5 bedroom detached house

The property is an attractive family house which has been improved by the current owners with the addition of a fabulous garden room and a triple garage with room above. The property offers flexible accommodation which includes fantastic reception rooms opening onto the lovely rear terrace and gardens bringing the outside in and creating the perfect entertaining space.

The front door opens into a spacious hallway with w.c. A door to the left leads into the double aspect drawing room with windows to the front and side and an attractive brick fireplace and wooden flooring. Double doors lead through to the dining room at the rear of the home with a useful ground floor bedroom off.

The impressive kitchen/breakfast room runs from the front to the rear of the home and is a particular feature with a range of oak wall and base units, integrated appliances, Range cooker, central island and bi-fold doors leading out to the rear terrace and gardens. Double doors also open into the wonderful oak framed garden room which has a vaulted ceiling and wooden flooring. This room also has two sets of double doors leading out to the rear terrace and gardens. A utility room with extensive fitted oak cupboards completes the ground floor accommodation.

On the first floor, the landing gives access to the four good sized bedrooms, a family bathroom and a family shower room. The double aspect principal bedroom has windows to the side and rear and benefits from a well-appointed en suite bathroom as well as a walk-in dressing room.

Outside, the house is approached via a gated entrance over a driveway leading to the house, parking area and detached triple garage with room above. The garage building is currently used as a games room.

To the rear, a substantial paved terrace spans the width of the house and includes a pond feature, seating areas and a dining area with pergola over - all with fantastic views over the beautiful lawned gardens and countryside beyond. In all about 0.7 acres.

Benenden 1.4 miles. Cranbrook 3.8 miles. Tenterden 5.5 miles. Staplehurst station 7.8 miles (London Bridge from 51 minutes). Ashford 15 miles. Rye 15.5 miles. Maidstone 16 miles. Tunbridge Wells 18 miles. London 55 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is situated on the edge of the popular village of Benenden which provides for all the usual daily needs with its post office/shop/cafe, butcher, two inns, delightful parish church, village hall, primary school, world renowned private secondary school and village green. The nearby towns of Cranbrook and Tenterden, with their picturesque High Streets, offer a wider range of quality shops, restaurants, banks, supermarkets and a leisure centre at Tenterden. Comprehensive facilities are available in Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Ashford. Staplehurst station provides a mainline commuter service to London.

There is an excellent choice of state and private schools in the area including Benenden School for Girls, Dulwich Preparatory at Cranbrook, St Ronan's and Marlborough House at Hawkhurst, Bethany at Goudhurst, Mayfield School (girls). We understand the property lies within the catchment area for the famous Cranbrook School which dates back to 1518.

Leisure facilities in the area include golf at a number of courses including Chart Hills, Hemsted Forest and Rye; tennis at nearby Iden Green; sailing and fishing at Bewl Water and on the south coast; walking and off-road cycling at Hemsted Forest and Bedgebury.