5 bedroom detached house for sale

Delightful detached Grade II listed family home, set in attractive cottage gardens with outbuildings & a paddock amounting to about 5 acres in total.

Description

Holywell Farmhouse is a charming Grade II listed property of immense character, being well-presented and having undergone sympathetic renovations to create contemporary living accommodation. The spacious accommodation is arranged over three floors and provides superb spaces for both family entertaining and formal living. Internally, points of note include contemporary kitchen and bathroom suites, stone flooring to the ground floor, an abundance of exposed beams, timbers and bricks. The property sits within delightful cottage gardens, with a swimming pool, pool house, outbuildings, stables and a paddock, and in total amounts to about 5 acres.

The impressive entrance hall is open to the sitting/dining room and features a central staircase leading to the first floor accommodation and a multi-paned door leading to the rear gardens.

The sitting room is of excellent proportions with an impressive brick fireplace and square bay window overlooking the front gardens.

The stylish kitchen/breakfast room situated on the lower ground floor, beautifully marries the period features of the property with contemporary fittings and is a striking focal point of internal accommodation, providing an ideal area for informal entertaining. The kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive range of wall and base cupboards and an island with waterfall polished concrete work surfaces, incorporating a breakfast bar. There is a range style cooker and some integral appliances with space for a fridge/freezer. Sliding doors provide access to the sunken terrace to the rear.

A second kitchen provides further storage and space for appliances, and together with a cloakroom, complete the ground floor.

Stairs from the reception hall lead down to a useful lower ground floor playroom.

Arranged over the first floor are five bedrooms, all enjoying delightful views over the gardens, and served by three well-appointed bath/ shower rooms.

Arranged over the entirety of the second floor and completing the accommodation is a useful store room.

A driveway leads down one side of the property and a pedestrian path leads to the main entrance to the house.

The established gardens surround the property to three sides and are beautifully maintained with areas of lawn interspersed with mature trees and an abundance of perennials and seasonal shrubs. A pond is located in a pretty and secluded part of the garden. There are two terraces including a sunken one adjoining the rear of the property, both providing ideal areas for al fresco entertaining. To the rear of the garden is an outdoor swimming pool with terrace surround which is hedge and fence enclosed. A pool house comprises an open plan games/living room with kitchenette, changing room /bedroom and shower room.

The property benefits from equestrian and smallholding facilities, comprising a substantial outbuilding in excess of 2,200 sq ft, a stable block, tractor barn and pavillion. The outbuilding comprises a generous barn, an adjoining second barn, workshop, office, carport and garage and all built around an area of hard standing with direct access from the lane. In total the plot amounts to just over 5 acres.

Location

Holywell House is situated in pretty hamlet of Hodsoll Street with its public house and village hall. The villages of Culverstone Green and Vigo are within 2 miles and offer additional amenities with a petrol station, primary school, nursery, recreation ground and village shop in Culverstone Green and public house, primary school and nursery in Vigo. Trosley Country Park is just 1.7 miles away for lovely walks.

Local Shopping: Culverstone Green (1.8 miles), Borough Green (4.9 miles).

Comprehensive Shopping: West Malling (8.1 miles), Kings Hill (8.9 miles), Bluewater (10.5 miles), Sevenoaks (11.2 miles) and Maidstone (13.7 miles).

Mainline Rail Services: Borough Green (4.8 miles) to London Victoria. Sevenoaks (11.7 miles) to London Bridge/Cannon Street/Charing Cross.

Primary Schools: Culverstone Green, Vigo, Meopham, Trottiscliffe CE, Wrotham, Platt and Borough Green.

Grammar/State Schools: A good selection in Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.

Private Schools: Somerhill Prep School in Tonbridge. Sevenoaks, Solefields and New Beacon Prep Schools in Sevenoaks. St Michaels and Russell House Prep Schools in Otford. Sevenoaks and Tonbridge Secondary Schools. Sutton Valence Prep and Secondary School in Maidstone.

Leisure Facilities: Several Golf clubs in the surrounding villages. Meopham Cricket Club. Reynolds Country Club Retreat in Borough Green. Wildernesse and Knole Golf Clubs in Sevenoaks. Nizels Golf and Fitness Centre in Hildenborough. Sevenoaks Sports and Leisure Centre. Brands Hatch circuit.

All distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,909 sq ft


Acreage: 5 Acres

Directions

From Borough Green proceed north on the A227 and at the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto London Road/A20. At the next roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Gravesend Road/A227. Continue forward for 2.3 miles passing Trosley Country Park and turn left on Hodsoll Street. Continue forward and on reaching the village green veer to the left and continue past the green and the entrance to Holywell Farmhouse can be found straight ahead to the left.

Additional Info

Local Authority: Sevenoaks District Council. Tax Band ‘H’

Services: Mains water, electricity & drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Agent Note: There is a Right of Way for the benefit of Holywell Farmhouse to the fields at the rear of the property, over the Holywell Park Farm driveway. There is also a Right of Access for Holywell Farmhouse to the fields across Brothers Yard. A public Right of Way crosses the driveway.