5 bedroom detached house

The welcoming entrance hall provides access to the stairwell to the first floor, the front family room; the downstairs cloakroom and the dining room which in turn leads to the kitchen & sitting room.

The family room is accessed through solid wood decorative doors and offers a versatile space, part of which is currently being used as a study. The downstairs cloakroom has space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer. The dining room and kitchen are connected with stone tiled flooring throughout and exposed beams and separated by a polished-stone breakfast bar. This open-plan living offers the ideal space for family events.

The kitchen is fitted with traditional-style units, the look completed with a classic butler sink. There is an integrated dishwasher and space for a fridge/freezer and range-style cooker. The dining room has a feature fireplace with a gas log burner, stone surround and solid wood mantle, and access to a boot room with space for a fridge/freezer. A striking stone archway with a wooden oak door leads into the spacious triple aspect sitting room with exposed beams, inglenook open fireplace and large bi-fold doors leading into the garden. Be sure to look out for the beautiful stained-glass window connecting the sitting room with the dining room.

The winding stairwell leads to the first-floor landing with a built-in storage/seating area, storage cupboards, and provides access to all five bedrooms and family bathroom. Bedroom one has built-in wardrobes and an en-suite bathroom which has been stunningly decorated and fitted with a freestanding double-ended rolltop bath, w.c., basin unit, separate shower cubicle and finished with feature, mosaic tiling.

Outside:

The setting of this property is particularly stunning, with wrap-around gardens on a plot of approximately half an acre, there is plenty of space for aspiring gardeners and those seeking peace and quiet. To the back of the property is a wonderful, heated swimming pool; stunning at night with multi-coloured under water lighting. Located by the pool is the summerhouse with power, lighting, heating and attached boiler room with the pool heater.

Two secluded sheds, a greenhouse and hard-standing area for future projects are also included and to the rear of the garden is a little stream. The gravelled driveway provides parking for several vehicles and leads to the detached garage with an electric vehicle charging point and to the rear is a workshop with power, lighting, water, and attached woodstore.

West Chiltington, just to the north of Storrington, offers a local store, post office, public house and church. The busy centre of Storrington has an excellent range of traditional shops & local traders that cater for everyday needs and well-reviewed restaurants and pubs.
Pulborough, around 3 miles away, offers a mainline railway station.

* Wells cottages are named after their architect, Reginald Fairfax Wells. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1871 but a British subject, Reginald Wells trained as a sculptor in the 1890’s at the Royal College of Art and became a studio potter. He first worked in Wrotham, Kent and then set up his own pottery at nearby Coldrum. Around 1909 he moved his pottery studio to Chelsea, and continued there until the outbreak of the First World War. During the war Wells set up the Wells Aviation Company.

In the 1920’s Mr Wells moved to the Storrington area and decided to turn his hand to something completely different - house building. He had a dream of creating ‘the perfect English village’ and had he been in tune with the period, he’d built Art Deco style properties, however Mr Wells was too much of an individualist to do that!

He was seen by many as a ‘maverick have a go developer’ and when he bought 50 acres of Sussex heathland and created his idealised notion of the English landscape, his Wells Cottages (with cesspits and no electricity!) were seen as ludicrously eccentric by the locals.

Mr Wells built about 200 cottages across Kent and Sussex and West Chiltington, where he achieved his vision, was his most ambitious project with around 70 houses.

Although built in the 1920s, each Wells cottage could be mistaken for a 17th century gem. He used old irregular sized bricks covered in white washed slurry (known locally as Sussex Dinging), tiny windows and thatched roofs and the water came from wells in the gardens. The cottages were snapped up as holiday homes by his bohemian friends in London who thought a weekend ‘roughing it in the countryside’ chimed perfectly with their Arts and Crafts philosophy.
Council tax band: G