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" A magnificent 4/5 bed detached Blunden Shadbolt designed family home brimming with charm set on a superb private gated plot enjoying far reaching countryside views to the rear situated in a semi-rural locale nestled between the sought after market towns of Reigate & Dorking & close to Betchworth train station.

Located up on the Eastern slopes of Box Hill and on The North Downs Way is Cranmer Cottage, a magnificent Arts & Crafts style detached family home of unique design penned by the highly regarded and famed local architect Blunden Shadbolt. The house has a lovely & interesting provenance as it was originally the main display feature for Shadbolt at a major London Exhibition and was then moved to it's current site for the original owner. It is further believed to have been built using many timbers & building materials reclaimed directly from Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's Palace in Kent. Blunden Shadbolt's homes are now exceptionally highly prized and he has now become known as one of the leading lights of the Arts & Crafts movement of the 1930's and his particular style was to build newly built homes that themselves already looked 300 years old by using many reclaimed timbers & materials from historic properties & local rural buildings that themselves were either in bad repair or being demolished. The property sits on an elevated private gated plot which measures just under one and a half acres & extends all around the house which then directly backs onto open fields (in which the property has a controlling share) affording far reaching views across the South East. A sweeping carriage driveway with its feature period street lamp provides ample parking & leads to a detached double garage block with a further useful detached single garage/store. Internally the property has far too more features than can be listed here but stand-out items include the bespoke turning wooden staircase with galleried landing, impressive structural beams throughout and two unique feature conical beehive brick inglenook fireplaces to the main reception rooms. This truly magnificent home can only truly be appreciated through a personal viewing and we invite you to contact the vendors appointed sole agent. "