The 19th Century gatehouse spans the entrance to Maresfield Park, near Uckfield in East Sussex, which was once a grand estate. ‘It was a Victorian Gothic folly,’ explained Paul Templeton, 41, who inherited the four-bedroom property from his late mother, Delia. By the mid-1950s two upper floors and three bedrooms had been added, and the house extended to one side. ‘Gatehouses appeal because they have lots of character,’ says Darren Middleton, an estate agent with Hamptons, who are selling the property. The tower’s original open stonework is glazed to create a lantern roof that floods the space with light.

Source: Daily Mail September 15, 2018 21:02 UTC