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Guide Price£800,000

Balcombe Road, Crawley, RH10

Land size
1 acres
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
1

Key Features

  • Charming architecturally designed architecturally listed cottage
  • Beautiful character features throughout
  • Blunden Shadbolt designed cottage with a mock Tudor-Bethan design
  • Circa.1 Acre of land (TBV) across 2 included Titles
  • Imposing frontage with large driveway and double garage
  • Vast potential for further extension and improvement (STPP)
  • Ideally located on the Horley border on the Balcombe Road
  • Equidistant to Crawley, Horley, Gatwick Airport, schools and transport links
  • Council Tax Band 'F' and EPC 'F'

Description

GUIDE PRICE £800,000 - £850,000 -

A charming and architecturally designed and listed, 2 bedroom 2 reception house built by Blunden Shadbolt to a mock Tudor-Bethan design. The home boasts a stunning 1 acre plot (tbv), a host of character features and vast potential for extension and improvement (STPP). The home is ideally located on the Crawley/Horley border, equidistant to Crawley town, Horley, Gatwick Airport, shops, schools, walks and amenities.

Turning off of the Balcombe Road to the home, you pass a quaint bridge to the plot, ideal for a gated access. Entering the plot, the vast land is immediately apparent, with a large winding driveway to the home, double garage, feature well and an abundance of trees and shrubs creating a secluded and private feel. You will also see the imposing frontage and striking design to the home.

There are 2 entrances to the home, the larger oak Tudor gothic double doors with a spyhole, encompassed within a grand traditional oak porch surrounded with stylistic chimeras, an original bell and lighting. This leads to the bedroom, offering ample of versatile floorspace. There is triple aspect windows, large Inglenook fireplace and ample space for a king size bed and furniture. You will also notice the high vaulted ceilings and stone flooring. A further smaller oak door is the main entrance used. This opens to the large entrance hall with ample space for shoes and coats, storage units and doors to downstairs bathroom, kitchen/dining room and living room. The bathroom is a large area with a full length panel bath with shower over,  w/c and wash hand basin with dual aspect windows. Continuing to the kitchen/breakfast room. This is a lovely space flooded with light from triple aspect windows, Velux windows and vaulted ceilings. There is ample of wall and base storage units, works surfaces and space for appliances. There is also a convenient storage cupboard, patio door to rear and wooden beams. The living room is a superb space accentuating the character feel to the home. There is space for multiple large family sofas and freestanding furniture. There is also multiple windows to either side of the room, a large Inglenook fireplace, staircase to bedroom and archway to the reception room. Stone flooring links the two rooms and stepping up into the reception room. This is a grand room, with high vaulted ceilings, triple aspect windows and a beautiful rose window giving the feeling of a chapel room. This is another versatile space and could be used as a formal dining room, further living room or play room. With doors leading to the garden and aforementioned reception room. The upstairs consists of bedroom 1, This is another comfortable king size room, with storage with a w/c and wash hand basin.

Outside, the home benefits from around an acre of land (TBV), becoming your own private sanctuary imbuing the garden with elegance through a curated selection of high reaching trees, shrubs and flowers, currently housing a beautiful array of bluebells and greenery. There is also a decorative well, high reaching tree borders and overlooks fields to rear. Completing the outside, is a double garage/workshop available.

This is a home which cannot be described or felt truly without seeing yourself. For a viewing or more information, please contact Mansell McTaggart Horley on .

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
F
Date Posted
2026-04-30

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,874 Homes with Land listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£800,000 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £303,753 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
Gas Central Heating
Broadband
Fibre (FTTC)
Sewerage
Mains

Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

48 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Forge Wood Primary School953 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    420
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Gatwick School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 16
    Pupils
    861
    Type
    Free schools
  • Copthorne CofE Junior School1.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    223
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Fairway Infant School, Copthorne1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    171
    Type
    Community school
  • Milton Mount Primary School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    618
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • The Gatwick School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 16
    Pupils
    861
    Type
    Free schools
  • Hazelwick School1.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,913
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Oakwood School2.1 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,610
    Type
    Community school
  • Oriel High School2.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,441
    Type
    Community school
  • Ifield Community College3.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,214
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Morrisons Daily Copthorne Church Road, Copthorne1.1 miles
M&S Gatwick BP, Gatwick Airport South Terminal1.1 miles
M&S Gatwick South Airport SF, Gatwick Airport South Terminal1.1 miles

GP surgery

Pound Hill Medical Group1.8 miles

Pharmacy

Copthorne Pharmacy1.2 miles

Hospital

Langley Green Hospital2.1 miles

Green space

Play Space599 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Gatwick Airport Rail Station1.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Forge Wood534 metres

Typical drive times

Horley5 min · 2.3 miles
Crawley7 min · 3.7 miles
Redhill15 min · 7.1 miles
East Grinstead15 min · 7.2 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)37 min · 27 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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