Portsmouth Road, Milford, Godalming, Surrey, GU8

Handsome period home in a convenient location.

Description

The Old House is a charming Grade II listed property with origins from 1552, high ceilings, beautiful solid stone and a number of retained character features including original beams and fireplaces. The property occupies an excellent location within approximately 0.7 mile Milford train station and 0.5 mile to the A3.

A welcoming entrance hall with handmade Sussex clay tiles leads to three reception rooms. There is a useful double aspect study or family room to the front of the house, the sitting room is a charming, cosy room with a feature fireplace original doors and views over the rear terrace. The dining room also has access to the terrace and leads through to the kitchen passing the access to one of the two garages on the left hand side. The kitchen is traditional in design, west facing over the terrace with wall and base units as well as a larder. The back door leads to a covered passage way with separate access to the front of the house and a store room and useful workshop at the rear. The back room leads to a part walled garden with water feature.

On the first floor are four well proportioned double bedrooms, an en suite and the family bathroom. A memorable feature of bedroom two is the balcony with lovely views over the terrace and garden. The generous sized landing space has a feature fireplace with brick surround, original wooden flooring, and a relaxing seating area. This area could be utilised as a study space if required.

The Old House benefits from cellar space accessed from the terrace with a wine store and additional storage area.

Outside is a beautiful, part walled rear garden with well stocked borders and a number of mature trees and shrubs. The terrace runs the length of the house and is the perfect space to entertain and enjoy al fresco dining in the summer months. At the bottom of the garden is a separate storeroom that requires updating which could easily be converted into a home office. There is a second garage to the front of the house and a private driveway with space for numerous cars.

Location

Milford offers a range of local amenities, including Secretts the award winning farm shop, Squires garden centre, doctors surgery, pharmacy and a Post Office. There is also a convenience store for daily needs and a range of useful local shops. The nearby town of Godalming offers a broader range of facilities including a Waitrose, banking, restaurants and a range of specialty shops, whilst an even more extensive range of shopping, leisure and cultural amenities is available at Guildford.

Communications are particularly good, with ease of access to the A3 for London or Portsmouth, the M25 and the airports. Mainline stations at Milford, Godalming and Guildford offer a choice of access to a fast and frequent service into London Waterloo, with journey times from about 36 minutes.

There is a choice of schools in the area including Rodborough, Charterhouse, Prior’s Field, St Edward’s, Aldro, Barrow Hills and St Catherine’s.

Recreational opportunities in the area include well-equipped sports centres at both Godalming and Guildford, golf at several clubs, country sports at a number of local venues, flying at Fairoaks and polo at Cowdray and racing at Goodwood. In addition, the surrounding countryside, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, offers miles of walking, cycling and riding

Square Footage: 2,710 sq ft