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4 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Offering potential for updating
- Charming four bedroom unlisted property with south easterly views
- Versatile accommodation
- Delightful gardens and adjoining woodland with lovely old chestnut, oak and ash trees
- Countryside setting under a mile from sought-after village of Benenden
- Cranbrook School catchment 2023
- No onward chain
- EPC Rating = F
Description
Coming to the market for the first time in over 30 years and located within an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Bikkel is a charming unlisted four bedroom property, set in a sought after semi-rural location on the periphery of Benenden village enjoying delightful southerly facing gardens and a paddock with an area of woodland planted with chestnut, oak, ash and silver birch trees.
This delightfully situated property, which offers the opportunity for updating, features two reception rooms, including sitting and family rooms, the former with sliding doors to the rear garden and a study area which is open plan to the sitting room. The kitchen has a range of cupboards and space for various freestanding appliances. There is also a boiler room with storage and a cloakroom.
There is a total of four bedrooms, three being situated on the ground floor and served two shower rooms. The main bedroom with en suite bathroom is located on the first floor. Most of the bedrooms benefit from fitted cupboards and views over the secluded mature gardens.
Bikkel is approached via a generously sized in and out driveway providing off road parking and access to the garaging. The beautifully well established gardens with mixed hedging to the perimeter, extend mainly to the rear of the property with expansive lawns, a range of shrubs, fruit trees and a garden shed. The gardens continue to the east of the property with further fruit trees including cooking and eating apples. A gate continues through to an enchanting area of woodland planted with chestnut, oak and ash trees. Outbuildings include a log store and a double garage with garden store, light and power.
Location
The sought after village of Benenden (0.9 of a mile) has a community village shop with Post Office, butcher, hairdresser and public house. More extensive facilities can be found in Cranbrook (3.6 miles), Tenterden (5.7 miles), Tunbridge Wells (19.5 miles) and Maidstone (15.7 miles).
Fast and frequent services run to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street from Staplehurst, Headcorn and Marden stations. Eurostar trains are available from Ashford International and a high speed train service runs from Ashford to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.
The property falls within Cranbrook School catchment 2023 and there are an excellent range of further schools in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary levels. These include Benenden Primary School, Benenden Girls School, Dulwich Preparatory at Cranbrook, Saint Ronans and Marlborough House at Hawkhurst and Sutton Valence Schools, Bethany and Tonbridge School. Additionally there are grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone.
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.
Square Footage: 2,133 sq ft
Acreage: 4.8 Acres
Directions
From Cranbrook proceed down the High Street into Stone Street and take the first right onto The Hill. Continue onto Golford road and at the Golford crossroads, turn right staying on Golford road. Continue for about 1.7 miles and turn left onto Goddards Green road. Continue and the entrance to the property will be the second driveway on your right hand side.
Additional Info
Services: Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating via radiators.
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