Meres Lane, Cross in Hand

**Guide Price £1,575,000 - £1,650,000**
A substantial modern country house, located down a country lane in an elevated rural location between Mayfield and Heathfield, with an excellent range of outbuildings and equestrian facilities with glorious views over Sussex countryside - in all about 7.69 acres

Description
Ridgeview House is a most spacious modern country house with adaptable family accommodation, set in an elevated rural position with commanding southerly views towards Broad Oak. The landscaped gardens are ideal for entertaining with a feeling of light and space. The property is surrounded by its own land, amounting to 7.69 acres.
The main features of the property include:
• The house opens into an Impressive reception hall with oak flooring, and a striking central oak staircase. Triple aspect drawing room, central brick fireplace with log burner. light and French oak flooring.
• Three further good sized reception rooms on the ground floor including a spacious family room with bifold doors to the rear terrace. Stairs to Study.
• Large kitchen/breakfast room is a superb family space that is open to both the dining room and the rear conservatory. Together, creating a free flowing area ideal for everyday living and entertaining, overlooking the rear terrace.
The kitchen, has ceramic tiled flooring, wood units to all sides and a double sink beneath the rear windows. A substantial central island provides excellent working space and incorporates twin sinks, two ovens with warming drawers and an induction hob. Adjacent is a useful utility room.
• The grand staircase rises to two floors.
• On the first floor the master bedroom — a good sized room, with a dressing room, built in wardrobes and en suite bathroom.enjoying far reaching views. There are 5 further bedrooms, and a family bathroom and shower room. The
second floor provides 2 futher bedrooms, each with its own ensuite bathroom.
Outside
There is a driveway which splits into two, one spur of which leads through a double opening to gates to a large parking area in front of the double garage with storage room over, Adjoining the rear of the house is a broad paved terrace with dwarf walls and steps leading down to two rectangular ornamental ponds and a gravel garden and rose bed. There is an excellent outside kitchen/bar with light and power connected and a sink unit and work surfaces. This area is perfect for al fresco dining and outside entertaining. The garden is laid to lawn with a central mature oak tree and there are well stocked herbaceous borders.The second spur of the driveway sweeps around the rear of the garden to the stable block of 3 loose boxes
and tarmac yard to the front. To the side of this is a very useful portal framed barn with light and power connected and double opening doors to the front. The land is divided into 2 paddocks and is part post and rail. All weather arena.