4 bedroom house

This has been a happy family home for the last 45 years, with all the land and space it offers, it is easy to see why - James Hickman, Rural Land and Property



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A rural property with potential which now requires modernisation. The property provides the opportunity for rural living with lots of open space and is offered for sale with several useful outbuildings including a double garage, stables/feed room and a workshop/store, together with areas of pasture and mixed woodland which extend nearly 1/4 mile to the rear of the property. The total length of the plot measures about 535 metres from the roadside to the very end of the woodland.

In all about 5.40 acres






Situation
Whiteholme is situated in a highly convenient location about 3 miles south of Ashford Town Centre and the International Passenger Station. Ashford offers a fast-improving range of recreational, education and shopping facilities and the HS1 rail service provides high speed trains to Ebbsfleet, Stratford International and St Pancras. The historic Cinque Port towns of Tenterden and Rye are easy drives to the west and south, whilst the Channel Tunnel terminal is only about 15 miles to the east.

Background
The property was purchased by the seller in 1976 and has not been on the market since then. He wanted to move to the countryside and the land and woodland provided space and freedom for his family to grow up and enjoy outdoor life.

The House
The original property is understood to date to about 1934 and the flat roof extension was added later. The property is now ready to be refurbished and modernised or possibly re-modelled by the new owners.

Planning Authority
All planning enquiries relating to the property should be directed to Ashford Borough Council (

Outside
The house is nicely set back from the road with the access drive leading first to a very useful Double Garage/Workshop and then leads past the house to further outbuildings which include:
1) A Workshop/Store of concrete block construction.
2) A Pair of Stables with a Feed/Tack Room of concrete block construction.
3) An old single garage, a small shed and greenhouse.
The garden areas are mainly grass with some old brick above ground beds alongside the drive and behind the house.

Land
The land lies to the rear and comprises a former paddock area where the owner’s son used to keep his horses and ponies. This is now quite overgrown and would need to be cleared before it could be used as a grazing paddock again. Close to a large oak tree are the footings of an old barn.

Beyond this is an area of mixed broadleaf woodland which stretches to the very end of the property.

All of the land is designated as a Local Wildlife Site whilst the woodland area is designated as Ancient Woodland.

Public Rights of Way
Rights of Way
There are NO footpaths or other public rights of way crossing the property.


The plan and acreage quoted on these particulars are for identification purposes only.

Services
Mains water, electricity, and drainage. There is an old cesspool/septic tank but this is no longer in use. The gas hob in kitchen is run by bottled gas. None of the services or appliances have been tested.



Our Ref: AHS210011

Marketed by: Hobbs Parker, Ashford