6 bedroom detached house

Striking Queen Anne style country house with ancillary accommodation, occupying an elevated position set in superb parkland grounds with far reaching westerly views.

Description

Redwood is an exceptional Queen Anne style property designed and built by Quinlan & Francis Terry. Quinlan Terry is the foremost post-war classical revivalist who is best known for his numerous country houses, including designing Brentwood Cathedral and refurbishing 10 Downing Street. The house was built in 1990 with the two elegant Regency style wings added in 2005, together with the detached 3 bedroom lodge, and also benefits from planning permission to create two additional dwellings with the grounds.

Internally, the house is superbly proportioned with elegant architectural features, and the principal reception rooms have glorious views over the established grounds.

The house sits in a commanding position overlooking its parkland grounds which open to far reaching views over the adjoining countryside.

The principal reception rooms comprise an impressive reception hall, a drawing room with a feature fireplace and doors to the terrace, a formal dining room/lounge, a formal sitting room, and two family rooms.

The stylish kitchen is fitted with a bespoke range of wall and base units with a range of integral appliances and an island incorporating a breakfast bar, with doors opening to the rear.

A well-appointed study, boot room/utility and two cloakrooms complete the ground floor.

Arranged over the lower ground floor is an impressive leisure suite comprising a games room/bar, a cinema, gym, kitchen/utility area, lounge, store rooms, a bedroom and shower room, all of which is ideal for entertaining.

The superb principal bedroom suite is arranged over the first floor and features a bedroom, dressing room and stylish bathroom.

There are four further bedrooms, all served by two bathrooms and a shower room.

The Lodge provides excellent ancillary accommodation and comprises a spacious sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom and three bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes and served by stylish en suite bathrooms/shower rooms.

Redwood is approached over a sweeping driveway which leads to the house and on to the garaging. The four bay garage has electrically operated doors with power and lighting connected. There is a brick built gardeners W.C. in the grounds.

A spur leads from the drive to a pole barn with a workshop to one side.

The established gardens and grounds provide a stunning setting to the house and feature a glorious lake.

The gardens are principally laid to lawn and interspersed with many varieties of specimen trees and shrubs, paths lead around the grounds, a part walled paved garden with ornamental pond and water feature, and a superb walled kitchen garden.

The kitchen garden measures about 0.6 of an acre and has fruit cages, a number of raised vegetable beds, an orangery, two substantial greenhouses and a workshop.

To the south side of the house is a generous paved area where the heated swimming pool is located. There is a further terrace stretching the width of the house and extending to provide a generous seating area where far reaching views can be enjoyed and ideal for al fresco entertaining.

To the far perimeter is an extensive woodland and in total the grounds amount to about 17.87 acres.

Planning Permissions: There is planning permission for a further 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom single storey dwelling (REF: 21/03615/FUL 'Demolition of outbuilding. Erection of one 3-bed dormer bungalow') and a 1 bedroom single storey dwelling in the walled garden (REF: 22/01327/FUL 'Conversion and extension of existing potting shed to one 1-bed annexe'). Works have commenced.

Location

Redwood is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the edge of the picturesque village of Penshurst with its ancestral home Penshurst Place, church, tea rooms, doctors surgery, garage and Post Office.

Comprehensive shopping: Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks,
Tonbridge and Bluewater.

Schools: There are a number of highly regarded schools in the area including Chiddingstone, Fordcombe and Penshurst primary schools, Grammar schools in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells and private schools including Holmewood House in Langton Green, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.

Mainline Rail Service: Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells to London. Also a local service at Penshurst station situated in Chiddingstone Causeway.

Communications: The A21 provides access to the M25 and
national motorway networks, Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The M20 at Ashford provides access to the Channel Tunnel Terminus.

Square Footage: 10,795 sq ft


Acreage: 17.87 Acres

Directions

From the A21 southbound take the A225/B245 exit towards Sevenoaks/Weald/Hildenborough. At the roundabout take the second exit onto the B245, signposted towards Hildenborough and Tonbridge. Continue along this road and turn right signposted to Leigh and Penshurst. Proceed through the village of Leigh bearing left on leaving the village, signposted towards Penshurst. Continue for about 1.2 of a mile passing Station Road on the right hand side where the wrought iron gates for Redwood will be found on the right hand side.