House For Sale £3,250,000
Heather Farm House is a detached five bedroom house that’s been remodelled renovated and reinvented into a New England style family house. Many of the rooms, particularly on the first floor, have the most wonderful outlook over the paddocks and woodland in the distance. To the front there are views over Thursley Common. The ground floor rooms lead off a central reception hall and include a dual aspect sitting room with working fireplace. French doors open from the sitting room into a sun room with lovely views over the gardens and grounds.
To one side of the house is a kitchen/breakfast room with comprehensively fitted units and gas fired Aga. There is plenty of space for a good size table and a sitting/TV area with doors onto the garden. Adjacent to the kitchen is a large utility/boot room. A split staircase leads to the first floor with five bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms. Magnificent views over the paddocks are afforded from the main bedroom suite, which incorporates a dressing room with fitted wardrobes and bathroom.
The cottage is detached from the main house and has 2 bedrooms, sitting room, kitchen breakfast room and bathroom. The building has its one front door and access and the bedrooms are currently used as consultation rooms. As a cottage it is well served has a great outlook and is suitably private. Main house EPC Rating D. Annexe EPC rating E.
An in and out drive, sheltered by trees, forms the entrance to Heather Farm with ample parking at the front and side of the house. The outstanding equestrian facilities lie principally to the side and rear of the property and are set in beautifully maintained 20 acres of sandy, free draining soil with direct access to protected common land. The gently undulating grounds, with a delightful natural stream flowing through the centre, are divided into nine post and rail fenced paddocks with field shelters and automatic water troughs. A large timber stable block is located to the south west and comprises seven loose boxes with tack room and hay store and on the western side of the house there are four more stables and a tack room (with another box used as an outside room) . To the side of the cottage is a useful hay barn/store, a separate small brick outhouse with tiled pitched roof and further timber garage/hay store. Formal gardens, with circular flower beds, are accessed from a south-facing terrace and are planted with a variety of colourful perennials and flowering shrubs. At the front of the property a small paved patio area provides a further outdoor dining area. Also in the grounds are three ornamental ponds.
Spring colour is provided by a long bank of rhododendrons on the south eastern side of the house, beyond which is a superb sand school with dressage mirrors and Grey Green all-weather tennis court.
The property, which is surrounded by wonderful countryside, is well positioned for local amenities, being about 1.5 miles from Elstead, an attractive village with a selection of small shops, doctor’s surgery, church, two public houses and a primary school. Farnham and Guildford offer a wider range of facilities, both shopping and recreational, as well as a diverse selection of restaurants and bars. Road and rail networks are within easy reach with the A3 at Milford linking to the M25 motorway and Gatwick and Heathrow Airports. Commuters by rail can reach London Waterloo in 50 minutes from Milford station which is approximately 5 miles to the east, or, alternatively, Farnham offers a frequent service in approximately 56 minutes. There is an excellent choice of schools in the area, both in the public and private sector. Hankley Common, an area of heathland designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, backs directly on to the property and continues through to Frensham Common, thereby offering miles and miles of uninterrupted walking and riding through some of Surrey’s loveliest countryside.
To one side of the house is a kitchen/breakfast room with comprehensively fitted units and gas fired Aga. There is plenty of space for a good size table and a sitting/TV area with doors onto the garden. Adjacent to the kitchen is a large utility/boot room. A split staircase leads to the first floor with five bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms. Magnificent views over the paddocks are afforded from the main bedroom suite, which incorporates a dressing room with fitted wardrobes and bathroom.
The cottage is detached from the main house and has 2 bedrooms, sitting room, kitchen breakfast room and bathroom. The building has its one front door and access and the bedrooms are currently used as consultation rooms. As a cottage it is well served has a great outlook and is suitably private. Main house EPC Rating D. Annexe EPC rating E.
An in and out drive, sheltered by trees, forms the entrance to Heather Farm with ample parking at the front and side of the house. The outstanding equestrian facilities lie principally to the side and rear of the property and are set in beautifully maintained 20 acres of sandy, free draining soil with direct access to protected common land. The gently undulating grounds, with a delightful natural stream flowing through the centre, are divided into nine post and rail fenced paddocks with field shelters and automatic water troughs. A large timber stable block is located to the south west and comprises seven loose boxes with tack room and hay store and on the western side of the house there are four more stables and a tack room (with another box used as an outside room) . To the side of the cottage is a useful hay barn/store, a separate small brick outhouse with tiled pitched roof and further timber garage/hay store. Formal gardens, with circular flower beds, are accessed from a south-facing terrace and are planted with a variety of colourful perennials and flowering shrubs. At the front of the property a small paved patio area provides a further outdoor dining area. Also in the grounds are three ornamental ponds.
Spring colour is provided by a long bank of rhododendrons on the south eastern side of the house, beyond which is a superb sand school with dressage mirrors and Grey Green all-weather tennis court.
The property, which is surrounded by wonderful countryside, is well positioned for local amenities, being about 1.5 miles from Elstead, an attractive village with a selection of small shops, doctor’s surgery, church, two public houses and a primary school. Farnham and Guildford offer a wider range of facilities, both shopping and recreational, as well as a diverse selection of restaurants and bars. Road and rail networks are within easy reach with the A3 at Milford linking to the M25 motorway and Gatwick and Heathrow Airports. Commuters by rail can reach London Waterloo in 50 minutes from Milford station which is approximately 5 miles to the east, or, alternatively, Farnham offers a frequent service in approximately 56 minutes. There is an excellent choice of schools in the area, both in the public and private sector. Hankley Common, an area of heathland designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, backs directly on to the property and continues through to Frensham Common, thereby offering miles and miles of uninterrupted walking and riding through some of Surrey’s loveliest countryside.
