5 bedroom detached house for sale

Rowan House is a fine detached family residence that features elegant, understated contemporary styling with a clean, neutral colour palette, plenty of natural light and high-quality, bespoke fittings throughout.

The largest of the four ground-floor reception rooms is the 23ft drawing room, which runs from the front to the rear and features wooden parquet flooring, a fireplace fitted with a log burner and French doors opening onto the rear garden. The ground floor also has a private study for home working and towards the rear, an open-plan games room and conservatory, which currently houses a home gym. The conservatory brings plenty of natural light and offers direct access to the patio dining area via French doors. Additionally, the open-plan kitchen, dining area and family area offers further everyday, social living space, including a well-equipped kitchen with shaker-style units to base and wall level, plus a split butler sink and a stainless steel range cooker. There is also space for a family dining table and a relaxed seating area, with French doors opening from the dining area to the garden at the side. A utility room adjoins the kitchen, offering useful space for appliances and home storage.

Upstairs there are five comfortable double bedrooms, including the generous principal bedroom with its built-in storage an en suite shower room, which has dual washbasins and a walk-in shower with a rainfall shower head. One further bedroom has an en suite bathroom with an over-bath shower, with the first floor landing also providing access to a family bathroom with a bathtub and a separate shower unit.

At the front of the property, a security gate opens to the block-paved driveway, where there is plenty of parking space for several vehicles, as well as access to the detached carport for covered parking. The front garden has an area of well-maintained lawn, plus a timber shed for garden storage and additional storage shed attached to the carport. At the rear, the garden comprises of patio areas either side of the conservatory, with a central lawn, bordered by raised railway sleeper beds to either side with various established shrubs and flowering perennials. Towards the end of the garden there is a children’s play area with a climbing frame, slide and swing set and a summer house, as well as a further patio for al fresco dining.

The charming village of Kemsing lies three miles north of Sevenoaks, set on the gentle slopes of the North Downs. The village boasts a thriving community and a High Street with a primary school, village pub, restaurants, shops, pharmacy and two recreation grounds. Sevenoaks itself has an excellent range of high street and boutique shops, bars and restaurants. The town is home to a number of first-class schools, including the independent Sevenoaks School, while reputable, outstanding-rated grammar schools can be found at the Sevenoaks campus only two miles away and in nearby Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells. Sevenoaks has a variety of excellent golf courses – including the renowned parkland course at Knole – a leisure centre, and a vibrant theatre among a wealth of other attractions. The location is extremely convenient for connections to London, with Sevenoaks mainline station providing fast and efficient services to London Bridge (24 minutes) and London Cannon Street (32 minutes). Kemsing also offers easy access to the M25, M20 and M26 motorways.