5 bedroom farm house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Double Height Entrance Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Conservatory, Kitchen//Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom, 5/6 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Shower Room, Galleried Study/Bedroom 6. Double Open Fronted Garage/Room Over. Heated Swimming Pool. Greenhouse, Garden Shed, Chicken Run and Hen House. Landscaped Gardens, Sweeping Lawns and Paddocks, In all about 4.046 acres (1.637 ha)

The Property
Tilmore Farm was a working farm up until about ten years ago when the original farmhouse was demolished, rebuilt and completed nearly six years ago and the two adjacent barns converted into separate dwellings. The house has most attractive elevations which are brick and flint, the front is symmetrical with chequered brickwork in Flemish bond, there are inset wood double glazed casement windows, a central porch, all under a hipped tiled roof. The interior is laid out over three floors, the rooms are light and well proportioned, quality fittings have been used which include oak floors, terracotta in the conservatory, oak panelled internal doors, cornicing, downlighters, traditional bathrooms and a well fitted kitchen with integrated appliances.

The front door opens into a double height entrance hall and staircase rising to the first floor. Double doors lead into the formal dining room and a wide archway gives access into the drawing room which has a fireplace, gas wood burning style stove and French doors into the conservatory. The kitchen/breakfast room is well fitted with shaker-style units, granite working surface and there is a door into the conservatory. Off the fitted utility room is a cloakroom. A turned staircase rises to the first floor galleried landing off which are four principal bedrooms, two bathrooms and a shower room. On the second floor there is a sixth bedroom with vaulted ceiling and exposed timbers and door through to a sitting area/study which could be used as a sixth bedroom or further bathroom.

Situation
Tilmore Farm House lies in the South Downs National Park on the northern edge of the town at the end of Tilmore Road where it joins Harrow Lane on high ground overlooking open countryside to the village of Steep and the Hangers below Stoner Hill. The town centre and its many amenities and Churchers College are within walking distance, there is an excellent range of shops, a market and a mainline station to London Waterloo. From the garden there is access to a footpath which leads to Bedales School. The improved A3 and A3(M) provides fast access north to Guildford, the M25 and London or south to Portsmouth.

Outside
Approached from Harrow Lane through electric gates, the first part of the drive is shared with the adjacent barn and it continues through a five bar gate into a walled semi-circular courtyard area which gives access to the double open fronted garage. There is a large boarded roof space, ideal as a studio, home office, playroom, etc. The garage houses an oil fired Certikin boiler and filtration plant for the swimming pool. There is a separate five bar gate providing access into the gardens and paddocks for livestock.

The Gardens and Grounds
At the front of the house is a walled garden and parking area. The garden is enclosed by beech hedging and post and rail fencing and has been hard landscaped with slate shingle. The central path to the front door is lined with lavender and there are raised shrub beds.

Adjoining the rear of the house is an Indian stone terrace, raised brick and flint wall with shrubs, beyond which are sweeping expanses of tree studded lawns. Partly walled and sheltered behind the garage lies the heated swimming pool set in a paved surround and approximately 5’ in depth. There is a small greenhouse, garden shed and chicken run with hen house. The lawns continue around to the west into a former paddock which is now mown grass and a five bar gate leads into the two paddocks which are divided by a public footpath giving access to Bedales School and back down to Tilmore Road. The land extends in all to about 4.046 acres (1.637 ha)