Brighton Road, Shermanbury

Lantern Cottage is a detached four-bedroom character home, set back from Brighton Road behind a gated entrance and offering generous, well-proportioned family accommodation. The house combines character features with a substantial modern rear extension completed in 2022.

The front door opens into a good-sized entrance hall, with engineered wood flooring, and stairs rising to the first floor. The engineered wood flooring continues through much of the principal ground-floor accommodation and leading to the good size living room with wide brick fireplace with timber bressummer and housing a multi-fuel burning stove which forms the main focal point of the room. To the rear of the living room is a separate study/reception room, providing useful additional living space and suitable for a variety of uses, including a home office, playroom or further sitting room and with doors to the outside. A particular feature of the house is the super kitchen/dining/family room, extended in 2022 to create a large open-plan living space overlooking the rear garden. The modern kitchen is well presented and fitted with an extensive range of dark green units providing good cupboard and storage space complemented by timber work surfaces and centred around a large kitchen island. The kitchen opens into a generous dining and family area, with room for a large dining table as well as additional seating and with a large roof lantern together with further glazing and the wide bi-fold doors bringing plenty of natural light into the room.

The bi-fold doors open directly onto the rear terrace and provide views along the length of the garden. To the side of the kitchen is a large separate utility room, providing further storage and useful working space with stable-style door leading outside. There is also a separate ground-floor WC. On the first floor are four bedrooms. The principal bedroom is a good-size double with fitted wardrobes and an en-suite bathroom. There are three further bedrooms a separate family bathroom.

Lantern Cottage is approached from Brighton Road through a gated entrance, opening onto a good size gravel drive providing parking and turning space for several vehicles. The very large rear garden is a particular feature of the property. Immediately adjoining the kitchen/dining/family room is a paved terrace providing space for outdoor dining and seating and with a covered seating area to one side. Beyond the terrace, the garden is mainly laid to lawn with established trees, shrubs and planted borders. Its length provides a number of different areas and includes two summerhouses, a garden shed and a potting shed, together with a vegetable-growing area towards the rear and backing onto adjoining pastureland with attractive views across the neighbouring countryside.