Sold Lewes Road, Scaynes Hill, RH17 7NG £1,150,000

Gilletts Mead is an impressive Grade II listed 16th Century country home set in beautiful west facing grounds extending to almost 3 acres. The exceptionally well presented accommodation is arranged over three floors extending to over 3,000 square feet and has a wealth of features synonymous of the period including exposed ceiling and wall timbers, 2 fine inglenooks and latched internal doors. This splendid home incorporates 5 bedrooms including a superb double aspect master bedroom suite with walk-in wardrobe and shower room, further bathroom and refitted ground floor shower room, a fine triple aspect sitting room over 21 feet in length with inglenook and wood burning stove, an excellent hardwood double glazed conservatory enjoying a delightful outlook over the gardens, separate dining room, comprehensively fitted kitchen/breakfast room with painted shaker style units, granite work surfaces complete with Neff appliances, a useful utility room and an extensive cellar. There is a detached oak framed double garge and workshop with self contained suite at first floor level ideally suitable as an annexe or home office complete with kitchen and shower room. Electrically operated timber gates provide access to a tarmacadam drive and turning area in front of the garage and the beautifully maintained grounds extend primarily to the rear of the house enjoying a favoured westerly aspect arranged as wide sweeping lawns planted with a variety of mature trees and shrubs including a colourful array of rhododendrons dissected by a stream with timber bridge and a five bar gate providing access to an adjacent wild flower meadow with a natural pond to the far corner.

Gilletts Mead occupies a rural location on the southern edge of Scaynes Hill which offers a highly regarded primary school, restaurant, church, village hall and convenience store. Haywards Heath is 3.5 miles to the west and offers a wide range of shops, an array of restaurants, a modern leisure centre, Sainsbury's and Waitrose superstore and a mainline railway station offering a fast and frequent service to central London (Victoria/London Bridge 42-45 minutes). The A23 lies 9 miles to the west providing a direct route to the motorway network, Gatwick Airport is 16.5 miles to the north and the cosmopolitan city of Brighton is 15.7 miles to the south. There are a number of well regarded schools and colleges both private and public within the locality including Cumnor House, Great Walstead, Burgess Hill School for Girls, Ardingly College and Hurstpierpoint College. There are a network of footpaths in the locality linking nearby Chailey Common whilst the South Downs National Park and Ashdown Forest are within a short drive offering a beautiful natural venue for countryside walking.