A spacious single-storey family home and development opportunity in a glorious rural position, with south-east facing gardens and excellent commuter connections.
In a lovely rural setting, this charming family home stretches out over an impressive single storey layout of nearly 2,300 square feet. Offering picturesque vistas and a tremendous rural idyll, Brook Lodge provides the perfect balance between countryside tranquillity and excellent commuter links. Situated on a private road in a desirable rural location, approximately one mile from Wivelsfield station, the property provides convenient access to London, Brighton and Lewes, without sacrificing rural charm.
The private road offers access to a multitude of bridleways, footpaths and country walks, straight from the front door, providing the perfect location for those with an active lifestyle and for dog lovers. The property is approached via a gravel driveway, offering generous parking and an inviting first impression, with flower beds, white rendered elevations under tiled roof and a wood front door.
Inside, the property offers spacious and light-filled rooms, enhanced by a stylish neutral décor throughout.
A large dual-aspect sitting room is both bright and cosy, complete with a bay window to the rear and a wood-burning stove. The dining room lends character with its beamed ceiling and fireplace; it has a large bay window with French doors opening to the south-east-facing terrace.
With the added benefit of a separate utility room, the excellent kitchen/breakfast room features a good range of fitted cabinets, a dedicated space for an electric range, a separate pantry and a rear lobby/boot room.
Lying off the sitting room is a bright dual aspect room offering flexibility for use as a bedroom or additional reception/study space.
Enhancing the feeling of space, a bedroom wing provides delineation from the main living spaces and provides access to the spacious, dual-aspect principal bedroom and further bedrooms, a recently refitted shower room, and a separate family bathroom.
Outside
The large wrap-around 4.8 acre grounds are a particular highlight, offering ample space for families, pets and country hobbies, with cottage-style planting at the front and a south-east facing rear garden. To the rear, terracing stretches out across the full width of the home producing a heavenly spot for al fresco entertaining and the ideal vantage point to admire the tranquillity of the surroundings. There is a gently sloping area of meadowland to one side, and outbuildings include a summer house and a timber shed.
There is potential to reinstate a former double garage on the west side of the property, subject to the necessary planning consents.
The grounds extend down to the River Adur and comprise about 2.3 acres of garden and 2.5 acres of mixed woodland.
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