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Victorian brick and flint cottage in the South Downs National Park

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A traditional stone house with a red door and a chimney.
A living room with a fireplace, a television on a stand, a sofa, a dining table with chairs, and a bookshelf with books and decorative items.
A compact kitchen with a built-in washing machine, a sink, and a window above it.
Garden
A neatly made bed with white linens and rolled towels, a wooden dresser with a mirror, and a lamp on a bedside table.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • The great outdoors
    Guests love the outdoor space here.
  • Barbecue grill
    A rare find - perfect for a relaxed, outdoor grilling experience.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near South Downs National Park
3 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 4

Popular amenities

  • Onsite parking available
  • Dog-friendly
  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Barbecue grill
  • Deck or patio

Explore the area

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Patching, Nr Worthing, West Sussex
  • Place, South Downs National Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Worthing Pier
    ‪14 min drive‬
  • Place, Brighton Beach
    ‪32 min drive‬
  • Airport, London (LGW-Gatwick)
    ‪51 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed and 1 Crib

Bedroom 2

1 Single Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Single Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Towels provided · Bathtub · Toilet · Hair dryer

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Victorian brick and flint cottage in the South Downs National Park

A delightful countryside holiday cottage in the South Downs National Park, close to Worthing, West Sussex. This traditional brick and flint self-catering holiday cottage boasts 3 bedrooms (a double and two singles), a light, airy kitchen and large garden. You will enjoy a short break or longer stay. Your holiday cottage is on the end of a terrace of three cottages originally built in the 1700's and rebuilt in the 1870's. The location is close to the seat of the Duke of Norfolk in Arundel with Worthing, Brighton and Chichester all within easy reach. We are sited close to the centre of the small village of Patching. The area is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty and is within the South Downs National Park. The countryside and walking is on the doorstep and you will enjoy the sea and beaches within about 3 miles. Wireless broadband internet access is available throughout the property at no additional charge. This is a non smoking property.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:30 PM
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 2 total)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Pet welcome downstairs in the property (chargeable)

Important information

You need to know

Property # 8139191
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

About the area

Worthing

Located in Worthing, this cottage is in a rural area and by the sea. High Salvington Windmill and Cissbury Ring are local landmarks, and the area's natural beauty can be seen at South Downs National Park and Arundel Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre. Travelling with kids? Consider Worthing Leisure Centre, or check out an event or a game at Arundel Castle Cricket Ground. Discover the area's water adventures with nearby swimming, or enjoy the great outdoors with cycling, mountain biking and horse riding.
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Patching, Nr Worthing, West Sussex

What's nearby

  • South Downs National Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Arundel Castle and Gardens - 11 min drive - 13.0 km
  • Worthing Pier - 14 min drive - 11.8 km
  • Goodwood Motor Circuit - 26 min drive - 33.5 km
  • Brighton Beach - 32 min drive - 32.4 km

Getting around

  • Arundel Station - 7 min drive
  • Gatwick Airport (LGW) - 47 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Costa Coffee - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Fox, Patching Inn - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪The Worlds End - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The Spotted Cow - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Lamb at Angmering - ‬4 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Victorian brick and flint cottage in the South Downs National Park pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total). Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking at Victorian brick and flint cottage in the South Downs National Park?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Victorian brick and flint cottage in the South Downs National Park?

Check-in begins at 4:30 PM.

What time is check-out at Victorian brick and flint cottage in the South Downs National Park?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Victorian brick and flint cottage in the South Downs National Park located?

This family-friendly Worthing cottage is located by the sea, within 3 mi (5 km) of South Downs National Park, Highdown Gardens and English Martyrs Church. Rustington Golf Club and High Salvington Windmill are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 34 out of 43 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 43 reviews
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 43 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Nic R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent location for Goodwood, cottage has been sympathetically renovated to the original condition with no detail spared! Walking distance to local pub, would recommend and use again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Manuel K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Sarah is a very very nice person.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Catherine B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pleasant stay

Pleasant house, comfortable beds, delightful garden, attentive host.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Kristina S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Thank you!

Lovely stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Julie H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Victorian cottage

Lovely garden
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Rachel Sims

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely cottage

Great cottage in the countryside, everything you need for a weekend.for the family, short walk to a good pub and loads of things nearby to see and do.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Carsten R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice cottage

We enjoyed every minute and had a great time.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Philippa B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
A charming flint cottage in a lovely location. It suited our needs perfectly and the owner was very helpful.Comfortable and spacious.The only improvement to make would be to sort out the water upstairs; the bath is fine, but the hand held shower is not!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome Stay

This cottage is lovely, we fell in love with the well equipped kitxhen and pantry. The garden qnd house was lovely for our Labrador Gatsby. We went out and explored the downs and the coast everyday. Lovely pub qt end of road. The host is amazing, so friendly and helpful. We plan to come again
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

tacha c.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Second visit!

