Summary
SOLD BY BURNS & WEBBER - A distinctive 3 bedroom semi-detached character home with an abuncance of charm, together with a delightful southerly facing garden, situated in a highly desirable location overlooking Smithwood Common, on the periphery of Cranleigh village. EPC D
Key Features
- SOLD BY BURNS & WEBBER
- Welcoming open plan dining and sitting room with open log burning fireplace
- Newly fitted Wren kitchen incorporating breakfast area
- Utility room with further sink and adjoining downstairs cloakroom
- Principal bedroom with beautiful Victorian fireplace and exposed beams
- Two further bedrooms with fitted wardrobes and cupboards
- Useful summer house/office with cabled electricity and decking
- Pretty garden to rear with further outbuildings for storage
Full Description
Step back in time on your arrival at Smithwood Common and view this beautiful and tranquil cottage offered for sale. There is ample parking opposite the property and further space along the side of the Common. The current owners have owned the home since 2004 and have carefully restored its character and charm.
The lovely dark solid oak door to the porch welcomes you into a useful space for coats and boots etc and then a further wooden door leads you into the stunning main living rooms. The vendors have opened up the downstairs layout to provide a truly versatile living space, with an exposed brick open fireplace to the dining area and French doors leading on to the pretty courtyard garden. Wood flooring and exposed beams throughout the downstairs accommodation add further to the period features that this property offers.
The kitchen/breakfast room has recently been sympathetically updated with Wren wall and base cupboards and drawers in a matt cream finish, integrated dishwasher, handsome stainless steel Stoves range cooker and oak counter worktops. Original features include a small paned window over the sink and a decorative non-working fireplace in the breakfast area. The kitchen benefits from superb underfloor heating and leads into the generous utility room with further useful storage, a second sink and space/plumbing for additional white goods. There is also a separate downstairs cloakroom.
Stairs leading from the breakfast room take you to the first floor. The principal bedroom is a delight, once again with open beams and a wrought iron Victorian fireplace. The property affords two further bedrooms, one with fitted mirrored wardrobes and the other with fitted cupboards and additional beams offering character. All bedrooms have fantastic views: either of fields to the rear of the Common at the back; or Winterfold to the front. The expansive bathroom offers a white suite with twin washbasins and a large bath with integral shower.
Outside is a very interesting garden with a courtyard patio directly outside the rear of the property which then travels on a gravel and brick edged path meandering through mature beds with shrubs to a lawned area and well stocked flowerbeds. Here you will find an attractive summerhouse, built four years ago, which has the added benefit of certified electrics and internet currently used as an office but with its decking also offers a beautiful space for outside entertaining and relaxing.
Floor Plan
Location
The property is situated in Smithwood Common, mid-way between Shamley Green and Cranleigh villages in the centre of a scenic area of the Surrey Hills, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. Cranleigh is 10 miles to the south of Guildford, with its mainline station, fast service into Waterloo and access to the A3 for the M25 and London. Cranleigh village has an art centre, health centre, library and leisure centre, a butcher, fishmonger, Marks and Spencer 'Simply Food', two supermarkets and a wide range of independent retailers. The area is surrounded by superb open wooded countryside, offering some of the best walking, cycling and horse riding opportunities to be found in the South of England.