Set amidst 11.19 acres of gardens, grounds and paddocks with a heated swimming pool, stable block and a full size, floodlit manège this impressive rural residence is ideal for anyone with equestrian interests. It was originally built about 50 years ago but has been extended and includes charming internal features such as ornate coved ceilings, lighting roses and dado rails.
Impressive pillars signal the entrance to a private road leading to the main gates and an in-and-out gravel driveway surrounded by beautifully manicured lawns and a border of mature trees and shrubs. There are wood framed windows and a double wood front door opening to the impressive double height reception hall with wood panelling and a wood staircase as well as views of the galleried landing. There are two cloakrooms, a country style kitchen with a four oven gas Aga, bespoke solid wood units, a walk in pantry and a variety of appliances, an adjacent utility room and an external door to the rear garden.
An open archway leads down steps from the kitchen to the triple aspect family area with bi-fold and French doors to the terrace offering stunning rural views. There is a spacious dining room with wood and glass French doors that open into the dual aspect games room with full height windows and French doors to the driveway. There is a study with French doors to the main terrace and an elegant dual aspect sitting room with an immense brick fireplace incorporating a log burning stove.
Off the spacious U-shaped galleried landing there is a family bathroom and five double bedrooms including a guest suite and the triple aspect main bedroom with its box bay window, en suite shower room and walk-in wardrobe.
The gardens are mainly laid to lawn with mature trees, shrub borders, charming shrub beds encircling the lower terrace and pond and a delightful summerhouse with a covered porch. There is a very large barn and the heated swimming pool surrounded by a terrace. The stable block includes four stables, tack room, tea room, double garage and workshop, hard standing and a gate to the road while another gate from the road provides access to the paddocks.
- A stunning and spacious detached family home
- 11.19 acres including gardens, paddocks and manege
- Detached stable block with double garage/workshop and tack room
- Vast in & out driveway and separate hard standing
- Outdoor heated swimming pool and countryside views
- Detached barn with potential to convert
We moved here some 26 years ago and it has been a wonderful place to bring up our family and over the years we have enjoyed entertaining guests and even had our son’s wedding here in a marquee in the garden. We originally arrived with three children, two horses and two dogs and spent the first couple of months putting in the manège and the swimming pool and then extended the house with a two storey extension at the front to include the games room and master en suite bedroom while at the rear we extended the utility room and created the garden room. All this has provided a spacious family home which we love but now that all the children have ‘flown the nest’ and have their own families and the horses and dogs are no more, we feel it is time for us to downsize and hand over the baton to new owners with similar equestrian and country life interests. At the same time the property has potential for business activities as it could make a superb events venue and there could be the opportunity to create a four double bedroom barn conversion, subject to the appropriate permissions.
The location is great as we are only a couple of miles or so from Whitstable and about three miles from Canterbury while the nearby Blean primary school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Whitstable is a charming town full of individual shops, bars and restaurants as well as the harbour where you can buy the famous Whitstable oysters as well as a wide variety of other delicious fish. There is the Crab and Winkle route between Canterbury and Whitstable for cyclists and plenty of places to enjoy a walk with the dog. For golfing enthusiasts there is the Whitstable and Seasalter golf club that also includes 10 pin bowling, tennis and water sports and if you want more choice there is also the Chestfield Golf club, while sailors can join the Whitstable Yacht Club or the Tankerton sailing club.
Canterbury is a wonderful city with a wide variety of historic buildings, high street stores and individual shops as well as numerous restaurants, bars and the cinema as well as the Marlowe and Gulbenkian theatres and two stations including Canterbury West servicing the high speed train to St Pancras. There are also excellent grammar and private schools, three universities and a further education college and plenty of opportunities for sporting enthusiasts with the Kent cricket ground within walking distance as well as a golf club, sports club and swimming pool.
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