5 bedroom detached house

Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with feature parquet flooring and comprises a large sitting room with two front aspect bay windows, exposed wooden flooring and a feature brick-built open fireplace and a generous dining room with bay window, exposed wooden flooring and feature fireplace. Also on the ground floor is a spacious kitchen/breakfast room with a range of modern wall and base units including a large central island with breakfast bar, quartz worktops, modern integrated appliances including a wine chiller and a breakfast area with French doors to the rear terrace. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a large utility room with useful cloakroom and doors to the garden and to a 15 ft. triple aspect office with walk-in storage.

On the first floor the property provides a large principal bedroom with modern en suite bathroom and four further well-proportioned double bedrooms, one with a feature fireplace, together with a modern family bathroom and contemporary family shower room.

The property is located at the heart of Wormley village, the former home of George Eliot, with Witley station offering regular services to London Waterloo in less than an hour. Nearby Chiddingfold has a thriving local community and is well served by two village stores, a Post Office, butcher, chemist, doctor’s surgery, tea shop, three public houses, St. Teresa’s Catholic Church and St. Mary’s Church together with a recreation ground providing two public tennis courts, playing fields and a children’s play area. Haslemere town provides a good selection of boutique shopping, restaurants, a Waitrose supermarket, recreational facilities and a mainline station with fast trains reaching London Waterloo in approximately 53 minutes. Communications links are excellent: the A3 London to Portsmouth road is about 3.5 miles distant providing access to Guildford, London, Heathrow, Gatwick, the M25 and through the Hindhead tunnel south to the coast, and Witley station provides regular services to London Waterloo in less than an hour.

The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling together with a good selection of independent schools including King Edward’s Witley, Barrow Hills, St. Hilary’s, St. Ives, The Royal, Charterhouse, Aldro, St Edmunds and Amesbury.

Witley station 0.1 mile (London Waterloo 53 minutes), Hambledon 1.3 miles, Chiddingfold 2.4 miles, Godalming 5.1 miles, Haslemere 5.4 miles

Occupying a sizeable plot, the property is approached through a five-bar gate over a gravelled side driveway offering parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to a detached timber-framed outbuilding incorporating a garage and carport. The well-maintained garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features parterre planting with seating area and a large paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole screened by mature hedging and trees.