For Sale3 Bedroom House in East Ashling, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18£599,950

A superb opportunity to buy a detached three bedroom bungalow within the South Downs National Park and East Ashling Conservation Area. The original property was built between the Wars and has been subsequently extended and now requires some modernisation. The house has been used as a bed and breakfast in the past with two bedrooms en-suite and shower room in a well-designed wing. There is huge potential to repurpose or modernise to create a delightful home in an excellent old English garden plot. The village of East Ashling is surrounded by rich and varied countryside close to the southern slopes of the South Downs, crisscrossed with miles of footpaths and bridlepaths as well as many pretty villages with good country pubs and farm shops. Chichester itself provides a wide range of facilities, including the internationally known Festival Theatre, Pallant House Gallery, and excellent shopping facilities arranged within its ancient city centre, now a pedestrianised area. A mainline railway station at Chichester provides a regular service to London Victoria in about 1 hour 40 minutes and there is also a slightly faster service available from Havant to London Waterloo in about 1 hour 16 minutes. Road access to London is provided by the A3(M) trunk road at Havant whilst the coastal A27 connects with Portsmouth and Southampton to the west, and Worthing, Brighton and Eastbourne to the east. The coastal towns of Portsmouth and Southampton provide ferry services to the continent and Southampton Airport is some 35 miles away by car. Recreational activities are numerous, many of them centred on the Goodwood Estate, famous for its horse racing at Glorious Goodwood, the prestigious Festival of Speed and the September Revival of its historic motor circuit. There is also a country club at Goodwood providing tennis courts, squash courts, swimming pool and gym. Chichester Harbour, some 5 miles to the south, has long been popular with sailors and there are many well established clubs, but notably at Chichester Yacht Basin, Bosham and Itchenor. The coastline, and particularly the sandy beaches at East Head, provide many opportunities for bathing, windsurfing and kitesurfing.