Guildford Road, Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey

Tilings is a sensitively extended tile-hung property offering almost 2,700 sq. ft. of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. Configured for ideal family living and entertaining, the ground floor flows from a welcoming reception hall with a cloakroom. It leads to a wooden-floored sitting room featuring a bay window, inglenook fireplace with a woodburner, and full-height glazing with French doors to the terrace. A dining room, also with a bay window offers an exposed brick fireplace and useful storage. The extensive kitchen/breakfast room has a bespoke in-frame kitchen from Charter Walk, Haslemere with wall and base units including a solid oak breakfast bar, modern integrated appliances, a glazed door to the terrace and underfloor heating. A neighbouring inner hall, also with a glazed door to the terrace in turn gives access to a fitted utility/boot room with Belfast sink, ample storage and access to the front. A vaulted wooden-floored family room with exposed beams, freestanding woodburner and patio doors to the terrace completes the ground floor. On the first floor the property offers a principal bedroom with fitted dressing area and modern en suite bathroom, four further bedrooms with one fitted as a study, three with built-in storage, and a contemporary family shower room. There are two airing cupboards, both with hot water cylinders, giving separate tanks for each bathroom and extensive built-in storage on the landing.

Having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a gravelled driveway offering private parking and giving access to a timber garage with log store. The generous southwest facing garden is a particular feature of the property and is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by mature shrubs and trees including several azaleas, fruit trees and large acer, giving a high degree of seclusion. There is a stream to side of the garden, a garden pond, numerous seating areas, a vegetable garden with raised beds, fruit cage, garden store and a wraparound split-level paved and decked terrace, ideal for entertaining. A side access gate and brick paved path leads to the driveway. To the rear of the garden is a gate leading to a footpath and neighbouring woodland.

Located on the fringes of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the small picturesque Surrey village of Shamley Green has a village green with pond and day-to-day amenities including a church, local shop and Post Office, a charming coffee shop, popular primary school and two public houses, one being The Red Lion, an award-winning gastro pub overlooking the cricket green. There is also a thriving community village hall.
Cranleigh has an excellent range of shops, supermarkets, Golf and Country Club, popular Arts venue and a sports centre. More extensive shopping, service, leisure and cultural amenities are available in Guildford and Godalming. Communications links are excellent: the nearby A3 links to the south coast, the M25 and motorway network and London’s airports. Shalford station offers regular direct services to Guildford and central London. The area has a wide range of independent schools including Duke of Kent School, Longacre, St. Catherine’s, Cranleigh, Royal Grammar, Tormead, Guildford High, St. Hilary’s and Charterhouse.