An eight-bedroom country house with its own seven acre vineyard, indoor swimming pool and walled garden has gone on the market for offers over £7million.
The Grade II listed St Joseph’s Hall in Storrington, West Sussex, was designed and built between 1908 and 1910, featuring a wealth of period features.
The property boasts 17 acres of land, including a vineyard with mostly Chardonnay grapes, which the owners sell to a local winery.
From 1965 it was the home of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Arundel and Brighton for 40 years until it was sold to the current owners.
A living room with a view of the garden in the Grade II listed St Joseph’s Hall in Storrington, West Sussex, which was designed and built between 1908 and 1910, featuring a wealth of period features
A bedroom in the property, featuring a fireplace and wooden floors. From 1965 it was the home of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Arundel and Brighton for 40 years until it was sold to the current owners
The property in West Sussex boasts 17 acres of land, including a seven-acre vineyard (pictured above) with mostly Chardonnay grapes, which the owners sell to a local winery
Outside the property has ten acres of parkland and landscaped garden (pictured above) as well as the seven acres of vineyard
An exterior view of the house and gardens in West Sussex. Mark Wheeler, from estate agents Hamptons, said: ‘The house is in a spectacular setting, you really get that sense of being in the South Downs’
The house features oak floorboards, brick and tiled fireplaces and plasterwork ceiling in the main reception room.
It also has more than 11,000 sq ft of accommodation over three floors with an entrance hall, sitting room, library, study, kitchen, breakfast room, eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
There are two self-contained staff or guest cottages and extensive outbuildings for storage, workshops and garaging.
Outside it has ten acres of parkland and landscaped garden as well as the seven acres of vineyard.
Mark Wheeler, from estate agents Hamptons, said: ‘The house is in a spectacular setting, you really get that sense of being in the South Downs.
‘There’s nothing between the house and the very top of Kithurst Hill.
A hallway in the country house in West Sussex. The property features an entrance hall, sitting room, library, study, kitchen, breakfast room, eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms
The indoor swimming pool, complete with tiling and floor to ceiling windows. It has more than 11,000 sq ft of accommodation over three floors
A bathroom inside the property. There is also a walled kitchen garden with two restored Victorian greenhouses, an orchard planted with apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum and quince trees and a wild meadow
A bedroom facing the window in the home, with light seen pouring inside. There is ‘nothing between the house and the very top of Kithurst Hill’, according to the estate agents
The dining room area, featuring a fireplace and door leading to the outside. The house features oak floorboards, brick and tiled fireplaces and plasterwork ceiling in the main reception room
A wood-burning stone inside the property in West Sussex. Mr Wheeler said: ‘You get a sense you have arrived in some proper countryside when you get to this property’
‘Those wanting a substantial and beautiful country retreat, this has everything they would be looking for.
‘We’ve been getting quite a bit of interest from Londoners looking to move out. You get a sense you have arrived in some proper countryside when you get to this property.
‘You can walk into the village and you can get both to London and down to the coast really easily from here as well.’
There is a walled kitchen garden with two restored Victorian greenhouses, an orchard planted with apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum and quince trees and a wild meadow.
An aerial view of the house, gardens and vineyard. The property has 17 acres of land with views over the South Downs
The gardens and greenhouse on the grounds of the property. Outside it has ten acres of parkland and landscaped garden as well as the seven acres of vineyard
Inside the greenhouses. Mr Wheeler said: ‘It has two magnificent restored greenhouses with lots of fruit and vegetables growing and an orchard, so you could be quite self-sufficient there’
The large log store. There are also two self-contained staff or guest cottages and extensive outbuildings for storage, workshops and garaging
The house and gardens, with an exterior view of the indoor swimming pool also pictured. Mr Wheeler added: ‘It does feel quite historical and is just a beautiful space’
Mr Wheeler added: ‘The house is in this beautiful parkland setting and has an incredible walled garden but it’s not acres of manicured garden you have to maintain, a lot of it takes care of itself.
‘It has two magnificent restored greenhouses with lots of fruit and vegetables growing and an orchard, so you could be quite self-sufficient there.
‘Our clients were attracted to it architecturally. Their vision was to restore it and bring it into the 21st century but maintaining all that lovely character.
‘It does feel quite historical and is just a beautiful space.’