7 bedroom house

The property was designed by the renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and has timber clad elevations and white framed windows under a tiled roof. It was originally part of the Great Maytham Estate and boasts many attractive features as well as benefitting from ancillary accommodation in the annexe.

Main house:
Internally the main house offers flexible and well-proportioned reception rooms, all of which is beautifully presented. A covered porch leads to the main entrance. The double aspect dining/drawing room has an attractive fireplace and French doors leading to the courtyard. The kitchen/breakfast room has a range of cupboards, integrated appliances, wooden flooring, windows overlooking the front garden and double doors leading out to the rear courtyard and garden. The sitting room has an attractive brick fireplace with wood burning stove and large windows overlooking the rear garden. The property provides extremely flexible accommodation with a range of bedrooms on the ground and first floors, the majority of which have en suite facilities.

The Annexe
In addition to the main residence there is a detached two bedroom annexe situated to the rear of the garage/games room. The annexe provides two bedrooms, a shower room, kitchen/breakfast room and a fantastic sitting room with bi-folding doors opening onto the private terrace and garden.

Gardens and Grounds
The property is approached off Frogs Lane over a brick paved driveway leading to the parking areas and a single garage/games room. The front garden has a long lavender flanked path to the front door with well-stocked flower borders and lawned areas. To the rear, there is a walled courtyard with pond feature and a pergola. Wrought iron gates lead through to the immaculate lawned garden with flower borders and a multitude of mature trees and shrubs. There is a large decked seating area, summer house and shed.

A gate leads through to the paddock and stables which comprise two stables, a tack room and hay barn. There is a fenced vegetable garden with raised beds and a greenhouse. At the far end of the paddock there is a fully fenced pond with summer house. The paddock is split into two parts and in all the property extends to just under 2 acres (to be verified).

Agents note: Under the Estate Agents Act, we are obliged to advise that the vendors of this property are related to an employee of Knight Frank.

Tenterden 4 miles. Cranbrook 7.5 miles. Rye 10 miles. Staplehurst station 11.5 miles (London Bridge from 51 minutes). Headcorn station 11.7 miles (London Bridge from 56 minutes). Ashford International station 16 miles (London St Pancras from 38 minutes). Ashford 16.5 miles. Tunbridge Wells 21 miles. London 59 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is located in the heart of the popular hamlet of Rolvenden Layne. The nearby pretty village of Rolvenden, well known for its wide High Street and period buildings, offers facilities serving all the usual day to day needs. Benenden also provides for all the usual daily needs with its post office/shop/cafe, butcher, two inns, delightful parish church, village hall, primary school, world renowned private secondary school and village green. A little further away are the towns of Cranbrook and Tenterden with their picturesque High Streets offering a wider range of quality shops, restaurants, banks, supermarkets and a leisure centre at Tenterden. A more comprehensive range of facilities are available in Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Ashford. The mainline station at Staplehurst provides a regular commuter service to London and the Eurostar Terminal at Ashford provides high speed trains to London and the continent. There is an excellent choice of state and private schools in the area including Benenden School for Girls, Dulwich Preparatory at Cranbrook, St Ronan's and Marlborough House at Hawkhurst, Bethany at Goudhurst, St Leonards at Mayfield. Leisure facilities in the area include golf at a number of cour

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