5 bedroom detached house for sale

Pond House is a delightful courtyard-style barn conversion offering almost 5,000 sq. ft of beautifully appointed accommodation, combining period features with modern décor and fittings. The accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall and includes a sitting room with a brick-built fireplace, a library with built-in shelving and a splendid fireplace and underfloor heating, a light-filled 33ft drawing room with wooden flooring, timber beams and three sets of French doors opening onto the courtyard garden. Additionally, the ground floor has a generous open-plan kitchen and breakfast room with skylights overhead and dual French doors opening onto the courtyard, as well as doors opening onto the timber decking beside the pond. The kitchen has an impressive vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, skylights overhead and farmhouse-style fitted units with a central island, integrated appliances by Neff, an Aga and underfloor heating.
There is one double bedroom and a shower room on the ground level, while the first floor provides a further three double bedrooms. These include the luxury principal bedroom with its built-in wardrobes and en suite shower room, as well as one further bedroom en suite. The first floor also has an additional shower room.
The detached cottage has a sitting room with a double-height ceiling, timber eaves and a galleried landing above. There is also a well-equipped kitchen, one double bedroom and a shower room.

Pond House is located along a half-mile lane and surrounded by beautiful rolling countryside. Pond House has plenty of parking space on a private driveway, while the house and cottage are centred around a gravel courtyard with raised beds, filled with various shrubs and flowering perennials. The garden at the rear includes the timber deck over the beautiful pond, which is surrounded by mature trees, with views across the rolling countryside beyond. There are also areas of lawn and meadow, a vegetable garden with raised beds and a patio for al fresco dining. Further outside dining and entertaining space includes the party barn, an open-sided barn with a built-in bar.

Apsley Farm is situated in a peaceful setting less than two miles from the village of West Chiltington, which provides a range of local amenities including a 12th Century church, public houses, village shop and local butcher. The larger village of Storrington offers access to high street shops and supermarkets, including Waitrose, as well as a wealth of restaurants, cafés and pubs. Billingshurst is about five miles away, with its station offering direct rail services to London Victoria. There is an excellent selection of schools in the area, including Christ’s Hospital, Windlesham School, Seaford College and Dorset House.