GUIDE PRICE: £1,400,000--£1,500,000.

INTERNAL VIEWINGS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.


As the most substantial house on the road, this beautiful family home has undergone a complete transformation in recent years to include a full rear extension, complete reconfiguration and a two-storey side extension to create a luxurious and versatile home for families with children of all ages.

It sits surrounded by greenery with the South Downs National Park on its doorstep on the prestigious Brangwyn Estate. The house is detached so it feels more like a country manor than a city abode with a beamed and gabled Neo-Tudor exterior. Inside, the interior design is immaculate and stylish using a muted, contemporary palette of calico, dove-grey and cream to complement natural wood and stone features. Even below the stunning aesthetic, the workings of the house have been renewed to include a full re-wire, eco heating systems to include underfloor heating, new plasterwork and a full, integrated gym has been created in place of the double garage.

Ideal for entertaining and family time, the extensive family room, dining room and kitchen opens to a vast landscaped garden formed of two large terraces with a play house, a sunken trampoline and a generous amount of lawn. Mature trees border the far side to provide dappled shade and the space is completely private.

To the front of the house is parking for two large cars plus free spaces on the street, and the transport links are excellent – particularly by car with easy access to the A23 and A27 just minutes away. Brangwyn Estate is a quiet residential area with a wonderful sense of community, sitting just a few minutes from Patcham Old Village. This makes it popular with families, professionals and commuters alike due the favoured school catchment and its proximity to Preston Park Station. With so many winning qualities, it is sure to attract many.

Style: detached Neo-Tudor house

Type: 4 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms + WC, 3 zoned reception areas, 1 utility room, 1 open plan kitchen, 1 gym, 1 utility room.

Location: Brangwyn Estate

Floor Area: 2977 sq.ft.

Outside: west facing, landscaped rear garden

Parking: driveway for 2 cars, free on street

Council Tax Band: F

Why you’ll like it:

The houses of the Brangwyn Estate were built during the 1930s when the Tudor-revival style was particularly in vogue; as was the desire for generous room proportions and a focus on comfortable family living. This is evident on the approach as the house sits slightly elevated from the street with an immaculate beamed façade giving it an air of grandeur. The double height extension is seamless with a gable and beams to echo the original parts of the house and the neat brick drive has space for two large cars.

Stepping inside, the scale of the house is breath-taking. Your line of sight takes you through double doors to the first reception room, past the double-sided wood burner to the family room, but also through the grand depth of the house to the beautiful kitchen and magnificent garden beyond.

It is immediately clear the current owners have a refined eye for interiors, and the quality of finish throughout is immaculate. This is a house you want to explore further.

Gym:
Upon entry, a short corridor leads right, past a useful ground floor cloakroom/WC, to the gym which was converted from the original garage and forms part of the side extension. While the equipment will not be staying, the wall of mirrors and padded flooring will, so it would also be ideal for yoga and there is ample space to teach as well as train in here. A second door leads through to the utility room which in turn opens to the kitchen, so could have any number of uses as a work space, formal dining room or play room perhaps.

Reception Rooms:
Once two rooms, the first two receptions have been opened up to create a sense of flow to the ground floor while remaining defined. A newly built, exposed-brick chimney breast stands centrally to the space with double-sided wood burning stove to warm either room during winter, while in summer, the sliding garden doors to the rear of the house allow a cool breeze and natural light to flow right through. These rooms are dressed as the family sitting room and play space for young children, but they are versatile depending on your family’s needs.

Dining Room/Family Room:
The rear extension is open to the first reception rooms while also spanning the rear of the property to include a formal dining area and a further seating area alongside the garden. Pale cream carpets make way for limed oak wooden flooring which runs across the space. These light tones are then picked up in the Indian sandstone paving within the patio which becomes a seamless extension of the home during the warmer seasons, via two sets of sliding patio doors which open to link the inside with the outside. Ideal for entertaining in style or for large family gatherings, there is space to seat at least ten around a pendent lit table and the kitchen is recessed but open plan.

