Dippenhall, Farnham, Surrey

Deans Knowe is a charming timber framed country house originally built circa 1570, which was subject to extension and alteration by Harold Falkner who owned the property for over 40 years in the 1920s. The property features splendid elevations, part red brick and part timber frame and render infill, while inside, there is more than 3,000 square feet of beautifully presented accommodation, with leaded windows, ledged and braced internal doors, exposed beams, brick floors and beautiful oak floors.

The main reception room is the well-proportioned kitchen/breakfast room with its fireplace, which has been fitted with a woodburning stove. There is also a study, which could be used as a family room or a formal dining room. The kitchen and dining room has stylish modern units, a grand brick-built fireplace with a woodburning stove, a breakfast bar, an Everhot ranger cooker and space for a dining table. The cellar offers further space for storage.

On the first floor there are four double bedrooms including the generous principal bedroom, which has a triple aspect overlooking the garden and countryside beyond. There is also a large family bathroom with dual washbasins, a bathtub and a separate shower unit. Additionally, there is a spacious attic, with two bedrooms requiring modernisation.

Deans Knowe is approached via a brick pillared entrance leading to a gravel driveway giving access to the period barn/garage, parking and brick arch to front and rear entrances

The partly walled formal landscaped gardens were influenced by his friend the horticulturalist and garden designer Gertrude Jekyll.

To the rear the brick terrace has three steps down to a level lawn which is bordered by many flower and shrub borders in a beautiful mature and established setting and leads through a wrought iron gate to a further area of garden and access to the paddock/field beyond.

Period barn/garage, garden pond, greenhouse, aviary, tool shed, storage area, brick outbuilding, boiler house and oil tank storage.

In all over 3 acres.

The property occupies a delightful rural position on the Surrey/Hampshire border adjoining farmland and with distant views over the surrounding countryside. The property is situated about 1.5 miles to the west of Farnham, close to the villages of Crondall and Bentley, both of which have a choice of inns, village stores, recreation grounds, village halls and primary schools.

The Georgian market town of Farnham offers an excellent range of boutique and high street shopping, recreational and educational facilities, a leisure centre, Reels Cinema and a good choice of state and private schools. Excellent private schools nearby include St Nicholas’ School, Frensham Heights, Charterhouse and Lord Wandsworth College.

Communications are excellent with Farnham’s mainline station, with services to London Waterloo within 2.5 miles, and the A31/A3/M25 providing access to London, Heathrow, Gatwick and the South Coast.

EPC Rating F.