8 bedroom detached house for sale

Exceptional Edwardian country house set in glorious gardens.

Description

Understood to date from 1902, Campions is an attractive and impressive family home of elegant proportions, with colour-washed and part tile-hung elevations under a plain tiled roof. The property has been enlarged, sympathetically upgraded by the current owners and meticulously maintained now offering particularly light and spacious family accommodation in a most convenient yet secluded location. Internally, the principal reception areas include a delightful reception hall, cloakroom, dining room, elegant drawing room and sitting room that all benefit from high ceilings, working fireplaces and attractive garden views. The recently extended kitchen/family room is memorable, bespoke in its design with underfloor heating, hand-built solid wood units featuring a central island which opens into a substantial reception area with direct access to the patio and garden, ideal for family living. There is also a very useful boot room/utility and a walk in pantry/larder. First floor accommodation includes an impressive master suite incorporating a generous dressing room and beautifully appointed bathroom from which garden views may be enjoyed. Five further bedrooms and three further bathrooms are flexibly arranged affording open garden views with the Surrey Hills beyond.

A cottage is situated a short distance from the house comprising a ground floor living room and kitchen, with two bedrooms and a bathroom above. There are a number of former stables which make excellent garden stores, as well as further outbuildings for secure storage. The grounds and gardens extend to approximately 4.5 acres and are a particular feature of this property, surrounding the house to provide a high level of privacy and seclusion. The rear garden is South West facing and there are level, well-maintained lawns extending away from the patio.

The property is approached via a long, tree-lined drive with gardens to the left hand side leading to a turning area with a central island. The drive continues beyond the house towards the cottage with both a double garage and a separate three bay garage.

Location

Campions occupies an enviable, private and peaceful position in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which includes some of the most beautiful countryside in the southeast. The house benefits from its semi rural location yet is still within reach of Cranleigh village, with its excellent selection of local shops and services including M&S Food, Sainsbury's, Boots and numerous cafes and restaurants.

A complete wider range of shopping, leisure and cultural amenities are found at Guildford, where there is also a mainline station offering a fast and frequent service to London Waterloo from approximately 33 minutes.

Cranleigh benefits from a very good selection of schools within reach, including Cranleigh Preparatory and Senior School, Hurtwood House, Longacre, Duke of Kent, St Catherine's, Guildford High School, Royal Grammar School and Charterhouse.

Recreational opportunities include golf at several local clubs, Cranleigh’s own Sport and Leisure centre, polo at Ewhurst as well as racing at Epsom and Sandown Park.

Square Footage: 5,002 sq ft


Acreage: 4.6 Acres

Directions

From Guildford, follow the A281, Horsham Road, south for about a 1.5 miles to Shalford and, here, turn left onto the A248, Kings Road, towards Wonersh and Cranleigh. Follow this road, which become the B2128, for about 7 miles into Cranleigh, through the High Street, to a roundabout at the far end of the village, with a petrol station on the right. Take the first exit from the roundabout towards Ewhurst and follow this road for 2.2 miles into Ewhurst and, where the road bears sharply left, turn right into The Green then, after 0.4 miles, turn left across the green with the cricket pitch and pond on the right. The entrance drive to Campions will be found after 0.3 miles on the left.