The home of Bob and Margaret Snelling

Whitesmith Barn is situated in a quiet country lane, 200 yards from the A22, 1½ miles from the village of Chiddingly, East Sussex, and midway between Hailsham (5 miles) and Uckfield (6 miles)

The locality has much to offer. Glyndebourne Opera House (www.glyndebourne.com) is 4 miles; the home of the Surrealists, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller is at Farley Farm House , Chiddingly (www.farleyfarmhouse.co.uk); Charleston Farmhouse, (www.charleston.org.uk) home of Vanessa Bell of The Bloomsbury Group and Firle Place (www.firle.com) , home of the Gage family, are both 5 miles away.

Further afield Lewes is 8 miles with the Castle and Anne of Cleves House; Eastbourne with its famous seafront Carpet Gardens and Beachy Head Lighthouse is 12 miles and Brighton, with the Royal Pavilion, the Lanes antique shops and the Aquarium, is 18 miles.

Newhaven (Marina and Port) for cross-Channel ferries, Hickstead Show Jumping Ground, The Bluebell Railway and Gatwick Airport, are all within easy reach.