This detached property is a charming family home located in one of the more popular areas of Birchington. It is approached via wrought iron gates that open onto a driveway bordered by a front lawn with trees and shrub beds. The drive continues past the front entrance through a pair of solid white painted wood gates and leads past the rear garden and a swimming pool to a double garage and an integral workshop. The exterior of the property includes mellow brickwork, chimneystacks, delightful multi-pane bay windows and an inset porch.
The attractive panelled wood front door opens into a spacious entrance hall with an impressive open tread staircase, a cloakroom, a delightful ceiling rose and parquet floor that flows through much of the ground floor. The kitchen/breakfast room includes a bay window overlooking the front garden, tiled flooring, a range cooker and shaker style storage units housing a variety of stand-alone appliances. There is also a peninsular breakfast bar and plenty of room for a table and chairs as well as an adjacent fitted utility room with space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer.
A pair of multi-pane glazed doors open into the simply stunning lounge/diner with impressive wood panelling on three sides, a stone effect fireplace and built in glass fronted cabinets. The outer wall is virtually all windows looking into the fabulous conservatory that spans the width of the property and makes an excellent additional living room with views over the garden and the swimming pool. There is also access from the lounge/diner and the hall into the delightful family room with feature brick walls that could always become an office for anyone working from home.
Off the first floor galleried landing there is a family bathroom and five double bedrooms including a guest room with an en suite shower and built in cupboards, two more with fitted wardrobes and the main bedroom with an en suite bathroom, plenty of built in cupboards and additional bedroom furniture. While on the second floor there is a large bedroom, ideal for a teenager looking for a bit of privacy and independence.
In addition to the large swimming pool and drive to the garage, the rear garden includes a lawn, shrub borders and trees as well as a terrace surrounding the pool where you can enjoy outdoor entertaining or lazing in the sunshine. It is surrounded on one side by a high wall and on the other by close board fencing, providing both privacy and security.
- A spacious detached house with excellent potential
- Detached double garage and workshop
- Large conservatory overlooking the rear garden
- Gated driveway that leads to the back of the garden
- Beautiful character features including parquet flooring and wood panelling
- Ideally located for the beach, town and train station
This family home is in a wonderful position as the road is a dead end so it is very safe for children and pets. We are a stone's throw from the tennis courts and bowls club as well as the seafront and Beresford Gap if you want to water ski. We are within easy walking distance of Birchington station for the high speed train to London or secondary schools in the surrounding towns, while the village centre includes individual shops, a supermarket, hairdressers, nail bars, vets and a medical centre. There are some excellent restaurants and pubs in the vicinity including The Smugglers and the Powell Arms plus Quex Park with its fascinating diorama museum and outside complex incorporating a garden centre, leisure activity areas, craft shops and a livery stables. Quex Barn offers wonderful food shopping in its farm shop and a great eating experience in the restaurant. The local Birchington primary is a good school and there is also King Ethelbert secondary school and the Ursuline College available in Birchington and Westgate, while grammar and private schools can be found in nearby Broadstairs and Ramsgate. It is not far from the main road for the Thanet Way to London and Canterbury.
As well as bowls, tennis and water skiing there is the sailing club and other water sports such as wind surfing in nearby Minnis Bay not to mention the Westgate and Birchington Golf Club for golfing enthusiasts. If you enjoy walking there are a number of excellent places for a bracing walk with the dog and for cyclists you can revel in a trip to Reculver along the Viking Coastal Trail. There is also a very good and inexpensive cinema in Westgate, theatres in Ramsgate and Broadstairs and if you want to go further afield Westwood Cross includes a large shopping centre with a variety of high street stores, a retail park and the Vue cinema complex as well as a casino and numerous restaurants.
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