Sold Ditchling Road, Lunces Common, Haywards Heath, RH16 4QU Guide Price £1,200,000

This stunning barn conversion has been imaginatively extended creating a truly delightful home which incorporates a stylish and contemporary interior yet retaining the original character featuring a wealth of exposed wall and ceiling timbers. Olde Barn is set in beautiful grounds backing onto open countryside extending to about a third of an acre incorporating a heated swimming pool and arranged with wide paved sun terrace, courtyard and well tended lawns with herbaceous borders stocked with a wide variety of plants, all enclosed by clipped mixed hedging offering total privacy and seclusion. The original barn is believed to date back some 400 years and the accommodation is principally arranged on the ground floor incorporating an impressive double aspect living room with vaulted ceiling with first floor galleried home office or bedroom 4, an excellent comprehensively fitted kitchen/breakfast room with series of bi-fold doors opening to the sun terrace and garden, 3 bedrooms all with en suite shower/bathrooms plus a useful utility/boot room and downstairs cloakroom. The property has the benefit of oil fired central heating and double glazing, there is a detached timber framed double cart style car port plus garage approached by a wide stone filled drive and forecourt offering parking for numerous vehicles.

Occupying a delightful rural location on the southern edge of Haywards Heath just under 2 miles from the town centre with its wide range of shops, The Broadway with its array of restaurants, a modern leisure centre, Sainsbury's and Waitrose superstores and a mainline station offering a fast and frequent service to central London (Victoria/London Bridge 42-45 minutes). 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. The A23 lies 8.8 miles to the west providing a direct route to the motorway network, Gatwick Airport is 16.7 miles to the north and the cosmopolitan city of Brighton and the coast is 12.7 miles to the south. There are a network of footpaths in the immediate locality linking nearby Ditchling Common whilst the South Downs National Park and Ashdown Forest are both within an easy drive offering beautiful natural venues for countryside walking.