7 bedroom detached house for sale

Woldringfold House is a substantial detached double-fronted country home offering more than 8,200 sq ft of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining environment with generously proportioned rooms with high ceilings and large windows maximising the stunning southerly views, the accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with useful cloakroom and briefly comprises a drawing room with woodburning stove and French doors to a rear terrace, a part-panelled office with feature open fireplace, a wooden-floored dining room, family and study rooms, both with French doors to the garden, and an L-shaped kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units including a large central island, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, modern integrated appliances and space for a large table. A door from the kitchen opens to an inner hall, giving access to a fitted utility room, shower room, store and gym with wooden flooring and bi-fold doors to a terrace. The property also benefits from generous cellarage with further storage and a wine cellar.

Stairs rise from the reception and inner halls to the first floor, which provides a principal bedroom suite with bedroom, dressing room and bathroom with twin sinks, corner bath and separate shower, six further bedrooms, one with en suite bathroom, a useful laundry room and family bath and shower rooms

The property is accessed via a sweeping tarmac drive through double gates, leading to a gravelled forecourt, an integral double garage, a garage courtyard with various stores, and a self-contained cottage comprising a sitting room, kitchen/dining room, cloakroom, two bedrooms, and a bathroom. A second gated drive from Burnt House Lane provides additional access. The formal landscaped gardens include lawns, mature trees, flower and shrub beds, a tennis court, covered swimming pool, kitchen garden with raised beds, half-size football pitch, and spacious flagstone terraces ideal for entertaining and outdoor dining.

Cowfold village has good local shopping, while Lower Beeding village has three pubs, two churches, a hotel, village store and primary school, surrounded by miles of open countryside providing excellent walking and riding opportunities including St Leonards Forest, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a short walk across rural footpaths to both the Michelin starred restaurants at South Lodge Hotel and Spa and Leonardslee Gardens. The nearby market town of Horsham offers a comprehensive range of both independent and national shopping including supermarkets, a shopping centre, restaurant quarter, theatre, cinema, leisure centre and sports club with cricket, tennis, hockey and squash clubs. Haywards Heath also provides extensive amenities. The area provides numerous golf courses, show jumping at Hickstead and racing at Plumpton and Brighton. Communications links are excellent: Horsham mainline station (6.6 miles) provides regular services to London and the A23 and A24 link to the south coast and the motorway network, giving further access to London and its airports. The area offers a range of independent schools including Christ’s Hospital, Handcross Park, LVS Hassocks and Cottesmore.