The Old Rectory

The property comprises an attractive and substantial Victorian family house boasting well-proportioned and beautifully presented accommodation with many features of the period including excellent ceiling heights, fireplaces and bay windows. Many of the windows have window shutters. The charming reception hall has a sitting area with fitted bookshelves and gives access to the formal reception rooms.

The impressive double aspect drawing room is at the rear of the house, it has a marble fireplace with wood burner and a wonderful bay window with French doors opening out to the terrace and delightful gardens. The sitting room is also at the rear and has a fireplace with a wood burner.

At the front of the house the dining room (currently used as a play room) has a bay window overlooking the front gardens. The fantastic kitchen/breakfast/family room is a real feature of the property and has wooden flooring, wall and base units with central island and polished granite worktops and an Aga cooker. A door leads through to a useful utility room and there is also a door to the rear, and a door to the side providing access to the garage and cellar with two store rooms.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom suite has an attractive bay window overlooking the rear gardens and an adjacent bathroom. There are five further bedrooms with fitted cupboards, one of which has a beautifully appointed shower room. A further shower room and an airing cupboard (which gives access to the large boarded loft) complete the accommodation.

Outside, the house is approached via an electrically operated gated entrance over a driveway leading to the parking area and, through a small gate, to the cart lodge. A double garage is situated to the side of the property.

To the rear of the house there is a large paved terrace spanning the width of the house with steps leading down to the beautifully maintained formal gardens with a multitude of mature trees, shrubs and plants. There is also a club-sized fenced hard tennis court, beyond which is a field its own separate access. In all the property extends to 1.74 acres.

Cranbrook 4.3 miles. Headcorn station 3.2 miles (London Bridge from 56 minutes). Staplehurst station 3.8 miles (London Bridge from 51 minutes). Tenterden 9.4 miles. Ashford International station 15.8 miles (London St Pancras from 36 minutes). Tunbridge Wells 17.5 miles. Rye 21 miles. London 49 miles. (All times and distances approximate)

The property is situated in the heart of the popular village of Frittenden village which provides for everyday needs with its post office, church, primary school, village hall and public house. Staplehurst is close by and offers a wider range of shops, bank, supermarket and mainline station with a regular service to London in about an hour. More comprehensive facilities are available at the larger towns of Cranbrook, Tenterden and Tunbridge Wells. Rail services are also available from nearby Headcorn and the Eurostar terminal at Ashford which provides a fast train service to London from 36 minutes.

There is an excellent choice of state and private schools in the area, including Frittenden Primary School, Dulwich Preparatory School in Cranbrook, Marlborough House and St Ronan's at Hawkhurst, Benenden School for Girls, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks public schools. We also understand that the property lies within the Cranbrook School Catchment Area.

Leisure activities in the area include golf at a number of courses including Weald of Kent, Tenterden, Chart Hills and Rye; walking and riding in the surrounding countryside as well as Bedgebury and Hemsted Forests; sailing and water sports Bewl Water and on the south coast.

Property Reference: TNW012153914

Marketed by: Knight Frank, Tunbridge Wells