Property: Period home that overlooks an ancient castle
Idyllically located overlooking the Castle Bowling Green and framed by Lewes Castle, Brack Mound Lodge is elevated at the top of Castle Banks, just a few hundred yards from Lewes High Street with its extensive range of shops, public houses and restaurants.
Lewes railway station is within easy reach and provides a regular service to London (London Victoria about 64 minutes) and there are bus links to Brighton also within close proximity of the house.
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Hide AdThe A27 lies a short distance to the south of Lewes and provides fast access to the A23/M23, Gatwick Airport and the national motorway network. The coastal, business and entertainment city of Brighton and Hove is some 8 miles distant.
Believed to date back to circa 1760, Brack Mound Lodge is a attached period house which has been considerably improved by the current owner and has a wealth of character and charm.
Features of note include wooden floorboards, quarry tile floors, bay windows and two wood burners, one in the drawing/dining room and one in the sitting room.
The kitchen is fitted with a range of antique pine dressers, with a two oven Aga set underneath a window which overlooks Lewes Castle.
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Hide AdAll three double bedrooms are light and open, with the principal bedroom featuring a vaulted ceiling, an elegant freestanding bath, and a casement window with views across the South Downs.
Leading up to the property, there is a brick forecourt with a raised roundel planted with a magnolia grandi flora, with a south easterly facing brick patio seating area, ideal for alfresco dining.
Approached from a door adjacent to the kitchen, is a further sheltered paved garden which receives south and west sunlight and has access onto the quiet lane leading up to Lewes Castle.
The price of the property is £825,000.
To arrange a viewing, or for more information, call Strutt and Parker on 01273 475 411.