Surrey Homes | SH65 | March 2020 | Good Living supplement inside

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£30,000,000
Mind your Manors
Maggie Alderson finds grand and stately homes on the market
Sydenhurst
The dream: A brand-new porticoed
mansion, in beautiful Derbyshire
sandstone – a similar colour to
Chatsworth – which looks as though
it has been there since Jane Austen’s
day. The marble floor in the hall is
similar to another great house, nearby
Petworth. Unlike those stately homes,
it is designed for modern living,
with a superb social kitchen/dining
area/family room, as well as more
formal reception rooms. There is a
fountain outside the main entrance.
Beds: 9, all with en suite bathrooms
and dressing rooms, plus an
additional seven-bed sleepover
dormitory with 2 more bathrooms.
Special features: The leisure
complex has an indoor pool of
Roman baths splendour, gym,
treatment rooms, sauna and steam
room, plus a screening room, a
bowling alley, a sitting area and a
double-height main party room.
Pleasing details: All the
ground floor windows are fulllength
to the ground.
Outside: Over 30 acres of manicured
gardens, with a Mr Darcy lake, a
formal parterre and a spectacular
outdoor pool, an entertaining
loggia and a tennis court.
Time to town: 10 minutes to Witley
and then an hour to Waterloo.
Agent: House 01483 266700
housepartnership.co.uk
surrey-homes.co.uk
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