Frankton Avenue, Haywards Heath

£975,000

Guide price

This attractive Victorian house stands within this tiny cul de sac of just 4 houses at the top of Frankton Avenue. Built about 120 years ago the present owners completed an ambitious two storey extension in 2010 to create a wonderful additional sitting /family room with two further bedrooms above. Approached over is own gated driveway the classic red brick detached house has painted gables and white timber windows in keeping with this extremely popular architectural era. The visitor is greeted via a porch entrance to a hall with good size reception rooms either side both with fireplaces and a set of stairs from the hall to the first floor. Through the living room to the right the kitchen can be found on the left-hand side. This double aspect room is fully equipped and well appointed in a modern Shaker style with Iroko counter tops and range cooker. The kitchen, dining and family room have a lovely natural oak flooring with double doors leading to the patio and gardens. A door from the second sitting room leads through to a useful study room. The bedrooms are all of good size with an ensuite shower to the master bedroom and a family bathroom. A loft hatch provides access to a substantial attic. Outside the front of property is enclosed by hedging with neat lawn to the side of the path leading to the front door and gravel driveway to the half garage. To the rear a paved patio provides a sizeable space for alfresco dining and entertaining which drops to a further area of sloping lawn interspersed with mature shrubs and bounded in high hedging offering real seclusion. The upper rooms in the house offer a dramatic panorama of the views out to the High Weald.

Situated in this quiet close, the house is very accessible from the town centre about a mile away where a range of shops, banks, cafes and other retailers can be found along the main street of South Road. The railway station is 1.7miles and provides fast and regular services from Thames Link and Southern Rail into London Bridge and Victoria, St Pancras and beyond. The South Downs National Park lies to the south along the way to Brighton and the coast some 13 miles away. The area is well served with nursery, primary and secondary school both state and the private sector. Council tax band F Mid Sussex. EPC rating E