Rockshaw Road, Merstham, Redhill, Surrey, RH1

An Arts and Crafts style detached family home offering versatile accommodation set in about one acres of beautifully landscaped gardens.

Description

An attractive Arts and Crafts style detached family home, offering versatile and well balanced accommodation, set within approximately one acre of beautifully landscaped gardens and enjoying an elevated position with far reaching southerly views.

The property is approached via a five bar gate, opening onto a generous driveway providing parking for numerous vehicles. This charming period home immediately impresses with its entrance portico, leading into a welcoming reception hall featuring original oak flooring and a period fireplace.

The principal living room is light and airy, enjoying lovely southerly aspects over the garden. The room retains a wealth of original features including decorative panelling, exposed beams, a stylish period fireplace and an ornate picture rail. A further reception room and a study both continue the Arts and Crafts theme, each benefitting from attractive views across the gardens and beyond.

The kitchen is well appointed with an extensive range of fitted cabinets, complemented by granite worktops and incorporating a gas Aga cooker. Adjoining the kitchen is a useful pantry and a generous utility room. From the kitchen, doors open onto a charming courtyard, ideal for al fresco breakfasts and morning coffee. The house further benefits from two conservatories, both providing delightful garden views and additional versatile living space.

A period staircase rises to the first floor, where the principal bedroom suite enjoys an attractive bay window overlooking the gardens, together with a generous dressing room and en suite bathroom offering additional storage. Bedroom two is dual aspect and also benefits from a large bay window with garden views. A further bedroom, accessed via a spiral staircase, provides additional accommodation and storage.
Three further bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate WC complete the accommodation on this floor.

To the lower ground floor, there is a basement accessed via external stairs, currently used as a wine store.
The property is complemented by a double garage with electric roller doors and stairs leading to an upstairs office. The current owners have obtained planning permission to convert this building into a separate annexe (Planning Ref: 25/01017/HHOLD). In addition, there is a further garage with an adjoining store room.

The landscaped gardens are a particular highlight of the property, laid out with an extensive range of specimen trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. Within the gardens are a number of useful and attractive outbuildings, including a heated indoor swimming pool with shower facilities and doors opening directly onto the garden. Additional outbuildings include a workshop, Wendy house and a home office, perfectly suited to modern family living.

Location

Standish is situated on Rockshaw Road, a highly regarded residential address on the southern edge of Merstham, enjoying an elevated position with far-reaching views across the surrounding Surrey countryside. The property is well placed for both rural living and excellent commuter connectivity.

Merstham village lies close by, offering a selection of local amenities including shops, cafés and traditional public houses, while the larger towns of Redhill and Reigate provide a comprehensive range of shopping, leisure and cultural facilities. Reigate, in particular, is renowned for its historic high street, boutique shops and excellent restaurants.

The area is well known for its outstanding transport links. Merstham station provides regular services to London Bridge, Victoria and Gatwick Airport, making the property ideal for commuters. Road connections are excellent, with the M23 and M25 easily accessible, linking to the wider motorway network, Gatwick Airport and the South Coast.

The surrounding countryside offers superb opportunities for walking, cycling and outdoor pursuits, with the North Downs Way, Reigate Hill and extensive open countryside all close at hand. The area is also well served by a selection of highly regarded state and independent schools, including those in Reigate, Redhill and Caterham.

Square Footage: 3,949 sq ft