5 bed detached house for sale

Abinger Road, Leith Hill, Dorking, Surrey RH5

Enjoying a superb rural setting, in the heart of the Surrey Hills, a magnificent, attached, Grade II listed Georgian residence, offering spacious and adaptable accommodation, with the benefit of various outbuildings, stabling, walled gardens, paddock and light woodland.

This residence was built of local Leith Hill stone around 1820 and enjoys excellent accommodation, with many fine period features such as ornate cornicing, original shutters, superb sash windows, together with more modern features providing a traditional but contemporary feel.

The accommodation commences from the delightful reception hall, leading to the superb fitted kitchen / breakfast room. From the hall, and also accessed via the kitchen / breakfast room, is a dining room with wood flooring, and a fireplace with storage cupboards and glazed units either side. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a sitting room which has a delightful outlook over the gardens.

From the reception hall, a staircase leads to the first floor where there is the drawing room, a magnificent room with high ceilings, ornate period cornicing and marble fireplace. On this floor are two bedrooms and a shower room. A further staircase leads to the second floor, with a magnificent principal bedroom suite having double opening doors, numerous windows providing magnificent views and an en suite bathroom. On this floor are two further bedrooms and a further shower room.

This delightful property enjoys magnificent gardens and grounds with superb formal lawns, herbaceous borders, gravel pathways and a magnificent walled garden with large expanses of lawn. Further gravel pathways with hedging and rows of rhododendrons and azaleas lead to an established pond with a brick bridge. Further lawned areas lead to a cluster of outbuildings, which can be used for stables, and a gate into a paddock. Proceeding to the higher level of gardens, there is a lightly wooded area and a further range of outbuildings which lead back to the walled garden. The gardens are a superb feature of the property with many magnificent trees. The property has many outbuildings including a garage complex with attached office /gym, a further outbuilding for workshop or studio. The property is approached via an impressive hedge-lined drive leading to a large gravel parking area, with wrought iron gates.

The property enjoys a delightful setting in the heart of the Surrey Hills close to the summit of Leith Hill, and is believed to be around 700 ft above sea level. The area is renowned for its scenic beauty and is set in an area of an Outstanding Natural Beauty. Extensive recreational, educational and shopping facilities can be found at Cranleigh to the south, Guildford to the West and Dorking to the East. The towns of both Dorking and Guildford offer mainline services to London (Victoria and Waterloo) and nearby Gomshall station provides services to Reading and Gatwick. The A3 and M25 can be accessed at Ockham and Leatherhead respectively, giving it access to the motorway network and Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The area is well served by good schools from the nearby preparatory schools of Belmont and Duke of Kent to the renowned private schools in Guildford, Cranleigh and Reigate.