Ford Lane, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey

This handsome detached family home, on the market for the first time in over 45 years, offers light, spacious accommodation, traditional styling and several attractive original features, including sash windows, cast-iron fireplaces, high ceilings and picture rails.

There are four flexible reception rooms on the ground floor including the sitting room, which has windows to the front and rear and a fireplace. Adjoining the sitting room is the light and airy conservatory, with its panoramic windows overlooking the gardens and French doors opening onto a balcony. Also on the ground floor is the formal dining room and the breakfast room, which adjoins the kitchen. The kitchen has wooden fitted units, an integrated hob and double oven with space for all the necessary household appliances. Beyond the kitchen is a garden room or occasional bedroom 5 with en suite shower room.

On the first floor there are four double bedrooms, including a generous principal bedroom with a lovely dual aspect. Two of the bedrooms have their own washbasins, with the first floor also featuring a family bathroom with a separate shower unit.

At the front of the property there is a gravel driveway with a turning circle, plenty of parking space and access to the integrated double garage and workshop. The front garden has various established shrubs and hedgerows, while at the rear there is an area of paved terracing, and a split-level lawn with a wealth of shrubs and mature trees, as well as a timber-framed summer house. A wonderful established garden ideal for wildlife lovers. About 0.6 acres.

The Georgian town of Farnham benefits from an extensive range of boutique and high street shopping including Sainsbury’s and Waitrose and a growing selection of cafes and restaurants. An excellent choice of state schools includes the very popular Weydon School, Highfield South Farnham School and St Polycarps, all rated by Ofsted as ‘outstanding. Private schools in the area include Churchers, Lord Wandsworth College, Edgeborough, More House, Frensham Heights, Charterhouse, Royal Grammar School and Guildford High School.

There is easy access to the surrounding countryside with walking, cycling, fishing and riding at Alice Holt Forest, walking in the Bourne Woods and at Frensham Little Pond, and sailing at the Great Pond.

Communications are first class with the mainline station only two miles away. The A31/A3 and A331/M3 provide links to London and the south coast. Gatwick, Heathrow and Southampton airports are all reached in under an hour.

EPC rating D.