4 bedroom house

Thimble Hall is an immaculately presented Grade II listed home of significant character, with arched leaded windows and many more handsome traditional features. The house and grounds have been significantly improved and enlarged by the current owners to a very high standard. Sitting within a private and secluded plot, it benefits from a large wrap around garden, a scenic lake and private woodland. The excellent equestrian facilities include eight stables (including one foaling box), a large storage room and tack room, and a 20x40 sand and rubber floodlit menage, and close to several show centres and woodland hacking. The grounds total approx. 5 acres.

The central reception hall flows naturally throughout the ground floor accommodation and introduces the attractive oak herringbone flooring that is present throughout. The substantial drawing room provides a wonderful position in which to relax and entertain guests, with bright skylights placed in the tall ceilings, timber-framed bi-fold doors onto the terrace and views of the tranquil lake and fountain. The office, perfect for the home worker, also enjoys lake views and access via double doors to the garden and could be used as a fourth bedroom or annexe, with a modern and practical shower room/cloakroom next door. A sitting room with a feature fireplace offers an additional comfortable family space, whilst a sumptuous formal dining room sits alongside, with its own red brick-built fireplace. Adjacent is a separate, tucked away playroom. The well laid-out kitchen is sleek yet in-keeping, featuring a range of fitted wall and base units and a butler sink, as well as Neff appliances and quartz worktops. A pretty bay window seat enjoys sunny panoramic views.

To the first floor, the principal bedroom suite is well-designed and generous, with a range of built-in wardrobe spaces and a luxurious en suite bathroom featuring a mosaic tiled floor, bespoke double sink vanity unit and a roll-top bath. Two further well-proportioned bedrooms occupy the floor, both of which are well served by the family bathroom, with its free-standing bath and separate walk-in shower.

Thimble Hall resides in the hamlet of Westwell Leacon, on the edge of the popular and well-connected village of Charing, which lies between the North Downs and Pilgrim’s Way and the rural Green Sand Ridge. It enjoys a collection of village shops and amenities including a popular micropub, a Post Office, Church, a local Primary School and a Doctor’s surgery. Just over 3 miles distant is the well-served market town of Ashford, while the county town of Maidstone is around a 13-mile drive, both benefitting from an even more extensive range of amenities and shopping facilities.

Transport links are excellent, with a mainline railway station in the village which provides access to both London Victoria and Ashford International. Ashford International also benefits from high-speed services to London St Pancras in as little as 37 minutes. Road connections are convenient, with Junction 9 of the M20 motorway around 5 miles distant, providing links to Canterbury, the scenic Kent coastline, London and the further motorway network.

Educational options in the local area are plentiful, with a broad range of primary and secondary schools in both the state and private sectors, a number of which are rated outstanding by OFSTED. Schools include Great Chart Primary School, Sutton Valence Primary and Secondary School, Goldwyn School, Highworth Grammar School, Invicta Grammar School, and Maidstone Girls and Maidstone Boys Grammar Schools.

Secure electric gates (by Jacksons fencing) open to a generous driveway with space to park several vehicles. There is a large wrap around garden, a feature lake with fountain and extensive flagstone paved terraces to enjoy the peaceful aspects. There are paddocks and two detached stable buildings on the plot (including a useful tack room and store), a separate garden store and a building housing the log store, bin store and oil tank. The well-maintained garden is largely laid to level lawn, surrounded by a variety of mature and evergreen trees and enclosed with recently replaced post and rail fencing, whilst a separate children’s play area has also been created. Several colourful flowerbeds and area of private woodland can be found adorning the attractive grounds. There is currently planning permission for a carport and room - details can be found on Ashford’s planning portal using reference 18/00819/AS.

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