Ovingdean House, Ovingdean

East Sussex. Sleeps up to 8

With Brighton and Hove just a short drive away, Ovingdean House offers eight guests superb, luxurious accommodation in a tranquil, peaceful setting. This beautiful house is located on a private lane in the village of Ovingdean, close also to the stunning South Downs National Park, perfect for country walks, cycle rides and stops and charming pubs. The house is just over a mile from the pebbly Ovingdean Beach which is tucked away under the white chalk cliffs, less than a mile’s walk from Brighton Marina. It enjoys a small cafe and some fun rock pools at low tide.

Ovingdean House is incredibly spacious and very stylish. With four outstanding bedrooms, this Sussex gem sleeps eight guests in supreme comfort. Ovingdean House also has the added benefit of a superb indoor heated swimming pool. When you arrive at the house, you will quickly see how smart it is. The front garden is landscaped and manicured. The large tiled entrance hallway is great for storing coats and boots and leads to three of the bedrooms, the pool room, a shower room and eventually the main hub of the house. The first delightful bedroom enjoys a comfy double bed adorned with luxurious linens and beautiful soft furnishings, a feature fireplace and an armchair. The second offers a beautiful French antique double bed and a vanity sink in one unit with wardrobes and a chest of drawers. These two bedrooms share the shower room with its double walk-in shower. The master bedroom suite is very impressive. You may have to draw straws for this one! It offers an exquisite super kingsize bed and a sublime ensuite bathroom. You will certainly enjoy soaking in the jacuzzi bath or using the multifunctional shower. The owners have thought of everything at Ovingdean House and you even have a trouser press in this room!

Double doors lead from the hallway to the wonderful kitchen diner. The chef in your group will be delighted with the contemporary, shaker style kitchen and its fabulous appliances, a double range cooker, dishwasher, fridge freezer and microwave. There is a separate laundry room. Dinner can be eaten at the smart dining table or outside on the terrace. Large sliding doors open from the dining area to the terrace where you will find two rattan sun loungers and alfresco dining. The swimming pool annex can be accessed from the terrace or the interior hallway. It is a fabulous indoor pool, perfect for family fun.  

Behind the dining area is the final bedroom offering twin beds with an ensuite shower room. It is another beautifully finished space, again in calming neutral colour palettes. Stairs from the kitchen lead to a large landing with a library and the spacious living room. This elegant space enjoys sumptuous sofas, armchairs and a television. It is a lovely, bright sociable space to enjoy cosy evenings in front of the fire or to play family board games.

Ovingdean House is beautifully kept. It is a lovely holiday home, not far from the beach and the delights of Brighton, Hove and the South Downs National Park. You can totally relax and enjoy time with friends or family. The indoor swimming pool is always a major hit with this outstanding property!

Ovingdean House enjoys a very peaceful location in the village of Ovingdean. It is just over a mile from the coast and very close to Brighton and Hove. Brighton is brimming with cultural delights as well as hundreds of independent boutiques and big name shops. There are many award winning restaurants serving the regular seaside fish and chips as well as creative vegetarian menus. Brighton and Hove offer plenty of entertainment for all ages, some large scale wonders and some quirky and offbeat. One of the classic attractions is Brighton’s Royal Pavilion. The Royal Pavilion is an exotic palace with iconic domes and minarets as well as  a fascinating history. Built as a seaside pleasure palace for King George IV, this historic house mixes Regency grandeur with the visual style of India and China. There are fantastic collections to explore which have previously come from Buckingham Palace. A trip to Brighton’s Beach is not complete without a stroll along the iconic Brighton Palace Pier. On the beach, children love Brighton Zip, a thrilling ride on the seafront. Visitors can escape to the skies to see Brighton in another light on British Airways i360 attraction. You will glide up gently to 138 metres in the futuristic glass viewing pod, designed by Marks Barfield Architects, creators of the London Eye, and admire 360-degree views across Brighton, the South Downs and, on the clearest days, all the way to the Isle of Wight. Visitors can also enjoy the Nyetimber Sky Bar, an exhibition on how BA i360 was built and its beachside shop for gifts. Those that enjoy shopping can head to The Lanes for an eclectic mix of shops and restaurants. For some evening entertainment, Brighton Dome is Brighton’s premier venue for music, theatre and family events. Other popular attractions are Sea Life Brighton, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Booth Museum of Natural History, Preston Manor, Brighton’s Walk of Fame and the Brighton Music Tunnel.

To escape the hustle and bustle, visitors also enjoy Preston Park which is home to the Preston Twins which are believed to be the oldest Elm trees in the country. Hove’s St Ann’s Well Gardens and Stanmer Park are also popular.

Away from Brighton, Borde Hill Gardens in Haywards Heath is a wonderful excursion. In the springtime there are magnificent displays of early flowering magnolias, camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas. Summer brings the glorious fragrance of hundreds of roses and colourful blooms. Autumn transforms the colours of the mature and award winning trees in its Grade II listed landscape. Warren Wood and Stephanie’s Glad come alive with carpets of bluebells and wood anemones. Families enjoy the adventure playground and the numerous family events hosted throughout the year. Borde Hill House is an Elizabethan Tudor mansion built in 1598. It provides a fabulous backdrop for the formal 17 acre garden which flows in a series of stunning garden rooms.

Wine lovers enjoy exploring the vineyards across the county who produce sparkling wine to rival champagne. Many visitors also head along the coast to Rye, Hastings and the beautiful Camber Sands. Helifly at Shoreham Airport organise helicopter tours over the area and trips to country houses for elegant lunches or afternoon tea.

The South Downs Devil’s Dyke, just five miles north of Brighton, boasts stunning panoramas, a record breaking valley and a curious history. At nearly a mile long, the Dyke valley is the longest, deepest and widest 'dry valley' in the UK.

The medieval town of Rye is today home to a myriad of art, curiosities and cosy pubs and restaurants. Built on timeless tales and smuggled secrets, Rye offers charm and intrigue with nooks and crannies to explore and beautiful distant views across Romney Marsh. You will discover ancient, characterful buildings, cobbled streets and secret passages which attract film crews in search of historical settings for period productions. The Rye Castle Museum was originally a bottling factory and now boasts a unique 18th century fire engine as well as relics from the town’s shipbuilding past. The Rye Harbour Nature Reserve has a wonderful network of criss crossing footpaths on the saltmarsh and shingle ridges with fabulous views across to Camber Sands and the cliffs of Hastings Country Park. It is a twitcher’s paradise with five hides where you can watch the wildlife. You can take boat trips or lessons in windsurfing, dinghy sailing or paddleboarding from Rye Watersports. Camber Sands is a fabulous beach in the village of Camber. It is the only sand dune system in East Sussex, east of the estuary of the River Rother at Rye Bay, and stretches 3 miles to just beyond the Kent border.