Location

Dormansland village is perfect for local amenities with a village shop and post office, three pubs, a primary school, community hall, churches and various sports clubs including cricket and tennis.

There are many highly favoured schools in the area, including Lingfield Primary School, Lingfield College and in East Grinstead the Michael Hall (Steiner Waldorf) and Brambletye Schools. There are bus routes to Caterham/Oxted county and Worth Schools.

The property lies between two railway stations Dorman’s Station (0.7 miles) and Lingfield Station (1.6 miles) with lines to London Bridge and Victoria. Oxted and Edenbridge also offer fast and frequent services to London. Gatwick Airport is 11.5 miles away.

For leisure, The Lingfield Racecourse/Golf Club and The Marriot Hotel, local cricket grounds, Chartham Park Golf and Country Club and the nearby Ashdown Forest for walking. Tandridge Leisure Centre in Oxted. Everyman Cinema in Oxted.

All distances are approximate.

Description

Colburn House is an elegant detached family home, believed to date from c. 1880 and formerly the Vicarage, situated in the heart of Dormansland village within the Metropolitan Greenbelt and approximately 1.8 miles from Lingfield. Both Dormansland and Lingfield provide a range of amenities with Lingfield benefitting from a mainline station with services into London. Also nearby is East Grinstead and Edenbridge for a wider variety of more comprehensive shops and mainline train services.

The property is of excellent proportions with many character features including ornate cornicing, painted panelled doors, wood framed sash windows and high ceilings. The property provides scope for updating and is offered with no onward chain

The flexible living accommodation is arranged over three floors, ideal for both family living and formal entertaining. Also of note is the generous driveway providing off road parking, westerly facing gardens and lovely views towards the North Downs.

The superb reception areas comprise a drawing room with French doors to the garden, a dining room and a sitting room with square bay window overlooking the garden. All enjoy a double aspect, attractive feature fireplaces and together offer excellent entertaining space.

The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a range of wall and base units with some integral and freestanding appliances. There is an adjoining utility room with outside access and a pantry. Stairs from the inner hall lead down to the cellar and a cloakroom completes the ground floor.

From the elegant reception hall stairs rise to the first floor where there are four bedrooms of excellent proportions, two with views to the North Downs, feature fireplaces and en suite facilities. One bedroom also features a fireplace and vanity basin. Two bathrooms and several storage cupboards complete this floor.

Arranged over the second floor is an open-plan sitting/games room, two bedrooms, a kitchenette and a bathroom, offering a versatile space for multi-generational living or live-in nanny.

Colburn House is approached over a generous driveway which culminates at the house and provides ample off road parking. Close board fencing together with mature shrubs and trees to the front boundary provide a degree of privacy. A mature hedge to one side of the property screens an enclosed courtyard with attached outbuildings comprising two store rooms and a gardener’s WC.

The delightful gardens lie predominantly to the west of the property and are laid to lawn with established mixed hedging to the perimeter, providing year round colour and privacy. A paved path leads round the property to the rear where there is a further area of lawn. In total the plot amounts to about 0.46 of an acre.

Directions

From Edenbridge, proceed south on the B2026 and after approximately ½ a mile the road bends to the left, turn right onto the B2028 signposted to Lingfield. Proceed through the village of Marsh Green and continue to Dormansland. Turn left on to Plough Road and continue forward onto High Street. After passing The Royal Oak on your left, turn right at the church, onto The Platt and Colburn House can be found on the right hand side.