With its picture-perfect façade featuring timber framing with white painted infill, Old Woodhouse Farmhouse offers an appealing country home, full of vintage character and offering substantial accommodation across three floors. Ancient timbers coexist with more recent beams and posts creating harmony between the old and the new, with a stunning drawing room featuring a open hall bay and an impressive inglenook fireplace. The flagstone flooring extends into the adjoining dining room which offers the ideal setting for hosting family and friends and an open aperture links into the kitchen/breakfast room, where a freestanding contemporary wood pellet stove provides a cosy setting. The ground floor also provides a study area where an original bread oven gives a hint to the past, a utility room and a light-filled conservatory which offers flexible-uses with access out to the garden.
The bedroom accommodation is arranged on two sides of the upper levels which are reached via separate stairways. Six bedrooms are on offer with one having the benefit of an en suite shower room featuring contemporary fittings. Additional wash room facilities comprise a family bathroom and a separate shower room, which complement a cloakroom on the lower level. There is the potential for supplemental accommodation in the annexe outbuilding, which has two cast-iron spiral staircases rising to mezzanine levels and is timber framed with hammerbeam trusses.

With a low-level boundary the property offers spectacular views of the South Downs and surrounding countryside to provide a sense of ‘borrowed landscape’. The grounds are mainly laid to lawn interspersed with mature trees and shrubs offering various spots to sit and relax, taking advantage of the dappled shade on a sunny day. A pond with marginal and aquatic planting creates an attractive water feature and provides a magnet to birds and insects adding to the biodiversity of the setting. The property is approached via a private lane, onto a driveway through the grounds to an area for parking alongside the property, whilst a garage with adjoining workshop offers a sheltered halt, all set in 3.1 acres.

In the idyllic tucked-away rural setting of Woodmancote, the property is surrounded by open farmland, yet within easy reach of the village of Henfield. This thriving Sussex village offers an excellent assortment of local independent shops together with a supermarket, a bank, public houses and restaurants. Slightly further afield, the market town of Horsham and lively seaside town of Brighton provide a comprehensive range of shopping, leisure and recreational facilities. There are train services from Hassocks, Haywards Heath and Horsham mainline stations and both the A23 and A24 are within easy reach linking to the major road network. Well-regarded schooling in the vicinity includes Christ’s Hospital, Hurstpierpoint College, Lancing College, Tanbridge House, Handcross Park and Farlington School.