5 bedroom detached house

Flaxland Court is a superb contemporary
country house in a peaceful rural location. Built
approximately 14 years ago by the original
architect owner, the property was thoughtfully
conceived to provide a modern home drawing
on elegant period styling, giving it depth and
character.

The house has a fantastic amount of bright
reception space, arranged to overlook a pretty
courtyard garden. Set off a central hall are
the sitting room, study and drawing room.
Both the study and the drawing room have
fireplaces and large bay windows flooding the
rooms with light. A further wing provides a
formal dining room and a study with vaulted
ceilings. Both rooms are double aspect and
provide enormously flexible space leading to a
wonderful glazed garden room beyond.

The kitchen/breakfast/family room is set to
the corner of the house and is a practical and
inviting living space with full height windows
and doors leading to a terrace and overlooking
the gardens. The kitchen is fitted with sleek
modern units with wooden work surfaces and
there is ample space for a table and seating.
The utility room provides a useful day-to-day
entrance and boot room space.

A solid wooden staircase leads upstairs where
there are five bedrooms, four of which are
similarly proportioned. The generous principal
bedroom has a dressing room and an en suite
bathroom with a stunning freestanding copper
bath, dual washbasins and a separate shower
unit. Double doors open to a balcony with views
across the garden. Bedroom 2 is also en suite
and there is a family bathroom.

In addition to the main house there is an annexe,
providing useful further accommodation for
guests or family members. The annexe has a
sitting room and bedroom in a studio-style
layout, a bar, a small kitchen and a shower room.

Flaxland Court is situated in a beautiful rural
setting, in the small community of Garlinge
Green, surrounded by the stunning rolling
countryside of the Kent Downs Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty. Nearby Petham
has a local primary school and day-to-day
amenities can be found in Chartham. Historic
Canterbury is to the north, with its excellent
selection of shops, supermarkets, leisure and
cultural facilities, as well as a variety of superb
educational establishments.

The area is well connected by road, with the A2
providing access to the M2, while Canterbury
West station provides services to London St
Pancras in less than an hour.

A driveway leads to the side of the house, where
there is plenty of parking space and access
to the double garage. The house is arranged
around a sheltered southwest-facing courtyard
garden with a pond, clipped box hedging and a
variety of shrubs.

To the rear there is a large terrace beyond
which a level lawn stretches out with mature
tree and shrub borders. Divided into a number
of different areas, the garden provides great
interest and an established setting for the
house. Beyond the formal garden is a vegetable
garden with a greenhouse, as well as a charming
meadow and orchard area. There is secondary
access from the meadow to the lane.