Holly Cottage is a delightful period house with plenty of character including exposed timber beams and stonework, stripped wooden floorboards alongside understated, neutral décor throughout.

The main ground floor reception room is the triple aspect sitting room with its French doors opening onto the rear garden, and handsome stone-built fireplace fitted with a woodburning stove. There is also a comfortable family room with a bay window and a cast-iron open fireplace, while the spacious kitchen/breakfast room is placed at the heart of the home. It includes rustic tiled flooring, wooden, farmhouse-style units and a butler sink.

Upstairs there are three well-proportioned double bedrooms, including the principal bedroom, which has its own staircase for private access. Measuring 20ft, the principal bedroom features vaulted ceilings and stunning views across the surrounding countryside.

Also on the first floor is the family bathroom with its freestanding roll-top bathtub, while the ground floor provides a further shower room.

Outside

The property is set in a stunning rural position, with the garden backing onto beautiful rolling National Trust countryside. At the entrance to the property there is a gravel driveway leading to the detached garage for parking and large garden storage with the potential to convert to an office space. The splendid garden includes areas of lawn, paved pathways and terracing and various colourful shrubs and flowering perennials. There is also a sheltered, secluded area of timber decking, with the gardens surrounded by mature woodland, creating a sense of peace and tranquillity.

Situation

The property is set in a highly desirable rural location, just a mile from Haslemere town centre and within easy reach of the local amenities and mainline station. Haslemere provides a good variety of boutique shopping, restaurants, a Waitrose supermarket, recreational facilities and a mainline station with fast trains reaching London Waterloo in approximately 53 minutes. The A3 London to Portsmouth Road is about five miles distant providing access through the Hindhead tunnel to Guildford, London, Heathrow, Gatwick, the M25, and south to the coast. There is a fine selection of schools in the area including St Ives, St Edmunds, The Heights, Highfield, Brookham, Amesbury and the Royal School (both junior and senior). Sporting facilities include golf at Liphook and West Surrey, racing at Goodwood and Fontwell, polo at Cowdray Park and sailing off the south coast at Chichester.

Haslemere town centre 1.0 miles, Haslemere mainline station 1.6 miles (London Waterloo 53 minutes), London 43 miles

Directions

From Strutt & Parker’s Haslemere office, travel north on the High Street, turn right onto Highercombe Road. Turn left to stay on Highercombe Road, then take the left fork onto Sandy Lane. You will find the property on the left.