5 bedroom house

Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AT

Guide Price

£1,500,000

  • Status: FOR SALE SOLD UNDER OFFER
  • First Marketed: Oct 2021
  • Removed: Date Not Available
  • 3.04 acres
  • 5 beds

Residential Tags: Grade II

Property Tags: Walled Garden

Land Tags: N/A

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  • First Marketed: Oct 2021
  • Removed: Date Not Available
  • Residential Tags: Grade II
  • Property Tags: Walled Garden
  • Land Tags: N/A
An idyllically situated attached Grade II listed five bedroom home with glorious gardens and extensive garaging.


Description

Swan Street House is a delightful attached Grade II listed 15th century former hall house of immense charm with a wealth of features and landscaped gardens and grounds which have been designed and planted by the current owners.

This beautifully presented family home retains an abundance of character and benefits from a modern east wing with excellent open plan living accommodation of great proportions, with stylishly fitted kitchen/breakfast room, family room and adjoining TV room.
Further reception rooms in the oldest part of the house, include the stunning sitting room with dais beam, brick flooring and inglenook, a beamed dining room also with open fire and a snug.
On the first floor there are four double bedrooms, two served by en suite bathrooms and two by a Jack and Jill bathroom, all are very well appointed with white sanitary ware. There is a further attic bedroom and large store room.

Swan Street House is approached via a gravel drive leading off to the extensive garaging for seven cars with further parking, adjacent to the orchard.

The superb mature gardens have been beautifully landscaped by the current owners. To the front of the house is a part walled garden with central pathway to the front door, with lavender beds and lawn to one side. The gardens continue with a Tropical Garden featuring a covered and decked BBQ area with hot tub. To the south, a terrace, with arbour clad in grapevine and wisteria, stretches away to lawns with a long rose walk, wide array of specimen trees and an ornamental fish pond surrounded varieties of Japanese maples. Completing the gardens is an orchard planted with apple, pear, plum and cherry.

Location

Swan Street House is located about 1.2 miles to the west of Charing village where there are a good range of shops and amenities including a post office, butchers, greengrocers, village shop, tennis courts and playing fields. More extensive shopping and leisure facilities can be found in Ashford 7 miles, Maidstone 13.5 miles and Canterbury 16.5 miles.

Schools: There is an excellent selection of schools in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary level.

Rail services: Mainline commuter rail services to London Victoria are available from Charing. Ashford International station has connections to London and the continent. A high speed link runs from Ashford to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.

Communications: The M20 can be joined at Ashford with links to London, the coast and other motorway networks. The A21 at Flimwell with links to the M25 at junction 5 and Gatwick and Heathrow airports.

Square Footage: 4,221 sq ft




Acreage: 3.04 Acres

Directions

From Charing railway station head in a southerly direction along Pluckley Road, turn right into Charing Heath Road and continue for about 0.7 of a mile and the entrance to Swan Street House will be found on the left hand side.

Marketed by: Savills, Cranbrook

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