4 Bed Detached house For Sale

Enjoying a private rural plot of just over half an acre this beautifully presented character home believed to date back some 400 years enjoys views across the North Downs countryside and surrounding farmland in a peaceful position just a mile from the beautiful historic village of Charing.

Understood to originally be two cottages when constructed and subsequently converted into one house in 1920, this beautiful home has had later additions and improvements to create the unique home you see today. In the current vendors tenure the improvements are numerous and include a new boiler, timber treatment and damp prevention, replacement guttering and extensive landscaping to name but a few.

The accommodation comprises to the ground floor entrance hall, cloakroom, generous kitchen/breakfast room with separate utility, main hall, a dining/sitting room with wood burner and a beautiful L-shaped drawing room with plentiful exposed beams and an open fire for those winter nights. Having been formally two homes, the first floor is accessed via two staircases with the first accessing the principal bedroom suite with its vaulted ceiling, dressing area and en-suite bathroom, additional bedroom, study/fifth bedroom and a bathroom. The second stairs take you to the second bedroom with it's own en-suite bathroom, a further bedroom and a separate shower room.

You arrive at the property via an extensive pea shingle driveway with off road parking for numerous vehicles leading to an attractive cart lodge/car port, in addition there is a separate drive at the bottom of the garden leading to a double garage. The main garden to the side has recently had numerous works to create a wonderful flat lawn bordered by hedges and trees with a flagstone patio area ideal for enjoying the sounds of the countryside. There is an additional enclosed garden to the rear ideal for little ones or pets.

Locality

The property is located in an rural position south east of the historic village of Charing. The village sits between the foot of the North Downs with the Pilgrim's Way and the Green Sand Ridge, a rural area rich in farming, some 5.5 miles west of the larger market town of Ashford and 13 miles east of Maidstone. Ashford provides an extensive range of shopping and leisure facilities along with out-of-town designer outlet shopping and all the major supermarkets including Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda, within easy reach by car.
Charing enjoys an interesting mix of village shops, churches, primary school and doctor's surgery. Transport links are well supported with a main line railway station in the village, providing access to London Victoria and Ashford International station which benefits from the High Speed 37 minute rail service to London St Pancras. Junction 9 of the M20 motorway is some 5 miles distant and junction 8, some 8 miles distant, both providing direct access to London and the Kent coast.

Services

Gas-fired central heating, mains drainage, mains electricity


Dimensions:

Ground Floor

Entrance Hall
Cloakroom
Main Hall: 24'7" x 6'2" (7.49m x 1.88m)
L-shaped Drawing Room: 24'4" x 20'6" (7.42m x 6.25m) at largest
Sitting/Dining Room: 13'11" x 12'9" (4.24m x 3.89m)
Kitchen/Breakfast Room: 20'1" x 11'7" (6.12m x 3.53m)
Utility Room: 9'8" x 6'4" (2.95m x 1.93m)

First Floor

Landing One
Principal Bedroom: 12'11" x 11'9" (3.94m x 3.58m)
Dressing Area
En-suite Bathroom
Bedroom Four: 15'2" x 9'5" (4.62m x 2.87m)
Study/Bedroom Five: 10'0" x 6'7" (3.05m x 2.01m)
Bathroom

Landing Two
Bedroom Two: 12'10" x 10'11" (3.91m x 3.33m)
En-suite Bathroom
Bedroom Three: 15'3" x 11'6" (4.65m x 3.51m)
Shower Room

Garaging

Cart Lodge: Garage; 17'3" x 9'7" (5.26m x 2.92m)
Car Port; 17'3" x 9'7" (5.26m x 2.92m)
Double Garage: 26'3" x 18'10" (8.00m x 5.74m)