Kitfield Cottage, Church Lane, Ardingly, RH17

A beautiful five-bedroom family home, coming onto the market for the first time in over 25 years, set on a quiet, private lane in the village of Ardingly, West Sussex. Believed to have been built in the 1930's, this family home sits in the centre of its own plot surrounded by beautiful gardens and grounds and not overlooked by any neighbouring properties, it has been a much loved and very happy family home for many years.

Entrance to the property off the lane leads around a gravel driveway to the rear of the house. The accommodation is perfectly laid out for family life and enjoys superb views across its own grounds through large, beautiful cottage style windows with lovely proportioned rooms all enjoying glorious vistas across the gardens.

Kitfield Cottage is entered through a covered porch into a hallway with a turned wooden staircase leading to the first floor. There is a very pretty, double aspect sitting room, facing west and south, to one side of the hallway (currently used as a study). Off the hallway is a delightful large, triple aspect formal drawing room, perfect for entertaining, with a large bay window facing west and fireplace. Further along the hall is a beautiful formal dining room with a glazed door leading out to the large west facing terrace, perfect for entertaining. Then
there is a kitchen with fitted units, in need of some updating and a utility room and separate airing room off the kitchen. A downstairs cloakroom completes the wonderful ground floor accommodation.

On the first floor there is a large double aspect principal bedroom with large west facing windows and balcony and a light filled dressing room, which could be adapted to provide an ensuite shower room. To one end of the hall is a double aspect good-sized bedroom (currently used as a home office), three further bedrooms and two family sized bathrooms. Of special note are the large double glazed windows, which offer superb vistas and views across the gardens and grounds, providing lovely natural light throughout the entire house.

Kitfield Cottage sits down a quiet, private rural lane in the village of Ardingly, West Sussex. Well screened from the lane, entrance is via an electric gate along a gravel driveway leading to the rear of the property. There is ample parking for several cars, a large turning area and abundant space for still more car parking on the upper lawn beyond the garage.

The gardens and grounds are of particular note, extending to just over an acre with formal and informal areas, wide sweeping lawns and mature specimen trees and shrubs. There is a large hard tennis court and beautiful herbaceous and perennial borders. Across the west and south sides of the property is a large paved terrace which runs the entire length of the house and is a superb area for entertaining and just sitting and enjoying the delightful views of the garden. There is a large double garage block with two garden storage rooms at one end. The block has the potential to be developed to create a big annex or additional guest accommodation.

The property is situated in the sought-after village of Ardingly, ideally located to the north of Lindfield and within easy reach of local amenities and is an ideal location for commuters. The village is well known for Ardingly College, Prep and Pre-Prep schools and is the location for the South of England Showground. Nearby is Ardingly Reservoir with opportunities for walking and water sports at the Ardingly Adventure Centre. Haywards Heath offers more extensive shopping while there is good access locally to the motorway network and Gatwick Airport. The mainline stations at Haywards Heath and Balcombe offer direct services to London Victoria, Blackfriars and London Bridge from approximately 44 minutes. The A23 is nearby and offers direct access to the motorway network, Gatwick, Heathrow and the South Coast.

Located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty the surrounding countryside provides a vast range of sporting and recreational activities. Glyndebourne, Goodwood, Ardingly Showground and Plumpton are all within easy reach. The local footpaths provide a vast network of stunning walks and there are numerous excellent golf courses nearby.

There are many highly renowned schools in the area both state and private including Oathall Community College, Warden Park and Haywards Heath College. The local Prep schools Great Walstead, Cumnor House, Ardingly Prep and Brambletye are superb as are Ardingly College, Worth Abbey, Hurstpierpoint College and Burgess Hill Girls.