Property description

Location/Situation

The Limes is an exceptional Victorian family home, located in this highly regarded residential street, in the heart of Surbiton. The local town centre offers a good range of shops, bars, restaurants and amenities, with further extensive shopping and amenities just 2.4 miles away in Kingston-upon-Thames. Transport links are excellent. The mainline station at Surbiton is just 0.3 miles from the house and provides a regular direct rail service to London (Waterloo) with journey times from only 17 minutes. Claremont Road also lies on a number of regular bus routes to Kingston and beyond. The area is very popular with families and there is an excellent selection of schools available at all age levels, both in the state and private sector, including Surbiton
High School (less than 100m from the house), Shrewsbury House, Thames Ditton Infants, The Tiffin School, Tiffin Girl’s School, Weston Green and Kingston Grammar School.

Description

The Limes, an elegant period family home, dating from 1900, offers over 5,500 square feet of well arranged and beautifully presented accommodation over four floors. The house blends the space and modern amenities demanded by modern families with high ceilings, many stunning period features and great character. On the ground floor, the grand entrance hall, with high ceilings and beautiful oak parquet flooring opens into all of the principal reception rooms. To the front of
the house is the formal drawing room, with a full length bay window and feature fireplace. This opens via decorative glazed double doors into the formal dining room, with views over the gardens through two large sash windows. These impressive rooms have beautiful and ornate ceilings and cornicing. To the right
hand side of the hall is a further reception room, with a large front aspect window
which features the original (and working) shutters. A fourth reception room lies to
the back of the house and is currently used as a study, with fitted furniture and a large bay window.

Steps lead down from the ground floor to the spacious kitchen/breakfast room and
snug. The kitchen features a large range of wall mounted and base level cream gloss fronted cabinets, with contrasting composite work surfaces and a range of integrated appliances. There is an island/breakfast bar providing space for informal dining, with large bi-fold doors opening out to the paved terrace. The
porcelain tiled floor has under floor heating. To the back of the kitchen is a snug area. Stairs lead down from the ground floor to the large basement level. There is an impressive media/home cinema room, a separate reception/games room and a further study/office located on this floor. Additionally, there is a fitted utility room, boot room, laundry room and cloakroom as well as a good sized air-conditioned cellar. An elegant staircase rises from the entrance hall to the first floor. The master bedroom lies to the front of the house and features a good range of built-in storage space, with a concealed door opening into a modern en suite shower room. A well presented guest room also enjoys a contemporary en suite shower room, with two further double bedrooms, each with built-in storage space, sharing a family bathroom.
Ascending to the second floor of the property, there are two further bedrooms, one with en suite shower room and the other with an en suite bathroom. There is also easy access to extensive eaves storage space.
Externally, the house has a paved driveway to the front, with parking space for two cars. To the rear of the property are attractive gardens, with a large paved terrace, a lawned area, ornamental pond and a range of mature trees and shrubs providing a pleasant sense of seclusion. There is a pretty summer house at the end of the garden also a detached conservatory, currently used as a gymnasium.