• 3 principal reception rooms +
• Kitchen/breakfast room with pantry +
• Principal bedroom with ensuite shower room and dressing room +
• 4 further bedrooms and 2 further bath/shower rooms +
• Parking for numerous cars +
• Cellars and stores +
• Detached office/gym +
• Landscaped garden +
• By separate negotiation 2 bedroom detached cottage +

Longdown House is a handsome Victorian house, understood to date from 1890. It has been the subject of recent restoration and comprehensive refurbishment, to sympathetically update both the interior and exterior whilst retaining the inherent character and charm of it's period origins.
The attractive elevations are clay tile-hung and there are recently installed double glazed windows.
The beautiful original front door opens to a spacious entrance hall with an open fireplace and patterned tiled floor. There is a pleasing flow to the bright ground floor accommodation, centered around a magnificent vaulted drawing room with a log burning stove, engineered oak flooring and French doors out to the garden. 2 further living rooms, the music room,, also with log burning stove, and the snug/family room both have glazed bi-fold doors out to a sun-deck terrace overlooking the garden.
The kitchen/breakfast room is another bright open-plan space. It features a range of bespoke hand-built kitchen units with extensive work surfaces, a Lacanche range with a gas hob and two electric ovens, and a roomy walk-in pantry. 2 separate stairways lead down to the lower ground floor where there is a fitted utility room featuring a very useful shower for muddy dogs and there is a cellar for storage.
Up on the first floor, a notable gallery landing overlooks the drawing room. The principal bedroom has an ensuite shower room and dressing room, and one of several attractive original fireplaces which feature throughout the house. There are a further 2 bedrooms and a charming and beautifully appointed family bathroom with a shower over a free-standing bath and Karndean flooring.
On the second floor there are two further bedrooms and a spacious 'Jack and Jill' shower room, equally well-appointed.
There are excellent views from many of the windows and underfloor heating in the kitchen, the family bathroom, and the second floor shower room.

Poppy Cottage is situated next door and is available in addition to Longdown House. It has parking for at least two cars, and there is planning permission for a separate drive entrance if desired.
It is a charming refurbished cottage with a spacious living room, open plan to a fitted kitchen on the ground floor, where there is also a stylish shower room. Upstairs, a central landing leads to 2 bedrooms. There is a secluded private fenced garden. Further details are available on request.

Outside

Set well back with extensive off-road parking, the house is accessed through secure gates and there is a gravel drive and turning area in front of the house. There is provision for an electric vehicle charging point.
The gardens lie predominantly to the south and east and are overlooked by the sun-deck, accessed from the ground and lower ground floor of the house. The garden comprises three level terraces, with a large lawn at the lower level, and sun terraces above. Within the garden there is a substantial detached office/gym. The boundary is stock fenced and the garden features numerous established trees and shrubs including a pink and a white magnolia, camelia, acer, and a wisteria on the southern elevation of the house. There are various raised flower beds and a potting shed.

Situation

The property is situated in an elevated, private position within easy reach of the exceptional open spaces of National Trust owned Hindhead Common and The Devils Punchbowl. There are local amenities in Hindhead, as well as Grayshott, with more comprehensive facilities in Haslemere town including specialist shops, supermarkets and the mainline station offering a frequent service to Waterloo in under an hour. The A3 is readily accessible at Hindhead providing a road link to central London, the south coast, and both Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Schooling in the area for all age groups is excellent, including The Royal Junior and Senior Schools, Aldro, Amesbury, Charterhouse, Highfield and Bookham, Priorsfield, and St Edmund's. Sporting facilities include golf at Hindhead, Hankley Common, Liphook, and Goodwood, racing also at Goodwood and Fontwell, polo at Cowdray Park, and sailing on Frensham Ponds and from Chichester Harbour. One of the great features of this property is how connected it is, yet also surrounded by some of the county’s most beautiful and protected countryside ideal for walking, running, riding and cycling.

Additional Information

Local Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Council Tax: Band H
Services: Mains water, electricity and gas. Solar photovoltaic panels. Drainage to a septic tank.