Great Austins, Farnham, GU9

A spectacular, charming and substantial five-bedroom detached family residence located in one of South Farnham’s premier roads. This much-loved family home, built in 1923, has been beautifully re-modelled and upgraded by the current owners, with the help of an architect, to create a modern, characterful home and is presented in excellent order throughout. Offered to the market for the first time in over 20 years, this beautiful home is situated within a short walk of Farnham town centre, mainline station and highly regarded schools.

Located in the heart of the prestigious Great Austins residential conservation area, this
substantial, five-bedroom, four bathroom detached home exudes character and charm and
enjoys a large plot with landscaped gardens front and back. This elegant property boasts
four separate reception rooms providing versatile spaces for relaxation, work and
entertainment.
You enter the property through a generous oak-framed porch, and into a spacious and light
filled entrance hall with oak flooring and off to the right are doors leading to a study or
home-office, a downstairs cloakroom and WC, and finally a large utility room at the back
with plenty of storage, a large butler sink and with access to the rear garden. As you turn
left and continue further along the L-shaped hallway you find a bank of built-in storage
cupboards, and then from here you have access to all the remaining reception rooms
leading from a central hallway. Opposite the door to the kitchen there is a Snug/TV room or
Playroom, then double glass doors open to a large middle reception room with a lovely bay
window facing to the front and featuring a wood burning stove, and then finally the triple
aspect lounge featuring a beautiful Chesneys open fireplace, and French doors leading to a
covered porch area and terrace, a real suntrap and a place to catch the evening sun setting
at the bottom of the garden.
A few stairs lead down from the main hallway to the heart of the home, a wonderful light
filled kitchen, dining and living space which has been perfectly designed for modern living
and entertaining. This room has been fitted with bespoke hand-made kitchen units, a
central island, ceramic floor, a gas Rayburn range cooker, built-in electric combi-oven and
electric hobs, stunning granite worktops, space for a large American fridge-freezer, a bay
window at the back where sofas provide seating that looks out to the garden and views
beyond, and oak bi-folding doors stretch the length of the room facing south which open
onto a large paved entertaining area, and then steps leading down to the main lawn.
A wide turning staircase from the main hallway gives access to the first-floor
accommodation, which includes five bedrooms and three bathrooms. The principal
bedroom is a great size spanning the full width of the house and has a large 4-piece en suite
bathroom to the front, and features French doors leading onto a balcony at the back
overlooking the rear garden and enjoying lovely views beyond to Farnham Park and
Farnham Castle. At the other end of the first floor there is a large self-contained guest
bedroom with an en suite bathroom, and then two further large double bedrooms and a
fifth single bedroom, all served by a good-sized family bathroom.

The house has gas central heating, and enjoys under-floor heating to the kitchen and much
of the downstairs, all other rooms in the house have old style restored cast-iron radiators
with thermostat controls. Most rooms have been fitted with wooden shutters or venetian blinds to the windows.

Garden & Exterior

The property is situated on a lovely generous plot, with mature landscaped gardens to the front and back. There is hedging and trees to the front providing good screening and privacy, and a large gravel driveway at the front and to the side of the property providing parking for at least 6 cars, and benefits from an electric charging point. The rear garden is beautiful, has been landscape designed, and well stocked and maintained, and offers a good degree of privacy. There is a large, paved south-west facing entertaining area which wraps around the rear of the property and which is accessed from the kitchen/diner, and also the back of the lounge, and is ideal for hosting summer BBQ’s. To one side is a small potting shed, and then steps lead down to the formal lawn which is level and of a generous size, and perfect for children to play in. At the bottom end of the garden is a lower level with further lawn and several vegetable beds for growing your own vegetables, an apple tree, a rose bed and also a bed of mature fruit bushes, as well as a large shed.