5 bedroom detached house

The Meads is an attractive part tile-hung modern detached family home offering more than 2,400 sq ft of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors.

Configured to provide an ideal space for family living and entertaining, the ground floor maximises stunning views over the property's grounds. The accommodation flows from a gable-end porch into a welcoming reception hall with useful storage. It includes a well-proportioned study and a spacious dual-aspect sitting room with wooden flooring, a feature fireplace with woodburning stove, and double doors leading to a generous triple-aspect sun room with exposed wooden flooring, large picture glazing, and French doors to the garden.

A service wing features a large dual-aspect kitchen/breakfast room fitted with a range of base units, an Aga, modern integrated appliances, space for a sizeable table, and full-height glazing with a door to the side terrace. A second kitchen offers additional wall and base units, wooden worktops, a Belfast sink, integrated appliances, and a walk-in larder. This connects to a fitted utility/boot room with a useful en suite cloakroom and a door to the front aspect.

On the first floor the property provides a generous dual aspect principal bedroom, an additional double bedroom with en suite shower room, three further well-proportioned bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The property is approached through a five-bar gate via a side driveway that provides private parking and access to a detached outbuilding, comprising two garages and a workshop with storage above. Internal stairs rise to two first-floor store rooms, suitable for a variety of uses.

The plot includes a formal stock-fenced garden that surrounds the property and is laid mainly to level lawn, interspersed with mature shrubs and trees. Features include a garden well, summer house, multiple seating areas, and a paved side terrace accessible from the utility/boot room. Beyond the formal garden lies the property's remaining acreage of pasture, which wraps around two sides and is also accessible via a separate five-bar gate from the road.

The entire setting enjoys far-reaching views over the surrounding farmland

Crundale village is surrounded by the Kent Downs National Landscape and shares many activities with Godmersham, the village straddling the Great Stour river and famed for its connection to Jane Austen, her brother’s home, Godmersham Park. The North Downs Way and Pilgrims’ Way offer numerous walking and riding routes.

Wye village offers local shopping including a Co-op, an artisan baker, newsagent, chemist, GP and dental surgeries and several pubs. The market town of Ashford has a bustling High Street, retail parks and recreational facilities including a Cineworld, health club/spa and numerous restaurants. More extensive shopping, cultural, sporting, leisure and recreational amenities are available in Canterbury.

Communications links are excellent: the M20 and M2 motorways connect to London and the coast, Wye station (4.6 miles) offers regular services to London, Ashford. The area has good access to the Continent via Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover