House For Sale £850,000
This mid terrace town house forms part of Ruxley Towers, one of the most identifiable landmarks in the Borough of Elmbridge. The front of the property is formed by a delightful colonnade and steps lead up to the entrance porch, once in the property the living accommodation is arranged over two floors. To the ground floor are the kitchen breakfast room and a south facing family / dining room with full height full width windows over looking the rear garden. To the first floor and accessed either via a spiral staircase from the dining room or via the main landing is the main sitting room, again with an expansive glass elevation giving delightful views over the rear garden. The bedrooms are arranged over the first and second floors with an en suite bedroom that would serve either as a principle or guest bedroom, while to the second floor there are 3 further bedrooms (one en suite) and a family bathroom.
Outside there is a terrace accessed directly from the rear of the house leading onto the mature rear garden laid to lawn with well stocked boarders and a seating area to the rear ideal for relaxing away from the house. A gate at the end fo the garden leads to a garage while to the front there is reisdents parking.
Situation
Built in the 1870's, Ruxley Towers is one of the oldest remaining buildings in Claygate. Originally called Ruxley Lodge, the name is presumed to derive from the local common land, Rockesley Common, from the 15th Century. Over the years Ruxley Towers has undergone extensive alterations and extensions and is now Grade ll Listed. The largest of these changes occurred c1872, from which the present property derives, when Lord Henry Thomas Foley, the fifth Baron, bought the property and added the West Wing, Towers and a Winter Garden in the form of a substantial glazed conservatory making the property almost twice as large. The castellated building with it's octagonal Tower, Turrets and Gargoyles to ward off evil-doers reputedley led to the Foleys renaming the lodge Ruxley Towers. In Lord Foley's day, the estate comprised of 156 acres of "….green meadow land, woods with specimen timber and choice rhododendrons on high ground with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside including Oxshott Woods, Box Hill and Epsom Downs….."
Outside there is a terrace accessed directly from the rear of the house leading onto the mature rear garden laid to lawn with well stocked boarders and a seating area to the rear ideal for relaxing away from the house. A gate at the end fo the garden leads to a garage while to the front there is reisdents parking.
Situation
Built in the 1870's, Ruxley Towers is one of the oldest remaining buildings in Claygate. Originally called Ruxley Lodge, the name is presumed to derive from the local common land, Rockesley Common, from the 15th Century. Over the years Ruxley Towers has undergone extensive alterations and extensions and is now Grade ll Listed. The largest of these changes occurred c1872, from which the present property derives, when Lord Henry Thomas Foley, the fifth Baron, bought the property and added the West Wing, Towers and a Winter Garden in the form of a substantial glazed conservatory making the property almost twice as large. The castellated building with it's octagonal Tower, Turrets and Gargoyles to ward off evil-doers reputedley led to the Foleys renaming the lodge Ruxley Towers. In Lord Foley's day, the estate comprised of 156 acres of "….green meadow land, woods with specimen timber and choice rhododendrons on high ground with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside including Oxshott Woods, Box Hill and Epsom Downs….."
