4 bedroom house

A fine period townhouse on the southern side of town


Description

High Royd is formed from the ‘left half’ of the original Victorian mansion, having recently been extended out to the side to provide impressive, inter-linking reception spaces.

The front door opens into the reception hall, with stairs to the first floor and access through to a fine drawing room and also a generously proportioned dining/family room. This in turn opens into a large modern, well fitted, kitchen/breakfast room which, along with the dining room, opens straight out onto the rear terrace and a lawn garden.

Internally, the property benefits from a number of stylish period details, including the fireplaces (the sitting room one being fitted with a wood burning stove), working shutters, decorative mouldings and cornicing. It is also has some well-judged modern touches, with oak flooring and underfloor heating to the tiled kitchen/breakfast room, which also benefits from a central roof lantern, adding to the front-to-back double aspect and filling the room with light.

The bedrooms are spacious too being laid out over two floors, with the principal room benefitting from a long wall of bespoke built-in wardrobes.

The rear garden is interspersed with a variety of fruit trees and benefits from a predominantly southerly aspect, with good seclusion provided by the mature borders, comprising trees, laurels and rhododendrons. At the end, there is a children's playhouse and a large tucked-away storage shed. The front garden is similar in style, running alongside the long driveway and parking.

Location

Dating back to the 1860s, Broadwater Down is an historic and sought-after wide, tree-lined residential road. With many, often substantial, period properties and modern newly-built homes, it lies within a conservation area on the ever-popular south side of Tunbridge Wells.

The historic Pantiles is about 0.9 miles away and TN2, a popular local store and off licence, can be found on Frant Road, next door to The Bull pub.

The Woodland Trust’s Hargate Forest, with its network of walking trails, can be accessed directly from Broadwater Down and Broadwater Forest is also nearby.

The town centre is easily accessible and offers an extensive range of shops, restaurants, bars and two theatres.

Mainline rail: Tunbridge Wells station (about 1.2 miles) provides regular services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street (via London Bridge and Waterloo East).

Private and state schools: Well-regarded schools in the area include primaries in Frant (about 1.6 miles) and Tunbridge Wells and preparatories include Holmewood House (Langton Green), Rose Hill and The Mead schools and at senior level Mayfield School for Girls, Kent Grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge and public schools in Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Eastbourne.

The recently dualled A21 links the town to the M25 to the north, the national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports and the Channel Tunnel.

Square Footage: 2,880 sq ft




Acreage: 0.26 Acres

Directions

Postcode - TN2 5NU. Broadwater Down is accessed at its eastern (town) end from the Frant Road (A267) and the western end from Eridge Road (A26). Coming from Frant Road, 41 Broadwater Down will be found after a short distance on the left-hand side, just before St Mark's Road and the church.


Additional Info

Outgoings: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council[use Contact Agent Button], Tax band G.

Services: Gas-fired central heating, mains water, electricity and drainage.

Marketed by: Savills, Tunbridge Wells