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6 bed
bath
228,690 sq ft / 21,246 sq m
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Tenure: Freehold
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Handsome Country House with 6 bedrooms
- Attached 1 Bedroom Cottage
- The Coach House with stabling for 4 horses and 2 bedroom flat above
- Glorious gardens and grounds including a paddock in all 5.25 acres
The property
Chart Place is a most handsome Grade II listed country house. Built in the early 18th Century by SirChristopher Desbourverie as an extension to an
earlier house believed to be late 16th Century,
the house has principally rendered elevations
under a series of pitched tiled roofs, partially
concealed by a parapet and balustrade to the
south. This southern elevation has a most
impressive veranda and ornate supports. Inside
the house, elegantly proportioned rooms boast
attractive fireplaces or ornate panelling. All
the principal rooms have window shutters and
nearly all enjoy spectacular views, either over
the Weald or the pretty gardens. To the north of
the house is an attached cottage providing useful
secondary accommodation and in addition to
this is a coach house providing useful storage or
stabling and parking as well as a first floor flat.
The Plantsman’s gardens include a wooded dell,
a splendid walled garden and a folly.
Historical Note
A fascinating extract from a letter written in
the 1950’s by Vita Sackville-West to her friend,
Alvilda Lees-Milne, wife of James Lees-Milne
(the original copy being in the New York Public
Library – Berg Collection), referring to an
advertisement in Country Life, reads:
“As you will see…. it is neither romantic nor
picturesque nor earwiggy; the rooms are neither
dark nor poky… It faces south and the view is
incomparable. You look over uninterrupted
miles of the Weald, truly the most superb view.
The drawing room is a lovely room. It was
flooded with sun when I was there today. It is
spacious, and could be made really a delicious
room. At present it is all chintz and water
colours and little gilt screens. The bedroom
above has of course the same view…. It appears
to be very clean and in good order. It is real
country surrounded by orchards and farmland.
The garden is exceptionally attractive. There
are two great tulip trees; Kew sent people to see
them, and said one of them was possibly the
largest in the whole country. There is a sort of
glade, mossy, with ancient trees, and an odd sort
of grassy terrace, most unusual. There are two
walled kitchen gardens – pink brick walls, old,
with peaches and nectarines. There are lawns.
The woman the place belongs to is a gardener,
and one can see even now in February that the
place is stuffed with daffodils in the grass, and
hepaticas were coming up, and gentians – it must
be lovely in the spring. Yew hedges.”
By kind permission of Adam Nicholson.
Ground Floor
Glazed veranda - with ornate metal supports
and attractive glazed panelled door and outside
lights lead to
Entrance hall - with panelled walls, arched
glazed doors to
Staircase hall - an impressive staircase leading
to galleried landing, doors to principal reception
rooms.
Drawing room - enjoying a lovely southerly
aspect with stunning views, five glazed doors
opening on to terrace and garden, open fire with
attractive chimney piece incorporating fluted
columns, dado rail, wall light points.
Study - with fireplace to one corner of the room
with fitted gas fire, glazed door opening on to the
garden, bookshelves.
Library - with book shelving, wall lights points.
Sitting room - is a delightful oak panelled
room, open fire with stone surround and ornate
cartouche above, two arched recesses to either
side of the chimney breast providing useful
display area. Above the panelling is ornate
decorative frieze.
Dining room - three glazed doors opening on
to terrace, open fire with Adam fireplace and
marble slips, dado rail, wall light pints, arched
recess.
Kitchen/breakfast room - with gas-fired Aga,
Peninsular style working surface with cupboards
and drawers below, inset 4-ring hob with Neff
oven below, space for dishwasher, stainless steel
sink unit with mixer tap and rinser section, range
of high level wall cupboards, glazed panelled
door to small enclosed courtyard garden.
Utility room - Plumbing for washing machine,
space for tumble dryer, range of cupboards.
Cloakroom - with WC, wash basin and wall
mounted high efficiency condensing boiler.
Rear hall - with secondary staircase, door
leading to rear courtyard.
Door to cellars
Walk-in store - with extensive shelving, boiler
serving the Cottage (not tested), door to rear
courtyard, range of cupboards to chimney recess.
