Library Cottage, Pulborough

About this property

A beautiful cottage for two and a perfect cottage garden that face the South Downs, close to Petworth

Library Cottage is the perfect recipe for a restful holiday. The gardens are so pleasing on the eye, so just relax, enjoy and take the time to dip into the wonderful choice of books you will find here.

Set in a glorious and peaceful setting next to the owners' country farmhouse, this is a sublime location with views towards the South Downs. Facing south, the cottage is bright and airy with French doors that open onto the lawn. The main living room combines with the dining area and has the kitchen offset. The roof lights give the room a real feeling of spaciousness and with the double doors that lead onto the bedroom, it has that wonderful feeling of continual space. The bedroom is fitted with a king sized bed while the bathroom has a bath with a shower attachment above.

Nutbourne and beyond

The South Downs National Park lies just to the south of Library Cottage. Nutbourne is only a mile or so from the park boundary at Pulborough Brooks.

The Pulborough Brooks is a deliberate flood plain and periodically it becomes a spectacular lake totally transforming the landscape. There are many excellent walks across the Brooks and along the banks of the River Arun offering uninterrupted views south towards the South Downs. Two miles from the cottage at Wiggonholt is the rspb Pulborough Brooks reserve. This is a wetland haven for bird life, and an overwintering ground for many migrant species. We carry a link to the rspb reserve within the ‘Places to visit’ on our website.

Also nearby is the West Sussex Golf Club. It is regularly judged one of the outstanding inland courses in Britain with ‘a priceless oasis of heather, sand, heath and trees beneath the Sussex Downs’. For any golf lover, staying at Library Cottage is very convenient indeed.

Four miles south east in the direction of Storrington and nestling at the foot of the South Downs is Parham House, a magnificent Elizabethan home that is a real jewel. Again it is featured under ‘Places to visit’ - a half day there is time well spent.

The historic market town of Petworth is just five miles north west. It is best known as the location of the stately home Petworth House and deer park which was landscaped by Capability Brown. The house and its grounds are now owned by the National Trust. The magnificent country house contains an internationally renowned art collection with numerous works by Turner. Petworth itself was immortalised in his paintings. The town is full of quaint houses and cottages, many within their own courtyard settings. They are interspersed with antique shops and tea rooms so it makes the ideal place for a stroll following a visit to Petworth House and Park.

This area of West Sussex has a variety of events that occur through the year from Goodwood racing and the Goodwood motorsport meetings, to the Arundel Festival, racing at Fontwell and polo at Cowdray. Details on all of these are found under our ‘What’s on’ heading.

Places to visit

Parham House and Gardens

Petworth House and Park

RSPB Pulborough Brooks

What's on

Sussex Country Fayre — June

Cowdray Polo — July

Petworth Festival — June and July

Goodwood Revival — September

Local shop — 1 mile West Chiltington

Nearest supermarket — 2 miles Pulborough

Nearest restaurant — 3 miles Storrington

Local pub — 0.5 mile Nutbourne

Mainline rail service at Pulborough for services to Gatwick Airport and London Victoria

Gatwick Airport — 30 miles