5 bedroom detached house for sale

Dating from the 18th century, Dean Farmhouse has been sympathetically restored and enlarged in recent years, with a meticulous eye for detail and focus on retaining the historic nature whilst introducing modern and bright spaces. The high-end finish is consistent throughout the entire house, outbuildings and grounds, making for a sophisticated and comfortable home of immense quality. The house is fully connected with a control system for the lights, curtains/blinds, audio, TV, security and fire systems.

The accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall, with two intimate reception rooms to the front: a drawing room with a cosy inglenook fireplace with fitted wood-burner and a snug with a fireplace. A useful cloakroom is adjacent to the snug. The TV room, with second cloakroom, ‘secret staircase’ to the first floor and terrace access, sits to the rear, along with an elegant dining room with a fireplace flanked by bespoke storage and French doors to the terrace.

There is an extensive and bright kitchen/breakfast/family room. The Martin Moore kitchen is timeless and classic in design, fitted with a range of wall and base units, including a large central island with breakfast bar, an Aga, Sub Zero and Miele appliances. The breakfast area is partially vaulted with full-height glazing to two aspects incorporating French doors and bi-fold doors to the terrace.

The lower ground floor houses a well-proportioned office and fitted utility room, accessed from the TV room.

On the first floor, the property offers two generous bedroom suites with fitted dressing rooms and contemporary en suite bathrooms; a further double bedroom has an en suite shower room. The property’s two remaining bedrooms can be found on the second floor, one with fitted dressing room and en suite shower room.

The property is approached through double wooden gates over a topiary-lined driveway and courtyard, providing private parking and giving access to a detached double carport and large supercar garage with a cloakroom, sink, tool storage, and vaulted first floor gym over.

The substantial 80 ft barn has been restored externally and offers exciting potential for development, lending itself to a variety of uses including residential, subject to any necessary consents.

The formal grounds are immaculately maintained, with a large wrap around terrace providing a collection of ‘outdoor rooms’, ideal for entertaining and alfresco dining, set amongst mature topiary and specimen trees adding colour and interest. A large area of lawn in located further back in the plot.

Surrounded by scenic Kent countryside, the semi-rural village of Stormouth sits to the north of Preston village, which has a good range of day-to-day amenities, including a village shop, butcher, garden centre, public house and primary school. Sandwich and Canterbury both offer more extensive shopping, sporting, and leisure facilities together with an array of well-regarded schools and colleges in both state and private sectors.

Communications links are excellent: buses link the village to Sandwich and Canterbury, the A2 gives access to the M2 and motorway network, Thanet Parkway station offers regular high speed trains to London St Pancras from 71 minutes. The Channel Tunnel terminal at Folkestone and the Port of Dover provide regular cross-Channel services to the Continent.