For Sale3 Bedroom Semi-Detached House in The Sidings, Station Approach, Mayfield, TN20 6HA£975,000

If you are looking for a characterful period property on the outside but a contemporary upmarket home on the inside with all the mod cons of a new house, this unique converted railway ticket office could be the answer. Steeped in history, it was built in the 1880s as the ticket hall for Mayfield station when the Cuckoo line steam railway ran from Tunbridge Wells to Polegate and was used by the local farming community to deliver their produce (mainly milk) to London. The line closed in 1968 following the Beeching Commission. It was called the Cuckoo line because traditionally the first cuckoo of spring was released from a cage at the fair in nearby Heathfield.   This eclectic property was converted about six years ago. The outside of the house has the kerb appeal of a beautifully restored Victorian railway ticket office with a sensitively integrated extension. While not in use, the retained gabled front entrance porch with its period front double door, elegant chimney stack and the graceful sweep and pitch of the clay tiled roof, with end finials, are a tasteful reminder of a once working station at the heart of the Mayfield community. Internally, the house is that of an upmarket new build. It flows through five different levels with high ceilings throughout and spectacularly spacious bedroom accommodation. The reception rooms are ideal for entertaining and include fascinating patio areas, creating charming private zones. There is also a high standard of insulation, sound proofing, a heat extraction and air circulation system, underfloor heating throughout the property and ethernet cabling in every room. Owing to the topography of the area, the property is approached at an upper floor level where you will find off road parking for two cars flanked by lawns. It leads to the entrance and front door that opens onto a galleried hallway. The view from the front door to the light-filled double-volume height drawing room below is impressive, as is the view to the charming garden and woodland through double height windows.  There are steps up to the luxurious 17ft dual aspect principal bedroom with its vaulted and beamed ceiling, French doors and a glass balustrade providing a delightful garden view, a large fitted dressing room and a sumptuous ensuite bathroom with Villeroy and Boch sanitary ware, including a bath, toilet, a large walk-in shower and vanity basin with drawers. At the other end of the property there are a few steps leading to another luxurious double bedroom (which would have been the ticket office) that also has a vaulted ceiling and exposed beam, an elegant row of sash windows, a walk-in closet and an ensuite tiled bathroom with walk-in shower, toilet and a vanity basin. A further set of stairs at that end of the house leads down to the third double bedroom, also with an en-suite bath and overhead, generous sized shower, and vanity basin with drawers and has its own private patio. From the front door at gallery level, an oak staircase leads from the gallery hall down to the drawing room set in the double-volume height room with French doors leading to a large patio and the garden. Beyond the drawing room is the very useful boiler and services room, which also provides good sized additional storage facilities. The stairs also lead to a spacious 32ft open-plan living room and kitchen.The living room area allows for a good sized seating area and large dining table. It also has bi-fold doors at the gable end to a paved patio and access to the garden. The drawing room and open-plan living room space and their patios flow seamlessly into each other and provides an ideal indoor and outdoor entertainment space.  The modern kitchen includes high gloss dusty salmon coloured wall cupboards and floor units with composite heavy duty worktops housing an electric induction hob, a built in double oven and microwave as well as an integrated fridge-freezer and dishwasher. There is a utility cupboard with space for a washing machine and also serves as a useful pantry. There is plenty room in the kitchen area for a kitchen dining table. The easy to manage garden is primary laid to lawn. It is bordered by the embankment and trees that leads to down to what was the railway track and platform, which is all owned by the local council.