House For Sale £1,499,500
Built circa 1966, this spacious detached four bedroom house with two modern bathrooms and three reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room and guest cloakroom is offered for sale with no chain.
The property which is within approx. 0.17 of an acre offers tremendous scope for improvement and could create amazing living space with a good sized garden which also requires landscaping.<br/><br/>location<br/><br/>Gatehouse Close is conveniently located close to Kingston town centre with its excellent shopping facilities, as is the A3 trunk road offering fast access to central London and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports via the M25 motorway network. Train stations at Norbiton and New Malden provide frequent services to Waterloo with its underground links to points throughout the City.
The immediate area offers a wide range of recreational facilities including three golf courses, tennis and squash clubs. Richmond Park which is an area of outstanding beauty provides a picturesque setting in which to picnic, go horse riding, jogging or just take a leisurely walk in the 2,360 acres.
Theatres at Richmond and Wimbledon are also popular alternatives to the West End together with an excellent choice of restaurants. There are also numerous schools for all ages, including public, state and international all within walking distance.<br/><br/>History
The Coombe Estate is an area of outstanding beauty with areas of special architectural and historic interest. The First Duke of Cambridge (7th son of George III) in 1837 bought the Coombe Estate of some 1300 acres from the Earl Spencer. The 2nd Duke of Cambridge in 1850 inherited the land on the death of this father and on his death in 1904 the Estate was passed to the Fitzgeorge Trustees who later administered the estate on behalf of the two surviving sons until 1933 when it was sold on.
During the second half of the 19th Century the Coombe Estate was developed with a number of Victorian mansions in Victorian Gothic Style. Some were later demolished to create land for development and some remain today. John Galsworthy built three houses of note, one of which was ‘Coombe Croft’ in 1884, originally intended for his daughter. Shortly before World War II the property was acquired by the Gate House School and in 1956 by Rokeby School when it moved from Copse Hill, Wimbledon. At that time the rear grounds were sold for development to create what is now Gatehouse Close.
The property which is within approx. 0.17 of an acre offers tremendous scope for improvement and could create amazing living space with a good sized garden which also requires landscaping.<br/><br/>location<br/><br/>Gatehouse Close is conveniently located close to Kingston town centre with its excellent shopping facilities, as is the A3 trunk road offering fast access to central London and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports via the M25 motorway network. Train stations at Norbiton and New Malden provide frequent services to Waterloo with its underground links to points throughout the City.
The immediate area offers a wide range of recreational facilities including three golf courses, tennis and squash clubs. Richmond Park which is an area of outstanding beauty provides a picturesque setting in which to picnic, go horse riding, jogging or just take a leisurely walk in the 2,360 acres.
Theatres at Richmond and Wimbledon are also popular alternatives to the West End together with an excellent choice of restaurants. There are also numerous schools for all ages, including public, state and international all within walking distance.<br/><br/>History
The Coombe Estate is an area of outstanding beauty with areas of special architectural and historic interest. The First Duke of Cambridge (7th son of George III) in 1837 bought the Coombe Estate of some 1300 acres from the Earl Spencer. The 2nd Duke of Cambridge in 1850 inherited the land on the death of this father and on his death in 1904 the Estate was passed to the Fitzgeorge Trustees who later administered the estate on behalf of the two surviving sons until 1933 when it was sold on.
During the second half of the 19th Century the Coombe Estate was developed with a number of Victorian mansions in Victorian Gothic Style. Some were later demolished to create land for development and some remain today. John Galsworthy built three houses of note, one of which was ‘Coombe Croft’ in 1884, originally intended for his daughter. Shortly before World War II the property was acquired by the Gate House School and in 1956 by Rokeby School when it moved from Copse Hill, Wimbledon. At that time the rear grounds were sold for development to create what is now Gatehouse Close.
