3 bedroom house

An attractive country cottage offering scope for updating/extension plus a range of useful outbuildings in a tranquil rural location with far reaching views over its own land and beyond

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Twysden Cottage is a period country cottage set in an amazing peaceful and unspoilt rural location benefiting from uninterrupted countryside views. Formerly a gamekeeper’s cottage, possibly part of the Godmersham Estate, the property has been sensitively extended over the years to create a charming family home in a stunning setting.

Internally, the bright and airy accommodation benefits from some original period features including decorative fireplaces and pine doors to the first floor. There are good ceiling heights and all the living space benefits from all around pastoral views. The property is on the market for the first time in around 40 years and has been a much loved and well maintained family home. However, it now offers the opportunity for updating and provides the potential for remodelling or extension, subject to planning permission.

There are three inviting reception rooms plus a conservatory, providing generous space for families and entertaining. Also on the ground floor are a fitted kitchen with Neff appliances and breakfast area, a study, a utility room and a cloak room. Upstairs are three double bedrooms, one benefiting from an en suite bathroom, plus a large family bathroom.

The property nestles centrally within the gardens which have been loving tended and lavishly planted throughout the years to provide colour and interest throughout the seasons. Highlights outside include a south facing oak framed loggia providing the perfect spot for relaxing and enjoying the outlook, collections of roses and specimen trees, a kitchen garden, various productive fruit trees and naturalistic areas with mature trees underplanted with primroses which create a mass of colour in the spring.

The land amounts to circa 4 acres and includes two paddocks and a field which are visible from the house along with numerous useful outbuildings, some of which are in need of attention. The outbuildings include a stables, field shelters and a haybarn with attached workshop and garage and a garden store. There is a substantial parking and turning area and the garden is securely fenced giving peace of mind to parents and pet owners.

FEATURES
- Bright and airy drawing room with Baxi open fire with bookshelves to each side and French doors leading to:
- Amdega conservatory affording lovely garden views
- Reception hall with period ornamental fireplace with cast iron insert and bookshelves to each side
- Double aspect dining room with built in cloaks cupboard
- Fitted kitchen with a good range of cabinets and Neff appliances plus breakfast area with French doors to garden
- Study/playroom in need of modernization
- Utility room with ample fitted cupboards and appliances
- Cloakroom with traditional white suite
- Master bedroom benefiting from fitted wardrobes and en suite bathroom
- Two good sized further double bedrooms
- Family bathroom with traditional white suite
- Various outbuildings including 2 stables, 2 field shelters, haybarn, garage, workshop and garden store
- Beautiful landscaped gardens with south facing loggia, kitchen garden and productive fruit trees
- About 4 acres in all including 2 paddocks and a field

SITUATION
Twysden Cottage is set in an amazingly tranquil rural location surrounded by and offering uninterrupted views over open countryside yet within easy reach of communication links with the M20 and Ashford International Station just 4 miles away.

Great Chart provides a number of local services including a primary school, the historic Swan and Dog public house and golf centre. Nearby Bethersden benefits from a post office, artisan butcher and grocer, two historic village inns and is home to the renowned Stephenson Bros Rocking Horses. Comprehensive amenities and shops can be found in Ashford.

Godinton House and Gardens close by is open to the public and hosts a range of cultural and leisure events. There are numerous other tourist and leisure attractions nearby including the Curious Brewery in Ashford, Chapel Down Vineyard at Tenterden, the Stour Centre in Ashford, Kent and East Sussex Steam Railway in Tenterden and the coast is also within easy reach.

Ashford Preparatory School is just over a mile away and further schools nearby include Great Chart Primary School, Bethersden Primary School, Homewood Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre at Tenterden and numerous secondary and grammar schools in Ashford.

Ashford International Station offers services to London St Pancras with journey times from just 37 minutes as well as services to the Continent. The M20 gives access to the ports and the coast and also to the M25 for Gatwick and Heathrow Airports.

M20 4 miles
Ashford International 4 miles
Canterbury 16 miles
London 58 miles
(All distances approximate)

DIRECTIONS
From the A28 at Bethersden proceed east for about 3 miles (towards Ashford). Go past Old Surrenden Manor Road and take the next left into Sandy Lane. Continue for about a mile then turn right at the T-junction. After about 150 yards turn right into Purchase Lane and Twysden Cottage will be found after a third of a mile on the right.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
- Services: Oil fired central heating system. Mains electricity and water. Private drainage system.
- Local Authority: Ashford Borough Council.
- Council Tax band: G (2021/22)
- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.
- Viewing: Strictly by appointment on .



Marketed by: Jackson-Stops, Cranbrook