Kirdford, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14

Churchlands Farm is a modern farmhouse of insulated concrete form construction, built by our clients about twelve years ago. The property offers excellent accommodation, currently over two floors, with the aspect looking south over its own land towards Fox Hill and Bedham. Of particular note is the open plan dining/entrance hallway leading around to the family kitchen; this space having bi-folding doors to the rear and with large windows providing excellent views over the surrounding countryside and allowing the property to be flooded with natural light throughout the day.

The property has been thoughtfully designed and well-considered to perfectly fit the needs of the modern family. There is a substantial basement currently accessed from outside, but with the addition of an internal staircase, this could easily be brought into the main house providing excellent further entertaining space; perfect for a gym, home office, cinema or games room.

The outbuildings at Churchlands Farm are one of the key attractions of the property. These buildings represent about 18,250 square feet of built space and with many of these buildings currently unused, they offer significant potential planning gain with change of use subject to the usual consents. Holiday let – potentially another residential building.

Future development potential: The vendor has been advised that the farm buildings are likely to be capable of redevelopment under Class Q permitted development. This would enable to creation of up to 550sqm of residential housing.

Churchlands Farm is access via a private driveway sweeping through paddocks to the farmhouse and outbuildings. While gardens surround the farmhouse itself, the remainder of the land is mainly paddock together with a small parcel of woodland and a belt of water meadow.

Agents' note: The property is subject to an agricultural occupancy restriction, as follows: “The dwelling shall be occupied only by persons employed locally in agriculture as defined in Section 119(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, or (subject to the consent of the Local Planning Authority) by the dependents of such persons.”

Please note there is no building regulation approval for the dwelling.

Kirdford village centre 300 metres, Plaistow 2 miles, Billingshurst 7 miles (London Victoria 70 minutes), Petworth 5 miles, Haslemere 9 miles (London Waterloo 56 minutes), Witley 11 miles (London Waterloo 55 minutes), Guildford 17 miles, Chichester 20 miles, London 51 miles

(All distances and times are approximate)