Brighton Road, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20

A detached family home in just under an acre of gardens in need of full refurbishment with the benefit of a modern detached one bedroom converted garage.

Description

The house occupies a large mature plot of about an acre that offers a wonderful opportunity as a refurbishment project. There is also fabulous potential to extend the accommodation subject to the usual planning consents and restrictions. There is currently well balanced accommodation over three floors of approximately 2,570 Sq ft in the main house and a further 595 Sq ft in the detached garage that has been converted into separate accommodation.

The ground floor consists of a large entrance hall, three large reception rooms, kitchen, utility room and guest cloakroom. On the first floor there are four bedrooms and the family bathroom and on the top floor there are three further bedrooms and another bathroom along with a significant loft space.
The detached converted garage currently comprises a large living room/kitchen with a separate bedroom and bathroom.

The house sits in about 0.87 of an acre of mature gardens that face east. The front garden comprises a large private driveway. The rear garden comprises a terrace that leads to large lawns with mature planted borders.

Agents comment: Please note, the garage was converted into an annexe/studio in 2011; No planning permission was obtained.

Location

This home occupies a position in lower Kingswood just inside the M25, south of the village of Chipstead and approximately four miles from Kingswood station with mainline links to Victoria, Charing Cross and London Bridge, whilst the nearby towns of Banstead, Reigate and Epsom provide more varied facilities including bars, restaurants and Waitrose and M&S Simply Food.

Chipstead is a quintessential country village that lies within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with a beautiful Norman church, a pretty village pond, a community hall, youth and adult football, rugby and cricket clubs, a village green, two pubs and an amateur theatre.

Reigate, a bustling market town, is two miles away and commuting from here into London takes around 40 minutes. Reigate offers an impressive range of shops and services in the best tradition of English rural communities.

The picturesque streets have a delightfully modern, cosmopolitan feel and where independent boutiques rub shoulders with popular high street stores. There are also a good number of cafes and coffee shops including Costa and Cafe Nero.

Local restaurants include Cote, Bill’s, Cullenders Parkside, Wagamama and Nando's. Reigate Priory Park offers many acres of open parkland and excellent facilities including tennis courts, Skate Park and The Pavilion cafe.

There are excellent road links with the nearby A217 leading into Central London and out to the M25 providing connections to the wider motorway network and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports.

The area is well served with both state and independent schools for all ages including Aberdour, Bramley, Royal Albert and Alexander, Whitgift, City of London Freemans, Epsom College, and Reigate Grammar.

There are an array of fabulous sporting and leisure facilities including racing at Epsom and championship golf at Walton Heath, Kingswood and the RAC Club. There is also good walking and riding country nearby at Chipstead and Banstead Heath.

Square Footage: 2,570 sq ft


Acreage: 0.87 Acres