Morrisons, together with a selection of café's, restaurants, hairdressers, barbers, pubs and variety of independent shops; there is a good choice of primary schools in Crowborough, and The Beacon Academy at secondary level. St Johns Pre School is also within immediate reach of the property, and nearby The Coopers Arms can be reached within 0.4 miles on foot.
  • The surrounding countryside includes the 6500 acres of the historic Ashdown Forest known the world over as the home of 'Winnie the Pooh' and one of the largest free public spaces in the South East. This ancient area of open heathland is the highest sandy ridge-top in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • Tunbridge Wells, approximately 8.3 miles away provides further comprehensive shopping, recreational and entertainment facilities with a wide variety of restaurants, cafés, bars, cinema (at Knights Park) and two theatres and mainline station.
  • Popular High Street restaurants in Tunbridge Wells include The Ivy and The Warren, and so many choices for delicious cakes, fresh bread, and coffee, Juliet's, Fine Grind, Gails and the Italian delicatessen Arte Bianca, with fresh fish and seafood at Sankey's fishmongers and so much more, with numerous shops and independent boutiques.
  • Additional Schools: Preparatory schools include Holmewood House in Langton Green, Skippers Hill in Five Ashes, Cumnor House in Danehill and co-ed senior options in Sevenoaks, Eastbourne, Upper Dicker (Bedes) and Brighton, as well as Tonbridge for boys and Mayfield School for girls.
  • Mainline rail: Crowborough train station (Jarvis Brook) is conveniently located within approximately 2.4 miles, with services to London Bridge with journey times from about 69 minutes.
  • Communications: The A26 (at Crowborough) links, via the A21, to the M25 London orbital. Gatwick Airport is about 28 miles to the west. Central London is approximately 50 miles to the north.

Additional information

  • Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
  • Outgoings: Wealden District Council
  • EPC Rating: C
  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Council Tax Band: E