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5 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
5 bed
2 bath
0.99 acre(s)

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Service charge: £0 per annum
Council tax: Band G
Broadband: Super-fast 52Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
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Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Detached thatch cottage
  • Just under an acre of mature gardens
  • Rural location
  • Superb scope for refurbishment
A picture perfect detached thatched cottage set in delightful secluded gardens of circa one acre in this popular village

DESCRIPTION

Shene Cottage is a delightful half ragstone, half tile-hung detached cottage with an attractive thatched roof, set quite centrally in its generous plot of about 1 acre on the outskirts of the popular village of Ightham.

The property is coming to the market for the first time in over thirty years and offers superb scope for refurbishment.

The attractive, well screened gardens feature mature trees, expanses of lawn and pockets of perennial and shrub planting.

The cottage has a gated driveway with parking for cars to the front and side of the house in addition to a single garage and covered car port.

FEATURES

- Kitchen/breakfast room fitted with a good selection of base and wall units, stainless steel sink, space for a freestanding cooker, fridge and dishwasher.

- Adjoining utility room.

- Triple aspect sitting Room with feature stone fireplace with open fire.

- Additional triple aspect reception room, currently used as a billiards room.

- Triple aspect dining room with large brick fireplace and a bay window with French doors leading out to the rear terrace.

- Study

- Ground floor cloakroom

- Triple aspect main bedroom with built in wardrobes and en suite shower room.

- Four further double bedrooms (one accessed through another currently), two with built in wardrobes.

- Family bathroom with bath, pedestal basin and WC.

- Detached single garage with additional car port to the side.

- Gardens amounting to about 1 acre.

SITUATION

Shene Cottage is located on the edge of the historic village of Ightham, about 5 miles East of Sevenoaks and 6 miles North of Tonbridge. There are two pubs within 1 mile of the property and the popular Chaser Inn in Shipbourne is also only about 2 miles away. Ightham Common, Oldbury Woods and Seal Chart provide some lovely walking opportunities, not to mention the abundance of footpaths around the local countryside.

Shopping: The nearby village of Plaxtol (about 2 miles) has a local convenience store and there are a number of shops and facilities in nearby Borough Green. More comprehensive shopping can be found in Sevenoaks, together with a range of restaurants and cafes and a theatre/cinema.

Schools: Ightham primary has recently been rated outstanding by Ofsted and there are other good primary schools in nearby Plaxtol, Shipbourne and Seal. Sevenoaks Preparatory School is just 3.5 miles away and both Sevenoaks and Tonbridge offer an excellent range of schools including Sevenoaks and Tonbridge (public) Schools. There are also grammar schools in Tonbridge and Sevenoaks now has the Weald of Kent grammar annexe.

Rail Links: Sevenoaks (5.5 miles) and Hildenborough (6 miles) stations both offer regular services to London Charing Cross/Cannon Street (Sevenoaks to London Bridge from 24 minutes). Borough Green offers services to London Victoria in about 45 minutes.

Road Networks: The M20 at Wrotham gives access to the Channel Tunnel Terminus and the coastal ports, other motorway networks and Gatwick, Heathrow, City and Stansted Airports.

Leisure Facilities: Golf clubs in Sevenoaks include Wildernesse and Knole with Nizels in Hildenborough which also has a private health/fitness centre, with Sevenoaks offering a sports and leisure centre. Cricket and Rugby in the Vine area of Sevenoaks. Tennis Clubs in Ightham, Shipbourne and the Bailey’s Tennis Centre, Sevenoaks.

DIRECTIONS

From Sevenoaks head East on the A25 through Seal and over Seal Chart. The western carriageway becomes two lanes. Where it goes back down to one lane, turn right into Common Road (towards Ightham Common). Ismays Road is the fourth road on the left after about 0.6 of a mile. Shene Cottage will be found on the right after Tebbs Way.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
- Services: Gas fired central heating. Mains gas, electric, water and drainage.

- Local Authority: Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council,[use Contact Agent Button]

- Council Tax band: G (£3486.60 2022/23)

- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.

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