6 bedroom house

The property is a uniquely designed family house offering substantial and flexible accommodation in a wonderful position on the south coast. On entering the property, the entrance hall provides access to the numerous reception rooms as well as a ground floor bedroom with an en suite shower room and dressing room.

The triple aspect sitting room has double doors opening to the beautiful gardens. The dining room is double aspect, with windows to the side and rear, and a door leading through to the kitchen/breakfast room which has a range of wall and base fitted units. The rear hall gives access to a study as well as a useful utility room, cloakroom, boiler room and door to the rear. Accessed externally, there is also a good sized cellar/store room.

On the first floor there are five bedrooms as well as a family bathroom, separate cloakroom and a shower room. There is also a useful small utility area.

Outside, the house is approached over a sweeping driveway leading to the parking area and detached double garage, greenhouse and fruit garden. An enclosed and glazed walkway/steps lead from the garaging to the house.

The beautiful gardens and grounds surrounding the property are laid to lawn with well stocked flower borders and a multitude of mature trees, shrubs and plants. In all the property extends to about 1.17 acres (to be verified).

The vendor currently has the benefit of a leasehold interest in the amenity land to the north which amounts to about 0.88 of an acre (to be verified). This land is mainly wooded and borders the golf course. This leasehold interest expires on 24 March 2022.

Hythe 1.4 miles. Sandgate 1.4 miles. M20 (J12) 2.6 miles. Sandling station 3 miles (London St Pancras from 54 minutes). Folkestone station 3.8 miles (London St Pancras from 56 minutes). Dover 12.5 miles. Ashford International station 14.3 miles (London St Pancras from 38 minutes). Ashford 14.4 miles. Canterbury 19.3 miles. London 70 miles.
(All times and distances approximate)

The property is located in a wonderful elevated position, with distant, off a private 'no through road' on the south coast between Hythe and Sandgate. Hythe has a charming old High Street and offers a range of shops, including a Waitrose supermarket. Nearby Sandgate has many antique shops, pubs and restaurants. Communications are good with the M20 (junction 12) connecting to Ashford, London and the A20 trunk road to Dover. The Channel Tunnel Terminal at Cheriton is nearby with regular services to the Continent. Folkestone mainline station offers trains to London and high speed trains are availalble from Ashford International to St Pancras with a journey time from 38 minutes. Educational facilities including The King's School at Canterbury, Kent College at Canterbury, St Edmund's School and two universities at Canterbury. Recreational and sporting facilities include a sports centre, fitness club, dry slope skiing and horse racing at Folkestone. There is golf at The Sene Valley and Hythe Imperial Hotel. Sailing is available at Hythe Sailing Club, and rowing at Sandgate Rowing Club; fishing and other water sports locally. There are tennis, bowls, squash and cricket clubs in Hythe, as well as cricket at the The St Lawrence Cricket Ground in Canterbury which is also easily accessible.

Marketed by: Knight Frank, Tunbridge Wells