Pond Cottages, Compton, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18

With an attractive façade featuring red brick topped by timber beams with rendered infills, Number 2 Pond Cottages is an appealing property, with beautifully presented interior accommodation which perfectly combines period characteristics with contemporary styling.

A cosy sitting room provides a relaxed setting and enjoys the warming ambience of a double-faced wood-burning stove, which allows the adjacent dining room to also benefit from this fireplace feature. Flagstone flooring in the dining area extends into the adjoining kitchen/breakfast room creating harmony across this sociable area of the home, which is filled with natural light courtesy of a part-vaulted ceiling, skylights and window overlooking the rear garden. Fitted with modern cabinetry and topped with wood work surfaces, the kitchen includes a Belfast sink and a breakfast bar for informal dining, along with an external stable door to the outside.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom features a decorative fireplace, fitted wardrobe storage and a window seat which offers a sunny south-westerly spot to sit and enjoy the outlook to the village green. There is a further bedroom, also with storage, and a stunning Neptune bathroom with a pleasing rustic feeling including painted floorboards, a freestanding roll-top bath, high-level cistern and vanity unit with double basins. Supplemental accommodation is offered in an annexe with an en suite shower room providing options for use as studio, or occasional bedroom, depending on requirements.

Compton is a much sought after picturesque village, which offers a village store with tea room, a popular local pub, a church and a village school. The cathedral city of Chichester and market town of Petersfield are both easily accessible and offer a range of shopping and leisure facilities, including mainline stations with services up to London Victoria and Waterloo. Nearby Goodwood hosts annual events for motor enthusiasts, as well as horse racing fixtures set against the stunning backdrop of the rolling Sussex countryside. The harbour-side town of Emsworth has a good range of independent shops, cafés & restaurants, along with water sports facilities, a marina and two sailing clubs. There is a good selection of independent and state schools in the area.

A picket fence with hedging fronts the lane and a brick-paved pathway with lawn to the side leads up to the entrance doorway. To the rear, a terrace adjoins the back of the home with direct access from the kitchen/breakfast room. Timber sleepers form a retaining wall and steps which rise up to an area of lawn. There is a recently planted wildflower bed also with mature shrubs and a specimen tree, along with evergreen hedging to the side and rear boundary. A paved terrace adjoins the annexe alongside French doors offering a separate outdoor spot to sit and relax.