5 bedroom house

Plain Cottage is a beautifully presented property that provides light and airy accommodation with modern fittings and stylish, neutral décor.
The welcoming reception hall has flagstone flooring and exposed timber beams, and leads to the sitting room towards the rear of the ground floor. The sitting room has wooden flooring, a fireplace with a woodburning stove, French doors opening onto the rear decking, and a skylight, making for a light and airy living space. A second reception area could be used as a study or family room, and leads to the three ground-floor bedrooms. The kitchen and dining area is an open-plan space, with a part-vaulted ceiling and bi-fold doors opening onto the rear deck, while the kitchen has white units, wooden worktops, a central island and a stainless steel range cooker. There are three double bedrooms on the ground floor, including the principal bedroom, which has fitted storage and an en suite shower room. The first floor has a further large double bedroom, a study, and a bathroom. The detached annexe provides further useful and attractive accommodation, arranged over two floors. The ground floor has an open-plan kitchen and sitting area, while upstairs there is a double bedroom and an en suite shower room. EPC rating TBC.

Plain Cottage is set in a superb location, close to the centre of the village of Dockenfield on the Surrey/Hampshire border, set within the South Downs National Park, and backing directly onto Alice Holt Forest. Dockenfield is an active and vibrant village which offers a church, the popular Bluebell pub and many well-supported community events and clubs including the annual Dockenfield Day village fete, Horticultural Society, Local History Group, Village Lunch, Pilates in the church hall and more. The nearby villages of Frensham and Rowledge boast a variety of local facilities including a village shop, Post Office, butcher, public houses, cricket and tennis clubs and excellent schools. There is sailing and fishing at the Frensham Ponds and many well-regarded golf courses close by. Alice Holt Forest () provides an opportunity for walking, riding, cycling and outward-bound activities. The Shipwrights Way, a 50-mile cycle route to the south coast is nearby. The pretty Georgian market town of Farnham provides the area with an excellent range of shopping and leisure facilities, with the more extensive facilities of Guildford a little further afield.

At the entrance to the property, timber gates open onto a gravel driveway, which leads to the large detached garaging block and spacious parking area at the side of the house. The level garden to the front and rear of the house is mostly laid to lawn, with a variety of mature trees, shrubs and hedgerow. Across the back of the house there is a spacious area of timber decking, which is ideal for sitting, relaxing and enjoying al fresco dining. There is a gate providing private access to Alice Holt Forest.

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Farnham