USHERWOOD Sutton Place, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6RP USHERWOOD Sutton Place, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6RP

Offered for sale for the first time in 56 years In a peaceful rural setting high in the Surrey Hills adjacent to The Hurt Wood, a fascinating Grade II* Listed Art Deco house built in 1936 and now requiring careful modernisation, set in a mature secluded garden of about 1.22 acres.

2 DOUBLE BEDROOMS: BATHROOM: INNER HALL: ENTRANCE AREA WITH CLOAKROOM: 33 FT OPEN-PLAN LIVING ROOM: KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM: BOILER ROOM: OIL-FIRED HEATING: ATTACHED WORKSHOP/GARDEN STORE: 3 BAY CAR PORT: LARGELY LAWNED GARDEN OF ABOUT 1.22 ACRES

Abinger Hammer – 1.5 miles. Peaslake – 1.5 miles. Dorking (Waterloo 50 minutes) – 6 miles. Guildford (Waterloo 38 minutes) – 8.5 miles. Effingham Junction (Waterloo 37 minutes) – 7 miles. PRICE GUIDE: £595,000 FREEHOLD

Situation Abinger Hammer is an attractive village set in the Tillingbourne Valley amidst the Usherwood is essentially a bungalow constructed with four inch concrete walls, insulated internally with Surrey Hills and surrounded by extensive areas of protected countryside. Situated in an elevated celotex boards. The windows are of mild steel manufactured by the Lion Works in Guilford and the flat setting to the south of the village adjacent to The Hurt Wood, Sutton Place is a private estate of roof is of concrete. Striking architectural features include the glazed semi-circular tower at the front with individual character houses in large grounds. Usherwood stands in a particularly attractive and internal staircase leading to the roof terrace with concrete sun canopy. From here, there are distant peaceful location overlooking fields and with distant views to the North Downs. There is a local views over fields to the North Downs and to wooded hills. The west elevation comprises a large semi- shop and farm shop within the village and further amenities in the neighbouring village of Peaslake circular bay window providing a lovely sunny outlook from the open-plan living room over the well within 1.5 miles. Dorking and Guildford are easily accessible with a comprehensive range of maintained garden. shopping, educational and recreational facilities. A footpath at the end of the road leads through to The house was designated as Grade II* Listed by English Heritage in October 2008 and although The Hurt Wood, a vast area of heathland and forest popular with ramblers and horseriders. requiring careful and sympathetic modernisation, this fascinating small house is a remarkable and rare example of the architecture of the inter war period. Description Usherwood was designed in 1934 in the Art Deco style by the renowned architects, Amyas Connell and Basil Ward, later to become the Connell Ward and Lucas Partnership. The firm was Directions From Guildford, take the A25 for approximately seven miles to Abinger Hammer the most important architectural practice designing Modern Movement houses between 1930 and 1939. and turn right in the centre of the village by the cricket green on to the B2126, signed Holmbury St. The client at the time was Tom Usherwood, from whom the property takes its name and who was a Mary. In just under one mile, continue past the turning on the right to Hoe Lane and then turn commercial artist and friend of Basil Ward. right, immediately after Mutton Farm House. Proceed up the hill and at the fork at the top bear left. Follow the road around to the left past the drive to Cedar Cottage on the left and the entrance to Usherwood will then be found on the right. (Post Code: RH5 6RP) MISREPRESENTATION ACT - THESE PARTICULARS ARE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY AND DO NOT FORM ANY PART OF ANY CONTRACT