Guide price £1,150,000
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REF: MSX230026
35 Compton Road is a stunning and substantial four-bedroom Edwardian family home located in the centre of Lindfield. The property is a large semi-detached house with beautifully proportioned rooms, grand ceiling heights, exquisite original mouldings, woodwork, architraves, dado rails and doors and a beautiful turned wood staircase. Beautifully presented throughout and bursting with Edwardian charm and William Morris wallpaper, whilst retaining most of its original features, the ground floor is entered through a large wide front door with stained-glass surround into a generous entrance hall. Off this is a beautiful drawing room with Edwardian wooden surround fireplace, a formal dining room with French doors leading into the rear garden and down the hall to a delightful breakfast room and charming kitchen to the rear of the property. The kitchen is traditionally fitted with cupboards and storage and a two oven gas AGA and off this is a downstairs cloakroom and utility. The house has many original features and offers scope to extend to the rear and side and into the loft spaces, subject to the necessary planning consents.
The second floor offers a principal bedroom with ensuite shower room, two additional bedrooms, a large family bathroom and a separate cloakroom. Carrying on up the original stairs is a large 4th bedroom with the possibility of creating two rooms as originally designed. All the rooms have the enormous Edwardian windows, offering light and views of the surrounding village and gardens.
The property is set back from the road with a pretty garden to the front and side access to the rear garden. To the rear, there is a sunny, west facing garden with beautiful herbaceous borders and specimen shrubs, with an apple tree, greengage and plum tree. The garden overlooks the playing fields of Lindfield, offering lovely light and sun drenched evenings in the summer. There is also a gate with access to the playing fields beyond.
The house is on the street behind Lindfield High Street. This picturesque village provides a wide variety of shops, restaurants, public houses, and a supermarket. Lindfield also has a medical centre and village hall. There is a good selection of preparatory, public, and state schools in the area including Lindfield and Blackthorns Primary Schools, Oathall Community College, Great Walstead, Cumnor House, Brambletye, Worth, Ardingly, Burgess Hill Girls and Hurstpierpoint College.
Haywards Heath has a mainline railway station with fast and frequent commuter services to both London Victoria and London Bridge (from 42 mins), Gatwick Airport and Brighton. The A23 offers direct access to the motorway network, Gatwick, Heathrow, and the South coast.
Located in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty the surrounding countryside provides a vast range of sporting and recreational activities. Glyndebourne, Goodwood, Ardingly Showground are all within reach.
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