5 bedroom character propertyCox Green, Rudgwick, RH12 3DD

A superbly presented 4/5 bedroom Grade II listed property believed to date back to 1580, retaining many original features. Offered for sale with no onward chain and is set within a plot of approximately 1.5 acres including the separate meadow with paddock and outbuildings. The current owner has recently obtained outline planning permission for further enlargement to create a stunning open plan kitchen/dining/living space over looking the rear gardens and some internal enhancements to improve this home. Plans available by request. Period features include exposed wall and ceiling timbers, flagstone floor and inglenook fireplaces. The accommodation spread out over many levels is flexible and offers a home ready for a family or down sizer still wishing to have space around them. To the ground floor there is a vaulted entrance hallway, snug, boot room, living and dining room with feature fireplaces, a Mark Wilkinson handmade kitchen with Aga, and utility room plus shower room. The first floor master bedroom has two walk in wardrobes and an en-suite shower room and there is also a large second bedroom with scope to split creating an additional bedroom or dressing room if required, and a family bathroom. The third bedroom is located via its own staircase above the kitchen and bedroom four and the study/bedroom five have their own staircase which is located above the garage, these two rooms can now be made one subject to the recent planning approval. A gravel driveway and parking area for numerous vehicles is located via Lynwick Street and leads to a double garage with two up and over doors. The main gardens to the rear are west facing with a stone terrace overlooking the gardens which are mainly laid to lawn, with lovingly cared for flowerbeds and herbaceous borders surrounded by mature hedging and trees. Internal viewing of this most attractive property mentioned in Cobbett's Rural Rides in the early nineteenth century as the best house in Rudgwick!