Sutton Place, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, RH5

High Barn is a spacious and well-presented home built in the 1930s, designed in the Arts and Crafts style with white-rendered walls, a tiled roof, and distinctive eyebrow windows. The property has been thoughtfully extended and updated, blending traditional character with modern features, making it a comfortable and practical family home. High Barn is set back from the road and approached via a five-bar gate, opening to a gravel in-and-out driveway that curves around a central lawn planted with shrubs. Along the drive is a triple-bay garage with electric doors.

Gardens and Grounds
On one side of the property is a paddock with a stable block, made up of two stables and a tack room. The enclosed hard tennis court is screened from the lawn by a yew hedge. Behind the house, the main formal garden sits off the sitting and dining rooms. This space features a York stone terrace with box knot gardens and lovely views across the wider grounds and toward the nearby woodland. Stone steps lead down to a lawn bordered by trees and shrubs, offering a quiet and private setting.

To one side of the garden is the pool terrace, with a heated swimming pool fitted. The pool is surrounded by a generous paved area for sun loungers and outdoor dining, and there's also a brick-built pool house for changing or storing garden furniture

High Barn is situated in Sutton Place, which is between the two much sought after, picture postcard, villages of Abinger Hammer and Holmbury St Mary, with their attractive village greens, public houses and local shops. A wider range of recreational, shopping and leisure facilities is available at the market town of Dorking (known for its antique shops) and the university town of Guildford, where theatres, restaurants and leisure centres are to be found.

Both have main line stations to London (Guildford to London Waterloo from about 34 minutes, Dorking to London Victoria from 58 minutes). Effingham Junction station is also nearby, approximately 17 minutes with direct trains to London Waterloo in 45 minutes. The M25 and motorway network are available via the A3 and A24, and give fast access to both Heathrow and Gatwick airports. There are a number of good schools in the area including St Catherine's, Charterhouse, Royal Grammar School, Guildford High School and the Duke of Kent. There is fantastic walking, cycling and riding country in the surrounding Surrey Hills, which are classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.