No longer on the market
This property is no longer on the market
Floorplan
Map7 bedroom detached house
Chain-free
Study
Under offer
Detached house
7 beds
2 baths
52,272 sq ft / 4,856 sq m
Key information
Features and description
- Splendid Grade II* listed property in semi-rural hamlet
- In need of substantial refurbishment
- Established gardens and grounds
- Several detached outbuildings
- No onward chain
- Convenient location for road and rail links
- About 1.2 acres
- Further 4 acre field available by separate negotiation
Coming to the market for the first time in over 50 years, this fascinating and substantial Grade II* listed country house in need of sympathetic refurbishment.
Description
Stonewall is an imposing Grade II* listed country house of wonderful proportions set within mature part walled gardens and grounds and now coming to the market for the first time in over 50 years.
The property presents a wonderful opportunity for potential purchasers who are passionate about listed building preservation and restoration and who are prepared to complete what will be, when finished, a most impressive project, that was originally started as a labour of love by the vendors nearly 50 years ago.
This fascinating timber framed house, is believed to date in part from the 15th century with later additions, and supposedly during the late Tudor or early Jacobean times when the cloth-making and weaving industry became extremely popular in Kent, is said to have been home to a clothier named James Allen, who gave the church a bible which is now in the Maidstone Museum.
Internally, the house retains a wealth of period and reclaimed
features, including oak timbers and beams, wide oak floorboards, open fireplaces (several of which have been replaced) and good ceiling heights whilst boasting over 5,500 sq ft of internal accommodation.
The front door opens from the courtyard to a vaulted reception hall with turned oak staircase rising to the galleried first floor landing.
The reception rooms, together with the music room/study, are of generous proportions and feature open fireplaces and enjoy south or easterly aspects over the gardens.
Further ground floor accommodation includes the kitchen/breakfast room with brick flooring and an Aga, a scullery, a second kitchen/laundry room, a bathroom, a rear hall off which lies a workshop, store room and former store/milk room.
A wide turned staircase, installed by the vendors leads to the galleried landing. Over the first floor are six/seven bedrooms and a bathroom. There is a generous loft space which offers great potential subject to the necessary planning consents.
Stonewall is approached via double wrought iron gates which lead to a large cobbled area, where there is an old garage and a period brick built garden store. The front of the house is accessed on foot only, passing the Grade II* listed mounting block and through gates into the enclosed courtyard with clipped yew trees.
The gardens extend mainly to the east, south and west and feature lawns interspersed with yew and box topiary and four ‘garden rooms’ each enclosed by native hedging with a specimen tree as the focal point. There is a pond and old well and a thatched ‘bee house’ made famous by apiculturist, Robert Golding. The gardens to the east feature a Grade II* listed ragstone wall to the boundary.
The property has a right of access over the neighbouring driveway to a gate behind the period garden store.
Location
Local & Comprehensive Shopping: Marden (3.1 miles) has a good range of shops and amenities including butchers, bakers, three convenience stores, farmshop, cafe, two independent gyms and popular sports club with hockey, tennis, cricket and petanque facilities. More comprehensive shopping and leisure facilities can be found in Maidstone, Ashford and Tunbridge Wells.
Mainline rail services: Marden and Staplehurst stations have fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Ashford has a high speed service to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.
Education: An excellent selection of schools exist in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary levels.
Motorway links: The M25 via the A21 can be accessed at J5 and the M20 via J8 both providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airport and other motorway networks.
*All distance and travel times are approximate.
Square Footage: 5,681 sq ft
Acreage: 1.2 Acres
Directions
From Marden railway station bear right into Pattenden Lane and proceed to the T junction. Turn left and continue along Hunton Road which merges into East Street for about 2.4 miles. Continue around a sharp left hand bend and Stonewall will be found on the left hand side.
Additional Info
Agent's Note Stonewall has a right of access over the neighbouring drive.
Description
Stonewall is an imposing Grade II* listed country house of wonderful proportions set within mature part walled gardens and grounds and now coming to the market for the first time in over 50 years.
