4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Detached family house dating from about 1890
- Presented in good order and bespoke oak framed orangery
- Four bedrooms and three bathrooms, one recently updated
- Garden, terrace and detached double garage
- Conveniently situated for access to Sissinghurst
- Numerous public footpaths easily accessed from the property
- Cranbrook School catchment area 2023
- EPC Rating = D
Description
Watchmans Thatch is a detached four bedroom family home, the original part is understood to date from 1890's and the current owners have added an excellent David Salisbury oak framed orangery with French doors to the gardens.
Approached via both pedestrian and vehicular access, the property sits back from the road behind mature hedging in well established gardens of about 0.25 of an acre (tbv). The popular town of Cranbrook is about 1.9 miles to the south whilst to the north (3.5 miles) is the village of Staplehurst with shops, Sainsburys supermarket and mainline station with frequent services to London.
Accommodation comprises two reception rooms; a sitting room with oak flooring and wood burning stove and the excellent light and airy David Salisbury orangery which is linked to the kitchen via a wide archway, providing an ideal family space. The kitchen/breakfast room has a range of cupboards with granite worksurfaces, Neff electric ovens, five ring gas hob, integral dishwasher and space for a fridge/freezer. There is a utility room with space for white goods and a separate WC.
Four bedrooms (one currently used as a study) are served by two en suite shower rooms and a family bathroom, refitted in 2021. The main bedroom on the first floor benefits from a walk-in wardrobe. Bedroom two is located on the ground floor and it has an en suite shower room.
Outside there is off road parking for a number of cars and a detached double garage with a ladder to a boarded loft. The parking and gardens are divided by a rose and wisteria clad walkway.
Location
Cranbrook town centre is under 2 miles away, where there is a variety of shops and amenities catering for everyday needs including a supermarket, butchers, bakery, Drs surgery, library together with primary, grammar and state schools. More extensive shopping and facilities can be found in Tenterden, Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone.
Mainline rail services: Staplehurst (3.6 miles) has fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross, London Bridge, Cannon Street and Ashford. A high speed train service runs from Ashford to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.
There is an excellent selection of schools in the area in both the public and private sectors. Primary schools: Cranbrook, Frittenden, Sissinghurst and Benenden. State secondary and grammar schools: Cranbrook School, Homewood School, Tenterden. Private schools: Marlborough House, Dulwich Preparatory, Saint Ronan's and Vinehall, Sutton Valence, Tonbridge, Benenden and Bethany.
Motorway links: The M25 via the A21 can be accessed at J5 and the M20 via J8 both providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airport and other motorway networks and channel tunnel terminus.
*All mileages and journey times are approximate.
Square Footage: 1,983 sq ft
Acreage: 0.25 Acres
Directions
From Savills office in Cranbrook proceed to the Wilsley Pound roundabout take the A229 towards Staplehurst and continue for about 0.8 of a mile, passing Spongs Lane on the right hand side. The entrance to Watchmans Thatch will be found on the left side.
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