Kitchen:
Brilliantly designed with family and friends in mind, the kitchen is another sociable space with a central island which extends into the family room with a solid oak waterfall dining bar to seat four. The chef remains sociable with the induction hob inlaid to the quartz-stone island with a ceiling mounted extractor fan. There are several clever storage solutions at both base and wall levels for food stuffs, pans and crockery, to include a pull-out larder, and the full-height fridge and freezer are also integrated. Dual ovens with microwave function are placed in a tower for easy access and the dishwasher is also integrated while the washing machine and tumble dryer are in the adjoining utility room.

Garden:
Having been fully landscaped, the garden stretches back to the woodland copse, with two vast and levelled lawed areas, ideal for children’s ball games. A sunken trampoline offers hours of fun in safety, and a pretty Wendy house sits below the boughs of mature trees at the top of the garden. It is a magical space for all ages, where the adults can sit outside for drinks and dining alfresco as the sun goes down while the children play. For a large garden, it is fairly low maintenance with well-established shrub borders, making it ready for the busy modern lifestyle.

Bedrooms 3 & 4:
Rising up to the generous first-floor landing, bedroom four is to the right along a short corridor with bedroom three and its en suite bathroom forming part of the double height side extension. Both are lovely double rooms with tranquil views over the garden and the leafy local landscape. The en suite to bedroom three has stylish large-scale stone tiles and a ceiling-mounted rainfall shower, plus being tucked away from the rest of the house it is ideal as a guest suite.

Bedroom 2 & Family Bathroom:
Bedroom two is a substantial double looking out over the rooftops and trees of the valley. It is dual aspect, so natural light filters in from the east and the south, and while it is dressed as a younger child’s room at present, it is ideal for any age. A wall of mirrored wardrobes maximises the floor space further and a door opens to the Jack & Jill en suite bathroom shared by the principal bedroom suite.

The family bathroom is streamlined and spacious with a contemporary freestanding bath and curved dual hand basins above a mahogany vanity unit, while there is further storage for toiletries and towels to ensure the space remains clutter-free.

Principal Bedroom Suite:
Exceptionally spacious having been extended over the ground floor rear extension, the principal bedroom suite is the epitome of luxury. Even with a queen size bed, freestanding furnishings and a seating area, the floor space is not compromised. A wall of built-in wardrobes offers enough clothes and shoe storage for two, while the TV is also inlaid to the cabinetry for a cord free, seamless finish. The en suite is Jack & Jill style, shared with bedroom two, following the same chic style as the family bathroom. Garden views are a joy to wake up to each day, as birdsong filters in through open windows on summer mornings.

Agent’s thoughts:
This property has been finished to an exceptional standard, so it is impressive for both its scale and beauty. It balances home comforts and a luxury lifestyle perfectly, so we expect it will be coveted by many.

Owner’s Secret:
“This house was a huge labour of love for us to complete as everything needed upgrading and reconfiguring. It is a fantastic party house, but also as a family home as we never feel on top of one another and it is such a versatile space which has evolved with us as the children have grown. The garden is a joy during the summer, and we cannot fault the neighbourhood- it will be a huge wrench to leave, but we are looking for something further into the countryside now for a complete change of lifestyle.”

Where it is:

Shops: Local 5 mins, The London Road and North Laines 15 mins by bus

Train Station: Preston Park 15-20 min walk, Brighton 15 mins on the bus

Seafront or Park: Park 5 min walk, Seafront about 15 mins by bus

Closest Schools:

Primary: Westdene Primary or Patcham Infant and Junior Schools

Secondary: Patcham High School

Private: Brighton College

This bright, spacious home is in a great location with Patcham Village shops nearby, and within a short drive to Brighton beach and the fashionable North Laine. The green spaces of Preston and Peacock Park are within easy reach as is Waterhall playing fields (the home of Brighton Rugby Club and an excellent park for dog walking), and the fact that the A23 to London is on the doorstep should make this very appealing to those who need fast access to the Airports and the capital.