15 bedroom house
Frant, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex, TN3 9HW
Guide Price
£5,500,000
Residential Tags: N/A
Property Tags: N/A
Land Tags: Fishing Rights and Lakes, Paddock, Pasture Land
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Sep 2021
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: N/A
- Property Tags: N/A
- Land Tags: Fishing Rights and Lakes, Paddock, Pasture Land
A substantial unlisted country house enjoying a delightful lakeside position on the open market for the first time in 90 years.
Description
Within an easy drive of Tunbridge Wells and all the amenities available there and with good road and rail access, Woodside is being offered to the open market for the first time 90 years. The property benefits from just over 35 acres of land and outbuildings.
The Main House:
Reception hall, dining room, drawing room, study, sitting room to the ground floor, with kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, stores and wine store to the lower ground floor. To the first floor are 9 bedrooms, 2 with en suites, 2 further family bathrooms and 2 dressing rooms.
The West Wing:
Sitting room, study and dining room to the ground floor, kitchen and utility room to the lower ground floor. The 6 bedrooms, 3 bathroom and dressing room are situated on the second floor.
Outbuildings:
The Coach House with garaging, workshops and stores; Summer House with bedroom, Roundabout House, Blue House, Boat House and The Vinery.
Spectacular Gardens and Grounds, with pond, in all about 35 acres.
Description
The tree lined, private drive sweeps southwards, bisecting the land until it reaches Woodside and its wonderful lake. This unlisted, substantial, mid eighteenth century country house offers more than 12,000 square feet of accommodation currently divided in to the principal house and a secondary dwelling.
The principal reception rooms are magnificent with views across the lake or over the formal gardens. They have high ceilings and large picture windows, deep skirtings and ornate cornicing.
Although currently divided in to two dwellings, the house may be reunited with ease by the simple unlocking of doors rather than the removal of walls.
The gardens and grounds are a particularly notable feature of the property. The ornamental lake to the east of the house is magnificent and there is a very pleasant walk around it as the banks are full of specimen tree and shrubs. To the south of the house are more formal lawns and beds and beyond are protecting grass paddocks and spinneys. The paddocks are farmed with sheep grazing and haymaking and there are no footpaths across any of the land.
To the west of the house is a separate access to Down Lane and a range of useful buildings including a large garage with ancillary stores.
Location
Woodside is located in the heart of the Weald, on the edge of the popular and picturesque village of Frant with its high street of period buildings. The village itself lies approximately 3 miles to the south of Royal Tunbridge Wells in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the Kent and Sussex border and offers two welcoming public houses, a beautiful Church, a large village green, a shop with cafe, and hairdresser. Tunbridge Wells offers a wealth of shops, restaurants, schools, hotels and supermarkets.
Mainline Rail Services: Frant has its own station at Bells Yew Green, reached within 2.3 miles, one stop down from Tunbridge Wells reached within 2.5 miles, which serve London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street.
Education: Local Nursery School and Frant Primary School. Preparatory schools include Holmewood House in Langton Green and Rosehill and The Mead in Tunbridge Wells. Community Colleges in Wadhurst, Crowborough and Heathfield and independent senior schools in the area include Tonbridge for boys, Mayfield for girls, and co-ed options at Sevenoaks, Brighton and Eastbourne.
Leisure Facilities: Recreational and sporting activities in the area are extensive with cricket, football and bowling clubs within the village; sailing, cycling and fishing at Bewl Water; spectacular walking and riding routes can be found in the Ashdown Forest and nearby racing at Lingfield Park, Plumpton and Brighton. Opera can be enjoyed at Glyndebourne and Polo at Cowdray Park. There are a number of excellent golf courses in the area and several private membership health spas in Tunbridge Wells.
Motorway Links: The M25 can be accessed via the A21 just north of Tunbridge Wells, linking to the national motorway networks and airports. Gatwick airport is approximately 26.5 miles to the west and Ashford International Station about 31.7 miles to the east.
Square Footage: 12,319 sq ft
Acreage: 35.15 Acres
Directions
From our office in Tunbridge Wells head south west along the High Street towards Little Mount Sion, turn left onto London Road, the A26. At the roundabout take the first exit onto Nevill Street, the A267. Continue for approximately 3 miles and turn left on to B2099 Wadhurst Road. After about 400m turn right in to the private drive just before the roadside cottage. Woodside will be found at the very end of the drive.
Additional Info
What is now Woodside stands on land owned by William Sleche in the mid fifteen hundreds. His name still features as “Sleeches Cross” which is a well-known local turning point on the Frant Road.
Woodside was built by George Minet in 1832 and was at that time called Delvideer. There subsequently followed a series of name changes as the Woodside property was split or reunited with land originally owned by Sleche.
