UKLAND&FARMS

For Sale - £1,750,000 - 8 acres, Albourne

HJ Burt
The Estate Offices, 53 High Street, , Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3RE

Tel:01903 879488
Fax: 01903 816461
E-mail: steyning@hjburt.co.uk

• An impressive & spacious modern country house (c. 3,500sqft) set within 8 acres of pastureland & grounds with stunning views to the South Downs. Freehold. Council Tax ‘G’. EPC ‘D’.
• Well presented & well-proportioned family accommodation including 4 reception rooms, farmhouse kitchen, 4 bedrooms & 3 bathrooms. Annexe & enlargement potential, subject to consents.
• Very attractive gardens & grounds including large drive, double garage with studio over. Good range of outbuildings with further potential.
• Adjoining pastureland extending overall to c. 8 acres (3.24 Ha).
• Occupying a very attractive semi-rural location within 2.75 miles of Hickstead; 3.75 miles Hassocks station; 9 miles Haywards Heath, 11.25 miles Brighton & 18.75 miles Gatwick. ?

Moorcroft is an impressive and very good size modern country house built in 1995 by the current owners to exacting standards and occupying a prime semi-rural position with direct South facing views to the South Downs as well as over adjoining countryside including the property's well-maintained garden, grounds and pastureland extending overall to c. 8 acres (3.24 Ha).

The handsome house is built in a classic Sussex style with Keymer handmade clay tiled roof and part tile hanging as well as part brick elevations with decorative herringbone brickwork and decorative timber facing timbers and double glazed windows throughout, The bright and airy feel to the house with part galleried hall and landing equally offers flexibility for an incoming purchaser to further personalise to their own requirements along with very good extension opportunities including to the attic, subject to all consents. The house offers excellent ground floor reception space but equally with the scope for amalgamation of rooms to suit an individual purchaser’s own requirements and then with four double bedrooms plus three bathrooms, two of which are ensuite, to the first floor. There is also considered to be scope to the East side of the house for segregation of part into an annexe if so required and with additional potential accommodation over the garage at the side of the large sweeping entrance drive with its generous parking and turning space for a number of vehicles.

Key features of the accommodation include hardwood joinery including handmade oak staircase to the galleried landing with floor to ceiling picture window framing the view to the North and with the main rooms being South facing with far reaching views to the South Downs including Wolstonbury Hill, Devil’s Dyke and Chanctonbury Ring. There is an excellent farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room with Aga and LPG hob and separate utility room and with French doors to the garden from the South facing reception rooms. Built to the current owners’ design on the site of a former Victorian mansion house, the house is beautifully situated in its land and has a very good range of outbuildings (c. 3,240 sqft) offering scope for alternative uses whether as equestrian or other uses ancillary to the main house, subject to any necessary consents. Beyond the pretty garden areas with their specimen tree planting and orchard there is the productive meadow to the West side and backing onto the farm buildings. Public footpaths area directly accessible on the edge of the property to miles of country walks.

The property is located off a private lane leading South from the Henfield Road to the West of Albourne village which includes a primary school. More extensive facilities are located within 2.5 miles at Hurstpierpoint to the East or Henfield village to the West, c. 4 miles. The cosmopolitan coastal city of Brighton with its comprehensive range of shops, trades, business and recreational facilities is within 11.25 miles, whilst Haywards Heath with its key mainline commuter railway station with fast and frequent services to London and the South coast is c. 9 miles. Gatwick Airport is approximately 18.75 miles. The old market town of Horsham - with similar facilities to Haywards Heath as well as mainline railway station - is c. 14.25 miles. The closest mainline train station is at Hassocks within 3.75 miles. Sporting & Recreation: Racing at Goodwood, Fontwell, Brighton & Plumpton. Golf at Albourne, Pyecombe, Devil’s Dyke, Worthing, Horsham & Pulborough. Equestrian events at Hascombe at Woods Mill, Hickstead & Pyecombe. Sailing at Chichester, Shoreham-by-Sea and Brighton Marina. Theatre at Brighton, Horsham & Chichester. Opera at Glyndebourne. David Lloyd Wickwoods country & sports club and spa within 2.5 miles. There is a good range of state and independent schools in the area.

Property Ref: HJB03128. Photos & particulars: Photos from summer 2024 & particulars prepared: May 2025 (ref RBA). Freehold title: part of WSX279764 Services: Mains services of water and electricity. Oil-fired central heating. Private drainage. Local Authority: Mid-Sussex District Council. Council Tax Band: ‘G’ Note: a public footpath runs along part of the boundary of the property.

what3words///gems.brisk.smiling From the B2118 at Albourne Village head West on the B2116 Henfield Road and after travelling c. 0.5 mile, the private turning to Moorcroft as well as other residential properties will be found on the left/South side. Continue to the end of the lane and Moorcroft is the last property to be found on the right-hand side.

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