Burnt Ash Hill, Lee

£1,500,000

Seldom does an opportunity like this one come along: a gigantic detached house - built circa 1900 - on a huge plot, with access. Chain free.

As well as the sheer size of the house, the volume of the rooms, and the generosity of the outside garden space (an additional large lump of land was historically acquired next to the already-large plot), a wealth of period features will floor you!

Examples include grand and multiple fireplaces, a detailed mosaic-tiled hall, ornate plasterwork, high skirtings, sash windows, original doors and original wooden floors (under carpets), and a nineteen fifties kitchen with larder. The house has a deep front garden too, with ample off-street parking.

There is a significant amount of work to do to modernise and upgrade the house, and this should certainly be considered before you book to view, but this is a proposition which should excite and reward any purchaser.

The incredible and (did we mention?) sizeable residence has been in the same family for several decades. Having played host to many generations of the family and their friends over the years, this home is now ready to seek and welcome its new owner and chapter.

For rail connections (and high street areas), you are 14 minutes by foot from Lee Station, and 15 minutes from Grove Park Station.

This is a notably green and leafy part of London with big wide roads and lots of sports fields and facilities (your closest gym is Bannatyne Health Club in Grove Park - walk 10 minutes). Local parks/open spaces to you include Horn Park, Northbrook Park and Grove Park Nature Reserve.

A six minute walk away, Burnt Ash Hill has its own (Youngs) pub - Crown Tavern - in a traditional original Victorian building, with what the owners hail "the best beer garden in Lewisham”.

For weekend pursuits, drive eight minutes to Eltham Palace: 19 acres of award-winning gardens and a striking art deco mansion with Grand Hall - which was once a favoured medieval palace and then a Tudor royal residence, before being transformed in the 1930s by eccentric millionaires (Stephen and Virginia Courtauld).

For further options, Elmstead Woods and Chiselhurst Caves are yours in 10 and 15 minutes by car. Greenwich and Blackheath are also close (drive about 20 minutes) or take a bus or cycle. Drive 30 minutes for US-mall-style shopping at Bluewater.

For schools, local (Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ primaries) include Horn Park, Baring, Coopers Lane, St Winifred’s and Brindishe. Colfe’s (Independent) School is also close.