An imposing, double fronted detached Edwardian home offering an increasingly scarce opportunity to create and blend the very best of contemporary living and period character. 'Sydenham' dates from the early 1900's and although it is eminently 'liveable' as it is, it would now benefit from a full programme of updating and possibly some re-configuration. The property was at one point in the 1960's subdivided into a pair of large flats before its later usage as a family home and well-known Doctors surgery. Offering all the character one would hope to find, the existing accommodation offers generous ceiling heights, gracious room sizes, working fireplaces, many original sash windows and plaster cornicing. On the ground floor, an expansive entrance hall gives way to a choice of four reception rooms, a kitchen / breakfast room overlooking the garden with the dining room also offering direct access, a utility room and cloakroom / WC.An elegant, turning staircase with half landing leads up to the first floor with the landing providing unusually generous circulation space. On the first floor, there are five bedrooms with two bathrooms and a separate WC. The second floor comprises the large original attic room which is freshly painted and could readily lend itself to a wide variety of uses, depending of course on the new owners' needs.Externally, there is ample off-road parking, courtesy of a wide front forecourt and detached double garage to rear. 'Sydenham' occupies a 0.2 acre overall plot with the rear garden extending in all to 97 feet x 51 feet.Lying broadly equidistant between Claygate village and central Esher, 'Sydenham' offers a great balance in terms of location with many excellent state and independent schools close by, train services into London Waterloo from Claygate or Esher and the choice of an excellent range of independent shops and businesses in Claygate village or a much more extensive array of shops, restaurants, cafés, leisure facilities, a Waitrose supermarket and cinema in Esher.
