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**Guide Price £1,250,000 - £1,400,000**
An exceptional and most prestigious Grade II Listed period house, immaculately presented and situated in the best location in Battle, only a few minutes’ walk to the High Street, together with a guest annexe, Alitex greenhouse, outside office, double garage and the most beautiful walled garden.
Description
Old Court House is an exceptional and most prestigious Grade II Listed period house which, during recent years, has been the subject of considerable expenditure and now forms a beautifully presented and well-appointed home.
The interior has dentil cornicing, dado rails and some exposed timbering and handsome wood doors. The elevations are brick, part weatherboard to one side, beneath a tiled and lead roof.
There is mains gas-fired central heating with a Viessman boiler installed in 2020. The interior has been redecorated with Farrow & Ball/Mylands paints throughout.
The main features are:
• The fine entrance porch has Doric columns and front door to entrance hall with engineered oak floor and half-panelled cloakroom also with engineered oak floor, with basin and WC. Door down to the extensive cellarage and useful utility area with sink unit.
• The well-proportioned drawing room has an inglenook fireplace, currently fitted with a gas fire, bookshelves with cupboard beneath, door to covered west-facing loggia and also double doors with side windows to the brick terraced Mediterranean garden and having the benefit of an electrically operated sunshade blind.
• The library has a fireplace with white-painted surround and marble inset, corner cupboard, extensive range of fitted bookshelves, door to the south-facing terrace and Mediterranean garden.
• The snug has a corner cupboard and door to the side porch housing the Viessman wall-mounted central heating boiler, and having doors to the front and rear gardens.
• The wonderful kitchen/dining/family room is beautifully appointed with bespoke kitchen units and comprising 1½ bowl glazed sink, working surfaces with full range of cupboards and drawers, wall cupboards above, cream four-oven gas Aga, together with integrated Miele oven, hob and dishwasher. Stone floor, door to the covered loggia and brick west-facing terrace.
• The dining/family area benefits from a part vaulted ceiling, overlooks the garden and also has double doors onto the terrace.
• The first floor is approached by a period staircase to the landing which has a half-tiled walk-in cupboard with a basin and plumbing for both a washing machine and dryer.
• The principal suite comprises bedroom 1 featuring a wide south-facing window and leading through to a newly appointed (2021) bathroom with marble floor, walk-in shower, basin inset into marble top with cupboards beneath, WC, shelved storage cupboard to full height, mirror-fronted medicine cabinet.
• Doors to the dressing room/bedroom 7 with views over the rear garden and two extensive ranges of fitted wardrobe cupboards, some having sliding drawers and others shelving for shoes.
• The double aspect bedroom 2 has a period fireplace with ducks’ nest grate and bedroom 3 is currently fitted as a study and has bookshelves and a corner cupboard.
• The shower room was updated in 2022 and has a marble floor, walk-in shower, basin and WC.
• The second floor is approached via an easy rising staircase to a spacious landing with walk-in shelved storage area for linen.
• Bedroom 4 is double aspect and has a double wardrobe cupboard and eaves cupboard. Bedroom 5 has a fireplace and wardrobe cupboard. Bedroom 6 faces south and west with views over rooftops to Battle Abbey and has a cupboard housing a chest of drawers and further storage/eaves cupboards.
• The bathroom has also been updated with bath, basin and WC.
Guest Annexe
This was created in 2005 and is separate from the house, being above the double garage.
The accommodation comprises bed/sitting room, kitchenette and bathroom. There are sealed unit double glazed windows with folding interior shutters.
Beneath is the double garage 20’ x 17’3 which has an electrically operated up and over door, and integral utility area for the annexe with gas-fired central heating and plumbing for washing machine.
The Gardens
A wrought iron entrance gate and three steps lead to the small paved front garden with brick retaining wall and hedge of evergreen laurustinus. There is an old magnolia tree and climbing roses to the front elevation.
The wonderful wall-enclosed rear garden has been thoughtfully landscaped with, to the south, a very pretty sheltered brick courtyard with circular fishpond with fountain, arbour with climbing plants, wisteria and other shrubs.
On the west side, there is a loggia attached to the house with a brick terrace and steps leading up to a paved area and further steps up to the main area of lawn where there are flower and shrub borders, including azaleas, rhododendrons, roses, red acer and a fig tree.
Detached outside office with power and light connected.
Top of the range automatic Alitex greenhouse 10m x 2.6m painted in sage green with traditional hand made brick to quarter height, with antique French pavers and having electricity and water connected.
