Smithwood Common, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6

Fabulous country house with an exceptional balance of family living.

Description

Approached via a long private driveway, Manor Cottage is built from attractive Bargate stone and is predominately south facing with private gardens. Inside there is a wealth of entertaining space. At the heart is a magnificent extended kitchen family room. This bright and spacious area of over 40 ft in length offers a variety of flexible lifestyle options and opens onto the gardens and pool complex enabling a superb balance of indoor and outdoor living.

There are two further rooms for entertaining one a well-appointed south facing drawing room with inglenook fireplace and wine cellar overlooking the gardens and a second TV room or playroom ideal for children. There is also a large utility room and boot room with own entrance and a downstairs loo with shower room.

Upstairs is a well laid out for family living consisting of five bedrooms and three bathrooms. The principal bedroom has a spacious ensuite and separate dressing area and overlooks the south facing gardens. The four further bedrooms are all ensuite with two large Jack and Jill bathrooms connecting to the bedrooms.

Manor Cottage comes into its own with its quite magnificent gardens and provides the opportunity for the complete outdoor lifestyle. Leading off the kitchen is a large tiled area consisting of swimming pool and decked pergola with its own fireplace and a large well-appointed outdoor kitchen. Here there is also an excellent newly built gym with a separate study/studio.

Towards the southern aspect of the gardens a well maintained and floodlit tennis court with an excellent contemporary pavilion with a bar and cinema and ample space for sofas and games room.

Within the gardens there are an number of mature flower beds and wild summer meadows with an excellent filtered pond with feature fountain.

The current owners jointly own with surrounding neighbours an area of approximately 25 acres of common that they have direct access to. There is also separate gated access to Smithwood Common itself.

Location

Manor Cottage has direct access on to Smithwood Common, consisting of swathes of common land and close to Winterfold Forest and The Hurtwood, and provideds excellent riding, walking and mountain bike trails. Cranleigh is less than two miles away with an array of shops and a thriving cricket, football and rugby club community. A leisure centre and a golf and country club are also within the village There are many schools in the vicinity, including Cranleigh School. The county town of Guildford, with its main line station and regular commuter service to Waterloo is seven miles away.

Distances:
Cranleigh - 1.7 miles
Shamley Green - 2.4 miles
Guildford - 7.4 miles

Directions:
From Guildford, follow the A281, Horsham Road, south for 1.6 miles to Shalford and, at the roundabout, take the first exit onto Kings Road, the A248, towards Cranleigh and Wonersh. Follow this road for about 4.5 miles, as it becomes the B2128, to the roundabout at Gaston Gate. Take the first exit and, after a short distance, turn left into Smithwood Common Road, then left again into Alderbrook Road. Manor cottage can be found further down on the right.

Square Footage: 5,989 sq ft


Acreage: 2.5 Acres