• Entrance Hall +
• Sitting Room +
• Dining Room +
• Kitchen/Breakfast Room +
• Utility Room +
• Guest Cloakroom/WC +
• Study +
• 6 Bedrooms +
• 3 Bath/Shower Rooms (1 ensuite to Main Bedroom) +
• Self-contained ancillary Barn Cottage +

Wanford Mill is a delightful former water mill listed as being of 16th century origin with attractive part weather boarded red brick elevations. It is understood that the property was a working mill until shortly before the Second World War and was then converted to a private dwelling of considerable character, charm and comfort. All rooms have splendid views over the mill pond, the river, and open pastureland beyond. The accommodation is well-proportioned and with good ceiling heights. Many of the original features have been retained with exposed timbers and parts of the original workings of the mill.
On the ground floor there is a spacious entrance hall, a triple aspect sitting room with a log-burning stove in the open fireplace, a dining room, a fitted kitchen/ breakfast room with a mains gas fired Aga, a separate utility room, and a guest cloakroom/wc. Upstairs on the first floor there are 4 bedrooms including the triple aspect main bedroom with an ensuite shower room, and there is a family bathroom. Up again and on the second floor, there are 2 further bedrooms, another bathroom, and a study. Within the grounds, there is a detached period barn which provides excellent self-contained ancillary accommodation.
Planning permission exists for this to be replaced with a more contemporary barn (Horsham District Council reference: DC/23/1414). There is also planning permission to replace the existing stable block with a new detached home office combined with garden storage and workshop (Horsham District Council reference: DC/21/2421).

Outside

From the lane, access is via a long private drive, passing Wanford House and through double five bar gates to an extensive parking area to the front of the mill where there is also a double garage. The magical setting lies adjacent to the tranquil mill pond and is bordered to the north by the River Arun. A secluded garden lies to the south with areas of lawn, well stocked herbaceous beds and a variety of established flowering shrubs and fruit trees. There is a greenhouse and fruit cage, together with the timber stables/garden store comprising 2 stables and a tack room, and as an alternative, planning permission has been granted to replace with a home office combined with garden storage and workshop. Adjoining the mill house itself there is a brick terrace which provides a delightful outdoor entertaining area overlooking the river and meadow land beyond. The mill race extends under the Mill House and opens into a large mill pond and then into the leat beyond. The area between the mill pond and the river is much like an island, with a large area of lawn inset with many fine mature trees and leading to an open area of pasture. In all the garden and grounds extend to about 2.4 acres.