4 Bed │ 3 Bath │ 2 Rec
Guide Price £1,200,000
Key features
Full description
A charming four-bedroom, three-bathroom farmhouse-style property, situated in a semi-rural position on the south-eastern fringes of Horsham, occupying a plot totalling approximately 7.9 acres. Hop Gardens is ideally located for access to Horsham town centre, with its mainline railway station and local amenities, as well as open countryside offering excellent hacking routes for the equestrian sector. The area is also well served by a selection of highly regarded local state and private schools, commuter routes to the Capital and well regarded local pubs and restaurants.
The property offers versatile living and bedroom accommodation. To the ground floor, a welcoming reception hallway leads to a fabulous dining room, centred around a fireplace, making it an ideal space for entertaining guests and family, particularly during the winter months. Further living space includes a well-proportioned sitting room enjoying an aspect to the front of the property and also benefitting from a fireplace. To the rear of the house is an impressive family room featuring double doors opening directly onto the rear garden terrace, a polished strip wood floor throughout, and a brick-built open fireplace. Completing the ground floor accommodation is a generous kitchen/breakfast room, a separate utility room, a study, and a downstairs shower room.
To the first floor, the principal bedroom suite is positioned over the family room and enjoys views over the rear gardens and adjoining pasture land. It benefits from fitted wardrobe space and an en suite bathroom. There is also a second guest bedroom suite with a spacious en suite bathroom. Two further bedrooms and a convenient shower room complete the first-floor accommodation.
Externally, the property provides ample driveway parking for several vehicles, leading to a barn-style double bay open garage, together with an adjoining lockable garage and store. Above the garage is a useful additional room, ideal for a home office, studio, or potential ancillary accommodation.
The rear garden is formally arranged, with areas of lawn flanked and bordered by well-stocked flowerbeds containing mature shrubs and planting. There is an attractive ornamental fish pond, with hedgerows forming the boundaries. Beyond the formal garden lies a mature orchard with stock fenced vegetable garden plots, green house, shed and a 20 panel ground mounted solar array which leads into adjacent pasture land ideal for equestrian or agriculture use including a timber framed barn. The total plot, including the main house and gardens, amounts to approximately 7.4 acres.
Adjacent to the property is a further parcel of land of circa 0.5 of an acre featuring a large pond, gated access, and a timber-built summerhouse/garden house.
Situation
An attractive semi-rural area situated approximately four miles south of Horsham in Lower Beeding and offers great commuting opportunities. Gatwick can be driven to within approximately 20 minutes, the A/M23 is within a short distance. Handcross, Cowfold and Horsham are all within approximately a 10 minute drive, all of which offer a range of shops, pubs and other amenities. The Crabtree pub and dining rooms is close by. Whilst the grounds of South Lodge Hotel with its Michelin Star & 3AA rosette restaurant is situated nearby to the property.Council Tax Band: G
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating: E
Why live in Horsham?
Horsham strikes the perfect balance with its community facilities and green spaces. There’s a market square at The Carfax complete with traditional bandstand, an abundance of shops, a cinema, theatre, leisure centre and a 60-acre park right in the centre of town.
We have an impressive mix of older properties, including historic buildings from the 1400s and 1500s with later additions from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras and some stunning artistic properties. Head out along The Causeway and you’ll see every style, from 15th century homes to new builds, on one superb road.