In all about 0.2 of an acre. Back to listing
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Description
**Guide Price £1,250,000 - £1,400,000**
An exceptional and most prestigious Grade II Listed period house, immaculately presented and situated in the best location in Battle, only a few minutes’ walk to the High Street, together with a guest annexe, Alitex greenhouse, outside office, double garage and the most beautiful walled garden.
Description
Old Court House is an exceptional and most prestigious Grade II Listed period house which, during recent years, has been the subject of considerable expenditure and now forms a beautifully presented and well-appointed home.
The interior has dentil cornicing, dado rails and some exposed timbering and handsome wood doors. The elevations are brick, part weatherboard to one side, beneath a tiled and lead roof.
There is mains gas-fired central heating with a Viessman boiler installed in 2020. The interior has been redecorated with Farrow & Ball/Mylands paints throughout.
The main features are:
• The fine entrance porch has Doric columns and front door to entrance hall with engineered oak floor and half-panelled cloakroom also with engineered oak floor, with basin and WC. Door down to the extensive cellarage and useful utility area with sink unit.
• The well-proportioned drawing room has an inglenook fireplace, currently fitted with a gas fire, bookshelves with cupboard beneath, door to covered west-facing loggia and also double doors with side windows to the brick terraced Mediterranean garden and having the benefit of an electrically operated sunshade blind.
• The library has a fireplace with white-painted surround and marble inset, corner cupboard, extensive range of fitted bookshelves, door to the south-facing terrace and Mediterranean garden.
• The snug has a corner cupboard and door to the side porch housing the Viessman wall-mounted central heating boiler, and having doors to the front and rear gardens.
• The wonderful kitchen/dining/family room is beautifully appointed with bespoke kitchen units and comprising 1½ bowl glazed sink, working surfaces with full range of cupboards and drawers, wall cupboards above, cream four-oven gas Aga, together with integrated Miele oven, hob and dishwasher. Stone floor, door to the covered loggia and brick west-facing terrace.
• The dining/family area benefits from a part vaulted ceiling, overlooks the garden and also has double doors onto the terrace.
• The first floor is approached by a period staircase to the landing which has a half-tiled walk-in cupboard with a basin and plumbing for both a washing machine and dryer.
• The principal suite comprises bedroom 1 featuring a wide south-facing window and leading through to a newly appointed (2021) bathroom with marble floor, walk-in shower, basin inset into marble top with cupboards beneath, WC, shelved storage cupboard to full height, mirror-fronted medicine cabinet.
• Doors to the dressing room/bedroom 7 with views over the rear garden and two extensive ranges of fitted wardrobe cupboards, some having sliding drawers and others shelving for shoes.
• The double aspect bedroom 2 has a period fireplace with ducks’ nest grate and bedroom 3 is currently fitted as a study and has bookshelves and a corner cupboard.
• The shower room was updated in 2022 and has a marble floor, walk-in shower, basin and WC.
• The second floor is approached via an easy rising staircase to a spacious landing with walk-in shelved storage area for linen.
• Bedroom 4 is double aspect and has a double wardrobe cupboard and eaves cupboard. Bedroom 5 has a fireplace and wardrobe cupboard. Bedroom 6 faces south and west with views over rooftops to Battle Abbey and has a cupboard housing a chest of drawers and further storage/eaves cupboards.
• The bathroom has also been updated with bath, basin and WC.
Guest Annexe
This was created in 2005 and is separate from the house, being above the double garage.
The accommodation comprises bed/sitting room, kitchenette and bathroom. There are sealed unit double glazed windows with folding interior shutters.
Beneath is the double garage 20’ x 17’3 which has an electrically operated up and over door, and integral utility area for the annexe with gas-fired central heating and plumbing for washing machine.
The Gardens
A wrought iron entrance gate and three steps lead to the small paved front garden with brick retaining wall and hedge of evergreen laurustinus. There is an old magnolia tree and climbing roses to the front elevation.
The wonderful wall-enclosed rear garden has been thoughtfully landscaped with, to the south, a very pretty sheltered brick courtyard with circular fishpond with fountain, arbour with climbing plants, wisteria and other shrubs.
On the west side, there is a loggia attached to the house with a brick terrace and steps leading up to a paved area and further steps up to the main area of lawn where there are flower and shrub borders, including azaleas, rhododendrons, roses, red acer and a fig tree.
Detached outside office with power and light connected.
Top of the range automatic Alitex greenhouse 10m x 2.6m painted in sage green with traditional hand made brick to quarter height, with antique French pavers and having electricity and water connected.
In all about 0.2 of an acre. Back to listing
