8 bed detached house for sale

Church Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7

Deanery House is an important and elegant grade II listed town house, that is believed to date back to the second half of the 19th century and started life as a hotel. The house, which is attached on both sides, has been in the same ownership since 1924 as a family home and the family run dentistry practice.
From a number of the rooms there are lovely views of Godalming including the Pepperpot, the bandstand, the Lammas lands and Godalming Minster Church.
The house is arranged over four floors of very flexible accommodation, that offers huge further scope to be adapted to an incoming buyer's needs. The principal reception rooms and reception hall have very special fireplaces, decorative cornicing and high ceilings, in addition to an abundance of wooden and parquet floors. As expected of a house of this era, there is a sweeping staircase to the first floor, sash windows, some having box shutters and a very striking internal stained-glass window.
On the first floor are an abundance of bedrooms, some of which are currently used as ancillary accommodation, incorporating a kitchen. The current arrangement of bedrooms provides huge opportunity to be retained to its former glory with bedroom suites, subject to obtaining the usual planning permissions.
Outbuildings
Immediately to the north and east of the house are extensive outbuildings incorporating a two-storey annexe, stores, a utility room and a covered walkway/store leading back to Church Street.
Within the gardens are extensive garden stores, sheds two greenhouses and a summerhouse. Tucked up in the north-eastern corner of the walled gardens is a striking
brick built gazebo.
Gardens
The gardens lie to the rear of the house much of which is within a Grade II listed wall.
Vehicular access to Deanery House, will be through Deanery Yard with a formal right of way.
Adjacent to the rear of the house are the formal gardens with a small terrace area, two ornamental ponds and an expanse of lawn bordered by manicured hedges and well-stocked flower and shrub borders.
A pair of wrought iron gates leads into the walled garden, previously used as a fruit and vegetable garden, which is laid to lawn with pathways and flower and shrub borders.
Access through the brick gazebo leads to a triangular section of grassed garden beyond.
Property Information
Services: We are advised by our clients that the property has mains water, electricity, drainage, gas-fired central heating.
Tenure: Freehold
Local Authority: Waverley Borough Council. Council Tax: Band F
EPC: Band D
Overage: There is to be an overage placed on the triangular section of land
accessed through the gazebo. There will be an uplift of 25% over the
next 25 years.

Deanery House is situated in Church Street, right in the heart of the town. Godalming is a bustling market town with a superb array of amenities within easy reach of the house including many boutique shops, coffee shops, pubs and restaurants as well as a Waitrose and Sainsbury's. This part of Surrey is renowned for its accessibility to Central London, yet at the same time offering some of the prettiest countryside in England.
For a more extensive range of shopping, sporting and leisure facilities, the Cathedral town of Guildford lies only a few miles away.
The train station is moments from the house and offers a frequent service to and from London Waterloo.
Communications are excellent with the nearby A3 providing access to the M25, Heathrow and Gatwick airports, London and the south coast.
There are many highly regarded local schools in the vicinity including St Catherine's in Bramley, the Royal Grammar School and Guildford High School in Guildford as well as closer to home, Charterhouse, Prior's Field, St Hilary's and Godalming Sixth Form
College.
Near to the property, there are a wide range of sporting facilities including the Queens Sports Centre at Charterhouse and West Surrey Golf and Tennis Club at nearby Enton.
Some of Surrey's finest countryside, much of which falls within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, surrounds the town which is ideal for walking, riding and cycling.
Railway stations: Godalming station 0.1 miles (London Waterloo from 43 mins), Haslemere 9.2 miles (London Waterloo from 57 mins), Guildford 4.7 miles (London Waterloo from 36 mins), Milford 2.5 miles (London Waterloo from 47 mins)
Roads: A3 Junction 2.8 miles, M25 (Wisley Junction 10) 14.8 miles
Airports: London Heathrow 30.3 miles, London Gatwick 40 miles
(Distances and times approximate)