7 bedroom detached house for sale

A rare opportunity to purchase an immaculately presented and substantial, unlisted, detached Oast house providing versatile, light and airy family accommodation set over three floors offering up to seven bedrooms and multiple receptions. Further benefitting from a large driveway providing ample off road parking, established southerly aspect garden and an adjoining paddock creating a total plot of just under an acre. Situated within a private, rural farm hamlet enjoying elevated countryside views over adjoining farmland. Short drive to local amenities and major transport links including a mainline railway station. Offered to the market with NO FORWARD CHAIN.

About the property: Smiths Hill Oast is an impressive unlisted detached character home offering over 4,100 sq.ft of versatile accommodation set over three floors. The property is accessed from the bottom of Smiths Hill up a private driveway leading to the brow of the hill with the Oast enjoying elevated countryside views at the top of the drive. In front of the Oast is a large L-shaped gravelled driveway providing ample off road parking. There is access to the front door and steps up to a large southerly aspect landscaped mature garden with a path to an alfresco entertaining area and a raised garden terrace. There is also an adjacent paddock measuring about 0.68 of an acre with the total plot measuring about 0.92 of an acre.

The front door opens into a large reception hall with doors to the ground floor accommodation and has a central staircase to a spacious first floor landing. The ground floor layout offers fantastic flexibility to suit individual needs, as it could easily provide a private annexe, Air B&B and a work from home office or family/cinema room to name but a few. The current layout comprises plant room, cloakroom, utility room and a large store room with the addition of two large reception rooms both with separate external access currently a craft room and a games room with a bar, two double bedrooms and a bathroom with the addition of a shower.

From the first floor landing there are doors to a large double aspect sitting room with a vaulted ceiling and exposed beams with a wood burning stove. The kitchen/dining room is a real feature of the property with a beautiful bespoke Martin Moore fitted kitchen and breakfast bar with a Lacanche range cooker. The kitchen/dining room again has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and a double aspect with access to a raised garden terrace. The terrace overlooks the pretty garden and the adjacent paddock with far reaching views beyond. The master bedroom is a large double room with walk-in wardrobes and an en-suite shower room. There are two further double bedrooms with built in cupboards, a study/single bedroom, and a family shower room. Stairs from the first floor lead to a second floor guest double bedroom with an en-suite bathroom within the square kiln.

GENERAL:
Tenure: Freehold.
Services: Oil fired central heating with mains electricity, water supply and private drainage services connected but not tested.
Local authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Council tax: Band G
EPC: D (63)

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Council Tax Band: G
Tenure: Freehold