Surrey Homes | SH79 | August 2021 | Adding value to your property supplement inside

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Down on the Farm
Maggie Alderson picks gloriously characterful
family homes that started life as farms
The Old Dairy
Farm
The dream: This very special Grade
II listed property has its origins in a
historic 15th century Hall House, but
has been sensitively renovated and
modernised, with a superb 1880 sq.ft.
two-storey extension, housing a large
Mark Wilkinson kitchen, underground
cinema and bespoke wine cellar, with a
new master bedroom suite above – and
which somehow looks like it’s always
been there, even with a wall of Crittallstyle
sliding doors onto the garden.
Where: Outside the village of
Crockham Hill, ten minutes
south east of Oxted.
Setting: Farmland.
Beds: 5 Baths: 4, plus one
more of each in the guest
accommodation over the garage.
Special features: There are so many
it’s almost bewildering, but the vaulted
drawing room is breathtaking.
Pleasing details: The roofline is
exceptional, with six tall chimneys.
Outside: A deep flagstone terrace
leading onto 5.5 acres of superb gardens
landscaped by award-winning designer
Roger Platts (eight RHS gold medals…)
with some very rare trees already in
place. Also paddocks and stables.
Time to town: From Oxted, 30 to 40
minutes to London Bridge, or Victoria.
Agent: Maison Partnership
maisonpartnership.com
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