Forge Cottage is a charming detached Grade II listed home comprising a former Forge and Blacksmith’s cottage, situated within a soughtafter hamlet overlooking the tranquil village pond. The property offers versatile and spacious accommodation with a wealth of original retained features including exposed stonework, painted beams, leaded light windows, traditional flooring and bread oven. The bright porch opens to the 22 ft. double-aspect drawing room with its brick-built feature fireplace, logburning stove, and turned stairway. The space flows naturally into the central kitchen, with its range of wall and base cabinetry and modern integrated appliances. Alongside is the cosy sitting room with its larger brick-built fireplace and wood burner, flooded with natural light via the handsome adjoining 23 ft. conservatory. This room offers panoramic garden views and provides an excellent space to dine and entertain. Completing the floor is a useful utility/cloakroom and rear hall. The first floor houses a tucked-away study with a bespoke fitted workstation, a family bathroom and three attractive bedrooms with pleasing aspects of the village pond and garden. One of the bedrooms benefits from a south-westerly facing balcony, whilst the principal suite has a walk-in wardrobe and a contemporary en suite shower room with shower/steam room.

Outside

The property is approached off a quiet lane with five bar gates opening to a driveway, giving access to the timber-framed detached garage and outbuilding. This versatile space has a range of uses, with an office/bedroom featuring French doors opening to a sunny raised decked patio with an outdoor pizza oven, a utility including a separate WC, a cloakroom and flexible studio to the rear. Further is a potting shed, boiler room and log store. Brick pathways meandering around the plot, bordered by an array of lush mature herbaceous planting and trees. There is a large expanse of private level lawn with ornamental ponds and flower borders, a brick-paved terrace and pergola, various fruit trees and a kitchen garden with raised beds and a greenhouse.

Situation

The property sits within an enviable rural position in Friston Forest, within the South Downs National Park and close to the Seven Sisters Country Park. Alfriston village offers charming local facilities, whilst nearby Seaford town offers a wide range of amenities including shops, eateries, theatres, sports clubs and a golf course, with regular rail services to London via Lewes and convenient road links via the A27 and A23 linking to the M23. Eastbourne, Lewes and Brighton are within easy reach and provide an extensive range of further facilities, including notable schools.

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