The property presents a wonderful opportunity for potential purchasers who are passionate about listed building preservation and restoration and who are prepared to complete what will be, when finished, a most impressive project, that was originally started as a labour of love by the vendors nearly 50 years ago.
This fascinating timber framed house, is believed to date in part from the 15th century with later additions, and supposedly during the late Tudor or early Jacobean times when the cloth-making and weaving industry became extremely popular in Kent, is said to have been home to a clothier named James Allen, who gave the church a bible which is now in the Maidstone Museum.
Internally, the house retains a wealth of period and reclaimed
features, including oak timbers and beams, wide oak floorboards, open fireplaces (several of which have been replaced) and good ceiling heights whilst boasting over 5,500 sq ft of internal accommodation.
The front door opens from the courtyard to a vaulted reception hall with turned oak staircase rising to the galleried first floor landing.
The reception rooms, together with the music room/study, are of generous proportions and feature open fireplaces and enjoy south or easterly aspects over the gardens.
Further ground floor accommodation includes the kitchen/breakfast room with brick flooring and an Aga, a scullery, a second kitchen/laundry room, a bathroom, a rear hall off which lies a workshop, store room and former store/milk room.
A wide turned staircase, installed by the vendors leads to the galleried landing. Over the first floor are six/seven bedrooms and a bathroom. There is a generous loft space which offers great potential subject to the necessary planning consents.
Stonewall is approached via double wrought iron gates which lead to a large cobbled area, where there is an old garage and a period brick built garden store. The front of the house is accessed on foot only, passing the Grade II* listed mounting block and through gates into the enclosed courtyard with clipped yew trees.
The gardens extend mainly to the east, south and west and feature lawns interspersed with yew and box topiary and four ‘garden rooms’ each enclosed by native hedging with a specimen tree as the focal point. There is a pond and old well and a thatched ‘bee house’ made famous by apiculturist, Robert Golding. The gardens to the east feature a Grade II* listed ragstone wall to the boundary.
The property has a right of access over the neighbouring driveway to a gate behind the period garden store.
Location
Local & Comprehensive Shopping: Marden (3.1 miles) has a good range of shops and amenities including butchers, bakers, three convenience stores, farmshop, cafe, two independent gyms and popular sports club with hockey, tennis, cricket and petanque facilities. More comprehensive shopping and leisure facilities can be found in Maidstone, Ashford and Tunbridge Wells.
Mainline rail services: Marden and Staplehurst stations have fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Ashford has a high speed service to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.
Education: An excellent selection of schools exist in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary levels.
Motorway links: The M25 via the A21 can be accessed at J5 and the M20 via J8 both providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airport and other motorway networks.
*All distance and travel times are approximate.
Square Footage: 5,681 sq ft
Acreage: 1.2 Acres
Directions
From Marden railway station bear right into Pattenden Lane and proceed to the T junction. Turn left and continue along Hunton Road which merges into East Street for about 2.4 miles. Continue around a sharp left hand bend and Stonewall will be found on the left hand side.
Additional Info
Agent's Note Stonewall has a right of access over the neighbouring drive.
About this agent
Since opening our estate and letting agency office in 1998, Savills Cranbrook have prided ourselves on delivering a personal and local service to Kent’s sellers, buyers, tenants and landlords across a range of residential property, from individual building plots and townhouses, to listed Wealden Hall houses and new-build developments. Our expert team not only work here, we live here too, enabling us to provide an insider’s perspective of Cranbrook with personal insight and practical knowledge. Most visited website Savills.co.uk is the most visited UK national estate agency website, averaging over 2.4 million visits a month in 2020, and recording over 3.1 million visits in January 2021. Global exposure Our site is available in 22 languages including English, Chinese, Spanish and Russian. This guarantees your property will have the global exposure it deserves as well as providing access to more buyers via our website. Put simply, because we get more qualified visits, you get more opportunities to sell.