Hooklands Lane, Shipley, nr. Horsham
Guide Price £3,600,000

Oaklands Farm is beautifully positioned on the edge of the Knepp Castle Estate and its renowned re-wilding project and includes an impressive family house of Victorian and earlier origins plus with later additions and improvements, but which is not Listed. Approached by a long private entrance drive, the house with its mellow painted brick elevations sits at the centre of its land including lovely mature gardens and parklike pasture land with areas of copse and woodland edge.

The well proportioned family accommodation is spread over two floors with very good ceiling heights to the principal rooms and with double glazing throughout to the large windows allowing plenty of light to filter through the house. The South facing reception hall with fitted cupboards and shelving leads to the double aspect drawing room and sitting room at the front of the house and each with fireplaces, ceiling coving and pretty bay windows with window seats overlooking the garden and land.

To the rear of the house and in the older part is the atmospheric double aspect dining room, utility room and rear entrance porch with cloakroom off the hall. A particular feature is the superb family kitchen/dining/sitting room, being triple aspect with lovely outlook over the garden with French doors to the terrace and paths leading through the orchard to the tennis court. Comprehensively fitted with bespoke units by Plain English and including integrated electric twin ovens, coffee maker, hob and extractor, fridge/freezer, dishwasher and central island unit with twin sinks.

From the first-floor part galleried landing, the side landing includes a comprehensive range of bespoke fitted cupboards and bookshelves with Velux roof light over and thence leading into an excellent principal bedroom suite. The triple aspect room enjoys a wonderful outlook over the farm and beyond and with morning light pouring through the French doors leading out to the balcony overlooking the garden and orchard, whilst the crisp modern bathroom suite includes separate bath and shower. To the front part of the house are two well proportioned double aspect double bedrooms each enjoying a fine outlook over the garden and land and with peek views to the South Downs and Truleigh Hill and with South facing family bathroom one in between including roll-top bath with claw feet and twin wash basins. There are two further double bedrooms to the rear of the house as well as a second family bathroom. Accessed from outside is a disused cellar.

Outside, the property is approached from Hooklands Lane by its own pretty, private and long entrance drive bordered by mature oaks and an abundance of spring daffodils and bluebells and arriving at the side of house to a gravelled parking and turning area framed by pleached hornbeam high hedging.