Summary
This Colonial style home on St George's Hill, provides opulent accommodation on a grand scale with well-presented family accommodation over three floors extending to 9,758sqft, including a lower ground floor leisure complex, complete with Gym, Games Room and Spa area. Plus separate guest cottage and outdoor pool.
EPC D. Council Tax Band H
Key Features
- 7 Bedrooms
- 4 Reception Rooms
- Lower ground leisure complex
- Guest Cottage
- Swimming pool
- Landscaped grounds
- Council Tax: Elmbridge Band H
- EPC D
Full Description
Passages is approached via wrought iron gates leading to a long shingle driveway to the impressive front of the property with attractive turning circle. This striking property offers well-presented accommodation extending to 9,758sqft The house has a great layout for family living and offers extremely good entertaining accommodation with impressively proportioned rooms, the majority of which have views over the delightful South/South West facing gardens. The accommodation is cleverly arranged into formal and informal sides. The ornate drawing room is a wonderful large room arranged over two levels and is triple aspect. The formal dining room is a particularly impressive room with double doors opening out onto the rear terrace and gardens. Also of note is the relationship between the kitchen/breakfast room and the family room, which is ideally laid out for family use. The leisure facilities are found on the lower ground floor with a library area as well as a large gymnasium, giving access to a jacuzzi area with steam room and mood lighting. Also on this floor there is a TV/cinema room, games room and extra seating area with a contemporary staircase leading straight up to the rear garden
Upstairs, the bedroom accommodation is cleverly arranged. In the principle part of the house there are five separate well-proportioned bedrooms. The master bedroom suite has extensive built in wardrobes, dressing room, balcony and a beautifully equipped en suite bathroom by Villeroy Boch with double width shower area. There are four further bedroom suites in this part of the house with the second bedroom also having access out onto its own balcony. However, it should also be noted there is a separate wing comprising two further bedroom suites which can not only be accessed from the first floor inner landing, but also via a second staircase on the ground floor. Passages also has a detached guest cottage comprising kitchen/living room, bedroom and en suite shower room, making this ideal for staff/au pairs.
Garden/Exterior
There is a long shingle driveway providing parking for numerous vehicles, infront of the integral garage. The house enjoys seclusion on most sides via mature shrubs and an abundance of large trees. The rear garden is mainly flat, laid to lawn and there is a large entertaining terrace off the back of the house , overlooking the outdoor swimming pool complex to one side of the garden. In total the grounds extend to approximately 1.055 acres
Floor Plan
Location
St Georges Hill is internationally renowned as one of the most sought-after private estates in England. Access on to the private, gated estate is controlled 24/7 by the estate’s security personnel.
St Georges Hill is set in some 900 acres and features a private championship golf course and a separate private tennis and squash club. The tennis club is one of the foremost racquet sports clubs in England, with 30 grass and all-weather tennis courts, two indoor courts and four squash courts. The tennis club also has a 20-metre indoor swimming pool, a well-equipped gym and a restaurant and bar.
In addition to the on-site sporting facilities, there are many other challenging golf courses locally including Burhill, Wisley, Woking, Foxhills, Queenwood, Worplesdon and West Hill. Racing is available at Sandown Park, Ascot, Epsom and Windsor. Polo can be enjoyed at Guards Polo Club and The Royal Berkshire Polo Club.
St Georges Hill offers an ideal location for families looking for security and privacy and there are several excellent English and International schools in the area including Reeds School, St Georges College and The ACS International School at Cobham.
Transport links are excellent in this area. Weybridge mainline station has a regular service to London Waterloo in 28 minutes and the M25 (Junc. 10) is 3 miles away giving access to the motorway network. Central London is 21 miles and accessed via the A3 (2.5 miles) and Heathrow airport (13 miles) and Gatwick airport (21 miles) are in easy reach. All distances and travel times are approximate.
