Blackhouse Road, Colgate, RH13

A superbly presented and delightfully appointed detached house, originally a Victorian house having been improved and extended over recent years to create an outstanding family home, offering spacious and flexible accommodation arranged over three levels.

The welcoming reception hall has stairs rising to the first floor and double doors leading to the cosy sitting room with window to the front. From the hall a door leads to the rear lobby with cloakroom and also to the large utility room with ample storage, space and plumbing for appliances. A particularly wonderful feature of the property is the stunning open-plan, split-level kitchen/dining/living room with triple aspect and arranged in three distinct areas with a superb modern range of kitchen units with granite work surfaces incorporating sink, dishwasher, oven and hob. This opens to the dining area with two sets of bifold doors overlooking and leading to the rear garden. Beautiful wooden flooring leads down to the living room area with a feature wood wall and two windows overlooking the front garden.

On the first floor there are three bedrooms, all of which have en-suite and built in or walk in wardrobes. The principal bedroom is a wonderful room with a vaulted ceiling and large feature window overlooking woodland, as well as having an en-suite shower room, the bedroom also has a bath at one end. On the second floor there is a further double bedroom with built in wardrobes with en-suite shower room.

Outside

The property is approached through electric wooden gates to a large area of gravel driveway in front and to the side of the triple bay car barn with useful studio room and separate WC above. The garden lies to three sides of the house and is mainly laid to lawn with hedged boundaries to the front with a decking area which wraps round to the side and rear, making a lovely area for al-fresco dining. Within the garden there are a number of useful sheds plus a fantastic outside entertainment room/outside bar with built-in firepit. Within the garden there are a number of mature trees and great sitting areas. The whole plot extends to about 0.55 acres. The property also owns about 2 acres of woodland on the opposite side of the lane with mixed woodland and lake - a wonderful place for making camps and family fun.

Situation

Situated on a rural lane on the southern outskirts of Colgate, a village to the east of Horsham in the High Weald AONB with a gastro pub, church, nursery and primary school and community village hall. Horsham and Crawley (each five miles) offer a good range of shops and restaurants, theatres, cinemas and leisure centres with Mannings Heath Golf and Wine Estate (2 miles) and Cottesmore Golf Club (2.4 miles). There are many footpaths and bridle paths across the surrounding countryside. The area has excellent transport links with Faygate station (about 3 miles), Three Bridges (5.6 miles) offering regular fast trains to central London. To the east, the A23/M23 gives access to Gatwick airport (10.6 miles, also offering fast rail services), central London (30 miles) and the south coast. There are many highly regarded state and private schools in the local area including Colgate primary school, Cottesmore Prep School, Hand cross Park Brighton College (which provides a bus from Pease Pottage), Millais School, Christs Hospital, Farlington and Worth.

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