Cellars - presently divided into a number of
chambers, providing space for storage and
freezers as well as a Wine Store. A separate
chamber houses the main boiler.
First Floor
Large landing - partially subdivided by the
staircase and on two levels. Four storage
cupboards including one walk-in store with
further cupboards and shelving. A small door
gives access to the secondary staircase landing
on which is a shower room with wash basin and
WC
Bedroom 1 – panelled room with open fire and
blue briquette fire surround
Walk-in dressing lobby
En suite shower room – with shower cubicle,
WC, wash basin, pretty glazed display cabinet,
heated towel rail.
Bedroom 2 – stone fireplace with cast iron
furniture.
En suite bathroom – with panelled bath, antique
style mixer tap and shower attachment, wash
hand basin, low level WC, light and shaver
point.
Bedroom 3 – open fire with corvus fireplace,
stunning views.
Bedroom 4 - Stunning views, open fire with
marble chimney piece with ornately tiled slips.
Dressing lobby
En suite bathroom – with panelled bath, low
level WC, pedestal wash basin, light and shaver
point.
First floor sitting room – beautiful light coloured
panelling and stunning views. This room has
doors adjoining to both bedrooms 3 and 4 and
could easily be used to be incorporated with
either room as an additional suite.
Secondary landing and staircase – shower room
unit WC & basin
Second Floor
Office – (or occasional bedroom) with access to
roof and storage space, telephone points. This
room could be used as an occasional bedroom.
Bedroom 5 – Fireplace
Small landing – connecting both the office and
bedroom 5 with steps leading to a separate level.
Guest suite – comprising sitting room, bedroom
6 and en suite with panelled bath, WC, pedestal
wash basin.
Outside
The Cottage
Attached to the north western corner of Chart
Place is a cottage of brick construction with a
pitched tiled roof and gas fired central heating
comprising – living room, kitchen, 1 bedroom,
bathroom, separate gas fired central heating.
The Coach House
The Coach House lies to the north of Chart Place
and is an attractive building of brick elevations
partially relieved by weather boarding under
a pitched Kentish peg-tiled roof. The Coach
House provides extensive garaging, storage
and stabling for 4 horses and incorporates on
the first floor a flat comprising – sitting room,
2 bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, bathroom,
separate gas fired central heating.
Chart Place occupies an exceptional setting
on the ridge at Chart Sutton and enjoys
commanding southerly views over its own land
and beyond to the Weald of Kent. The village
is one of the Three Suttons (Sutton Valence,
East Sutton and Chart Sutton), triplet parishes
occupying this wonderful hillside position. The
neighbouring village to the east at Sutton Valence
has good local amenities including a shop, post
office, doctor’s surgeries and a number of pubs.
The town of Staplehurst to the south
provides good local shopping serving all the
usual day to day needs as well as a main line
station providing a link to Charing Cross in
under the hour. Maidstone, the county town of
Kent, is about 4 miles to the north and junction 8
of the M20 with its links to the M25 motorway
network is also about 4 miles away.
The area is particularly renowned for the
quality and choice of its schooling, both public
and private. The property is well placed for
preparatory schools, with Sutton Valence.
Preparatory School close by, and nearby Sutton
Valence School which provides education for
both boys and girls. Other schools in the area
include Dulwich Preparatory, Cranbrook School
and Benenden.
Leisure activities including riding and walking in
the surrounding countryside, golf at Chart Hills,
Leeds Castle and Tudor Park, and sailing on
Bewl Water and the Kent Coast.
Gardens and Grounds
Chart Place is approached through double
wooden gates flanked on either side by brick
columns surmounted by ball finials, leading on
to a gravelled parking and turning sweep. The
Plantsman's gardens and grounds are extensive
and include many wide and well stocked shrub
borders, giving the house protection and privacy.
Private automated irrigation system from deep
well and underground rainwater cistern. Stone
fountain and pond. Separate paddock to the south.
Wide yew hedge giving access to a formal rose
garden with low box hedges. Summer house. Herbaceous borders backed by a small orchard. Woodland garden (the grassy terrace of Vita
Sackville-West’s letter) with, at is northern end,
a small eighteenth century folly, surround by
an abundance of rhododendrons, magnolias,
camellias and azaleas. The walled garden of
about two fifths of an acre is unspoilt and has
three separate entrances. At present it is mainly
laid to lawn with an extensive fruit cage with soft
fruit bushes, peach and nectarine trees. Victorian
greenhouse, potting shed.
