8 bedroom detached house for sale

One of the loveliest period houses in the scenic Cuckmere Valley set within 10 glorious acres of award winning gardens and parkland.


A property of historical interest, Follers Manor, listed Grade II, is believed to date from the 18th Century or earlier and, having evolved over the years, it retains fine features of each of the different periods of its construction. In the earlier parts of the house there are beamed ceilings of good height and large elegant windows afford good lighting through the principal rooms which command breathtaking views over the gardens to the South Downs. Evidence of the sensitive renovation programme over relatively recent years is noted throughout, resulting in a home of unusual quality enhanced by the most loveliest of settings with award winning gardens designed by Ian Kitson and featured in a number of national and European gardening magazines and television programmes by Alan Titchmarsh and in The Landscape Man by Matthew Wilson. Paddocks flank the formal gardens offering an equestrian opportunity and the grounds have access to the picturesque Cuckmere river.

In the heart of the South Downs National Park, Follers Manor sits within the idyllic Cuckmere Valley located to the south west of the old world downland village of Alfriston. Alfriston provides a range of local facilities as well as thriving village life with its ancient parish church, fine dining, village store and school. The surrounding countryside offers wonderful recreational opportunity for the walker or for the equestrian. The seaside towns of Eastbourne and Seaford provide principal shopping centres and there are rail services to London Victoria from nearby Berwick station. Eastbourne and Seaford also provide private and state schools. There is world class opera at nearby Glyndebourne and there are Channel ferries from Newhaven.