6 bedroom detached house for sale

Meads House is a handsome part tile-hung double-fronted period family home offering more than 5,800 sq ft of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over four floors. Configured to provide an elegant and practical living and entertaining environment, sensitively combining modern amenities with period features, the accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with open fireplace, cloakroom and spacious fitted utility room with access to the rear garden. It briefly comprises a drawing room with corner fireplace with woodburner, a sitting room with front aspect bay window, ornate ceiling plasterwork and open fireplace, and a wooden-floored snug with internal stained glazing, ornate ceiling plasterwork, a stunning bespoke bar and open fireplace. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a garden room with a woodburner, two sets of French doors opening to the rear garden, and double doors leading to a vaulted, wooden-floored kitchen/dining room. This impressive space features bespoke wall and base
units, a large central island with breakfast bar, modern integrated appliances and picture glazing to two aspects, including a door to the rear terrace. The property also benefits from three-roomed cellarage, suitable for a variety of uses.

On the first floor is the spacious landing with a beautiful stain glass window at the turn of the stairs. The landing provides access to four double bedrooms and three bathrooms of which two are en-suite, and most having feature fireplaces, and there is a family bathroom. The property’s principal suite and remaining double bedroom both with feature fireplaces, can be found on the part-vaulted second floor. The principal bedroom has two dressing rooms and a luxurious en suite bathroom, also accessible from the landing. There is access to two large attic storage rooms from the 4th bedroom.

Set behind mid-level stone walling and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a gravelled in-and-out driveway providing private parking and giving access to a detached side garage. The generous rear garden is laid mainly to lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and mature trees and features a spacious part gazebo-covered paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

Meads village offers independent shopping, small supermarkets, a wine merchant, dental practice, restaurant, tearooms, pubs and leisure amenities including a yoga studio, sports complex and tennis and bowls clubs. Eastbourne provides high street and boutique shopping, a shopping centre, numerous hotels, cafés, restaurants, pubs, theatres, cinemas, an art gallery, marina, swimming pools, fitness centres and sports and golf clubs. Beaches at Eastbourne and the South Coast provide a wide range of activities for
watersports enthusiasts, with walking available in the South Downs.

Communications links are excellent: Eastbourne mainline station (1.6 miles) offers regular direct trains to central London (London Victoria 1 hour 27 minutes), while the A27 gives easy access to the A26, A23/M23, Gatwick Airport and the motorway network.