8 bedroom detached house for sale

Extending to over 4,000 sq. ft, the accommodation is arranged across three floors and now offers an exciting opportunity for modernisation and potential extension subject to planning permission. The large gardens are a true highlight with expansive lawns and established trees - an increasingly hard-to find asset so close to the town. Perfectly positioned for Oxted’s vibrant town centre, highly regarded schools and fast mainline connections to London, this is a superb chance to secure a quality home in one of Surrey’s most desirable commuter settings. The ground floor comprises of a large and welcoming entrance hall with a cloakroom and provides access to the principal reception rooms and garden. The splendid triple aspect drawing room offers an abundance of natural light with central feature fireplace and an attractive bay window overlooking the rear garden. The dining room has the original service hatch opening through to the kitchen and overlooks the front of the property. The kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and pantry offer excellent scope to be reconfigured and modernised. There is a further cloakroom. The first floor provides five double bedrooms (two of which have fitted cupboards), a study/ nursery, family bathroom and a separate toilet. The second floor provides four further bedrooms and a bathroom. Externally the carriage driveway provides ample off-road parking along with access to the detached double garage. The front of the property is well screened from the road with established hedging, an area of grass and a variety of mature trees and shrubs. The ‘park like’ rear garden is a particular highlight of the property offering large areas of lawn flanked by mature trees, established hedging and a variety of shrubs and plants. A brick pathway leads around the garden, to the brick pergola providing a sheltered outside dining area and steps leading down to the pretty summerhouse. Conveniently situated in a desirable and highly sought-after residential area within 0.7 miles of Oxted’s mainline station and heart of Oxted, which provides an excellent range of educational, recreational and shopping facilities together with a mainline station serving London Bridge and London Victoria in approximately 30/35 minutes. The area has an excellent range of schools, including being within close reach of the highly regarded Hazelwood school (5-minute drive) as well as nearby Caterham (winner of the Independent School of the Year 2024 award) and Sevenoaks. A wide range of schools provide bus networks that leave nearby. The nearby junction onto the M25 provides easy access to the airports at Gatwick (approx. 20 minute drive) and Heathrow, together with the M26/M20motorway to the channel ports and the wider UK motorway network. The popular Limpsfield tennis club is only 200m distance from the property.