- 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
This property listing is now SSTC
4 Bedroom Semi-Detached House for sale in Uckfield
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£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 https://www.duddleswelltearooms.co.uk. The 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.
Important Information
- This is a Freehold property.
Property Ref: 1108a864-aa94-40e2-aad9-053b40f7059c
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