4 bedroom house

Offers in the Region of £975,000 to £1,025,000.

Springlands Gate is an attractive detached country house occupying an enviable rural position to the West of the rural hamlet of Wineham and to the North of Henfield village. The house includes elevations of brick and stone under a clay tiled pitched and half hipped roof with dormer windows and affords bright and airy accommodation spread over two floors with double glazed wooden windows enjoying a fine outlook over its gardens, land and surrounding countryside to South Downs in the distance.
The house is felt to offer good potential for further personalisation to an individual purchaser's own requirements including adaptation of the accommodation or further enlargement, subject to all the necessary consents and to take advantage of the fine and peaceful rural location, yet being readily accessible by car to major routes and centres. Public footpaths and a public bridleway are directly accessible on Frylands Lane.
The accommodation is perfect for families or couples as it has potential for great adaptability with a mixture of ground and first floor bedrooms including two spacious loft areas. From the entrance hall with cloakroom and utility room, there is a triple aspect living room with French doors also leading out to the garden and French doors also to the kitchen/dining room which includes a range of limed-oak fitted units and fitted appliances including LPG hob and electric oven. The spacious two ground floor double bedrooms each benefit from ensuite bath/shower bathrooms and the first-floor landing includes a spacious family bathroom and triple aspect double bedroom with fine views and then
Outside

the house sits in a large attractive garden and grounds. It is approached through its own electric gated entrance drive. There is a large oak framed and tiled garage/store with areas of lawned garden, mixed planting and feature pond with weeping willow. The overall immediate gardens and grounds extend to approximately 0.83 acre (0.34 Ha). Connecting to the West side is a pretty traditional permanent pasture field bordered by a range of fine mature oak trees and a mixture of part hedging and fencing with mixed broadleaf copse and pond area to the North-West side. The property as a whole extends to approximately 4.91 acres (1.99 Ha).

Situation

Springlands Gate occupies a desirable rural location along Frylands Lane, a no-through minor country lane to the West of Wineham which includes the popular Royal Oak public house. Shops and a range of other facilities including primary school can be found at Henfield village to the South-West (approx. 4 miles), plus a late night opening store in Cowfold village (approx. 4.25 miles) to the North-West. More extensive facilities can be found at the old market town of Haywards Heath (approx. 8.5 miles) to the East and including an extensive range of shops, restaurants and other facilities as well as mainline railway station with services to London Victoria. Similar facilities may be found at the old market town of Horsham to the North-West (approx. 11 miles) and the cosmopolitan coastal city of Brighton with its extensive recreational and other facilities being within 13 miles to the South. Gatwick airport accessed via the A23/M23 (which in turn connect to the national motorway network) is within 18 miles.
Racing at Goodwood, Fontwell, Brighton, Plumpton and Lingfield. Golf at the neighbouring Singing Hills course and at Pyecombe, Devils Dyke, Worthing, Horsham & Pulborough. Polo at Cowdray Park and Knepp Castle. Equestrian events at the Royal Leisure Centre at Woodmancote, Ardingly, Warnham & Hickstead. Sailing at Chichester, Shoreham-by-Sea and Brighton Marina. Theatre at Brighton and Chichester. Opera at Glyndebourne. Wickwoods country & sports club and spa within 4 miles. There are a good range of state and independent schools in the area.

Additional Information

Council Tax Band ‘G’. Freehold title no. WSX231943 (to house and garden) and part of WSX227844 (to field and copse with pond). Mains water, and electricity are connected. Oil fired central heating. Private drainage system.
The sale of the field will be subject to a restrictive covenant that its use will be limited to agricultural or equestrian purposes only and such use being incidental to the quiet enjoyment and occupation of the neighbouring property to the East, Springlands Gate, as a single residential unit. The Purchaser will covenant to erect within 4 months of completion and to thereafter maintain stock-proof fences to the South & West boundaries of the field where they adjoin the Vendor's retained land and such fencing to follow a line inside the current rows of trees and hedgerow which are being retained by the Vendor.

Marketed by: Hamptons Sales, Horsham