This property is no longer on the market
7 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Elegant period family house perfect for updating
- Detached coach house
- Lower ground floor entertainment space
- Charming gardens
- Wildflower meadow total plot 4 acres
- North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- No onward chain
- EPC Rating = F
Description
The Croft is a truly elegant family house dating from around 1840. The accommodation is light spacious and superbly planned and has wonderful features including shutters, cornicing and impressive fireplaces. The front of the house enjoys a delightful southerly aspect and views over the gardens and meadow. The house is arranged over lower ground, ground, first and second floors is generously proportioned and is a wonderful family house. The property is on the market for the first time in seventy years and has only had three families in occupation.
The white rendered elevations under a slate tiled roof are of traditional construction, the property has numerous features and attributes.
Outside
The property is approached through a charming tarmac driveway which forms a circle and sweeps around the house. There is an area of cobbles adjacent to the detached Coach House, the Coach House which is of brick and stone construction with weatherboarding and a slate tiled roof incorporates the stables, tack room and includes two carports with hayloft above. This property has much potential subject to the usual planning consents being obtained.
The gardens are delightful and have been beautifully planted on free draining chalk soil. The property has been opened under the national garden scheme and has won the gold
award twice for the Kent Wild Life Trust.
Location
The property lies in the North Downs area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has fabulous local amenities all within easy reach. The pretty village of Detling has a recently opened
community shop, a public house and a well known church, together with the neighbouring villages of Thurnham and Bearsted offering local amenities serving all the day to day needs.
Maidstone the county town of Kent is a short distance away and offers a comprehensive range of shopping, recreational and cultural amenities.
Despite being easily accessible the property is close to the countryside and is within walking distance of the recently planted vineyards at Thurnham.
For the commuter the mainline stations are Bearsted and Maidstone.
For the motorist a number of major road routes are easily accessible namely the M20 and M2 motorways.
Square Footage: 5,451 sq ft
Acreage: 4 Acres
Directions
From J7 of the M20 proceed north on the A249, taking the first turning on the right signed Detling, continue into the village and bear left at the church. Continue to the centre of the village and turn right into Pilgrims Way. Proceed for a few hundred yards where The Croft will be found on the right hand side.
Additional Info
Distances - Detling 0.3 miles, Bearsted 2 miles, Maidstone town and mainline station 4 miles, J7 of M20 1 mile, J5 of M2 5 miles
All distances are approximate.
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