5 bedroom detached house for sale

Tower House is a fascinating home and is one of five former estate properties erected in 1901 for the newly built Chiddingfold House and its 25 acre agricultural estate. The original water tower, engine room and office combined with exceptional, contemporary extensions create a spacious and light home with flexible and well balanced accommodation. Of special note is the superb double height, galleried drawing room at the centre of the house with a splendid full height window maximising the south-facing views over the stunning garden.

The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with a cloakroom. It comprises a generous drawing room with a striking full height bay window, feature inset fireplace, and two sets of French doors to both terraces. A spacious dining room leads through to the extensive kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units and two sets of French doors to a terrace, and a cosy snug. The kitchen/breakfast room gives access to a neighbouring utility with a cloakroom. The ground floor bedroom wing comprises a spacious principal bedroom with built-in storage, French doors to the terrace and modern en suite shower room. An additional double bedroom with en suite bathroom and one further bedroom.

On the first floor the property provides a double bedroom with walk in wardrobe, a bathroom, two further inter-connecting vaulted bedrooms, a gallery and study. A second staircase (spiral) rises from the kitchen/utility room to the entire first floor.

Tower House is approached over a driveway leading past the detached rear garage with potting shed and providing parking for up to seven vehicles. The part-walled south-facing landscaped garden, another particular feature of this property, is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by and interspersed with mature shrubs and trees and features some mellow brick pathways, numerous seating areas and brick-paved terraces, the whole ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

Located within the South Downs National Park, Tower House is situated a short distance, via a bridleway, to Chiddingfold and is surrounded by fields and wooded areas which create a feeling of space and tranquility. Chiddingfold village has a duck pond and a thriving local community together with day-to-day amenities including three churches, two village stores, a Post Office, chemist, butcher, coffee shop, GP surgery and two public houses. Nearby Haslemere provides a good variety of boutique shopping, bars and restaurants, coffee houses, a Waitrose supermarket, recreational facilities and a mainline station to London Waterloo.

The area offers a good selection of independent schools including King Edward’s, Barrow Hills, St Ives, The Royal, St. Hilary’s, Amesbury, St Edmund’s, Charterhouse, Cranleigh and Aldro.

Chiddingfold 0.4 mile, Witley and station 2.8 miles (London Waterloo 54 minutes), Haslemere 5.4 miles, London Gatwick Airport 30.3 miles, London Heathrow Airport 33.3 miles, central London 43.5 miles