Sold Courtmead Road, Cuckfield, RH17 5LP £1,450,000

The Gables is an imposing detached residence built and designed in the 1930's by the local renowned architect Harold G Turner. A wide gravelled carriage driveway provides access to the house and the stunning beautifully manicured gardens are a particular feature enjoying a favoured southerly aspect and extending to about 0.8 of an acre with wide sweeping lawns, deep herbaceous beds containing an abundance of colourful flowering plants, shrub and specimen trees and including rose arbours, fish pond with rockery, small orchard and a kitchen garden. This imposing home of character retains many features synonymous of this era including a wealth of oak joinery including a handsome staircase with decorative balustrade, panelled internal doors with wrought iron furniture, exposed wall and ceiling timbers, leaded light windows, door architraves and skirtings. The generous accommodation incorporates 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en suite to the main bedroom), 4 reception rooms including a fine dual aspect drawing room and a well fitted kitchen. The property has the benefit of gas fired central heating, double glazing (mostly secondary double glazed) and solar panels for electricity supply in the summer months, there is a detached garage and a large timber workshop/shed.

Courtmead Road is a select private lane just a short walk to Cuckfield's historic High Street with its parish church, good local shops and amenities including Holy Trinity primary and Warden Park schools. Haywards Heath lies 1.7 miles to the east providing a mainline railway station offering a fast and frequent service to central London (Victoria/London Bridge 42-45 minutes), a wide range of shops, an array of restaurants, a Sainsbury's and Waitrose superstore and a modern leisure complex. There are a good range of highly regarded schools and colleges both state and private in the area including Great Walstead School, Cumnor House School, Ardingly College, Hurstpierpoint College and Burgess Hill School for girls. The A23 lies just over 3 miles to the west providing a direct route to the motorway network, whilst Gatwick Airport is 12.2 miles to the north and the cosmopolitan city of Brighton and the coast is 16.2 miles to the south. There are golf courses nearby at Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Ditchling and Pyecombe, water sports at Ardingly Reservoir, horse racing at Plumpton and show jumping at Hickstead.