Hindhead Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27

Striking Arts and Crafts family home set in an elevated position with woodland.

Description

Overhanger is a handsome, arts and crafts character home understood to date from 1923 and has been a much loved family home. The current owner has been in residence for over forty years and is in good order throughout with further opportunity to enhance.

The property occupies a private and elevated position and is well screened by specimen trees and a woodland backdrop. A private driveway leads to a substantial, brick built double bay garage leading to a parking area with space for several vehicles.

Internal accommodation extends to over 3300 sq ft and there are a number of excellent reception rooms with a configuration that flows and is flexible in its use. There is a well proportioned, double aspect drawing room and a formal room which both have open fireplaces and gas burning stoves. The sitting room leads to a garden room with access on to the terrace. There is a conventional kitchen with a larder and a utility room to the rear, the kitchen leads to a breakfast room and a walk-in larder.

Upstairs, the generous principal bedrooms boasts built-in storage, countryside views, dressing area and an en suite shower room. There are four additional double bedrooms, a family bathroom and the sixth bedroom could easily be utilised as a study.

Outside the established gardens are a memorable feature of Overhanger, wrapping around three sides of the house with privately positioned patio, areas of gently sloping lawn, mature shrubbery, well stocked borders and beds and a stunning array of trees. To the rear is direct access to an area of woodland.

Location

Overhanger is situated in a highly desirable location within approximately one mile of the popular market town of Haslemere, train station and within circa 2.5 miles to the Devil’s Punch Bowl, Blackdown and the A3.

Haslemere offers excellent shopping including a range of excellent independent shops, a Waitrose, M&S Foodhall and several restaurants and pubs. There are a number of schools, banks, churches and a museum. The mainline railway station provides a frequent service to London, with journey times to Waterloo from around 53 minutes.

There is a good selection of state and private schools in the area, including Highfield and Bookham, St. Edmund’s, Amesbury, St Ives, Churchers College and Beadales etc.

Recreational activities within reach include golf at a number of local clubs including Hindhead and Hankley Common, polo at Cowdray, racing and flying at Goodwood and sailing at Chichester Harbour. The surrounding Surrey Hills offer ample scope for walking, cycling and riding in beautiful countryside.

Square Footage: 3,348 sq ft