The name Woodside finally triumphed and the house appears to have been so called because the land borders the “Great Wood”, part of the Abergavenny Estate. Woodside lake may have originally been created to supply energy for the bellows needed in the iron industry many centuries ago.
The house was last on the open market in 1931.
Marketed by: Savills, Tunbridge Wells
Description
Within an easy drive of Tunbridge Wells and all the amenities available there and with good road and rail access, Woodside is being offered to the open market for the first time 90 years. The property benefits from just over 35 acres of land and outbuildings.
The Main House:
Reception hall, dining room, drawing room, study, sitting room to the ground floor, with kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, stores and wine store to the lower ground floor. To the first floor are 9 bedrooms, 2 with en suites, 2 further family bathrooms and 2 dressing rooms.
The West Wing:
Sitting room, study and dining room to the ground floor, kitchen and utility room to the lower ground floor. The 6 bedrooms, 3 bathroom and dressing room are situated on the second floor.
Outbuildings:
The Coach House with garaging, workshops and stores; Summer House with bedroom, Roundabout House, Blue House, Boat House and The Vinery.
Spectacular Gardens and Grounds, with pond, in all about 35 acres.
Description
The tree lined, private drive sweeps southwards, bisecting the land until it reaches Woodside and its wonderful lake. This unlisted, substantial, mid eighteenth century country house offers more than 12,000 square feet of accommodation currently divided in to the principal house and a secondary dwelling.
The principal reception rooms are magnificent with views across the lake or over the formal gardens. They have high ceilings and large picture windows, deep skirtings and ornate cornicing.
Although currently divided in to two dwellings, the house may be reunited with ease by the simple unlocking of doors rather than the removal of walls.
The gardens and grounds are a particularly notable feature of the property. The ornamental lake to the east of the house is magnificent and there is a very pleasant walk around it as the banks are full of specimen tree and shrubs. To the south of the house are more formal lawns and beds and beyond are protecting grass paddocks and spinneys. The paddocks are farmed with sheep grazing and haymaking and there are no footpaths across any of the land.
To the west of the house is a separate access to Down Lane and a range of useful buildings including a large garage with ancillary stores.
Location
Woodside is located in the heart of the Weald, on the edge of the popular and picturesque village of Frant with its high street of period buildings. The village itself lies approximately 3 miles to the south of Royal Tunbridge Wells in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the Kent and Sussex border and offers two welcoming public houses, a beautiful Church, a large village green, a shop with cafe, and hairdresser. Tunbridge Wells offers a wealth of shops, restaurants, schools, hotels and supermarkets.
Mainline Rail Services: Frant has its own station at Bells Yew Green, reached within 2.3 miles, one stop down from Tunbridge Wells reached within 2.5 miles, which serve London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street.
Education: Local Nursery School and Frant Primary School. Preparatory schools include Holmewood House in Langton Green and Rosehill and The Mead in Tunbridge Wells. Community Colleges in Wadhurst, Crowborough and Heathfield and independent senior schools in the area include Tonbridge for boys, Mayfield for girls, and co-ed options at Sevenoaks, Brighton and Eastbourne.
Leisure Facilities: Recreational and sporting activities in the area are extensive with cricket, football and bowling clubs within the village; sailing, cycling and fishing at Bewl Water; spectacular walking and riding routes can be found in the Ashdown Forest and nearby racing at Lingfield Park, Plumpton and Brighton. Opera can be enjoyed at Glyndebourne and Polo at Cowdray Park. There are a number of excellent golf courses in the area and several private membership health spas in Tunbridge Wells.
Motorway Links: The M25 can be accessed via the A21 just north of Tunbridge Wells, linking to the national motorway networks and airports. Gatwick airport is approximately 26.5 miles to the west and Ashford International Station about 31.7 miles to the east.
Square Footage: 12,319 sq ft
Acreage: 35.15 Acres
Directions
From our office in Tunbridge Wells head south west along the High Street towards Little Mount Sion, turn left onto London Road, the A26. At the roundabout take the first exit onto Nevill Street, the A267. Continue for approximately 3 miles and turn left on to B2099 Wadhurst Road. After about 400m turn right in to the private drive just before the roadside cottage. Woodside will be found at the very end of the drive.
Additional Info
What is now Woodside stands on land owned by William Sleche in the mid fifteen hundreds. His name still features as “Sleeches Cross” which is a well-known local turning point on the Frant Road.
Woodside was built by George Minet in 1832 and was at that time called Delvideer. There subsequently followed a series of name changes as the Woodside property was split or reunited with land originally owned by Sleche.
The name Woodside finally triumphed and the house appears to have been so called because the land borders the “Great Wood”, part of the Abergavenny Estate. Woodside lake may have originally been created to supply energy for the bellows needed in the iron industry many centuries ago.
The house was last on the open market in 1931.
Marketed by: Savills, Tunbridge Wells
Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.