4 bedroom house

Willow Cottage is an attractive tile-hung family home, designed in the 1960s by the renowned local architects Colt, set in beautiful mature gardens offering flexible accommodation arranged in an L-shaped configuration over a single floor with four bedrooms and a self-contained garden annexe.

The accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall and briefly comprises a large 20ft. sitting room with cork flooring, full-height glazing overlooking the garden and French doors to the terrace, a spacious kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units, modern integrated appliances and space for a table for more informal meals, a well-proportioned dining room with full-height glazing overlooking the garden and a neighbouring walk-in larder.

The accommodation is completed by a bedroom wing providing a generous principal bedroom with built-in storage, a large 19 ft. dual aspect bedroom / second sitting room with built-in storage, a sink and patio doors to a terrace, and two further double bedrooms with built-in storage, one of which is currently adapted to a generous study, together with a family bathroom, a separate family shower room and two cloakrooms.

The property is situated in a peaceful, rural
location near to Chart Hills Golf Club on the
outskirts of the picturesque village of Biddenden in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Biddenden provides a good range of day-to-day amenities including an old church, village stores, a Post Office, tea rooms, an historic public house, Indian restaurant, popular primary school and the highly-regarded West House restaurant. More comprehensive shopping and service amenities can be found in nearby Headcorn and in the historic and bustlingtown of Tenterden, known as “The Jewel of the Weald”.

Communications links are excellent: the A21
provides access to the M26 and also to the M25
for London, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports and
the nearby M20 gives easy access to Dover and
Ashford International Station, which provides
High Speed Rail Links to London St. Pancras
in 37 minutes and regular Eurostar services to
the continent. Headcorn station offers frequent
direct services to Ashford International in 10
minutes and to central London in around an
hour.

The area offers a good selection of state primary
and secondary schooling including Cranbrook
School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) together
with a number of noted independent schools
including Benenden, Dulwich Prep, St. Ronan’s
and Marlborough House.

The property is approached over a gravelled driveway and block-paved forecourt providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the property’s two integral garages, one with double side doors to the garden. To the rear of the garages, French doors give access to a well-proportioned garden room and inter-connecting 21 ft. hobby room with en suite shower room, both suitable for use as a self-contained annexe if required.

The glorious, well-maintained mature garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features numerous seating areas and a wraparound paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole interspersed with and screened by mature trees and enjoying fabulous far-reaching views over the property’s 2.5 acres of paddock with ponds and timber summer house and surrounding countryside.

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Sevenoaks