Situated off a no-through country lane in the midst of beautiful South Downs scenery, Lark Rise is an impressive, detached family home, built in 2010 and characterised in an attractive Sussex style with pointed gables and brick, part tile-hung elevations.

Arranged over three floors, the accommodation in the main house extends to 3,790 square feet, the full extent and layout of which can be seen on the floor plan. The property also benefits from the recent addition of a detached three-bay garage and an attractive oak-framed garden room/studio in the garden.

The internal accommodation at Lark Rise is excellent, with plenty of space for both day-to-day life and formal entertaining. The spacious and flowing spaces are filled with light by way of a largely open-plan layout, French or bi-fold doors in all the rooms extending across the rear of the ground floor, and a soaring gable window in the kitchen, beautifully framing the view over the garden.

The front door opens to entrance hall, which sets the scene for the house, its stylish timber staircase with glass balustrade rising to the first floor. The hall is open plan to a substantial and versatile reception space, which has ample space for both seating and formal dining areas, and doors opening to the terrace. Lying off the hall is an elegant dual-aspect sitting room featuring a contemporary granite fireplace with recessed log storage and an inset wood burner; a spacious study overlooks the front of the house and has far reaching views of the South Downs.

The vaulted kitchen is well appointed, fitted with a range of beech units and glass-fronted display cupboards, with granite worktops and a central island; integrated Bosch appliances include a four-ring hob, rising extractor fan, oven and combi-oven, dishwasher, and an integrated coffee machine. There are two wine fridges and plumbing for a larder-style fridge/freezer.

Completing the ground floor accommodation is a bedroom with fitted wardrobes and an adjacent shower room, a large boot room with a door to the side terrace, and a utility room with further storage and space for the usual laundry appliances.

Stairs descend from the kitchen to the lower ground floor, which comprises a superb cinema room, together with with a small bar area with sink, and a tiled cloakroom with WC.

There are three spacious bedrooms on the first floor, lying off a large landing with French doors opening to a small roof-top terrace. The principal bedroom has French doors and a Juliet balcony overlooking the garden, a dressing room and a newly-fitted en suite bathroom with suite including a bath and separate shower; both other bedrooms have en suite bath or shower rooms.

Outside
Lark Rise is approached from Folkington Lane via electronically operated timber gates which open to a large block paved parking area ahead of the house. The detached triple-bay garage is sited off to one side of the driveway, and is an attractive oak-framed weatherboarded building, with two vehicle bays and an adjoining store/workshop.

The mature gardens and grounds are a stunning feature of the property, enclosed by bands of mature woodland and extending away from the house to the north and west. A stone terrace extending around the house, part-enclosed by picket fencing creating an ideal dog pen; a pathway leads across the well-tended undulating lawn to the detached garden room, a superbly appointed oak-framed outbuilding ideal for outdoor entertaining, with flagstone flooring, a shower room with WC and a large, part-covered barbecue terrace.

Beyond the garden room, the lawns, which are interspersed with beautiful mature trees, slope down away from the house to a pretty woodland dell and to an expanse of glorious deciduous woodland, with mown pathways winding through the trees, a timber shed and open timber store, and a magnificent display of bluebells and wild garlic in the spring months.

In all, about 6.8 acres.

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