One pretty little UK village has become almost impossible to live in with homes averaging £1m each and rarely coming up for sale.
Lurgashall in Surrey, on the border with Sussex, is surrounded by South Downs walks and luscious greens and has been regularly named as one of the UK’s prettiest.
It is also steeped in history with its 16th-century Noah’s Ark Inn, which has received decorations from the likes of Michelin, the AA, and Harden’s.
The ancient boozer overlooks an immaculately kept triangular green, past a cricket field, and across to the village store.
Numerous publications have praised the town for being the best, prettiest, and poshest, with Conde Nast Traveller twice naming the village among the ranks of the UK’s prettiest.
The travel magazine claimed in 2022 that Lurgashall “could be the setting of a Twenties novel”.
It said: “From [Noah’s Ark Inn’s] front garden you can survey one of the loveliest greens in the country and perhaps catch stray cricket balls without rising from your seat.
“Elsewhere in this glorious village there’s a small winery, a church of Saxon origin and, to the south, the sublime undulations of the South Downs.”
Homes in Lurgashall are rarely put up for sale with just eight transactions in the past five years, according to Rightmove records.
During that period they have exchanged hands for an average of £1.1million with detached houses accounting for three-quarters of sales.
The village has about 600 residents with one telling Conde Nast her home had retained “its original charm”.
Just down the road Black Down – was also named in The Times’ top 50 list and among The Telegraph’s 54 poshest villages.
