5 bedroom house
Portsmouth Road, Hindhead, Surrey, GU26 6BQ
Guide Price
£1,250,000
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Property Tags: N/A
Land Tags: Woodland
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Oct 2022
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: N/A
- Property Tags: N/A
- Land Tags: Woodland
Reception Hall
overall with and elegant wide staircase, wood block flooring and atrium to first floor, leading into an inner hall 16' 7 x 4'6, doors off leading to:
Cloakroom
with w.c., hand wash basin.
Kitchen
with two windows and back door, sink unit, base & wall units. door to
Sitting/Dining Room
Plus a dining Bay 10' x 9' with curved windows and curved bench seat with garden views to the South West. Feature fireplace with Oak surround and fire grate. Door to garden & door to:
Drawing Room
Plus a magnificent semi-circular Bay 16'4 x 10'6 with fitted curved bench seating & tall windows. Historic fireplace with carved wood surround and mirrored top with open fire & tiled slips and large hearth, Ornate plaster coving, Oak flooring.
First Floor Landing
Elegant staircase to main landing which is used as the Library/Office, plus secondary landing with access up to the :
Attics
which are substantial and include a borrowed light lantern for the landing, space and potential for attics rooms.
Master Bedroom
with a 16'4 wide bay plus side windows, wood flooring, stunning views over the garden & beyond to The South Downs.
Bedroom Two
into similar Bay with stunning views over the garden & beyond to The South Downs.
Bedroom Three
window overlooking the gardens.
Library/Office
with a bank of fitted bookshelves, front window and is open to the atrium of the stairwell.
Family Bathroom
panelled bath, hand wash basin, w.c., two windows.
Bedroom Four
with window overlooking a Balcony
Bedroom Five
with window to Balcony.
Secondary Landing
None
Outside
West Wing owns the main drive way with parking in front of the house with space to put Outbuildings and Garaging.
The Gardens
These are substantial and form part of the original layout including the level entertaining area immediately around the house with ornate stone walls and wide steps leading down to large area of lawn flanked by a bank of Rhododendrons of differing colours and azaleas which are awash with colour in the Spring, beyond is an area of light woodland with some specimen trees. The gardens & grounds extend to about 1 acre .
Brief History
West Down
is an important house for Hindhead and it was built for
Miss James by G Faulkner Armitage Anno Domini in 1893, Whilst on holiday in Switzerland then then decided to establish a home in Hindhead which was known as “England’s Little Switzerland”, being 800 ft high with fantastic views. For further information please refer to grayshottheritage.com
The Surrounding Area
Set close to the large village of Grayshott which offers over 20 shops, cafes restaurants, village pub & garden, Church school, doctors, dentist, opticians and an active village hall. Haslemere railway station is about 3 miles with Waterloo London reached in under 55 minutes. The area is magnificent and much of it owned by the National Trust including The Gibbet & Devils Punchbowl reached via Miss James's walk.
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Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.