4 bedroom house
East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0PU
Guide Price
£1,120,000
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Summary Details
- First Marketed: Jul 2021
- Removed: Date Not Available
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- HORSESHOE HOUSE, , DEAN STREET, EAST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE, KENT, 1050000, 25/05/2022
Horseshoe House is a handsome part blackand-
white timbered family home offering
flexible accommodation arranged over two
floors, designed to provide an ideal family
and entertaining space with features including
leaded glazing, some high ceilings with fine
cornicing and original fireplaces.
The ground floor accommodation flows from
a welcoming wooden-floored reception hall
and comprises a triple aspect sitting room with
feature stone fireplace and French doors to
the rear terrace and a well-proportioned family
room with exposed wooden flooring and feature
brick open fireplace opening into a generous
study. The spacious kitchen/breakfast room
is fitted with a bespoke hand built burred oak
and painted kitchen, a range cooker and space
for a table for informal meals. A fitted utility
room with a useful cloakroom and a generous
dining room with exposed wooden flooring and
French doors to the rear terrace completes the
accommodation on the ground floor.
On the first floor the property provides a
spacious principal bedroom with a feature
open fireplace with built-in storage, there are
three further generous double bedrooms, all
with built-in storage and a fifth single bedroom
currently used as a hobby room. This room
currently provides access to a large loft space
with boarding suitable for possible conversion
to additional room space subject to appropriate
planning. A large family bathroom with
freestanding bath and a separate modern family
shower room.
Set in a beautiful setting surrounded by
stunning countryside with plenty of walking
opportunities on the banks of the River Medway
and nearby Teston Lock, East Farleigh village
has a good range of day-to-day amenities
including local shopping and a public house
while neighbouring West Farleigh village has a
church, village green, three public houses and a
thriving community spirit with a village sports
club. Maidstone offers a wider range of facilities
including shopping, restaurants, cafés, public
houses and recreational facilities. The nearby
M20 provides easy access to the motorway
network, and rail services connecting to London
are available from East Farleigh and Maidstone.
Ashford International, the Port of Dover and
Channel Tunnel at Folkestone offer regular
services to the Continent.
The immediate area offers a good selection
of schooling, including Coxheath and East
Farleigh Primary Schools, Cornwallis Academy
and Maidstone grammar schools, including
Invicta Grammar school (the highest performing
grammar school in the area and has significant
standing in the county) together with noted
independent schools including OneSchool
Global UK, Sutton Valence, Bethany, Kent
College, The Schools at Somerhill, Hilden
Oaks, Tonbridge, Hilden Grange, St. Andrew’s,
Rochester Independent College.
The property is approached through twin brick
pillars and double iron gates over a gravelled
driveway offering private parking for multiple
vehicles, where there is an electric vehicle
charging point at the front of the property.
This is bordered by an area of level lawn with
a border of mature hedging and trees. The
driveway extends to a further parking area and
the detached double garage with internal steps
rising to a large 30 ft. first floor over, suitable for
a variety of uses including as a self-contained
annexe if required. The sizeable rear garden is
laid mainly to level lawn with mature flower and
shrub beds and features a spacious workshop/
garden store, numerous seating areas and a
large paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al
fresco dining. There is also a lawned orchard to
the rear of the garage block.
Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Sevenoaks
white timbered family home offering
flexible accommodation arranged over two
floors, designed to provide an ideal family
and entertaining space with features including
leaded glazing, some high ceilings with fine
cornicing and original fireplaces.
The ground floor accommodation flows from
a welcoming wooden-floored reception hall
and comprises a triple aspect sitting room with
feature stone fireplace and French doors to
the rear terrace and a well-proportioned family
room with exposed wooden flooring and feature
brick open fireplace opening into a generous
study. The spacious kitchen/breakfast room
is fitted with a bespoke hand built burred oak
and painted kitchen, a range cooker and space
for a table for informal meals. A fitted utility
room with a useful cloakroom and a generous
dining room with exposed wooden flooring and
French doors to the rear terrace completes the
accommodation on the ground floor.
On the first floor the property provides a
spacious principal bedroom with a feature
open fireplace with built-in storage, there are
three further generous double bedrooms, all
with built-in storage and a fifth single bedroom
currently used as a hobby room. This room
currently provides access to a large loft space
with boarding suitable for possible conversion
to additional room space subject to appropriate
planning. A large family bathroom with
freestanding bath and a separate modern family
shower room.
Set in a beautiful setting surrounded by
stunning countryside with plenty of walking
opportunities on the banks of the River Medway
and nearby Teston Lock, East Farleigh village
has a good range of day-to-day amenities
including local shopping and a public house
while neighbouring West Farleigh village has a
church, village green, three public houses and a
thriving community spirit with a village sports
club. Maidstone offers a wider range of facilities
including shopping, restaurants, cafés, public
houses and recreational facilities. The nearby
M20 provides easy access to the motorway
network, and rail services connecting to London
are available from East Farleigh and Maidstone.
Ashford International, the Port of Dover and
Channel Tunnel at Folkestone offer regular
services to the Continent.
The immediate area offers a good selection
of schooling, including Coxheath and East
Farleigh Primary Schools, Cornwallis Academy
and Maidstone grammar schools, including
Invicta Grammar school (the highest performing
grammar school in the area and has significant
standing in the county) together with noted
independent schools including OneSchool
Global UK, Sutton Valence, Bethany, Kent
College, The Schools at Somerhill, Hilden
Oaks, Tonbridge, Hilden Grange, St. Andrew’s,
Rochester Independent College.
The property is approached through twin brick
pillars and double iron gates over a gravelled
driveway offering private parking for multiple
vehicles, where there is an electric vehicle
charging point at the front of the property.
This is bordered by an area of level lawn with
a border of mature hedging and trees. The
driveway extends to a further parking area and
the detached double garage with internal steps
rising to a large 30 ft. first floor over, suitable for
a variety of uses including as a self-contained
annexe if required. The sizeable rear garden is
laid mainly to level lawn with mature flower and
shrub beds and features a spacious workshop/
garden store, numerous seating areas and a
large paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al
fresco dining. There is also a lawned orchard to
the rear of the garage block.
Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Sevenoaks
Land Registry Data
- HORSESHOE HOUSE, , DEAN STREET, EAST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE, KENT, 1050000, 25/05/2022