Knightons Dunsfold, Surrey
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Knightons Dunsfold, Surrey Knightons Dunsfold, Surrey Dunsfold village 1 mile (1.6 km) • Cranleigh 6 miles (10km) • Witley Station 6.5 miles (10.4km) • Godalming 7.6 miles (12 km) Guildford 11 miles (17km) • M25/Wisley 23 miles (36km) • London 46 miles (74 km) (All mileages are approximate) Grade II Listed Regency house with cottages, pasture and equestrian facilities. Main House Grand reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Study/sitting room • Office / morning room Family kitchen • Utility room • Boot room • Boiler room • Laundry • Wine cellar 7 bedrooms • 6 bath/shower rooms (3 en suite) Outbuildings Cottage comprising: 3 bedrooms • 2 bath/shower rooms • Hall • Library • up to 5 reception rooms • Kitchen/dining room Cottage comprising: 4 bedrooms • 2 bath/shower rooms (1 en suite) • 3 reception rooms • Kitchen/breakfast room Housekeeper’s Cottage comprising: Bedroom • Bathroom • Living room • Kitchen Garaging for 10 cars • Victorian peach house • Garden stores • Modern barn Equestrian Enclosed stable yard • Block of two loose boxes • Tack room and workshop/store Detached brick two-box stable 2 all-weather manéges and field shelter Grounds Heated outdoor swimming pool • Hard tennis court Landscaped gardens • Walled vegetable garden • Fenced paddocks • Lake • Woodland Amounting in all to about 55 acres (22.66 ha) Guildford Country Department 2-3, Eastgate Court, High Street 55 Baker Street Guildford, GU1 3DE London, W1U 8AN Tel: +44 1483 617916 Tel: +44 20 7861 1065 [email protected] [email protected] knightfrank.co.uk These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Situation Entirely surrounded by its own extensive and beautifully landscaped gardens, Knightons benefits from a most attractive elevated situation with distant southerly views. Located towards the end of a quiet country lane, the property enjoys a uniquely tranquil and delightfully private location without being in any sense isolated as local services and communications are conveniently nearby. The ancient community of Dunsfold with its village shop and post office, public house, cricket green, duck-pond and 12th century church really is the archetypal English village. It also benefits from a vibrant 21st century community as can be seen from the village website (www.dunsfold.org). Cranleigh with its excellent selection of local shops and services is also within easy reach. These include supermarkets, banks, medical centre and hospital, churches, restaurants, public houses, art centre and a popular weekly market. A more extensive range of shopping, leisure and cultural amenities is to be found at Guildford and Horsham where there are also main line stations offering fast and frequent services to London. The local road network provides ready access to the many pretty villages in the area as well as major routes for access to London, neighbouring towns, the airports and the national motorways. Local schools include Charterhouse, Cranleigh, St Catherine’s, Longacre, Barrow Hills, King Edwards, Duke of Kent and Hurtwood House among many others. Recreational opportunities include golf at several local clubs, Cranleigh’s own Sport and Leisure centre, polo at Ewhurst, racing at Epsom and Sandown Park and country sports at a number of local venues. In addition, the surrounding countryside offers excellent walking and riding. About 20 miles to the south, Goodwood estate offers racing, golf, flying and the renowned Festival of Speed and Revival meetings whilst on the doorstep the annual Dunsfold Wings and Wheels is a popular event. Description Originally a hunting lodge about a day’s ride from London, and built in the style of a London merchant’s house, Knightons is a gracious, Grade II listed Regency country house at the edge of the village. The imposing facade with square portico and parapet roof was built around 1815 on the site of a much older cottage incorporated into the house. Together with the cottages and farm buildings that comprise this small estate, the house has been well maintained and sympathetically restored to provide a comfortable, spacious and stylish home ideally suited to both entertaining and relaxed family living. The interiors retain classic Regency period characteristics: high, decorative cornicing and Adam style fireplaces, together with full height sash windows that allow light to flood into the elegant reception rooms. French doors from the kitchen lead onto a raised south facing paved terrace and the vine covered pergola provides the perfect spot to enjoy the view. First floor accommodation comprises a spacious master suite, four further bedrooms and four bathrooms most of which benefit from distant rural views. A former cellar has been imaginatively converted to provide two further bedrooms, shower room, laundry and wine store. The accommodation of Knightons is well laid out and is illustrated on the floor plans included in this brochure. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House: 5,653 sq ft / 525 sq m Garage: 660 sq ft / 61 sq m Total gross internal area including Main House, Cottages, Outbuildings, Stables and Barns: 17,153 sq ft / 1,595 sq m This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars Basement Ground Floor First Floor Garden Cottage Further Accommodation To the east of the main house are three cottages, thoughtfully converted over a period of time from former farm buildings and the coach house. These are currently arranged as a four bedroom house, a three bedroom house Stable Cottage and a one bedroom housekeeper’s cottage, together with a studio and an office. Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Cottages House: 5,839 sq ft / 543 sq m The configuration of these buildings is highly flexible and Garage: 479 sq ft / 45 sq m could serve a number of purposes for extended family, staff This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. or leisure. Alternatively there is the potential for significant Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars letting income on the cottages and farm buildings. Equestrian Beyond the formal and walled gardens is an enclosed concrete stable yard and timber block, providing two loose boxes, tack room and workshop/store. There is a large modern agricultural barn, two all-weather schools, fenced Stable Cottage: First Floor paddocks and a field shelter. Planning permission exists to erect an additional 24m x 16m barn if required. Planning ref: WA/2017/0486. Stable Cottage: Ground Foor Housekeeper’s Cottage Garden Cottage: Ground Floor Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Barn gross internal area = 3,203 sq ft / 298 sq m Stables gross internal area = 556 sq ft / 52 sq m Sheds gross internal area = 569 sq ft / 53 sq m Workshop gross internal area = 194 sq ft / 18 sq m This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars Garden Cottage: First Floor Gardens and Grounds The gardens are a key feature of this Numerous mature trees provide a multi- property having been lovingly laid out and hued backdrop as well as a high level of maintained over many years. privacy and seclusion. Close to the house the heated swimming pool area is ideal Knightons is approached from the lane via for those summer barbecues or quiet automatic double five-bar gates opening relaxation. There is a hard surfaced tennis onto a long sweeping gravel drive to the court and outdoor riding school adjacent to main forecourt with ample space for turning the walled kitchen garden. and parking. Beyond the formal gardens there is a well- The drive continues round the house to the tended walled vegetable garden with an rear courtyard and further extensive parking. original Victorian peach house along the A second drive provides the usual exit outside south-facing wall. route. Lying mainly to the south and west of the house the formal gardens are laid to Away from the formal gardens and grounds lawn with a magnificent Cedar tree in front. the land is divided into fenced paddocks, Meticulously tended borders brim with a which in the south slope down to a natural wide variety ornamental trees and shrubs for lake near the southern boundary. year-round colour and interest. In all about 55 acres (22.66 ha). 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