5 bedroom house

Price Range of £1,075,000 to £1,125,000
NO ONWARD CHAIN

Lyons Farmhouse is a handsome and beautifully refurbished detached period house, Listed Grade II, with the oak framed central portion believed to be of 17th century origin with later addition to the East side and with a 19th century Victorian wing added at the West end to give an appealing mix of different periods of construction, room proportions and character features. The pretty external elevations comprise a mixture of painted brick work, part tile hanging and weather-boarding under a mixture of tile, slate and Horsham stone covered pitched roofs. The recently refurbished house offers lovely family accommodation spread over two floors and accessed by two staircases. Entered by the front entrance porch to the front entrance hall with downstairs cloakroom, doors lead to the West facing drawing room, a fine main reception room within the Victorian wing with good height ceiling with detailed coving and fitted cupboards either side of a fireplace with wood burning stove and with two pretty bay windows overlooking the front. The hall in turn connects with the rear hall leading to the back garden and with pressurised hot water cylinder and mains gas fired boiler. The dining room is a fine beamed room with fireplace to one end, polished wood parquet flooring, door to kitchen/breakfast room and door to sitting room with similar wood parquet flooring, beamed ceiling and pretty inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove. A connecting door leads to the kitchen and also to the study which includes wood flooring and a range of fitted cupboards and doors to the double aspect conservatory with lovely outlook over the rear garden and with wood flooring and connection through to the kitchen. The smart family kitchen/breakfast room extends to over 30 feet and overlooks the rear garden and includes a range of modern fitted units with extensive worktops with cupboards and drawers below, twin dishwashers, wine fridge, belfast sink with swan neck mixer tap, point for mains gas fired range cooker with extractor over, further range of full height wall units with integrated fridge, part exposed beams, oak flooring and dining area to one end. The first floor accessed by the Western staircase leads to two well proportioned and similar size double bedroomstwo & three to the Victorian wing and with one of the bedrooms including a walk-in cupboard with potential for creating an ensuite shower room. Off the landing, is family bathroom one with modern suite including pretty roll-top bath, basin and w.c., pedestal wash hand basin and part tiled walls.
A hatch from from the landing gives loft ladder access to a useful boarded loft space with further potential (subject to any necessary consent). Bedroom one lies at the heart of the first floor with fine beamed ceiling and may be reached from either landing and includes a large walk-in cupboard at the side of the chimney breast and potentially offering scope for an ensuite. Bedroom four at the rear of the house includes an impressive vaulted ceiling with exposed timbers and with adjacent ensuite modern shower room. The rear landing gives access to family bathroom two with modern suite including bath and fine tiled floor and wall, wash hand basin in fitted unit, bath with shower over and w.c. A sitting room/occasional bedroom six leads off the rear landing and in turn connects to double bedroom five.

The property occupies an accessible semi-rural location near the Eastern end of Lyons Road which leads from the Five Oaks Road linking between Billingshurst and Horsham and with Lyons Road leading West to the desirable village of Slinfold within 1 mile. Beyond Slinfold, with its good range of local facilities including community village store, pub, St. Peter’s Parish Church and Church of England primary school, more extensive superstore shopping can be found at Broadbridge Heath located off the A24 within 3 miles, or the old market town of Horsham, approx. 4.25 miles, and which offers an extensive range of shops, trades, facilities and restaurants, as well as mainline railway station with services to London Victoria and London Bridge. The large village of Billingshurst also offers a good range of facilities and mainline station and is approximately 4.75 miles to the South, whilst Guildford is approx. 18.75 miles to the North and Gatwick Airport approx. 17.5 miles. The coastal city of Brighton and the city of Chichester are both within 27 miles, whilst the seafront at Worthing is approx. 21 miles and London approx. 41 miles. There are a good range of both state and independent schools for all age groups in the area and as well as extensive public footpaths and bridleway connections off local lanes.

Approached from Lyons Road, the property includes its own private driveway with double garage and parking and turning area for a number of vehicles and thence leading to the front area of garden to the South side. A part dividing hedge and fencing with gate opens to the pretty rear garden including area of terracing at the rear of the house and Victorian wash house/store to one side and then with areas of lawn and an abundance of mixed planting including shrubs and herbaceous plants, specimen trees and fruit trees. Overall, the property as a whole extends to approximately half an acre.

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Horsham