The Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24

Believed to have been built sometime between 1290 and 1310, Middle Farm is perhaps one of Surrey’s oldest houses.

This 13th century, Grade II listed house is a wood-framed hall house, with a huge Inglenook fireplace in the middle, where humans would have been on one side and animals on the other. Latterly, the building was split into two or three dwellings, but is now a charming, unique and versatile home, with an abundance of character features, potential and flexible accommodation options. The house is currently arranged as a detached two storey house, a detached two storey annexe, gardens, parking, and outbuildings.

The main house offers three bedrooms and two bathrooms on the first floor, with the principal bedroom suite accessed from one staircase and two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom accessed from another. On the ground floor there is one further bedroom, a study, and two reception areas, along with a kitchen /breakfast room, separate utility room and a downstairs cloakroom.

The detached annexe is potentially a great revenue stream, as it is regularly let through Airbnb, but it would be a fabulous, self-contained annexe to the house. As a detached building, it has its own front door, kitchen / living space, a shower room and a bedroom and storage on the first floor.

The gardens wrap around the curtilage of the property and the front garden is retained by a beautiful stone and brick wall. To the left-hand side is an area which has been used as a vegetable patch with chicken coop. To the right is a gravelled driveway with parking for several cars. Across the rear boundary is a series of outbuildings in various states of repair and these are separated into a modern office / den, two storage sheds and a double height barn, which is in need of repair but offers great potential. The main garden area is beautifully tended with a large koi carp pond, a rose walk, good sized lawn, mature trees and hedging and the most gorgeous wisteria.

Located in the heart of Effingham Village, this truly wonderful home is a Building of Special Interest on the doorstep of the Howard of Effingham School, St Lawrence Primary School, two fantastic pubs and a parade of shops with a butcher, baker, convenience, and hardware stores, amongst others.