Fantasy Cottage, Steyning

About this property

Try this unusual ground floor holiday cottage right in the heart of Steyning

Fantasy Cottage is certainly unusual. It is a fantastic conversion of a ground floor building right in the heart of this traditional market town that sits at the foot of the South Downs. The cottage is just behind the High Street meaning everything you want is ideally placed for you, so the tea rooms, local independent shops, restaurants and pubs are all within a five minute stroll. Steyning is very traditional and this cottage places you right in the heart of it.

There is a comfortable and contemporary living space for two with a handmade kitchen being a major feature of Fantasy Cottage. A traditional brick pillar cleverly divides the two areas and with windows front and back it is a bright and attractive space. The double bedroom with a 4' 6" double bed is offset from the main living area making it feel very private. The cottage also has a modern shower room. Outside there is a small seating area for guests to enjoy.

Steyning and beyond

Steyning is a vibrant small town that is well preserved. It is full of narrow streets with many timber framed Tudor style buildings as well as some fine Georgian townhouses. It only has the one main shopping street, the High Street which retains many small interesting and attractive independent shops which is quite rare in today’s modern society, so it makes Steyning an interesting town to browse.

The Norman church contains some of the best Romanesque architecture in England; have a look in Steyning Museum next to the library, it tells the story of the area from prehistory to the present day.

Steyning’s immediate neighbour is the small village of Bramber. It has remained largely unchanged over the centuries and is overlooked by the remains of the castle built after the Norman Conquest and now looked after by English Heritage. Also in Bramber, St Mary’s House is a magnificent late medieval house and has interesting connections - King Charles II hid there on his escape to France and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose the house as a setting for one of the Sherlock Holmes stories. It is well worth visiting and we have information on St Mary’s on our link ‘Places to visit’.

Just west of Steyning is the famous landmark of Chanctonbury Ring on the South Downs. It is a three mile walk picking up the South Downs Way from the Roundhill above the town. Chanctonbury Ring was originally an Iron Age hill fort and following that a Roman temple was located there. It is most famous though for the ring of beech trees planted in 1760 by Charles Goring. The great storm of 1987 ripped through the Ring and, following a second storm in 1990 the Goring family replanted the trees and today Chanctonbury Ring is regaining its former glory. At 238 metres there are fine Downland views in each direction. Walk south from Chanctonbury and you reach Cissbury Ring another Iron Age hill fort. It is a picturesque walk and a great introduction to the chalk Downland of Sussex.

Places to visit

Parham House and Gardens

St Mary's House Bramber

Amberley Museum

What's on

Brighton Festival — May

Local shop — 100 yards Steyning

Nearest supermarket — 100 yards Steyning

Nearest restaurant — 100 yards Steyning

Local pub — 200 yards Steyning

Local bus service to Storrington, Shoreham-by-Sea and Brighton

Mainline rail service 5 miles away at Shoreham for services to Gatwick Airport, London Victoria and Brighton

Gatwick Airport — 35 miles