5 bedroom detached house for sale

Voakes Manor is a substantial and impressive period house, with almost 7,000 sq. ft of beautifully appointed living space and a flexible layout. The property also benefits from a modern self-contained three-bedroom coach house. The property displays beautiful period detailing, including leaded windows, ornate cornicing, original fireplaces and beautiful chandelier light fittings, alongside bespoke contemporary joinery and fittings. The ground floor features a handsome drawing room and bar area at the front, while there is also a formal dining room and a play room. The open-plan kitchen and breakfast room is the perfect everyday living space with its seating area, French doors opening onto the garden and breakfast bar. The kitchen itself has a ceiling lantern skylight overhead and bespoke fitted units, as well as a central island and a range cooker. The ground floor also has a useful study and a utility room, as well as a workshop, a gym and a boiler room opening onto the central courtyard. Upstairs there are six double bedrooms, including the luxury principal bedroom with its dressing room and large en suite bathroom. Four additional bedrooms are en suite, while the fifth currently doubles as a laundry/kitchen. The coach house features an open-plan sitting room, kitchen, breakfast room and utility room on the first floor, as well as a sun room opening onto a balcony. The three bedrooms are located on the ground level, along with a shower room. They include the principal bedroom with its dressing room and en suite bathroom.

The property is accessed via a long driveway, which leads to a parking area and garage at the side of the house. The garden is mostly to the front, with a sunny southeast-facing aspect. It includes a gravel terrace across the front of the house, which provides space in which to relax and dine al-fresco. There are also areas of lawn, beautifully maintained ornamental gardens with box hedging, paved walkways and a pond, as well as a covered seating area. At the rear there is an additional area of lawn and a plunge pool, set into a wooden deck. Further outbuildings include a summer house, a workshop, two sheds and a stable block with three stables, a concrete hardstanding and access to a fenced paddock.

Voakes Manor is situated in a peaceful setting just outside 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, while Billingshurst station offers 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.