Detached house for sale in Petworth Road, Chiddingfold GU8

This unique property, believed to be a converted coach house of Victorian origins, and with later additions, offers exceptional family accommodation. The interior has a charming atmosphere of well-appointed informality and it is set in a beautifully landscaped garden.
The individual main reception rooms are architecturally unique. The superb kitchen/breakfast room features an Aga, and central kitchen island with a breakfast bar. This large space is open-plan to the notable family/dining room which provides exceptionally bright and roomy space, flooded with natural light from the huge glazed ceiling lantern, and large windows and glazed doors over looking the rear courtyard garden. Flowing from here, through another set of glazed double doors, there is an elegant vaulted sitting room with a log-burning stove in the open fireplace. The spacious and welcoming reception hall leads through to a further snug/sitting room which is currently a well-appointed study, and there is a separate home office too.
Upstairs there are 4 bedrooms and 3 bath/shower rooms. A further 5th bedroom, and adjoining shower room are on the ground floor. Having its own independent entrance, this area could be used as an annex if required.

Outside

A wide sweeping gravel drive, accessed through a gated entrance, provides parking for numerous vehicles. The drive continues round to a double garage and further parking near the rear courtyard garden.
Steps up from the drive access a spectacular veranda with doors to both the reception entrance hall, and the utility room.
The gardens surround the house. They have been landscaped and and expertly planted to provide a high degree of privacy. There is a hard tennis court and beautiful outdoor swimming pool area, as well as expanses of lawn. In all, there is about 1.36 acres.

Situation

The property is located in a rural position about 2 miles to the south of Chiddingfold, a pretty and highly desirable Surrey village centered around its famous village green with duck pond and overlooked by The Crown Inn. Chiddingfold also provides a good range of local shops including two general stores, a tea room, chemist, traditional butcher and post office plus St Mary's School and a doctors’ practice. There is also a cricket green and the lovely old village Church. The closest mainline stations are at Haslemere (4 miles) and Witley (4.5 miles), with regular direct services to London Waterloo in under an hour. Godalming (9 miles) and Haslemere (4 miles) provide more comprehensive shopping and leisure facilities. There are many top-rated schools in the area to choose from with Amesbury, Bedales, Churchers, Charterhouse, Cranleigh, Highfield and Brookham, King Edwards, Seaford College, St Catherine's, Priorsfield, and The Royal School to name but a few.
The surrounding countryside is accessible with miles of public footpaths and bridleways providing routes from where enthusiastic walkers, runners and riders can explore the outstanding nearby Surrey Hills and South Downs National Park.

Additional Information

Local Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Council Tax Band H
Private drainage