Situated right in the heart of historic Steyning with the town’s Clock Tower to the front and wonderful views that look straight to the South Downs and the Steyning Roundhill to the rear, Shepherd’s Cottage is in the unique position of providing everything you want from having a small market town right outside your door, to offering the backdrop of uninterrupted Downland views just as if you had booked a cottage in the country!

Built in 1851 to house shepherds from the nearby Wiston Estate, it is a cottage full of charm retaining many original features – beams, doors, and fireplaces together with a tight steep staircase common with a cottage of this size. As a working cottage it would have had two bedrooms and most likely toilet facilities outside! Today that happily is no longer the case; the second bedroom has been converted to provide a spacious bathroom space, which just adds to making Shepherd’s Cottage feel such an ideal retreat just perfect for two. Enjoy the cosiness on a winter evening with an open fire, or relax in the afternoon and evening summer sun on the terrace looking out to the Downs.

The garden has its own access to the playing fields behind, giving you green fields right to the Downs, while from the front you are immediately into the town being just a few yards from the High Street with the individual shops, pubs, restaurants and tearooms that Steyning has to offer.

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.

• Local shop - Steyning
• Nearest supermarket - Steyning
• Nearest restaurant - Steyning
• Local pub - Steyning
• Bus service - Services to Brighton, Storrington, Henfield
• Rail service - Shoreham by Sea 4 miles for services to Brighton and London Victoria
• Gatwick Airport 30 miles