5 bedroom detached house for sale

A handsome 1930's house on the private Friston estate with magnificent garden setting and wonderful downland views.


The property has been extensively refurbished and substantially extended by the present owners and now provides exceptionally light and spacious accommodation. The ground floor includes 4 reception rooms and a refitted kitchen, plus a guest suite comprising 2 bedrooms both with en suites. Upstairs there are 3 further bedrooms, a spacious en suite shower room for the master bedroom and a family bathroom, plus dressing room. The house sits beautifully on its spacious, flat plot, well set back from the road, accessed by a sweeping in and out driveway with fine wrought iron gates. The glorious southerly rear garden is screened by a variety of mature trees and shrubs affording a high degree of privacy and seclusion.

The Ridgeway is enviably situated on the private downland estate of Friston. The house sits on the south side of the road on one of the largest and finest plots of the whole estate. There are nearby amenities in East Dean including the village green and ancient Tiger Inn, cafe and shop. The sea is within walking distance at Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters. Eastbourne town centre 4 miles away provides the principal shopping thoroughfare and mainline rail services to London Victoria and to Gatwick. Sporting facilities in the Eastbourne area include: 3 principal golf courses; indoor and outdoor tennis; and one of the largest sailing marinas on the south coast. There is world class opera at Glyndebourne and channel ferries sail from Newhaven.