Longhurst Avenue, Cranleigh, GU6

Longhurst Avenue holds one of Cranleigh's grander homes: a Victorian detached house with five bedrooms and the kind of presence that stops passers-by. Cranleigh is often called England's largest village, with a broad High Street, a common and the Downs Link path, and the house sits comfortably within it.

Three reception rooms provide a drawing room, a dining room and a family room, each with the tall windows and period details expected of the era. The kitchen is the working core, and the bedrooms on the upper floors are generous, with four bathrooms ensuring that the whole family and any guests are well served.

To the rear, the south-facing garden is large enough for entertaining on a grand scale, and parking is on the road outside.

A Victorian house of this size and standing is a rare find, and the setting among the Surrey Hills only adds to it.