Property description
With origins dating back to the early 19th century, this beautiful property benefits from many retained period features including a number of working fireplaces, these have been successfully combined with a modern extension to provide spacious and well planned family accommodation over 2 floors.
A spacious entrance hall leads to an equally impressive double aspect sitting room overlooking glorious grounds and a side terrace and second principal reception room also enjoys a double aspect to the front and side. Undeniably the key feature is a large open plan kitchen/diner with an adjoining utility room with a farmhouse style kitchen and double doors onto a large terrace beyond. A rear lobby and cloakroom complete the ground floor accommodation whilst on the first floor there is a magnificent master and guest bedroom suite; both with luxurious en suite facilities, 2 further double bedrooms and a family bathroom complete the accommodation.
St Johns Lye is regarded as one of the best locations to live in the Woking area, and has an array of well established properties in the multi million pound range. A short distance away is Woking Mainline Railway Station frequently serving Waterloo (24 minutes), the South Coast from Portsmouth through to Exeter, and express coach service to Heathrow Airport (Terminal 5, 20-25 minutes). There is also easy access to the M25, M3 and A3 providing links to Heathrow, Gatwick & London City Airports.
Woking has a thriving town centre offering extensive shopping, dining and leisure facilities including The New Victoria Theatre & Cinema, and the Lightbox Gallery. For golfers there is a choice of clubs including, Woking Golf Club (one of the oldest in the UK, founded in 1893), West Hill, Hoebridge, Worplesdon, Chobham and Foxhills (including spa and hotel). Both the Basingstoke Canal and the River Wey are close by for walking, cycling and fishing (permit required), whilst nearby Chobham Common is a National Nature Reserve.
The area is well served by both state and private schools including: Hoebridge,
St Andrews, Greenfield, Halstead, Woking High School, St Dunstan's & St John the Baptist School. Also locally are the Royal Grammar School Guildford, and Guildford High School for Girls.
Please contact Carson & Co. Prestige Homes to make an appointment to view.