Chart Place is a most handsome Grade II listed country house. Built in the early 18th Century by SirChristopher Desbourverie as an extension to an
earlier house believed to be late 16th Century,
the house has principally rendered elevations
under a series of pitched tiled roofs, partially
concealed by a parapet and balustrade to the
south. This southern elevation has a most
impressive veranda and ornate supports. Inside
the house, elegantly proportioned rooms boast
attractive fireplaces or ornate panelling. All
the principal rooms have window shutters and
nearly all enjoy spectacular views, either over
the Weald or the pretty gardens. To the north of
the house is an attached cottage providing useful
secondary accommodation and in addition to
this is a coach house providing useful storage or
stabling and parking as well as a first floor flat.
The Plantsman’s gardens include a wooded dell,
a splendid walled garden and a folly.
Historical Note
A fascinating extract from a letter written in
the 1950’s by Vita Sackville-West to her friend,
Alvilda Lees-Milne, wife of James Lees-Milne
(the original copy being in the New York Public
Library – Berg Collection), referring to an
advertisement in Country Life, reads:
“As you will see…. it is neither romantic nor
picturesque nor earwiggy; the rooms are neither
dark nor poky… It faces south and the view is
incomparable. You look over uninterrupted
miles of the Weald, truly the most superb view.
The drawing room is a lovely room. It was
flooded with sun when I was there today. It is
spacious, and could be made really a delicious
room. At present it is all chintz and water
colours and little gilt screens. The bedroom
above has of course the same view…. It appears
to be very clean and in good order. It is real
country surrounded by orchards and farmland.
The garden is exceptionally attractive. There
are two great tulip trees; Kew sent people to see
them, and said one of them was possibly the
largest in the whole country. There is a sort of
glade, mossy, with ancient trees, and an odd sort
of grassy terrace, most unusual. There are two
walled kitchen gardens – pink brick walls, old,
with peaches and nectarines. There are lawns.
The woman the place belongs to is a gardener,
and one can see even now in February that the
place is stuffed with daffodils in the grass, and
hepaticas were coming up, and gentians – it must
be lovely in the spring. Yew hedges.”
By kind permission of Adam Nicholson.
Ground Floor
Glazed veranda - with ornate metal supports
and attractive glazed panelled door and outside
lights lead to
Entrance hall - with panelled walls, arched
glazed doors to
Staircase hall - an impressive staircase leading
to galleried landing, doors to principal reception
rooms.
Drawing room - enjoying a lovely southerly
aspect with stunning views, five glazed doors
opening on to terrace and garden, open fire with
attractive chimney piece incorporating fluted
columns, dado rail, wall light points.
Study - with fireplace to one corner of the room
with fitted gas fire, glazed door opening on to the
garden, bookshelves.
Library - with book shelving, wall lights points.
Sitting room - is a delightful oak panelled
room, open fire with stone surround and ornate
cartouche above, two arched recesses to either
side of the chimney breast providing useful
display area. Above the panelling is ornate
decorative frieze.
Dining room - three glazed doors opening on
to terrace, open fire with Adam fireplace and
marble slips, dado rail, wall light pints, arched
recess.
Kitchen/breakfast room - with gas-fired Aga,
Peninsular style working surface with cupboards
and drawers below, inset 4-ring hob with Neff
oven below, space for dishwasher, stainless steel
sink unit with mixer tap and rinser section, range
of high level wall cupboards, glazed panelled
door to small enclosed courtyard garden.
Utility room - Plumbing for washing machine,
space for tumble dryer, range of cupboards.
Cloakroom - with WC, wash basin and wall
mounted high efficiency condensing boiler.
Rear hall - with secondary staircase, door
leading to rear courtyard.
Door to cellars
Walk-in store - with extensive shelving, boiler
serving the Cottage (not tested), door to rear
courtyard, range of cupboards to chimney recess.
Cellars - presently divided into a number of
chambers, providing space for storage and
freezers as well as a Wine Store. A separate
chamber houses the main boiler.
