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"With attractive red brick and tile hung elevations, Coombe Hill Cottage is believed to date the 18th century and provides the perfect blend of character features, including exposed timbers, rustic stone flooring and stunning inglenook fireplaces, alongside contemporary interior styling. On the ground floor, a welcoming reception hall gives access on one side into the sitting room, which enjoys the warming ambience of an embellished woodburning stove, and to the other provides a link to the sociable setting of the impressive kitchen dining and family space. Fitted with modern wall and base level cabinetry in pastel colour tone, topped with stone work surfaces, the kitchen has an external door to reach the garden and an adjoining utility room, which provides additional storage and a home to domestic appliances. The central staircase rises to a spacious landing space on the first floor where ccommodation comprises a luxurious principal en suite bedroom, two further bedrooms and a stylishlyappointed family bathroom featuring a freestanding bath. A versatile use mezzanine level in the raftered eaves at the top of the house is reached via a timber ladder.

An electric opening five bar gate opens onto a gravelled driveway which forms the approach to the house and provides parking in addition to the sheltered halt of the double garage. A low level stone wall, bordered by a flower bed, creates an attractive frontage to the property with a central series of steps leading up to the entrance doorway. The grounds are mainly laid to lawn interspersed with specimen trees with post and rail fencing at the boundary offering an open outlook to the surrounding countryside. A paved pathway leads through the garden to the feature swimming pool which is edged by a terrace for loungers and a pergola attached to the side of the pool room outbuilding has climbing plants which offer dappled shade to the seating and dining area below, ideal for al fresco dining.

The property is situated on the northern fringes of Ninfield village in the heart of East Sussex with local amenities including a general store post office, petrol station, parish church, two public houses, a primary school and a village hall which hosts a calendar of events and activities. Historic Battle is nearby and offers a broad range of shopping opportunities and restaurants, as well as a mainline station with services to London Bridge Charing Cross. The popular coastal towns of Bexhill on Sea and Eastbourne are within easy reach for days out at charming seaside destinations. Wellregarded schooling in the vicinity includes Claverham Community College and Battle Abbey at Battle; Bede s Senior School at Upper Dicker; Eastbourne College and Moira House at Eastbourne."