Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 4 - Bathrooms: 3
Agent: Peter Buswell - Hawkhurst Phone: 01580 487976
<p><strong>An address that rarely comes up</strong></p><p>Stream Lane is one of Hawkhurst's quiet, tree-lined lanes - a green, canopied approach to the old village, where houses are held for the long term and rarely come to market. Petersfield sits behind a five-bar gate and mature double hedgerow, set back over 25 metres from the lane, revealing itself only as you sweep up the drive to the circular turning at the door.</p><p>What sets it apart is seclusion: wrapped in towering rhododendrons and mature planting, the gardens are a genuine sanctuary, where the loudest sound is birdsong.</p><p><strong>The setting</strong></p><p>The house offers the best of both worlds - deep rural peace, with the village a stroll away. The Moor, Hawkhurst's ancient heart with its 14th-century church and acclaimed Eight Bells pub, is a quarter-mile up the lane. A Kent Wildlife Trust reserve borders the lane directly, with grazing pasture and countryside views to the rear, and footpaths leading straight out into the Kent Weald.</p><p><strong>The house</strong></p><p>Built in the 1930s, Petersfield offers light, generously proportioned rooms full of period character, arranged to make the most of the gardens on every side. A south-facing covered verandah with tiled flooring leads into a striking reception hall running the full depth of the house, with stripped pine flooring, a brick fireplace and a part-curved ceiling, opening straight onto the rear terrace. Off the hall: a drawing room with a broad bow window, window seat and its own fireplace, and an equally handsome bow-windowed dining room. A fourth bedroom or study to the rear has garden views and an en-suite shower, while the kitchen/breakfast room overlooks the garden with fitted corner seating, a walk-in larder and utility area beyond.</p><p>Upstairs, a spacious landing doubles as a study area, with separate WC. The principal bedroom looks over the front garden and has a walk-in wardrobe and en-suite shower, connecting to a third bedroom or dressing room; a further bedroom across the landing has its own shower and built-in storage.</p><p><strong>Gardens and grounds - the real story</strong></p><p>The beautifully maintained gardens are a particular feature of the property, extending to approximately 1.25 acres.. A paved terrace opens onto a level lawn crowned by an ancient oak, with the rhododendron screen - rising to five and six metres - drawing in afternoon and evening sun to create a genuine sun-trap, while the eastern barbecue terrace holds the last light well into the evening. An archway leads to a further lawn, vegetable garden and specimen trees - monkey puzzle, acer, beech and sycamore - bordering light woodland, with a potting shed and garden store, and a triple cart-lodge garage to the front housing an EV charger.</p><p><strong>The opportunity</strong></p><p>Warm, characterful and ready to enjoy - with generous proportions, offering rare scope to update to modern taste on a lane where homes so rarely appear.</p><p><strong>If you lived here</strong></p><p>Well-placed for schools (Cranbrook School catchment, with St Ronan's nearby), amenities (Hawkhurst village, a mile away, with an independent butcher, bakery, two supermarkets, shops, restaurants, an independent cinema, supermarket and sports clubs) and rail links to London Charing Cross/London Bridge from Etchingham (5 miles) and Staplehurst (10 miles) - all within the High Weald National Landscape, near Bodiam Castle, Bedgebury and Bewl Water.</p>
