Country house for sale in Tonbridge Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15

Set back from the road in a beautiful, well-screened garden setting, this attractive detached family house offers flexible accommodation

Description

Little Bewley is a delightful family house, believed to date back to the 1950s, which offers versatile accommodation.

The plot extends to about 0.87 of an acre with stunning gardens wrapping around the house. The well-established gardens feature mature trees and beds planted with seasonal bulbs and shrubs that provide an array of colour and intrigue throughout the year. Specimen trees include a Japanese Walnut, flowering Cherries, Magnolia, Willow and Acer. The gardens feature various different areas including a level lawn, paved terraces, a rose and clematis adorned pergola walkway, vegetable garden with potting shed and a raised feature pond with fountain. To the rear of the plot there is a former stable and accompanying building.

Features

- Parquet wood flooring in the entrance hall and dining room.

- Feature fireplace in the sitting room housing a woodburning stove with marble hearth and wooden surround.

- Study with half-height wood panelling.

- Large Peter Edmondson conservatory.

- Farmhouse style wooden kitchen with tiled splashbacks and Rangemaster gas range cooker.

- Utility room, pantry and WC.

- Triple aspect principal bedroom with built-in wardrobes and en suite bathroom.

- Three further generous double bedrooms plus an antechamber leading off the main landing to two of the bedrooms.

- Family bathroom.

- Box room with fixed ladder to a loft room with access to useful eaves storage.

- Large tandem double garage that will accommodate 4 cars with room for a workshop/storage to the side, plus adjacent car tandem car port and parking for more cars on the driveway.

- Electric gated entrance with telephone entry system.

- There is a public footpath along the south boundary between Little Bewley and Bewley House providing access to orchards and beyond.

Situation

The property enjoys a lovely setting, back from the road in its well-screened, established grounds, that back on to neighbouring fields and orchards, with direct access out into wonderful countryside walks in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

It is conveniently located between the picturesque and popular villages of Ightham and Shipbourne, about 6 miles East of Sevenoaks, about 6 miles North of Tonbridge and about 30 miles South-East of London.

Borough Green rail station (2.2 miles) has services to London Victoria and Blackfriars from about 42 minutes. Sevenoaks (6.5 miles) has services to Charing Cross and Cannon Street (London Bridge) from around 24 minutes).

The M25 is easily accessible via Sevenoaks (jct. 5 - 8 miles) and the M20 is accessible at Wrotham (4 miles).

Plaxtol village (1.8 miles) has a general store/post office, public house, Church and primary school. Ightham has a recreation ground, primary school and a deli on the outskirts of the village and a pub and village hall in the centre, which hosts several local clubs and classes. Shipbourne (2 miles) has the popular Chaser Inn pub and a popular weekly farmers market. There is also a pub 1 mile away in Ivy Hatch. Borough Green (2.4 miles) has a wider selection of local shops, whilst Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells (11 miles) and Bluewater shopping centres (19 miles) all offer more comprehensive shopping opportunities and facilities.

Sevenoaks has an excellent selection of well-regarded public and private schools and there are grammar schools for boys and girls in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone.

Property information

- Services: Lpg central heating with solar assisted water heating and woodburning stove in the sitting room. Mains water and electricity. Private (cesspit) drainage.

- Local Authority: Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council, Council Tax band: G £3,649.81 (2023/24)

- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.

Directions

From the M25, take junction 5 onto the A21 and then take the first exit onto the A25 towards Sevenoaks. At the mini-roundabout in Riverhead keep left to stay on the A25 and at the second roundabout turn right to stay on the A25. Continue on the A25 into Seal and then proceed for about another 2 miles before turning right into Coach Road (towards Ivy Hatch and Ightham Mote). Follow this road for about 1.2 miles, through Ivy Hatch. At the T junction turn left onto the A227. After about two thirds of a mile, the property will be found on the right-hand side (4th house after Bewley Lane).

The property enjoys a lovely setting, back from the road in its well-screened, established grounds, that back on to neighbouring fields and orchards, with direct access out into wonderful countryside walks in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

It is conveniently located between the picturesque and popular villages of Ightham and Shipbourne, about 6 miles East of Sevenoaks, about 6 miles North of Tonbridge and about 30 miles South-East of London.

Borough Green rail station (2.2 miles) has services to London Bridge (about 37 mins) and Charing Cross. Sevenoaks (6.5 miles) has services to Charing Cross and Cannon Street (London Bridge from around 24 minutes).

The M25 is easily accessible via Sevenoaks (jct. 5 - 8 miles) and the M20 is accessible at Wrotham (4 miles).

Plaxtol village (1.8 miles) has a general store/post office, public house, Church and primary school. Ightham has a recreation ground, primary school and a deli on the outskirts of the village and a pub and village hall in the centre, which hosts several local clubs and classes. Shipbourne (2 miles) has the popular Chaser Inn pub and a popular weekly farmers market. There is also a pub 1 mile away in Ivy Hatch. Borough Green (2.4 miles) has a wider selection of local shops, whilst Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells (11 miles) and Bluewater shopping centres (19 miles) all offer more comprehensive shopping opportunities and facilities.

Sevenoaks has an excellent selection of well-regarded public and private schools and there are grammar schools for boys and girls in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone.