For Sale5 Bedroom Detached House in Tilford Road, Farnham, GU9£1,750,000

A unique opportunity to purchase a fine period house by Harold Falkner FRIBA, Grade II listed with bright and spacious accommodation and with mature, wonderful private gardens. A spacious and comfortable Grade II Listed period house built in 1897 by Harold Falkner for his former art master W H Allen who founded Farnham School of Art. This was the first house built by Harold Falkner in Farnham and has been completed in a Queen Anne Style with a first floor studio extension completed in 1902. The house has a lovely warm feel throughout and boasts good living spaces over 3 floors. The house is in need of some updating but presently offers majestic living in such a fine and important house. The grounds and location are a delight with easy access to Farnham itself and this is the first time the house is being offered for sale since 1977. In all a fine period house located in the Great Austins Conservation area with excellent rooms and wonderful south west facing gardens. There is scope for enlargement stpp. Outside You approach the house into the front driveway where there is ample parking for numerous cars and double opening wooden gates giving access to a detached double garage with fixed ladder to loft storage, and further parking. The front garden has a mixture of mature shrubs, trees and hedges giving a good amount of lawn area offering screening and privacy to the front of the house. The rear gardens are a delight which face south west having a good expanse of lawns with long and well planted flowerbeds. 3 garden sheds and green house. There are mature hedges and trees on the boundaries with numerous further mature trees interspersed throughout the giving excellent privacy and seclusion. To the rear of the house is a good sized sun terrace ideal for entertaining, relaxing and al fresco dining accessible from the conservatory, sitting room and kitchen. Situation This superb period house occupies a fine position in mature grounds on the edge of the Great Austins Conservation area on Tilford Road, which is one of the highly regarded locations within the Farnham area. Farnham town itself is well known for its wide streets and Georgian and medieval architecture, beneath its historic castle and park, the Town Centre lies within about 1 mile, providing good shopping facilities with a variety of restaurants, wine bars and various supermarkets. There is a good selection of private and state schools including South Farnham Junior School close by and others which are Barfield, Edgebrough, Frensham Heights, More House and Charterhouse. There is also an excellent choice of golf courses at Hankley Common and Hindhead. Farnham Train station is just under 0.4 of a mile (on Foot) away from the house, and London Waterloo can be reached in just under an hour using the fast service. There is ready access to the surrounding countryside, providing superb opportunities for walking, riding and county pursuits. Communications are excellent from this position with the A31, A331, M3 (Junc 5) and the A3 all providing good access to the national motorway network. Additional information - Entrance hall - sitting room - dining room - fitted kitchen - study - conservatory - cloakroom - walk in larder - utility room - 5/6 bedrooms Key information Council Tax Band: H Tenure: Freehold