4 bed detached house for sale

High Street, East Hoathly, Lewes, East Sussex BN8

Built in 1830, the appealing architecture and white elevations of The White House create a distinctive presence on the village High Street. Period characteristics include a pleasing symmetry, sash windows, four chimney stacks and a handsome, white columned entrance porch. The reception hallway extends centrally from the front to the rear of the home and gives access into the three versatile reception rooms. Providing a convivial living area, the sitting and family rooms are interconnected, flooded with natural light and offer a route into the bright conservatory. Affording uninterrupted views over the garden, the conservatory features monochrome-tiled flooring and French doors connecting to garden. Across the hallway, an additional reception room offers a fireplace with log-burning stove, and a door which links into the adjoining kitchen. Fitted with base and wall level cabinetry in pastel-blue colour-tone, the kitchen has a recessed stove setting with lintel shelf, whilst a side door provides entry to a covered porch which extends along the side length of the house. The first floor features three bedrooms, a generous family bathroom, and a separate shower room. The spacious principal bedroom offers views of both the front and rear gardens, and could be divided as it was once two bedrooms.<br /><br />brick wall, with tall pillars and iron railing inserts, forms the frontage to the High Street, with wrought-iron gates providing access to the side. An area of paving at the entrance portal has planting pockets filled with mature shrubs and perennial plants, with a paved terrace also adjoining the rear of the property providing opportunities for outdoor dining and sitting. Circular steps lead down onto a circle of lawn with a gravelled surrounding extending to a round water feature with brick edging and aquatic planting. There is a garden setting to the side as well as to the rear with mature shrubbery, architectural plants and specimen trees, whilst the adjoining brick-built garages provide flexible-use options.<br /><br />The property is situated in the heart of the village of East Hoathly which offers a shop and Post Office, medical and veterinary centres, a tennis club, popular public house, a parish church and a primary school. Historic Lewes and the seaside resort of Eastbourne are both within easy reach.