Detached house for sale in Castle Way, Leybourne, West Malling, Kent ME19

Located in Leybourne, sitting between West Malling and East Malling, and set within a mature garden with a stream running through it, this well set out barn conversion marries a mix of well sized bedrooms with a large lofted living space on the first floor. The property, whilst having many modern benefits including double glazed windows and a modern eat-in kitchen also includes many period features; exposed beams, panelled wood doors and attractive ironmongery.

The house is approached on a sweeping driveway that runs over a bridge to a gravel parking space alongside the front door. A well sized entrance hallway with good storage acts as the welcome to the house and the ground floor hosts four bedrooms including an excellent master bedroom with great built in storage and en suite shower room. A family bathroom then serves the three remaining bedrooms on this floor (one of which has a separate entrance that opens out onto the garden).

A stairway runs up from the entrance hallway up to the landing which has access to a guest WC. At the front of the house a glorious drawing room boasts a wonderful vaulted ceiling with a pair of staircases leading to two mezzanine rooms; one study/reading area and a potential 5th bedroom/study/snug room. The room benefits from full length bookshelves and centrally located gas fire in a log burner style. A formal dining room then sits alongside the living room together with a modern eat-in kitchen/breakfast room.

Outside a formal garden sits to the east side of the property and a pair of garages (one double and one single) then demark the boundary towards the north side of the property.

The Tythe Barn is ideally located for local amenities, schools and transport links with West Malling train station approximately 0.9 miles away whilst the larger towns of Maidstone and Sevenoaks are 6 miles and 13 miles away respectively whilst Eurostar trains run to the continent from Ashford International. The area also is home to many excellent schools including nearby Sutton Valance, Cranbrook, Maidstone Grammar for boys, Invicta Girls Grammar, Maidstone Girls Grammar School and St. Ronans whilst the schools at Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells are also easily accessible. Access to the country's motorway network is easily provided from the M20 which links to the M25 and gives good access to Heathrow, Gatwick and the West.