5 bedroom detached house for sale

This beautifully presented village house has been a much loved family home, skilfully extended and refurbished by the present owners. A welcoming reception hall opens onto a well proportioned sitting/dining room with oak floor, open fireplace, window bay and double casement doors opening onto the terrace and garden. A cosy snug/sitting room with wood burner provides an informal room for relaxation away from the main reception room. The kitchen/breakfast room has been specially built with a beautiful range of matching units, hardwood worksurfaces, range style cooker and integrated appliances. An area for informal dining has double casement doors onto the terrace and garden. There is also a spacious study for those wishing to work from home and a utility/boot room providing ample storage for coats and boots and an ideal changing area when returning from country walks. The ground floor bedroom suite lies adjacent and is easily accessed from the boot room and back door giving this area of the house a degree of independence, so ideal for guests, extended family or a home and income opportunity.

On the first floor a superb principal bedroom suite has far-reaching views over neighbouring fields to the South Downs. A spacious walk-in wardrobe with lighting has extensive hanging rails and storage and there is a well-appointed bathroom en-suite. The three remaining bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes, are served by a well designed bathroom with shower.

Outside
Pretty cottage style gardens lie to the front of the house, enclosed by neatly clipped hedging and including an impressive wisteria. The driveway lies to the east of the house leading to a stone shingled parking area and access to a spacious detached garage/workshop together with an electric car charging point. The manageable garden has lovely views over a neighbouring paddock and farmland to the South Downs beyond. A terrace, running alongside the house, is approached by way of doors from the drawing room and kitchen/breakfast room. A neat area of lawn has a well stocked but easily manageable border sporting spring bulbs, evergreen shrubs and ornamental trees. A second west facing terrace is designed to catch the evening sun and a pergola arched gate with climbing roses leads back to the parking area.

Location
The village of West Ashling is surrounded by rich and varied countryside close to the slopes of the South Downs, criss crossed with miles of footpaths and bridlepaths as well as many pretty villages with good country pubs and farmshops.

Chichester itself provides a wide range of facilities including the internationally known Festival Theatre, Pallant House Gallery and excellent shopping facilities arranged within its ancient city cente. The mainline railway station at Chichester provides a regular service to London Victoria in about 1 hour 40 minutes.

Recreational activities are numerous, many of them centered on the Goodwood Estate, famous for its horse racing including the Qatar Festival, the Festival of Speed and the Revival meeting at its historic motor circuit.

Chichester Harbour, some five miles to the south, has long been popular with sailors and there are many well established clubs but notably Chichester Yacht Basin, Bosham and Itchenor. The blue flag beaches of West Wittering can be found approximately nine miles to the south as well as the National Trust Reserve at East Head.