4 bedroom detached house for sale

The School House is an attractive red brick and part tile-hung period family home offering more than 1,600 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. The property has been sensitively modernised to combine modern amenities, quality fixtures and fittings including contemporary sanitaryware and elegant neutral décor throughout, with period features including modern casement glazing, exposed wooden flooring across much of the ground floor, deep skirting boards and an original fireplace in one of the first floor bedrooms.
The ground floor accommodation flows from an arched front door and a welcoming reception hall with an arched display nook, useful storage, a cloakroom and stairs rising to the first floor. It comprises a generous side aspect family room with a feature exposed brick fireplace with woodburning stove, flanked on each side by fitted shelving, and a door to a walk-in boiler room, suitable for a variety of uses, together with a large dual aspect open plan kitchen, dining and sitting room. The kitchen has a range of bespoke contemporary wall and base units, a large central island with breakfast bar, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, modern integrated appliances and bi-fold doors to the side terrace.
The remaining space, configurable to the purchaser’s own requirements, has space for a sizeable dining table and a seating area, creating a stunning living and entertaining area. On the part-vaulted first floor, the property provides a principal bedroom with a dressing area and en suite shower room and three further well-proportioned bedrooms, one with walk-in storage and an original cast iron open fireplace, together with a family bathroom.

Set behind a raised area of level lawn screened by maturer hedging and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a block-paved driveway providing private parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the oak-framed storm porch. The well-maintained part-walled wraparound garden to the front and side aspects is laid mainly to lawn bordered by elegant planting and raised beds. It features a generous paved side terrace accessible from the kitchen, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

Located to the north of Sevenoaks, Kemsing village offers local convenience stores, a vet, GP surgery, chemist, pharmacy, Post Office, local tennis, football and cricket clubs, tearoom, pub, takeaway restaurants and a primary school, the whole surrounded by countryside walks and cycle routes in Oxenhill Shaw and Meadow and in the North Downs. Nearby Sevenoaks offers more comprehensive shopping, restaurants and supermarkets including Waitrose, a mainline station with services to central London in around 30 minutes together with leisure and sporting facilities including a leisure centre, golf at Knole and Wilderness, tennis at Hollybush and cricket at The Vine. Transportation links are excellent, with easily accessible links to the motorway network via the M25 and M26 and train stations in Kemsing and Otford (1.4 and 2.0 miles respectively), both with regular direct links to central London.