First Floor
Large landing - partially subdivided by the
staircase and on two levels. Four storage
cupboards including one walk-in store with
further cupboards and shelving. A small door
gives access to the secondary staircase landing
on which is a shower room with wash basin and
WC
Bedroom 1 – panelled room with open fire and
blue briquette fire surround
Walk-in dressing lobby
En suite shower room – with shower cubicle,
WC, wash basin, pretty glazed display cabinet,
heated towel rail.
Bedroom 2 – stone fireplace with cast iron
furniture.
En suite bathroom – with panelled bath, antique
style mixer tap and shower attachment, wash
hand basin, low level WC, light and shaver
point.
Bedroom 3 – open fire with corvus fireplace,
stunning views.
Bedroom 4 - Stunning views, open fire with
marble chimney piece with ornately tiled slips.
Dressing lobby
En suite bathroom – with panelled bath, low
level WC, pedestal wash basin, light and shaver
point.
First floor sitting room – beautiful light coloured
panelling and stunning views. This room has
doors adjoining to both bedrooms 3 and 4 and
could easily be used to be incorporated with
either room as an additional suite.
Secondary landing and staircase – shower room
unit WC & basin
Second Floor
Office – (or occasional bedroom) with access to
roof and storage space, telephone points. This
room could be used as an occasional bedroom.
Bedroom 5 – Fireplace
Small landing – connecting both the office and
bedroom 5 with steps leading to a separate level.
Guest suite – comprising sitting room, bedroom
6 and en suite with panelled bath, WC, pedestal
wash basin.
Outside
The Cottage
Attached to the north western corner of Chart
Place is a cottage of brick construction with a
pitched tiled roof and gas fired central heating
comprising – living room, kitchen, 1 bedroom,
bathroom, separate gas fired central heating.
The Coach House
The Coach House lies to the north of Chart Place
and is an attractive building of brick elevations
partially relieved by weather boarding under
a pitched Kentish peg-tiled roof. The Coach
House provides extensive garaging, storage
and stabling for 4 horses and incorporates on
the first floor a flat comprising – sitting room,
2 bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, bathroom,
separate gas fired central heating.
Chart Place occupies an exceptional setting
on the ridge at Chart Sutton and enjoys
commanding southerly views over its own land
and beyond to the Weald of Kent. The village
is one of the Three Suttons (Sutton Valence,
East Sutton and Chart Sutton), triplet parishes
occupying this wonderful hillside position. The
neighbouring village to the east at Sutton Valence
has good local amenities including a shop, post
office, doctor’s surgeries and a number of pubs.
The town of Staplehurst to the south
provides good local shopping serving all the
usual day to day needs as well as a main line
station providing a link to Charing Cross in
under the hour. Maidstone, the county town of
Kent, is about 4 miles to the north and junction 8
of the M20 with its links to the M25 motorway
network is also about 4 miles away.
The area is particularly renowned for the
quality and choice of its schooling, both public
and private. The property is well placed for
preparatory schools, with Sutton Valence.
Preparatory School close by, and nearby Sutton
Valence School which provides education for
both boys and girls. Other schools in the area
include Dulwich Preparatory, Cranbrook School
and Benenden.
Leisure activities including riding and walking in
the surrounding countryside, golf at Chart Hills,
Leeds Castle and Tudor Park, and sailing on
Bewl Water and the Kent Coast.
Gardens and Grounds
Chart Place is approached through double
wooden gates flanked on either side by brick
columns surmounted by ball finials, leading on
to a gravelled parking and turning sweep. The
Plantsman's gardens and grounds are extensive
and include many wide and well stocked shrub
borders, giving the house protection and privacy.
Private automated irrigation system from deep
well and underground rainwater cistern. Stone
fountain and pond. Separate paddock to the south.
Wide yew hedge giving access to a formal rose
garden with low box hedges. Summer house. Herbaceous borders backed by a small orchard. Woodland garden (the grassy terrace of Vita
Sackville-West’s letter) with, at is northern end,
a small eighteenth century folly, surround by
an abundance of rhododendrons, magnolias,
camellias and azaleas. The walled garden of
about two fifths of an acre is unspoilt and has
three separate entrances. At present it is mainly
laid to lawn with an extensive fruit cage with soft
fruit bushes, peach and nectarine trees. Victorian
greenhouse, potting shed.
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