Pett Road, Pett

An impressive Grade II Listed period house, sympathetically updated to a high standard, featuring well-proportioned accommodation, situated in this favoured rural village, together with a Sussex barn of 1,195 sq ft, and a most beautiful part wall-enclosed south-facing garden of 0.65 of an acre.

Gatehurst is an impressive Grade II Listed period house, sympathetically updated to a high standard. The property features well-proportioned immaculately presented accommodation, with light oak timbering, and within recent years re-wired, re-plumbed and a Klargester drainage system installed. The elevations are brick, part colour-washed white and tile hung beneath a tiled roof.
Gatehurst forms a very desirable family home, situated in this favoured rural village only a mile from the sea at Pett Level.
The main features are:
Oak front door to impressive reception hall with part panelled walls, fireplace, oak staircase to the first floor.
The drawing room has a wide stone inglenook fireplace with wood burner, parquet flooring. The study has a range of bookshelves and is double aspect.
The family room is double aspect and has a door to the garden. The adjacent sitting room has an inglenook fireplace with ornate panelling above, gas wood-effect burner, and views over the garden.
The inner hall has a quarry tiled floor, cupboard housing the hot water cylinder, door with steps down to the two-room cellar housing the gas-fired central heating boiler. Coat/boot room leading through to the cloakroom/utility room with glazed sink, slate worktop, plumbing for washing machine, WC.
The excellent kitchen/breakfast room has oak-framed picture windows overlooking the south-facing walled garden, stone floor, vaulted ceiling, glazed sink with granite working surfaces and cupboards and drawers beneath, wall cupboards above; Falcon range gas cooker; integrated dishwasher. Central island unit. Door to the south-facing terrace and walled garden.
First floor galleried landing. The principal bedroom has a fireplace and an en suite bathroom with bath having shower fitting, basin with cupboard under, WC and a large walk-in wardrobe, .
Bedroom 2 has wardrobe cupboards. There is an inner landing and a family bathroom with bath having shower fitting, basin, large airing cupboard, bidet and WC.
There are three further bedrooms, one with a fireplace.


Outside
There is a gravelled drive approach shared in part with an adjacent neighbour leading to a large gravelled parking area in front of the Barn.
This Sussex barn is timber framed with stone, brick and weatherboard-clad elevations beneath a part tiled and corrugated iron roof. Also incorporated is a log store, garage and tool shed.
In addition, there is a substantial picturesque stone and tiled roof workshop and a glasshouse. There is also a working well in this part of the garden.


The Gardens
These are a particular feature at Gatehurst, the south-facing section being wall enclosed and most beautifully landscaped over the years with a wide terrace adjacent to the house, brick paths, central lawn and a wide selection of specimen trees and shrubs, including topiary yew.
In addition, there is a further area of grass/small orchard with flowering cherry, mulberry, apple and plum.
In all about 0.65 of an acre.