4 bedroom detached house for sale

Weald Cottage is a handsome part-tile-hung period cottage offering light filled, flexible accommodation, sensitively combining modern amenities with retained character features including casement glazing and open fireplaces. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space maximising the stunning rural views, the accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with useful storage and cloakroom. It includes a large family room with views to all four aspects and French doors to the terrace, and a spacious wooden-floored kitchen/breakfast/dining room with a range of contemporary wall and base units, wooden worktops and modern integrated appliances. The breakfast/dining area has an open fireplace, original built-in storage and French doors to the terrace. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a sitting room with built-in storage and a feature exposed brick open fireplace, and a useful fitted utility room with a part-glazed door to the side aspect.

Upstairs are four double bedrooms, the principal benefitting from both built-in and eaves storage and a modern en suite shower room, together with a family bathroom with bath and separate shower.

The property is approached via a generous gravelled driveway and forecourt providing private parking for multiple vehicles, and a dedicated EV fast-charging port. Mainly laid to gently-sloping lawn, the south-facing garden wraps around the house to three aspects and features a garden store and a spacious block-paved terrace part-covered by a gazebo. The whole enjoys far-reaching views over the rolling countryside of the South Downs National Park beyond.

Set in the South Downs National Park, the Roundhurst area of Haslemere sits near to local amenities in villages including Lurgashall. Haslemere offers extensive high street and independent shopping including Space NK, supermarkets including Waitrose, restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars and recreational amenities including a tennis club, leisure centre and two spa hotels. The surrounding countryside provides numerous golf courses, racing at Goodwood and Fontwell, polo at Cowdray Park, sailing on Frensham Ponds and off the south coast at Chichester and, for riding and walking, Blackdown, some 965 acres of National Trust-owned forest. Communications links are excellent: Haslemere station (3.5 miles) offers services into London Waterloo in around 50 minutes, and the A3 London-Portsmouth road (10.2 miles) gives access to the south coast and connections with the M3 and M25 motorways, giving further access to London and its airports.

The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including Midhurst Rother College (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) together with a good selection of independent schools.