5 bedroom house

Penlan is an attractive part-tiled family home offering flexible, light-filled accommodation arranged over two floors. The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall and comprises a large 24 ft. triple aspect drawing room with full-height picture windows overlooking the main garden, French doors to the terrace and an open fireplace. The spacious dining room also opens onto the terrace and there is a generous study/library with another feature open fireplace. The ground floor accommodation is completed by an extensive dual aspect kitchen/ breakfast room with a walk-in pantry, fitted utility room with access to the front garden and a cloakroom.

The kitchen offers a range of wall and floor units with modern integrated appliances while the rear aspect breakfast area has space for a sizeable table for more informal meals.

On the first floor the property offers a large triple aspect principal bedroom with extensive built-in storage and window seating, four further well-proportioned bedrooms, one with French doors and another with a single door to a large rear balcony overlooking the garden. There is also a generous dual aspect study with potential for use as an additional bedroom if required, three family bathrooms, one with a separate neighbouring W.C., and a useful second cloakroom.

Adjoining the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chipstead village offers day- to-day amenities including a church, public houses and a small parade of local shops. Nearby Coulsdon and Banstead both offer
good local shopping while the market town of Reigate offers more extensive High Street and independent stores together with a good range of recreational and leisure amenities including a leisure centre, lawn tennis courts and rugby and cricket clubs. The property is ideally located for the keen golfer with Surrey Downs golf Club and Kingswood Golf & Country Club both nearby. Communications links are excellent: the property enjoys easy access to the M25 and M23 and Kingswood offers excellent connections to London in less than an hour. The property also enjoys excellent links to the motorway network via the A21, A25 and M25 for London and the coast.

The area offers a good range of state schooling including Kingswood Primary School and Royal Alexandra and Albert School. Noted independent schools include Chinthurst, Aberdour, Micklefield, Reigate St. Mary’s, Reigate Grammar, Banstead Prep, Dunottar and Epsom College.

The property is approached over a tarmacadam driveway giving access to the integral carport, a detached double garage with wine cellar and a detached stable block with two stalls, a tack room and hard-standing, the whole screened by mature trees. To the rear the well-maintained garden is laid mainly to level lawn, a very large sun-filled south facing lawn, bordered by mature shrubs and trees and features well-stocked flowerbeds and a spacious paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The property also benefits from a hay barn, tractor store, workshop and a third garage/long shed together with stock-fenced paddocks.

The orchard to the rear and side of the property has mature and young apple trees, mulberry and plums.

The wood has mature deciduous trees with resident owls. The floor of the wood is full of snowdrops, bluebells and wild garlic in the spring. The views are beautiful especially as the sun rises over the fields below the hay barn.

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