COUNTRY HOUSE FOR SALE £795,000

DETAILS OUTSIDE

Triple garage (dimensions 23’ 0” by 17’10”)

The garages consist of one single and one double. 2 up and over steel doors.

Separate electricity distribution box. Fluorescent tube lights. Currently used as tools storage with numerous shelves. Water outlet to side of garage.

The Piggery (internally 29’ 7” by 14’ 0” plus 27’ 2” by 10’ 0”)

This is a significant sized stone built farm barn originally for a swineherd and his pigs. It is L shaped and currently used for storage purposes but with significant potential for upgrade and conversion as playroom, office or living accommodation subject to planning permission. It has electricity supply but no drainage (but new drains run within 6 feet) Both roofs need attention but this is left to incoming purchaser. When the plot was divided up 10 years ago the current owners negotiated a six feet strip of land to the west of the southern leg in order to create space for windows and servicing.

The Gardens

The landscaped gardens are a delightful feature of this property. The plot is of irregular shape with the house virtually central with gardens on all sides. The front courtyard has a sizeable tarmac parking area overlooked by an Italianate terrace with palm trees, statues, a terrace and espalier apple trees.

To the south side is a sizeable patio bordering the study with a large triple palm on one side and a triangular palm garden on the other.

Further along the southern boundary are two ornamental fish ponds seemingly connected by a stream and wooden bridge although the effect is illusory because the ponds are separate. The lower one is 5 feet deep at its maximum to permit koi carp to be overwintered. To the rear of the ponds are banked rockeries with a raised path going along the top.

Progressing to the west there is a large expanse of lawn until the gardens narrow at the top where there is a brick raised patio area with wooden pergola. The lawned area also stretches right along the north and west sides as far as the entrance gate. There are numerous specimen plants including a highly unusual Christmas cake fir, 2 acers, a gingko tree, 2 variegated maples, a strawberry tree, plum, golden delicious apple, 3 grape vines, many rhododendrons, mahonias, several different types of mature fir trees. There are hundreds of perennial plants. Virtually the whole of the boundaries have evergreen plants in front of close boarded fences creating a very secluded plot. The soil is a gardener’s dream because the sandstone base provides excellent drainage and a relatively neutral soil in which most plants thrive.

There is one large greenhouse built with PVC safety sheeting and a large fruit cage containing mostly raspberries and blueberries.

All services connected – water, electricity, gas, mains drainage

Council band G

Local Authority Horsham District Council

Square footage The house is ca. 2436 sq. feet + 410 sq ft for garage and 683 sq ft for piggery barn making a total of 4262 square feet in total. These figures are approximate