House For Sale £2,000,000
Westland Cottage is set in an outstanding position within the South Downs National Park between Wisborough Green and the historic market town of Petworth. The property is rural and private but enjoys all the advantages of nearby Wisborough Green which is the quintessential English village with a well-stocked village store and post office, Church, public house and highly regarded primary school and nursery.
The nearby towns of Petworth, Billingshurst and Pulborough offer an extensive range of amenities including supermarkets, farm shops, doctors' surgeries, pharmacies, pubs, sporting facilities and direct train services to London Victoria and London Bridge (approx. 64 minutes). Petworth, 5 miles east of the property offers a wonderful range of independent boutique shops and restaurants and is home to Petworth House & Park.
Primary schools in the area include Wisborough Green and Billingshurst. Preparatory schools include Dorset House at Bury, Windlesham House at Washington and Great Ballard at Eartham, Chichester. Senior schools include Bedales at Petersfield, Seaford College, south of Petworth, Charterhouse, Cranleigh and Lancing College. There are two Ofsted Outstanding-rated State secondary schools; The Weald at Billingshurst, and Midhurst Rother College in nearby Midhurst.
The area is renowned for its walking and riding. There is racing at Goodwood and Fontwell, polo at Cowdray Park, golf at Cowdray and Goodwood and sailing at Chichester Harbour. There are excellent swimming beaches nearby including dog-friendly Climping Beach (25 mins) and the River Arun at Pulborough for kayaking, paddle-boarding and canoeing.
Westland Cottage is a well-appointed family home much enhanced by our clients during their ownership. It benefits from generously proportioned rooms throughout, all with wonderful aspects over its surrounding land and countryside.
On the ground floor, the property benefits from a large kitchen/breakfast/dining room with Rayburn oven, kitchen island, log burner, and triple aspect views. There is a separate living room which also has a triple aspect and log burner, as well as a generous cloakroom, boot room and larder. To the first floor all the bedrooms are comfortable doubles, two have en suite bathrooms in addition to the family bathroom and laundry.
In addition to the principal house is a detached barn, constructed in 2015, consisting of an office on the ground floor and a games room above. Adjacent to the barn is a small terrace and a shepherd's hut.
The gardens and grounds of Westland Cottage are a genuine highlight of the property. Set in just over fifteen acres comprising formal gardens, a kitchen garden, wildflower meadow, orchard, paddocks, woodland, and a conservation wood. The stables and yard, which enjoys its own separate access from a lane within the property's ownership, comprises four stables, feed room, tack room, hay barn and trailer parking. It additionally benefits from a shower, lavatory, power, water, and its own separate drainage. Notably the facilities benefit from direct access to the surrounding paddocks which are fenced with either post and rail or post and stock wire.
The gardens surrounding the house are predominantly flat and gradually slope away down the valley to the wildflower meadow and woodland. The kitchen gardens and orchard are formally appointed with box hedging, raised beds, and are fenced.
The grounds comprise approximately 3 acres of mature, mixed-native woodland, carpeted with snow drops, daffodils, bluebells and foxgloves through January to June, fed by a stream running through it. Adjoining this is the wildlife wood, planted by our clients in 2014, which feature the endangered black poplar tree and most other native species and a variety of fruit trees and wildflowers. Due east/south-east on the other side of the valley are the paddocks and yard. There are three well-draining paddocks with water troughs, of approximately 12 acres in all.
Wisborough Green 3 miles, Petworth 5.6 miles, Pulborough 4.8 miles, Billingshurst 6 miles (London Victoria 64 minutes). Haslemere 15 miles (London Waterloo 53 minutes), Chichester 19 miles, Guildford 20 miles, London 52 miles
(Distances and times are approximate)
The nearby towns of Petworth, Billingshurst and Pulborough offer an extensive range of amenities including supermarkets, farm shops, doctors' surgeries, pharmacies, pubs, sporting facilities and direct train services to London Victoria and London Bridge (approx. 64 minutes). Petworth, 5 miles east of the property offers a wonderful range of independent boutique shops and restaurants and is home to Petworth House & Park.
Primary schools in the area include Wisborough Green and Billingshurst. Preparatory schools include Dorset House at Bury, Windlesham House at Washington and Great Ballard at Eartham, Chichester. Senior schools include Bedales at Petersfield, Seaford College, south of Petworth, Charterhouse, Cranleigh and Lancing College. There are two Ofsted Outstanding-rated State secondary schools; The Weald at Billingshurst, and Midhurst Rother College in nearby Midhurst.
The area is renowned for its walking and riding. There is racing at Goodwood and Fontwell, polo at Cowdray Park, golf at Cowdray and Goodwood and sailing at Chichester Harbour. There are excellent swimming beaches nearby including dog-friendly Climping Beach (25 mins) and the River Arun at Pulborough for kayaking, paddle-boarding and canoeing.
Westland Cottage is a well-appointed family home much enhanced by our clients during their ownership. It benefits from generously proportioned rooms throughout, all with wonderful aspects over its surrounding land and countryside.
On the ground floor, the property benefits from a large kitchen/breakfast/dining room with Rayburn oven, kitchen island, log burner, and triple aspect views. There is a separate living room which also has a triple aspect and log burner, as well as a generous cloakroom, boot room and larder. To the first floor all the bedrooms are comfortable doubles, two have en suite bathrooms in addition to the family bathroom and laundry.
In addition to the principal house is a detached barn, constructed in 2015, consisting of an office on the ground floor and a games room above. Adjacent to the barn is a small terrace and a shepherd's hut.
The gardens and grounds of Westland Cottage are a genuine highlight of the property. Set in just over fifteen acres comprising formal gardens, a kitchen garden, wildflower meadow, orchard, paddocks, woodland, and a conservation wood. The stables and yard, which enjoys its own separate access from a lane within the property's ownership, comprises four stables, feed room, tack room, hay barn and trailer parking. It additionally benefits from a shower, lavatory, power, water, and its own separate drainage. Notably the facilities benefit from direct access to the surrounding paddocks which are fenced with either post and rail or post and stock wire.
The gardens surrounding the house are predominantly flat and gradually slope away down the valley to the wildflower meadow and woodland. The kitchen gardens and orchard are formally appointed with box hedging, raised beds, and are fenced.
The grounds comprise approximately 3 acres of mature, mixed-native woodland, carpeted with snow drops, daffodils, bluebells and foxgloves through January to June, fed by a stream running through it. Adjoining this is the wildlife wood, planted by our clients in 2014, which feature the endangered black poplar tree and most other native species and a variety of fruit trees and wildflowers. Due east/south-east on the other side of the valley are the paddocks and yard. There are three well-draining paddocks with water troughs, of approximately 12 acres in all.
Wisborough Green 3 miles, Petworth 5.6 miles, Pulborough 4.8 miles, Billingshurst 6 miles (London Victoria 64 minutes). Haslemere 15 miles (London Waterloo 53 minutes), Chichester 19 miles, Guildford 20 miles, London 52 miles
(Distances and times are approximate)
