House For Sale £3,500,000
This impressive property offers grandeur and comfort, along with an appealing blend of contemporary and period features, with versatile accommodation arranged over three floors, providing a splendid home perfectly suited to both entertaining guests and a modern family lifestyle. At the heart of the residence, a spacious drawing room just beyond the reception hall, creates a striking welcome, with its elegant staircase, exposed beams and panelling, glimpses through to the galleried landing above, distinctive fireplace and glazed, folding doors to a pretty garden terrace. To one side, access is provided to a study and to a sitting room/cinema room affording a separate retreat with a route out to the light filled conservatory. On the opposite side of the home there is a formal dining room with glazed double doors opening into the contemporary kitchen/breakfast room. Filled with natural light, courtesy of three sets of bi-fold doors which allow a seamless transition from inside living area to the outside, this sociable space offers a casual seating area and a kitchen fitted with sleek cabinetry, topped with stone work surface, and featuring a large island unit. Ancillary rooms are an adjoining utility and a functional boot room.
A characteristic landing area gives access to six bedrooms (two en suite), two further bathrooms and an additional cloakroom. The luxurious, principal en suite bedroom has dressing areas with fitted wardrobe storage, whilst two of the other rooms have the benefit of en suite facilities. A further stairway rises to the second floor, where skylight windows illuminate the space, which comprises a generous family/ cinema room, a bedroom, a dressing room and a bathroom. The house benefits from a flexible home networking solution with cabling to every room, allowing distribution of internet, telephony, music, television and high definition video throughout.
The property is conveniently situated on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Compton with direct access from the rear of property onto the North Downs Way and to Puttenham Golf Course. Guildford provides recreational facilities such as The Surrey Sports Park, G Live and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. The A3 is easily accessible, giving access to Central London, the M25, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Guildford station provides a service to London Waterloo in about 37 minutes. Schools in the area, including Charterhouse, Prior’s Field, St. Catherine’s, Cranleigh, Aldro and St. Hilary’s. There are a number of good golf courses nearby, including Puttenham, Milford and the West Surrey.
The gardens and grounds at are particularly noteworthy, having the essence of gently undulating parkland and featuring splendid mature trees, along with a grand terrace, which adjoins the front of the home and has a series of stately stone steps leading down to a lawned area. There is a paved terrace to the rear and west side of the property and a paved terrace to the easterly aspect has direct access from the kitchen/breakfast room. There is a grassed area and steps to reach the adjoining outdoor pool area, which has a paved surround ideal for relaxing on a lounger. For the energetic, a further length of steps gives access to the tennis court, which is floodlight and enclosed by mesh and timber fencing. The property is approached via a length of driveway from the lane which leads through the grounds offering a wonderful sense of arrival.
A characteristic landing area gives access to six bedrooms (two en suite), two further bathrooms and an additional cloakroom. The luxurious, principal en suite bedroom has dressing areas with fitted wardrobe storage, whilst two of the other rooms have the benefit of en suite facilities. A further stairway rises to the second floor, where skylight windows illuminate the space, which comprises a generous family/ cinema room, a bedroom, a dressing room and a bathroom. The house benefits from a flexible home networking solution with cabling to every room, allowing distribution of internet, telephony, music, television and high definition video throughout.
The property is conveniently situated on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Compton with direct access from the rear of property onto the North Downs Way and to Puttenham Golf Course. Guildford provides recreational facilities such as The Surrey Sports Park, G Live and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. The A3 is easily accessible, giving access to Central London, the M25, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Guildford station provides a service to London Waterloo in about 37 minutes. Schools in the area, including Charterhouse, Prior’s Field, St. Catherine’s, Cranleigh, Aldro and St. Hilary’s. There are a number of good golf courses nearby, including Puttenham, Milford and the West Surrey.
The gardens and grounds at are particularly noteworthy, having the essence of gently undulating parkland and featuring splendid mature trees, along with a grand terrace, which adjoins the front of the home and has a series of stately stone steps leading down to a lawned area. There is a paved terrace to the rear and west side of the property and a paved terrace to the easterly aspect has direct access from the kitchen/breakfast room. There is a grassed area and steps to reach the adjoining outdoor pool area, which has a paved surround ideal for relaxing on a lounger. For the energetic, a further length of steps gives access to the tennis court, which is floodlight and enclosed by mesh and timber fencing. The property is approached via a length of driveway from the lane which leads through the grounds offering a wonderful sense of arrival.