5 bedroom farm house for sale

An opportunity to purchase an entirely rural yet accessible smallholding in the heart of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with detached farmhouse, outbuildings, significant range of farm buildings (with potential) and paddock land.

INTRODUCTION

Bunkers Hill Farm has been in the same family ownership for many years with modern extensions added to the house on the southern elevation within the vendors tenure. Formerly part of a larger farming unit Bunkers Hill Farm used to span well over seventy acres across the North Kent Downs with the main buildings opposite the Farmhouse used for intensive agriculture and livestock purposes. In the present day the Farm consists of a small holding with the land grazed by local farmers to keep the grass at a manageable level and the buildings rented out to a local arable enterprise. The house has character throughout and the buildings have significant development potential to create what would be a fantastic family home in a sought after location subject to the necessary planning consents.

FARMHOUSE

Bunkers Hill Farmhouse is a well presented five bedroom family home, with character features throughout. The property has been well looked after and maintained with modern extensions and sunroom adding to its charm in what only can be described as a fantastic location. Accommodation comprises the following: -

The Front Door opens to Entrance Porch with doors to Downstairs Cloakroom with w/c and wash hand basin and door through to large Reception Hall. Doors lead from the Reception Hall to the Sitting Room with character timber features throughout and wood burner. Also off the Reception Hall is the Kitchen/Breakfast Room with double AGA oven and doors through to Utility Room with door to Rear Parking Area and Pantry. The Kitchen leads through to the Dining Room and then through to the Conservatory which is large and fantastic during the summer months and is south west facing. The Conservatory has doors through to the Sitting Room and Drawing Room in the most modern part of the house with open fire, bay window and double aspect looking out to both the front and rear of the property.

Stairs lead from the Reception Hall to the First Floor Landing with doors to Family Bathroom, Airing Cupboard, Bedroom 1 (double) with fitted wardrobe and wash hand basin, Bedroom 2 (double) with fitted wardrobe, Bedroom 3 (double) with fitted wardrobe, Bedroom 4 (single) and Master Bedroom Suite with fitted wardrobes, double aspect and en suite bathroom with bath w/c and wash hand basin. The total gross internal area of the Farmhouse is 3,526ft². Detailed floor plans are opposite.

Outside there are mature landscaped, lawned, bedded and hedged mature gardens with a range of period ancillary outbuildings with potential including Garaging, Workshop, Log Store and Store Rooms just to the north of the farmhouse along with large Veg Garden and Duck Pond. There is a Tennis Court to the south. Parking is also to the north on a gravelled access drive for several vehicles. There is also a Summerhouse with a view over the paddock to the north west.

FARM BUILDINGS

There are a range of general purpose agricultural buildings to the east of the Farmhouse on the other side of Payden Street. These consist of a range of Six Grain Silos (1) each with a varying capacity, Grain Store (2) of concrete portal frame construction with in built bins and machinery store under a corrugated fibre cement roof with a concrete floor, Former Livestock Yard (3) with 6 former loose boxes and various store rooms for organising livestock along with some General Purpose Storage Buildings (4) open fronted and of timber frame construction closer to the road. The buildings have a fantastic outlook to the north and have significant potential for conversion into either residential or commercial whichever suits an incoming purchaser better.

LAND

The land at Bunkers Hill Farm is laid out into three separate enclosures two on the west side of Payden Street and one to the north of the Farm Buildings on the eastern side. The land is all laid down to grass and grazed by a local farmer to keep the grass under control. The land is classified as Grade 3 on the Agricultural Land Classification Plan for England and Wales with soil type typical of this part of the North Kent Down of clayey soils with some flints. The land is well fenced and is in good order throughout with various access gates off the public highway. The land extends to a total of 10.60 acres.