5 bedroom detached house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 reception rooms
- 2 bathrooms
- 0.35 acres
- Outbuildings
- Period
- Detached
- Double Garage
- Garden
- Parking
Every possible attention to detail has been undertaken in the renovations, including a state-of-the-art heating and electrical system to ensure no noise is heard from the pipework. The floors have been newly installed and fully insulated for maximum heat retention in a nod to energy efficiency. All the sash windows have been refurbished and draft-proofed with new double-glazed windows in the reception rooms.
The front door opens into a large and welcoming reception hall, which is flooded with natural light from a roof lantern and provides access to all the principal living areas. The drawing room has been sumptuously appointed with midnight blue grass cloth by Philip Jefferies, floor-to-ceiling bay window overlooking the front gardens with an open fireplace. A secret connecting door offers access to the library, which has been
created around the original library bookshelves. The fabulous open plan kitchen/ breakfast room with an eye-catching and spectacular hand-crafted kitchen with quartz worktops, bespoke fitted cupboards by Beyond Joinery with limestone flooring and integrated Miele appliances.
Also, of note on this level there is a boot room/utility, which is arguably the most luxurious you may see, offering a space where everyday chores are a pleasure.
The principal suite stretches across the back of the house and comprises a palatial main bedroom that leads to a spectacular en suite bathroom. Adjoining the principal suite is a spectacular dressing room offering an oasis of calm to get ready or unwind from the day's stresses; this room could readily be used as a fifth bedroom if required. There are three additional double bedrooms located to the front of the house, all with lovely views across the front gardens and beyond Tunbridge Wells Common.
The property is set within a mature and private plot of 0.35 of an acre, set well back from the road, with an expansive brick paved driveway with detached double garage and parking for multiple cars.
To the rear of the house is a beautiful walled garden, ensuring seclusion and privacy with red brick meandering paths, shrubs, planting borders, mature specimen trees, and a magnificent magnolia providing year-round colour and interest. There is a detached, unconverted Bothy which has planning permission to be converted into a self contained annexe. A wrought iron arched gate in the wall beside the Bothy leads to a secret garden where there is a shed, log store, and composting area.
Planning - Permission exists to add a single storey extension to the main house (REF 21/03221) and a single storey extension to the garden bothy and convert the garden bothy into a self contained annexe accommodation. (REF: 22/03601/FULL). More information can be found on the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council website.
Manor Lodge is located in a tranquil and tucked away position, situated close to the Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells, with the mainline station just 0.7 of a mile away and the town centre approximately 1 mile away. Tunbridge Wells provides a comprehensive range of shopping facilities including many major national stores at the Royal Victoria Shopping Centre. There is a wide variety of individual shops, boutiques, and restaurants which can be reached by pleasant walks across the Common or the frequent bus service.
In the southern part of the town are the famous Pantiles and Hight Street. Tunbridge Wells is renowned for its superb education facilities with good private, state and grammar schools, including the nearby Holmewood House, Rosehill School, Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School, The Grammar School for Boys and The Skinners School.
Recreational amenities include the Assembly Hall Theatre, Trinity Arts Centre, Nevill golf club, sports and leisure centres and many parks and open spaces. The house is within easy reach of open countryside and the many footpaths in the surrounding High Weald AONB.
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