Chichester Romantic cottage

Quintessential English country cottage filled with natural light. Cosy wood burner, off-street parking, beautiful gardens. West Wittering beach, Chichester Festival Theatre & Goodwood all within easy reach. Please note the cottage is our home, and is shared with our two rescue cats. Though the felines will not be present during a rental - and the house is professionally cleaned on a weekly basis and also deep cleaned before each guest arrives - important to note for those with allergies. The space Ivy Cottage dates back to the late 1700s, but we have renovated in recent years to blend romantic period style with contemporary creature comforts and our eclectic collection of artworks. Once the home of celebrated stars of stage & screen Michael Wilding and Margaret Leighton, as artisans ourselves we've retained and revel in its unique, quirky character. Guest access Guests have access to the whole house and gardens (with the exception of a ground floor studio room/study). Upstairs there are 3 lovely bedrooms - 2 doubles, 1 single (with French iron 'campaign' bed) and two bathrooms, one with electric shower. Downstairs: entrance hall, light bright sitting room, well equipped galley kitchen, separate dining room, guest cloakroom, and large utility with Miele washing machine + tumble drier. Guests are welcome to use the DVDs, books, board games and table tennis provided. Please remember this is our home, we love it, we hope you do too, and that you will treat it with tender loving care. Sorry, but no wild parties / fireworks... it's a rural area teeming with wildlife (foxes, deer, ducks, pheasants, buzzards, stoats, rabbits, owls, herons, woodpeckers have all been spotted in the gardens), and our neighbours have dogs/cats/poultry/horses so it's important that guests respect that in the same way we do. Thank you. Other things to note The rubbish & recycling bins are to be found outside double gates of drive. These are collected alternate weeks, on Monday mornings. Please ensure all your rubbish/recycling is put in the appropriate bins before departure. There is rosemary, thyme, wild chives and mint growing in abundance, so for those of you who enjoy cooking as much as we do, please feel free to snip some sprigs.