7 bedroom house

South Lodge is a unique and extremely generous family home that offers over 4,600 sq. ft of highly attractive, flexible accommodation arranged over four floors. This substantial Grade II listed property was one of the first properties to be built on the London Road in the early 1860s and benefits from charming period features including high ceilings, sash windows and fireplaces. It has been sympathetically and elegantly updated and redecorated by its owners and provides excellent potential for either a substantial family residence or conversion into a number of luxury flats (subject to obtaining planning consent).

The traditional tiled porchway and high-ceilinged reception hall presents a grand entrance to the home, with stairs to the basement and first floor levels and access through to the rear terrace. It leads naturally through to the considerable sitting room featuring a bright bay forward-facing window and a shuttered window, a wrought iron and tiled feature fireplace and a wealth of decorative coving, cornicing, picture rails and deep tiered skirting boards. The u-shaped kitchen has double doors to the garden and ample space for family breakfasts. It features a wide array of storage via updated yet in-keeping wall and base units, as well as a selection of modern integrated appliances. A useful separate cloakroom and utility sit alongside, with additional access to the terrace. The sophisticated formal dining room has a feature fireplace, bay and shuttered sash windows and a wealth of original decorative touches. Adjacent is a useful and pleasing study space, also with a Victorian fireplace with wooden surround.

The basement level below houses the boiler, a cloakroom and several flexible rooms with potential uses including storage, as well as a large bedroom with a fireplace.

On the first floor is the principal and a further bedroom of similarly generous proportions, both having several built-in storage solutions, sunny aspects and fireplaces. The principal suite also benefits from the use of a sizeable en suite shower room, while a family bathroom and a cloakroom complete the floor. The second and final floor houses three additional airy and spacious bedrooms, along with another cloakroom.

Situated on the western side of the bustling county town of Maidstone, the property is ideally located within a short walking distance of a wide selection of popular shopping and recreational facilities, including supermarkets, restaurants, bars, a cinema complex, a theatre and parks.

It is also within easy reach of both Maidstone West and East mainline railway stations, perfect for the commuter. Maidstone West offers regular high-speed services to London St. Pancras in approximately 50 minutes and Maidstone East provides links to London Victoria in around an hour. Road links are also very good, with the M20 motorway (Junction 5) just 2.4 miles away, offering connections to the M26 and M25 motorways, central London, the scenic Kent coastline and countryside and further afield. There are several well-regarded schools in the area, in both the private and state sectors, including Maidstone Boys and Girls Grammar Schools, Invicta Girls Grammar, Oakwood Park Grammar School and Sutton Valence School.

South Lodge has an imposing frontage, with a stone and pillared entrance leading to the considerable tarmac enclosed driveway, which offers parking for up to fourteen vehicles. At the rear is a sizeable Victorian garden, with a paved terrace spanning the width of the property providing an ideal location for soaking up the south-westerly sun and dining al fresco. A wide area of lush level lawn forming part of the 0.5-acre garden is bordered and punctuated by a variety of mature fruit and nut trees, shrubs and pretty flowerbeds. Also on the plot is a large garden store with double doors and a wonderfully preserved original Grade II listed hexagonal Victorian summer house.

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