Guide Price £2,950,000 Subject to Contract
6 Bedrooms
3 Receptions
A delightful, extended family home built circa 1933, situated within grounds of approximately 0.30 of an acre, in a prestigious private estate with elevated views towards the Coombe Hill Golf Course. This spacious property offers a triple aspect drawing room, dining room, extended kitchen/breakfast/family room, laundry room, study and gym with en suite shower, six bedrooms with four bathrooms off the galleried landing over two further floors and integral single garage.
Location
Coombe Hill Road is conveniently located close to Kingston and New Malden town centres with their excellent shopping facilities, as is the A3 trunk road offering fast access to central London and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports via the M25 motorway. The nearest train stations at Norbiton and New Malden are within walking distance and provide frequent services to London Waterloo (25 minutes approx..) with its underground links throughout the city.
The immediate area offers a wide range of recreational facilities including three golf courses, tennis and squash clubs. The 2,360 acres of Richmond Park, area of outstanding beauty easily accessed from Kingston Gate and Ladderstile Gate, provide a picturesque setting in which to picnic, go horse riding, jogging or just take a leisurely walk. Theatres at Wimbledon and Richmond are also popular alternatives to the West End together with an excellent choice of restaurants.
There are also numerous private, state and international schools for all ages within the immediate vicinity and are also within walking distance. For Holy Cross Prep School for Girls, Rokeby School for Boys and Marymount International School for Girls along George Road, these can be approached on foot via a footpath off Warren Cutting which is approached towards the end of Golf Club Drive which leads into Edgecoombe Close and onto Warren and George Road.
The Property
Coombe End can be found towards the end of Coombe Hill Road on the left. A sweeping gated, tarmacadam carriage driveway, with a semicircular lawn, bordered by mature shrubs, leads a few steps up to the front door, flanked by two sidelights.
This opens onto a tiled entrance lobby, where the guest cloakroom is located. This is tiled, with a white suite comprising a WC and wash hand basin. In the hall, there is also a cupboard storing the hot water cylinder.
The lobby in turn opens onto an impressive galleried entrance hall, with ¾ panelled walls and wood strip flooring, which is flooded with natural light from a large, double height window, and boasts a beautiful, panelled staircase with cupboard below, and a stunning Art Nouveau, gas coal effect fireplace.
The double aspect drawing room offers views to the front and access to the rear patio and garden via a set of French doors and boasts a beautiful marble fireplace flanked by two wall recesses.
The adjacent dining room also boasts wood strip flooring and a set of French doors to the rear.
From the entrance lobby, a set of glazed doors open onto the kitchen/breakfast/family room which is the heart of the home; the bright kitchen/breakfast area with ceramic tiled floor offers a practical and well-designed space, with a modern bespoke, mixed range of wood wall and base units, with a wall of painted, floor to ceiling cupboards. Topped with a granite worktop with two sinks, it comprises a range of modern appliances to include a range cooker and hob with tiled splash back and extractor hood above, integrated dishwasher and an American-style fridge/freezer integrated within the tall cupboards. There is also a breakfast bar with space for three stools and storage below.
The utility room is discreetly accessed from the kitchen and offers a worktop with sink and storage cupboards below, space for a washing machine and tumble dryer and direct access to the covered passage leading to the self-contained annexe and garage as well as to the front and rear of the property.
The open-plan, triple aspect family room is ceramic tiled, boasts a large roof lantern, and offers open views of the rear garden and access through two sets of French doors.
The panelled staircase leads up to the galleried first floor landing. The principal bedroom offers uninterrupted views of the rear garden and Coombe Hill Golf Course and boasts a wall of floor to ceiling wardrobes. The modern ensuite bathroom, fully tiled and with tall storage cupboards, offers a white suite comprising twin wash basins inset into vanity unit below, WC, tiled bath and a fully enclosed shower cubicle with glass door.
There are three further bedrooms on this floor, two of which are double, and one is a single bedroom.
The rear-aspect bedroom two also offers views of the rear garden and towards the golf course, and boasts a fully-tiled ensuite, with a modern, white suite comprising a wall-mounted wash hand basin, WC and tiled bath. There is access to the under eaves storage area, which is also accessed from bedroom three.
The fully-tiled family bathroom offers another modern suite, comprising a wall-mounted wash hand basin, WC, tiled bath and a fully-enclosed corner shower cubicle.
An easy rising staircase leads to the second floor, where two further bedrooms are located. Both bedrooms have access to the spacious under eaves storage area and both benefit from a Velux window. Bedroom five has the benefit of having a fully-tiled ensuite, with a modern suite comprising a wash hand basin, WC and tiled bath with glass screen.
The annexe, comprising a reception room, study and shower room, and accessed from the covered passage, benefits from views to the front and access to the rear garden. The reception room is spacious and bright, and allows for a multitude of uses, while the shower room is fully tiled, with wash hand basin inset into a vanity unit, WC and fully-enclosed shower cubicle with glass door. There is a door to the garage for practicality; this has an up and over door.
Outside and accessed from the family and reception rooms, there is a paved patio for outdoor seating, overlooking the garden, which sits at a much lower level and is accessed down many steps, flanked by two mature Japanese maple shrubs. Mainly laid to lawn and surrounded by mature trees to both sides and hedges to the back, there is an outbuilding to one corner of the garden and a path leading to the other.
Planning Permission
This outstanding plot is also being sold with full planning permission to demolish the existing house and build two detached houses with an approximate gross internal area of 463.5m2 (4,989ft2) each. Both houses will offer accommodation arranged over four floors within plots of approx. 0.15 of an acre each. Plans available upon request.
Planning details: Planning Reference No: 23/02312/FUL – Granted 12 December 2023