9 Bed │ 4 Bath │ 3 Rec
Guide Price £1,350,000
Key features
Full description
Platts Green House (also formerly known as Hydehurst Farm) comprises a substantial detached family home including three reception rooms, nine bedrooms and four bath/shower rooms spread over three floors plus a one-bedroom annexe. Understood to have been built in the 1930’s in the Arts & Crafts style, the house offers features reminiscent of the period of design and externally includes leaded light windows to part within oak mullions, a mixture of painted rendered elevations with part exposed timber framing, small areas of tile hanging under a clay tiled, pitched and part hipped roof with substantial brick chimney stacks. The property now offers the opportunity for refurbishment and repair to potentially create an impressive family house with extensive accommodation and combined with renovation of the mature grounds including potential reinstatement of the tennis court and swimming pool and enhancements of the nearby paddock and land. There is a high earth bund/bank and tree planting to the boundary with the A24 (planning consent ref. WG/34/97).Parts of the land has been subject to the depositing of waste material and for which an Enforcement Enquiry (ref EN/19/0300) was raised by Horsham District Council in 2019 for unauthorised operational development and engineering operations, plus level changes. Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries in relation to this. An Intrusive Site Investigation report dated 28th July 2024 by Oakshire Environmental following their site visit on 13th July 2024 is available from the Agents and which results show a low to moderate risk from materials deposited on site.
Situation
The property enjoys a fine rural setting nearby to the village of Dial Post with the larger Town of Horsham nearby. Horsham is a vibrant market town with great transport links and excellent educational facilities. There is the superb Horsham Park and also the nearby Warnham Nature Reserve, other countryside aspects also include the Downslink Cycle Path. The schooling caters for state and public sectors and the main schools are Millais, Forest, Tanbridge, Collyers, Christ’s Hospital and Farlington. There is a thriving restaurant and café scene, from familiar chains to independent and award-winning eateries.Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating: E
Why live in Horsham?
Horsham strikes the perfect balance with its community facilities and green spaces. There’s a market square at The Carfax complete with traditional bandstand, an abundance of shops, a cinema, theatre, leisure centre and a 60-acre park right in the centre of town.
We have an impressive mix of older properties, including historic buildings from the 1400s and 1500s with later additions from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras and some stunning artistic properties. Head out along The Causeway and you’ll see every style, from 15th century homes to new builds, on one superb road.