The flair for interior design here is impressive and the location is lovely too -- Alex Davies, Managing Director

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An extended Grade II Listed period house with 0.37 acre gardens situated in a Kent village green setting accessible to Ashford International station, Faversham and Canterbury.

An extended 16th Century period house Listed Grade II and believed to have been in part, a Kentish Hall House and one time workers’ cottages for the adjacent Forge.

The property affords an abundance of period character artfully presented by the current owners to an impressive standard of interior design. The renovation blends modern facilities whilst carefully retaining the original features including Inglenook fireplaces with wood burning stoves, timber latched doors, authentic reclaimed iron collumn radiators, oak flooring, exposed beams and mellow exposed timbers.

The ground floor accommodation combines a number of reception rooms along with a hand painted kitchen incorporating “Corian” counters, “Neff” integral appliances and a breakfast area. A later rear extension includes a boot room and garden room opening to the garden, this area could be re-interpreted as a splendid new garden facing sitting room, kitchen/family room or separate annexe.

On the first floor, there are 4 bedrooms including a principal bedroom with dressing room and en-suite shower/bathroom. One of the bedrooms is currently used as a dressing room and the family bathroom is a masterclass in styling having an eye-catching copper bath, “Samuel Heath” brassware, plantation shutters, vanity unit/washstand and access to a secret walk-in loft storage area.

There is a neatly kept front lawn and gravel driveway with distinctive white painted five bar gate leading to an extensive parking area facilitating several vehicles and providing access to a double car barn with lockable store. The pretty rear gardens back on to farmland and are laid to lawn enjoying plenty of privacy from mature trees and shrubs along with Magnolias, Oak trees and fruit trees. There is a patio terrace with electric sun awning, sun deck, summer house and a natural well.
Exterior water and power are connected.
In all about 0.37 acres.

The house enjoys a quintessentially English location on the village cricket green and within walking distance of an old-world pub.

Boughton Lees is a delightful location and amongst the most convenient villages accessible to the town of Ashford which has high speed trains to London St Pancras taking just 37 minuites. On the opposite side of the green is the ‘Champneys’ Eastwell Manor Estate which includes a mansion house, leisure club/spa and a short golf course.

The surrounding countryside on the North Downs is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and there are many picturesque walks and rides in the vicinity.

The village is also very convenient for travel to the City of Canterbury or the historic town of Faversham along with an excellent choice of schools both in the State and Independent sectors. There are 3 schools in the neighbouring village of Wye along with a railway station connecting with both Canterbury and Ashford.

Our Ref: AVS230135