These two modest sized villages lie further south of Mannings Heath and are set on, or off the Brighton Road. Monks Gate is a hamlet with a smattering of properties, predominantly set along the main road, with a number of historic interest and many of a significant size. Aside from that Monks Gate’s name is believed to relate to a gate that lead into St Leonard’s Forest ad its claim to fame is its association with The Sussex Carol.
In comparison to Monks Gate, Lower Beeding is a thriving metropolis, although in reality a relatively modest village, but boasts a pub The Plough, in addition to two others in the parish, The Wheatsheaf, with an excellent outside play area for children and a highly regarded gastro pub, The Crabtree. The village school, Lower Beeding primary school has less than 100 pupils, but is well regarded and there is also the Holy Trinity Church in the village.
Within the village there are unusually also two hotels. The first “South Lodge” is a luxurious 5?star hotel and country retreat that boasts two restaurants, The Pass a Michelin star restaurant and 2AA Rosette Camellia restaurant and is set within 93 acres of wood & park land. However, the other hotel The Cisswood House, was built as a house for the then chairman of Harrods in 1928 but now offers full wedding and conference facilities, The Garden restaurant, a pool, gym and restaurant.
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Preparing Your Home for a Successful Autumn Sale
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Getting your...
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In 2018 we have expanded our team, continued to be the leading independent estate and lettings agency in the Horsham area, and enjoyed continuing to support a high number of schools and good...
In 2018 we...
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With the constant demand for more housing to be built the demand for developable land is higher than ever. So, if you have a large garden, your property is set on a large corner plot, or you own a...
With...
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When it...
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The...
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If you have a...
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From 1st...
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In the South...
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As we look...
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Figures just released...
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“A pound saved is...
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Back in the...
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“How’s the Horsham housing...
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The Horsham...
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I was having a most interesting chat the other day with a Horsham landlord when we were looking at a property. As I am sure you are aware, I am always happy to cast my eye over any potential buy...
I was...
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As the...
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Well its...
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You might ask,...
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A few weeks ago I...
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Roll the clock back 35...
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Call me old fashioned, but I do like the terraced house. In fact, I have done some research that I hope you will find of interest my Horsham property market blog reading friends!In...
Call me old...
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I had an interesting chat with a Colgate landlord who owns a few properties in the town. He popped his head in to my office as his wife was shopping in the area (and let’s be honest talking...
I had an...
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Horsham...
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Let me speak frankly, even with Brexit and the fact immigration numbers will now be reduced in the coming years, there is an unending and severe shortage of new housing being built in the Horsham...
Let me...
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The orthodox way of classifying property in the UK is to look at the number of bedrooms rather than its size in square metres (although now we are leaving the EU – I wonder if we can go back...
The...
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Even the...
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I was having an interesting chat with a Horsham buy to let landlord the other day when the subject of size of households came up in conversation. For those of you who read my Brexit article...
I was having...
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Horsham faces a predicament. The population is growing and the provision of new housing isn’t keeping up. With the average age of a Horsham person being 42.1 years (compared to the South...
Horsham faces a...
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