5 bed detached house for sale

Smugglers Lane, Bosham, Chichester, West Sussex PO18

A substantial detached family home occupying a delightful position in one of the most popular semi-rural lanes in Bosham. The original house, constructed in the 1960’s was substantially redesigned and improved by a local architect in the early 2000’s.

The house has very adaptive accommodation, currently arranged as five bedrooms, two additional reception rooms and an office that can easily be reimagined to provide alternative reception accommodation and has the layout to create an annexe suitable for relations or for Airbnb use.

The outside, the house has a lovely 0.4 acre plot with views across the lane to the upper reaches of Furzefield Creek, and the house backs on to acres of open farmland with views to Kingley Vale and the South Downs National Park.

Willow Tree lies on the northern side of Smugglers Lane with a driveway providing ample casual parking for cars and dinghies. The frontage to Smugglers Lane is screened by a number of well-established oak trees. This tree lined lane in rural surroundings is within half a mile of the Itchenor/Bosham ferry and about two miles distant lies the harbourside village of Old Bosham, perhaps one of the most famous villages on Chichester Harbour. Well known for its picturesque nature, it provides a small selection of local shops, arranged around an historic High Street, complete with ancient Saxon church, Quay Meadow and Bosham Sailing Club. To the north in Delling Lane there is a post office/farm shop and, in what has become known as North Bosham, a further small selection of shops and railway halt. This provides services running to London Victoria via Chichester or London Waterloo via Havant. Chichester itself is some 6 miles to the east and provides a comprehensive range of facilities arranged around a partly pedestrianised centre. Whilst sailing is inevitably the premier pastime in the area, other leisure activities are well catered for including a number of golf courses, swimming and windsurfing from various beaches along the south coast, and the many facilities of the Goodwood Estate including its internationally known racecourse, private health club and for hosting the Festival of Speed and the September Revival meeting at its historic motor circuit.