Second visit to the property, Sara and Neville welcomed us back! Perfect little cottage for a base to visit daughter in Brighton. Would definitely recommend sunday dinner at The Swallows Return, its only about a 5 min drive away. Now planning the third visit!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Manon v.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great cottage, great location, great hostess

The cottage has an awesome history. Enough space for a family of four. A great back yard to play in. The hostess, Sara, was super kind and had a lot of knowledge about the surroundings and history. Everything you can think of is available: a baby bed, a gate to close of the garden, enough cutlery, bottle opener, washing machine… everything! The location is super. We could travel to all castles and touristic locations within an hour. Would definetely recommend this place!
Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Lieuwe Z.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A good time in Patching (West-Sussex)

We (my wife Machteld, our Tollerdog Auke and I, Lieuwe) had a good time in Patching (West-Sussex) in one of the French Cottages. Except for the shower who did not work, we had almost everything we needed. Especially the beds are very comfortable. Sara is a very good host and is able to tell you a lot about the local and regional history and about the places you can visit!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Trui En Guy V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Base camp for exploring the area

All in all, we had a wonderful stay. Sara is a perfect host and makes you feel very welcome. Her knowledge about (local) history is almost encyclopedic and we're so glad we took her advice and visited wonderful Arundel. The cottage itself was exactly as advertised with a dining pub conveniently located within walking distance but we were very pleasantly surprised by the high quality of the beds. Everyone in our group slept like a baby right up until we were awakened by birdsong and could feast our eyes once again on the stunning country views. All in all, the perfect getaway !
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Julia S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Victorian Cottage Stay.

Pretty cottage with a garden. Overall was good to have space and facilities such as a washing machine. Cottage well equipped. Downsides for us were steep stairs, so difficult to get suitcases up there and no shower, which was an issue as mobility issues meant using the bath was impossible. (Would have appreciated an alternative of lighter weight duvet or blanket option, as it was extremely hot when we stayed. Also, a couple of fans would have been useful.)Parking space is very limited and a bit of a lottery as to whether there would be space for you - particularly returning to the cottage late evening.Maybe I should have read the property information in more detail! We could see the owner had tried to preserve the Victorian character of the property, but felt this had sacrificed making the downstairs living room more comfortable.Overall, an OK stay, but just not ideal for us.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 4 Jul, 2025
Thank you for coming to stay. It was a pleasure to meet you and your husband on your trip to England. We always make it clear to guests that if there is anything they need we are happy to help where possible. We however cannot sort problems out that we have not been informed of. We believe that the stairs are of a normal gradient for UK homes and are actually quite spacious. Parking is on a public lay-by or road and is always available very close to the property. All facilities are described or pictured in the property details. Items such as lighter, or heavier duvets, anti-allergy bedding and fans are available. Please just ask. The living room downstairs, is as shown in the pictures.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Detlev Heinz S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Tolle Gastgeberin, sehr hilfsbereit, Haus ist "klassisch Englisch", alles nötige vorhanden
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Timo P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Ein wunderbarer Geheimtipp und eine wundervolle Gastgeberin!!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Ronald T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Reisetipp

Schöne und ruhige Lage.Freundliche, hilfsbereite Gastgeber.Wir haben uns wohl gefühlt.
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Christiane T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Frühlingssonne

Wir haben den Aufenthalt in diesem wunderschönen historischen Cottage mit Garten sehr genossen. Die Lage ist ideal für Ausflüge in die Umgebung.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Marion S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wunderschön!

Wir wurden von Sara sehr freundlich empfangen, bekamen viele gute Tipps für unseren Aufenthalt und hatten eine wirklich wunderschöne Woche. Das Haus liegt sehr idyllisch, ist liebevoll eingerichtet und hat einen traumhaften Garten mit Blick ins Grüne. Es ist alles vorhanden, was man braucht (z.B. auch Wanderkarten und ein Handtuch für den Hund :-), und die Lage ist günstig für Ausflüge zu den großen Seebädern und sogar nach London (mit dem Zug 1 1/2 Std.bis Victoria Station). We enjoyed our stay very much!!! Thank you very much, dear Sara!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Paul D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Short Break

We had a very happy stay in Patching. So lovely to arrive to a warm comfortable house after tiring Friday evening journey. We had everything we needed and we’re very comfortable. Thank you Sara.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Amanda H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful little house in a gorgeous rural location

Check in was easy, meeting the owners was lovely and welcome was so warm. The house is perfectly equipped with everything you need and open fire was really special.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Melinda W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

August stay

We had a lovely stay at the cottage. Sara was very welcoming and knowledgable and it was in the perfect location.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Virginia H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent stay

Beautiful cottage with delightful host near great places to visit including beaches
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Lisa W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Patching cottage stay

Ideal rural quiet location with easy access to many dog friendly beaches and other attractions. Old quaint rustic house with many original features and beautiful well maintained gardens.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Bruce E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peacefulness Incarnate

Blown away by the kindness and warmth of the owner. Completely fell in love with the cottage and wanted to stay for a month. Couldn’t be bettered. Will certainly be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

About the host

Hosted by Mrs Sara Child

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I've lived in the village of Patching for over 20 years and my husband and I have brought up our two children in the village. I love sharing my knowledge of the area with guests.

Why they chose this property

The cottage is a really pretty brick and flint Victorian cottage. We couldn't fail to fall in love with it the first time we saw it. We hope that you will too. It has a wealth of period features, but some up to date things too which make it comfortable. We've lived in the village for over 20 years, so it's a location which is close to my heart. The village is within the South Downs National Park. The local scenery is beautiful and there are good links to many attractions in the surrounding area.

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