8 bedroom detached house for sale

A substantial eight bedroom family home with attached studio annexe, various outbuildings and gardens.

Description

Bleak House is an attractive period family home of generous proportions, believed, although undocumented, to date in part from the Tudor period with later additions.

Coming to the market for the first time in nearly 40 years and with immense potential, the property is extremely versatile and benefits from over 7,500 sq ft of accommodation including an attached one bedroom studio/annexe and a four room basement with natural light, all set amidst well established gardens of about 1.2 acres.

The accommodation retains an abundance of period features including high ceilings, some sash windows, marble and wooden fireplaces and exposed wooden flooring. Five reception rooms include the drawing room and study, both enjoy a south facing aspect, the former with open fireplace and the latter with an inset gas fire; the very well proportioned billard room also with fireplace; the dining/sitting room (former kitchen) with French doors to the garden; and the west facing conservatory which is open to the kitchen.

The kitchen/breakfast room has a range cupboards with granite work surfaces and central island. Appliances comprise a four oven AGA with two oven AGA companion, an integral fridge, microwave and dishwasher. Off the rear hall is a utility room, a walk-in larder equipped with ample shelving, a WC and a laundry room. Stairs lead down to the four room basement, with separate external access and a wine store.

An elegant staircase leads up to the split-level first floor where the principal bedroom has stairs leading up to an en suite bathroom and dressing room with extensive cupboards and eaves storage.

Five further bedrooms,a family bathroom and a shower room complete the first floor accommodation. Situated over the second floor are two further bedrooms (one is currently used as a sitting room),a bathroom and kitchenette.

Bleak House is approached via a drive to the front with off road parking and a further vehicular access to the north of the house where there is a parking area and access to the garaging, carport and various attached outbuildings. Attractive well established gardens stretch around to the side of the house and are interspersed by an abundance of mature trees and shrubs including giant redwoods.

Bleak House Studio is attached to the main house via the double garage. It provides potential ancillary accommodation arranged over the ground floor with a kitchen/sitting room, bedroom and shower room.

Location

Local and comprehensive shopping can be found in Maidstone (4.5 miles) and Ashford (16 miles) Bluewater shopping centre is located just off the M25 Junction 2 (A2/M2).

Mainline rail services run from Bearsted (3.3 miles) to London Victoria. Staplehurst (6.1 miles) to London Charing Cross from 1 hour 1 min and London Bridge from 52 minutes. Ashford station (16.9 miles) and Ebbsfleet (22 miles) has a high speed link to London St Pancras.

There is a wide selection of schools in the area; in the state sector there are grammar schools for boys and girls in Maidstone, Cranbrook and Tonbridge, and various local primary schools, whilst in the private sector there are independent girls, boys and co-educational schools in Sutton Valence, Canterbury and Tonbridge at both junior and senior level.

The M20 can be accessed via J8 (3 miles) and the M25 via the M20/M26 can be accessed at J5, both providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airport and other motorway networks.

*All mileages and distances are approximate

Square Footage: 7,424 sq ft


Acreage: 1.2 Acres

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Additional Info

Gas fired central heating, mains electricity and water. Private drainage.