Warren Wood Cottage

Originally believed to be the gamekeepers cottage for nearby Leeds Castle and dating back to the late 1600's this period cottage has undergone a full refurbishment and, whilst keeping some of the original features, now provides an excellent 4 bedroom family home with light and bright living space set in private woodland. The house is set half-way along a well kept road close to Leeds Castle and ideally placed for local communications links. It sits in just over 7 acres of private woodland giving it a real sense of privacy whilst still having excellent garden and parking space on a newly laid gravel driveway approached through a set of electrically operated wooden gates. The house itself has been extended and updated by the current owners to give a wonderfully light and bright family home set over two floors.

The front door opens up into the entrance hallway with accompanying utility room and downstairs WC/shower room. The sitting room has been converted from two smaller rooms into a grand reception space with central fireplace with wood burner in situ. New wooden floors have been laid and continue into the adjoining TV room/study (which has its own access into the kitchen/dining room). Between the two rooms the staircase leads up to the first floor and sits alongside a second entrance to the house. On the western side of the house, and designed to be flooded with natural light, is sited a modern open plan kitchen/dining room with lofted ceiling, fitted corner log-burner and full height sliding doors on the west and southern sides out onto the terrace. The whole house then benefits from under floor heating.

Up on the first floor sit four bedrooms with the master en suite located at the western end and benefitting from an en suite shower room and ample storage. A second bedroom with en suite shower room is located at the other end of the house whilst two good double bedrooms then share a family bathroom.

Outside, a separate office (with good broadband provision) with accompany WC and storage (where the boiler is located together with air source heat pump) provides excellent additional work space or leisure overflow for the house. A large wrap-around terrace (with outside sink and BBQ area) with steps down to the garden then provides an excellent space for al fresco dining on the south and west side of the house whilst a garden area merges comfortably into the woodland surrounding the house. Three sides of the house have been seeded with a wildflower meadow which will bloom in the Spring.

The house is located close to the historic Leeds Castle where a castle has existed since 119 and was used later by Henry VIII as a home for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. The property is well located for local transport links with trains running to London from Maidstone, Harrietsham and Hollingbourne. The M20 is close at hand, linking the area with both London, the M25, Gatwick and Heathrow airports together with the rest of the country whilst the channel ports are also close at hand together with the Eurostar at Ashford International rail station just 18 miles away. Mainline train services run into London from Maidstone (Charing Cross in 52 minutes), Staplehurst (62 minutes) whilst the direct train from Ashford International reaches St Pancras in 38 minutes.

The area is also home to many excellent schools including nearby Sutton Valance, Cranbrook, Maidstone Grammar for boys, Invicta Girls Grammar, Maidstone Girls Grammar and St. Ronans.

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