5 bedroom house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Reception hall
- 5 Reception rooms
- Kitchen and various utility rooms
- Wine store
- 4/5 Bedrooms and dressing room
- 3 Family bathrooms and a shower room
- Sewing room/study and attic stores
- Triple garage, triple garage barn and stables
- Gardens and greenhouse
- 2 One bedroom cottages
The porch opens to a double-height reception hall, with an elegant easy-rising staircase and wall panelling. To the right there is a handsome morning room with bay window and fireplace, and to the left a beautifully proportioned drawing room with high, corniced ceilings and a classic marble fireplace surround. Doors either side of the fireplace open to a rear corridor which leads to a library full of charm and atmosphere with a chamfered beamed ceiling and deep brick fireplace. Returning along the corridor there is a wine store and a cloakroom.
To the rear of the hall, an ante-room, fitted with mirror-backed shelves and cupboards, with a useful office to one side, leads to the vaulted dining room. This large and airy room has double doors opening onto a south-facing terrace.
The spacious and sociable kitchen has a large central island, with a range of contemporary cabinetry, a variety of integrated appliances and a four-oven gas AGA. Separate scullery, larder, laundry and linen rooms, together with a well-appointed utility, boot room and cloakroom all adjoin.
The staircase rises to the first-floor landing. A short passageway to the right leads to the principal bedroom, which has access to a “minstrels’ gallery” overlooking the hall. A spacious bathroom and dressing/bedroom combine to make a comfortable suite. The landing continues to two further bedrooms, a family bathroom and a shower room. Accessed by an additional rear staircase, a further bedroom is a beautiful vaulted room and it has its own bathroom opposite. Stairs continue up to a further useful area - ideal as a sewing room or study. Separate stairs lead to a fully boarded loft space.
THE COTTAGES
Two charming and adaptable attached cottages stand discreetly within the grounds. They each comprise a sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom.
They are currently let on ASTs with a rolling 2 months’ notice period.
The property stands just off the village street within a peaceful and substantial private garden, A large gravelled forecourt provides ample parking and access to a triple oak-framed garage barn. A rear drive leads to a triple brick-built garage with attached shed and parking area. This is accessed by an electronic gate. Adjacent is a further parking area.
The garden has been expertly designed and landscaped to give high levels of privacy. From the kitchen, steps lead down to a wide, paved terrace bounded by neatly manicured box hedging; a further terrace can be accessed from the dining room. The large level lawn is bounded by pleached trees, with a short avenue of trees forming a focal point opposite the main house. A Victorian style greenhouse is adjacent.
Accessed through a wrought iron gate is a further lawned area with a number of beautiful specimen trees. Beyond is the former stable block – now used for storage.
Ickham is a picturesque village close to the cathedral city of Canterbury. The village has a public house and a church whilst neighbouring Wickhambreaux has a highly regarded primary school.
The nearby villages of Littlebourne and Wingham offer day-to-day amenities whilst Canterbury provides a broad array of shopping, leisure and educational facilities.
There are excellent road and rail links: access to the A2 is just 3.4 miles away, and the High-Speed train service to London St Pancras from Canterbury West takes just under an hour. The area has good access to the Continent.
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