5 bedroom detached house for sale

This is a great allround package - a spacious house with integral annexe, a well built stable yard and a nice parcel of surrounding land - James Hickman, Rural Property & Land

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A rural property comprising a spacious house providing over 3600 square feet of accommodation which includes an integral annexe. The property is situated within spacious gardens and grounds on a country lane within the Kent North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

There are some very useful outbuildings within the gardens and grounds including a well built range of 4 stables with covered yard area. There are 2 good grazing paddocks.

In all about 5.10 acres

Guide Price - £1,300,000


Situation

The Fold is situated in a tucked away rural location on a country lane on the Kent North Downs within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) less than 3 miles south of the M2 and 5 miles north of the M20 at Maidstone.

There is good accessibility to Gillingham & Rainham to the north and Sittingbourne to the north east. The M2 & M20 motorways both provide direct routes to all parts of the Kent Coast as well as the Channel Tunnel & Dover Port. There are High Speed Trains on HS1 to Ebbsfleet, Stratford International & St Pancras.

House & Integral Annexe

The house is understood to have originally been a much smaller cottage which has since been extended and modernized to provide a spacious 4/5 bedroom house with the total accommodation extending to about 3625 square feet. The house provides the opportunity for part of the accommodation to be separated off on the ground floor to create an integral annexe for either a single person or a couple.

Garden & Outside

The house can be approached off White Hill Road through a choice of 2 entrance gates which lead to a long connecting driveway with separate driveways off to the stable yard & garage. The house is surrounded by private mainly lawned gardens and includes a pretty pond and a paved terrace which provides lots of space for outside dining and relaxing. There are a number of mature trees which provide shade & shelter as well as screening from the lane.

Outbuildings

In addition to the stable yard there are a number of useful outbuildings which extend to about 2885 square feet and include:
1) Garage
2) Barn
3) Garage/Hay Barn
4) Wood Store
5) Hen House

Stable Yard

This lies to the rear of the house and comprises 4 really well built stables, one of which is a foaling box. Well served by a useful concrete yard part of which is covered for shelter.

Land

The land lies to the rear of the house and buildings and it’s gentle slope means it is generally all visible from the garden and stable yard. It is currently divided into 2 paddocks and provides more than ample grazing for the family’s horses and ponies.

Footpaths/Riding/Toll Rides

There are NO footpaths or public rights of way crossing the property.

There is hacking on local lanes and for details of local bridlepaths visit: .

There is forestry and off road riding on local tollrides across Kent, for further information visit: tollrides.org.uk for details.

Services

Mains water and electricity, an oil fired Rayburn with a back boiler provides hot water and central heating, private cesspool drainage.

Tenure/Council Tax

Freehold - Band H (Maidstone Borough Council - maidstone.gov.uk)

Viewing

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Health and Safety

Prospective purchasers must have regard for their own safety during viewings. Neither the sellers or Hobbs Parker Estate Agents accept any responsibility for any accident or injury as a result of viewing the property.

Plan/Acreage

The plan on these sales particulars and the acreage quoted are based on the latest Ordnance Survey plans & are strictly for identification and guidance only. Interested parties are reminded that the land is sold in accordance with the owners Land Registry Title plan/s and must satisfy themselves as to the property boundaries and the quantity of land being purchased.

Our Ref: FAL230118