3 bedroom equestrian property for sale

A delightful period cottage with a wealth of charming original details, as well as outbuildings including stables. Set on a generous plot with country gardens and grazing licence on adjoining paddocks for equestrian activities, in a well-connected rural position between the sought-after villages of Southwater and Billingshurst, and less than six miles from popular Horsham.

Green Bough Cottage is a charming period property that features rendered and tiled elevations outside, while inside there are exposed timber beams, brick-built fireplaces, original floors and other period details, all combining to create a delightful and unique home.
The reception hall features terracotta-tiled flooring and timber beams on both the walls and the vaulted ceiling. A door to the side leads to the main reception area — the split-level sitting room. The lower seating area has wooden parquet flooring and a grand brick-built fireplace fitted with a woodburning stove. Adjoining the sitting room is a sunny conservatory with French doors opening onto the rear garden. The ground floor also includes a study for home working and a formal dining room with flagstone flooring and a brick-built fireplace. To the front, the well-equipped kitchen features farmhouse-style units and a range cooker.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms, including a generous principal bedroom with built-in storage and a vaulted ceiling. The second bedroom is also a double, while the third is a single, making it ideal for use as a nursery or a dressing room. The first floor also has a family bathroom with an over-bath shower.

Outside
At the entrance to the property there is a concrete courtyard with plenty of parking space and access to the detached double garage. A five-bar wooden gate opens to the central courtyard area and leads to the detached stable block, which has four stables, while there is also a separate tack room. A further gate leads from the courtyard to the paddocks, which are currently let from the Knepp Estate on a grazing licence and extend to 3.5 acres. The garden at the rear of the house features a south-facing patio for al fresco dining, with two separate areas of lawn beyond and borders of established hedgerows. There are also two peaceful ponds, a brick-constructed well and various mature trees, as well as vegetable garden with a shed or summer house. In all the grounds extend to 0.4 acre.

The property sits in a pretty, rural location, close to the small villages of Shipley and Coolham and within easy reach of the larger villages of Southwater and Billingshurst. Southwater provides various everyday amenities, while Billingshurst offers a variety of shops and amenities for everyday needs as well as mainline
station to London Victoria (71 mins). The historic market town of Horsham, almost six miles to the north, provides a more comprehensive range of facilities, including Swan Walk shopping centre, The Carfax with its cobbled streets and varied restaurant quarter, Horsham Park and Pavillions Leisure Centre, Horsham Sports Club, an arts centre with cinema and theatre, plus a mainline railway station which provides links to London Bridge and London Victoria. There are excellent road connections to Guildford, Brighton, Gatwick Airport, and the M25 Motorway Network, and the area is well served with excellent schools in both the state and private sector, notably Farlington, Christ’s Hospital, The Weald, Pennthorpe and Handcross Park.