Casa, Church Lane, Sompting, Lancing, West Sussex

Church Farm House is a fine detached period home, offering almost 5,000 square feet of beautifully appointed accommodation, which retains various attractive original details combined with elegant, bespoke modern styling.

The house although very generous in size has a very calm and welcoming feel and dates from the 18th century, with substantial alterations in the 19th century, and features handsome flint cobbled elevations with red brick dressings outside, while inside there are six bedrooms and four immaculate reception rooms. These include the generous, 29ft drawing room with its splendid original fireplace, fitted with a logburner. There is also a formal dining room, a home office with exposed beams overhead and two gyms towards the rear, one of which has original flagstone flooring. In addition, the ground level has a social, open-plan kitchen contrasting modern units and Miele integrated appliances with rustic original beams and ironmongery. Double doors open and link the stunning kitchen/breakfast room which is a superb hub of the home out to the south-facing sun room.

Two staircases lead to the upper level, where there are five immaculate double bedrooms, one of which is currently used as a massage treatment room, with a mezzanine level above. There is a generous principal bedroom with expertly crafted built-in wardrobes and a luxury en suite bathroom, while one further bedroom is also en suite. Stairs continue to the second floor, where there is a further bedroom or play room, with an en suite bathroom.