Property description

An individual 5 bedroom detached character house offering particularly spacious accommodation extending to 2176 sq.ft, centrally situated within this Downland village with gardens backing directly onto open fields. The famous raceground and the railway station are both within a 10 minute walk.

The property was built in approximately 1850 at the same time as the nearby Fountain Public House and was originally the ‘Southdown Supply Stores’ on the ground floor. In 1990 the property was converted solely to residential use and our vendors have been in residence since 1998. The property still retains many of the original Victorian features to include sash windows and open fireplaces to most rooms.

The accommodation includes an entrance hall with stairs to the first floor, a study with open fireplace and cupboards either side and a sitting room with open fireplace with cupboards and shelves either side. There is a dining room with open fireplace and a fabulous double aspect drawing room with a door to the side and a sliding patio door to the rear garden.  The kitchen/breakfast room is well fitted with oak and handmade pine cupboards, an integrated hob and  ‘Stanley’ Rayburn range cooker with digital timer for the oil central heating.  From this room there is access to a larder/utility room with plumbing for a washing machine and a door into a cloakroom.

On the first floor there is a landing with a window overlooking the garden and fields beyond, a hatch to the loft space and an airing cupboard.  The master bedroom has views over the gardens and fields beyond, with en-suite shower room leading off it, re-fitted with a white suite.  There are 4 further bedrooms with views to the village street.  The bath/shower room has been re-fitted with a white suite and double size shower cubicle and a separate wc.

Outside a private driveway providing parking for 2 cars, leading to the integral garage, which has a door to the hallway, power, light and water.  A side path provides access to the west facing 46’ max x 36’ rear garden, the majority of which is laid to lawn, flanked by flower borders with an area of patio to one side.  THE REAR GARDEN BACKS DIRECTLY ONTO OPEN FIELDS AND IF STANDING FACING SOUTH LOOKS ONTO THE SOUTH DOWNS.