Silver Birches, Henfield, BN5

The Property
An exceptionally well presented and extremely spacious, five-bedroom detached house with double garage and off-street driveway parking, plus a large south-facing garden. Well positioned in a quiet and prestigious close of exclusive homes.

This luxurious, five-bedroom detached house, Silver Birches is a prestigious development of just eleven houses, all built during the 1990s, to assorted designs, and number 3 stands on a secluded and generous plot within it. The solid oak double front door opens to a grand entrance hall with a return stairway leading up to the first floor, halfway up is a 3.5 metre south facing floor to ceiling window which floods both upstairs and downstairs with light. Dining room directly across from the front door has recently installed double doors out to the rear garden so that the garden view can be appreciated as soon as you step into the house. The modern kitchen/breakfast room, which comes complete with a bespoke solid oak kitchen. Across from the kitchen bar it extends into an impressive breakfast room, and then again into a bright conservatory.

Just off the kitchen is the utility room housing an integrated fridge, washing machine and separate dryer, there is also a coat room here which is where the boiler is housed. The house has a 400ltr commercial grade unventilated water cylinder coupled with a 66kw Vailient commercial boiler, also integrating a solar panel heating system, which ensures such a huge 3,208sqft property is very economically and well heated.


Past the utility room there is direct inside access to the carpeted double garage.

To the far side of the house, there is a large reception room with a huge attractive wood burning stove set within a grand stone fireplace. Double door views over the garden make this an elegant and inviting living room. Off it, there is a generous size gym/yoga room which was originally used as a home office.



First Floor


Upstairs are five generous bedrooms, two main bedrooms at either end of the house, both have ensuite bathrooms, and an additional family bathroom. The bedrooms are accessed off a light and spacious central landing area with two large windows that overlook the driveway.



Garden
The garden is of a modern design, made up of a large lawn space yew tree hedge surrounding and a backdrop of ancient oaks from the protected woodland behind the development. A recently installed, large sandstone patio area has space for a table and chairs, bbq and outdoor sofas. Nestled privately and not overlooked is the in-ground heated swim spa which can be used for exercise, leisure, for warming up in the Winter or cooling down in the Summer. Large summer house with an Alpine style cedar Sauna, previously used as a gym room and now a home office.

Location
Small Dole is a quaint Sussex village located directly between the larger Henfield and Steyning. In the centre of Small Dole a short walk from the house, there is a Post Office, general store and a popular village pub, The Fox, which offers drinks and a good dining menu. Countryside walks and bike ride routes are aplenty, with the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Woods Mill Nature Reserve round the corner from the house, the Downs Link cycle track running through Small Dole, and the South Downs surrounding it. The renowned Ginger Fox restaurant is a few minutes drive away, as are numerous golf clubs including Singing Hills and The Dyke, plus Wickwoods Country Club. The larger villages of Henfield (4 mins drive) or Steyning (7 mins drive) both have numerous pubs, cafes, bakeries and further amenities, while larger again Brighton or Gatwick are still within easy reach by road.

The mainline train station Hassocks is a 15 minute drive away, and fast direct trains from here to London Victoria take 56 mins or London Bridge 57 mins.

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