4 Bed Detached House For Sale Broxbourne Road, Orpington, BR6

Green Pastures is a handsome property situated offering versatile accommodation and generously proportioned, light-filled rooms benefitting from glorious views of the surrounding countryside. A bright welcome is provided by the spacious reception hall which features a double-height ceiling offering glimpses of the galleried landing above. The ground floor reception rooms comprise a double aspect sitting room centred around a fireplace with wood-burning stove, and an adjoining formal dining room which together offer a sociable setting with doors leading to the garden. There is a separate drawing room also offering the warming ambience of a fireplace. Fitted with farmhouse-style, wooden cabinetry, the kitchen has a traditional stove at its heart and offers space for informal dining. Ancillary space is provided by a utility room which incorporates a cloakroom and has a linking hallway to the garage. The first floor rooms enjoy wonderful elevated views and offer four bedrooms, with wardrobe storage, and a family bathroom. The principal bedroom features south and westerly views and an en suite bathroom.

The property is approached via a five-bar gate onto a driveway which provides parking and gives access to the double garage. The wrap around garden is beautifully maintained and feature swathes of lawn, beds filled with colourful and fragrant shrubs, and herbaceous plants, clipped hedging and specimen trees with the surrounding terrain providing a glorious ‘borrowed landscape’. There is a paved terrace for outdoor dining and relaxation and enclosed within its own garden area is an outdoor swimming pool with paved surround and an adjoining pool house. For equestrian enthusiasts, there are excellent facilities with a five stall stable block and adjoining tack-room, a large hay/straw barn, menage and paddocks.

Green Pastures occupies an idyllic, secluded position on a rural lane with far reaching vistas and direct access to a vast network of bridleways uninterrupted by public roads up to the South Downs Way or into Angmering Park. Patching and its neighbour Clapham are small villages with amenities including a primary school, village café and two parish churches. Nearby Findon, Worthing and Arundel offer shops and facilities for everyday items, as well as a seaside setting at Worthing with water sports activities and a superb 5-mile long promenade. Good sailing and beaches can also be found at Littlehampton. Further extensive facilities are at Chichester to the west and Brighton to the east. Nearby stations include Angmering and Arundel both offering services to London (Victoria). By road, Green Pastures is located close to the A27 coastal road and the A24 leading north to Gatwick and London. Well-regarded schooling in the vicinity include a good nursery school on the site of Windlesham Prep school, two miles away, Lancing College, Our Lady of Sion & Sompting Abbots.