Listed Building in Capel, Surrey / The Broadwood family were famous piano makers - Surrey

The house has an interesting history; James Shudi Broadwood (1772-1851), the elder son of Thomas Broadwood, purchased the Lyne Estate in 1799 and built Lyne House, which was substantially enlarged in 1860. The Broadwood family, famous for piano and harpsichord manufacture, retained the property until the last surviving member, Captain Evelyn Henry Schudi Broadwood in 1975, Lyne House was later converted to delightful apartments and cottages set in stunning grounds approached by a long driveway.

A particularly well appointed two bedroom first floor apartment in this fine country house set in this rural location bewteen the towns of Dorking and Horsham, close the villages of Capel and Rusper. This superb apartment features a well proportioned living room and a stunning fitted kitchen/dining room with many built appliances including oven, microwave, American style fridge/freezer, electric hob and extractor. Therre are two bedrooms with the master bedroom having and en suite shower room and an additional bathroom, Outside the property has extensive communal grounds.

http://www.broadwoodmorris.info/History.aspx

About the location

Lyne House is situated at the end of a long private driveway, between the villages of Capel and Rusper. It is about 10 miles south of Dorking which has a comprehensive range of shopping, social, recreational and educational amenities. The property is situated within its own communal gardens and surrounded by open farmland with miles of walking.

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The Broadwood family were famous piano makers – Beethoven and Chopin both played on Broadwoods. The family was musical in other ways – in the 19th Century the Rev John Broadwood published the first ever collection of folk songs entitled “Songs of the Peasantry of the Surrey & Sussex Weald”. His niece Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (1858-1929) was also musically gifted and collected folk songs. For part of her life she lived in the family home of Lyne House, two miles north of the village of Rusper in north Sussex and employed her talents in the Surrey/Sussex region.

http://www.broadwoodmorris.info/History.aspx

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