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Elevated Front
Swimming Pool
Kitchen/Family
Garden
Rear Elevation
Rear Elevation
Kitchen/Breakfast
Drawing Room
Entrance Hall
Entrance Hall
Rear Hall
Guest Sitting Room
Guest Bedroom
Bedroom
Principal En Suite
Bedroom
En Suite
Family Bathroom
Elevated Rear
Picture No. 03
EPC

6 bedroom character property

Sold STC
Character property
6 beds
6 baths
Added > 14 days

Key information

TenureFreehold
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Features and description

  • Beautiful rural home surrounded by countryside
  • About 21.8 acres of gardens, orchard, paddock and woodland
  • 4 reception rooms, 6 bedrooms
  • 4 bathrooms
  • Kitchen/breakfast room
  • Indoor swimming pool, all weather tennis court
  • EPC Rating = E
An handsome, unlisted country house set in glorious grounds and farmland backing on to Forestry Commission Woodland

Location

King's Bank House is located in a rural position, surrounded by countryside. Only a short distance from Beckley village and within a few miles from the attractive and historic Cinque Port of Rye with its golf and tennis clubs.

Mainline stations can be found at Robertsbridge (10.7 miles) with a service into London (Cannon Street, London Bridge and Charing Cross from 76 mins), Rye (6.4 miles) with its link to Ashford International (21.3 miles) with services to London St Pancras in 37 minutes.

Local village shops, cafe and doctor's surgery can be found in the neighbouring village of Northiam whilst more comprehensive shopping can be found in Peasmarsh (2.4 miles), Tenterden (10.1 miles) or Hastings (11.4 miles).

There are excellent schools for all ages in both the private and state sectors, including Vinehall, Claremont, Benenden School, Marlborough House and Sutton Valence together with Grammar Schools in Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook.

Description

Built in about 1906 and unlisted, with planning consent for creation of a two storey west wing (now lapsed).

Recently modernised and beautifully light double aspect interior providing an outstanding Mark Wilkinson kitchen and dining area.

All bathrooms in the main house have under floor heating, bespoke shower enclosures, Samuel Heath fittings, and Artisans limestone or marble tiling.

Versatile further accommodation adjoining main house with two bedrooms for family or guests.

Beautiful mature gardens surrounding the property, protected by further pasture and woodland.

Truly peaceful with the land to the east adjoining miles of Forestry Commission woodland.

Modern indoor pool complex, housed within a Sussex style barn with adjacent all-weather tennis court.

Square Footage: 5321 sq ft




Acreage: 21.8 Acres

Directions

From our Cranbrook office turn left into The Hill, past the windmill and turn right into Tilsden Lane signposted to Benenden and Rolvenden. At the junction turn left onto the B2086 and continue through Benenden into Rolvenden village. Turn right at the T junction and continue on this road until you reach the A28 where you turn left, marked Newenden and Northiam. After about 1 mile bear left after the railway crossing signposted to Beckley and Rye. Continue for about 2.4 miles and turn right in Beckley onto the A2088 marked to Battle. After about half a mile turn left into King's Bank Lane and King's Bank House will be found after about a mile on the left hand side.

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Savills - Cranbrook & East Kent
Savills - Cranbrook & East Kent
53-55 High Street Cranbrook TN17 3EE
01580 468933
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Since opening our estate and letting agency office in 1998, Savills Cranbrook have prided ourselves on delivering a personal and local service to Kent’s sellers, buyers, tenants and landlords across a range of residential property, from individual building plots and townhouses, to listed Wealden Hall houses and new-build developments. Our expert team not only work here, we live here too, enabling us to provide an insider’s perspective of Cranbrook with personal insight and practical knowledge. Most visited website Savills.co.uk is the most visited UK national estate agency website, averaging over 2.4 million visits a month in 2020, and recording over 3.1 million visits in January 2021. Global exposure Our site is available in 22 languages including English, Chinese, Spanish and Russian. This guarantees your property will have the global exposure it deserves as well as providing access to more buyers via our website. Put simply, because we get more qualified visits, you get more opportunities to sell.
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