Longdown Road, Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, GU10

Four bedroom Victorian Gothic house with south facing elevated views.

Description

This four bedroom house is positioned in a sought after South Farnham location in the Bourne. Set back from the road in a wide plot, it has an attractive Victorian exterior and sits in an in an elevated position with southerly treetop views across the Bourne Valley.

Pine Ridge West is a portion of a Victorian Gothic country house built in 1879. This is a unique property with classical Gothic characteristics, which include a pitched slate roof, painted brick elevations, stepped gabled parapets with stone capping and finials, and lancet windows.

The property is entered via the original arched oak door into an entrance hall and retains original period features including incredible ceiling heights, sash windows and decorative cornicing. On the ground floor, an elegant drawing room features a beautiful tall sash window overlooking the garden a marble fireplace and oak floorboards. The country style kitchen has a range cooker and breakfast bar seating and is open to a sunny double aspect dining room with patio doors opening out to a raised garden terrace, making the most of glorious far reaching views across the Bourne Valley. There is a downstairs cloakroom and stairs down to a useful cellar area.

Additionally on the ground floor, there is a second kitchen/utility room, further downstairs cloakroom, and another well-proportioned reception room with double doors providing access to the garden. These rooms could be used in conjunction with each other as an annexe, as there is a lift to a first floor en suite bedroom.

On the first floor, there are three well-proportioned bedrooms that are all en suite, one with a dressing room. The current layout could be altered to provide access to the third bedroom from the main staircase. On the second floor there is a charming eaves bedroom with an en suite bathroom.

Outside, the property is accessed via a gated entrance opening onto a generous gravelled driveway with ample parking and access to the rear, and is bordered by a front garden lawn and mixture of mature trees and shrubs.

To the rear, there is an attractive south east facing garden with a decorative terrace providing a great space for alfresco dining and enjoying the beautiful treetop view. The garden area is mainly laid to lawn with mature planting and there is a barbeque area and a good sized storage shed.

Location

Lower Bourne has everyday amenities including a general store with Post Office, pharmacy, doctor’s surgery, veterinary clinic, local pubs and a church. The Bourne village green has football and cricket clubs, tennis courts and a children’s playground.

The Georgian market town of Farnham (1.9 miles) offers an extensive range of branded and independent shops, supermarkets including Waitrose and Sainsbury’s, coffee shops and eateries. The Maltings arts centre offers theatre, film and crafts, and the new Brightwells Yard development includes a selection of restaurants and a six-screen cinema. Farnham town hosts an array of seasonal events throughout the year.

Farnham’s mainline station provides trains to London Waterloo (from 53 minutes). The A31 provides access to the A3, M25 and the national motorway network, as well as Heathrow, Gatwick and Southampton Airports.

There are a number of well-regarded schools in the area including South Farnham School, Weydon, St. Polycarps, Edgeborough, Frensham Heights and More House School.

Local sporting facilities include the Bourne Tennis Club, the David Lloyd Leisure Club and Farnham Leisure Centre. This part of Surrey offers excellent walking, cycling and riding opportunities at beauty spots, which include Bourne Woods, Alice Holt Forest, Frensham Common and Frensham Great and Little Ponds.

Please note, all distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 3,121 sq ft