5 bed Detached House
£695,000
Egerton, Kent
An individual detached chalet style house (subject to an AOC) providing very well presented five bedroom family accommodation incorporating a readily adaptable integral annexe, all set in established gardens and grounds, the total plot size extending to approximately 1 acre including double garage with workshop, timber sheds and summer houses, all occupying a favoured rural location, enjoying elevated views out across the Weald and countryside.
The property is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition (AOC)** limiting the ownership and occupation to persons currently or previously employed in agriculture or forestry
THE PROPERTY
Willowdene is an individual detached residence which has been extended and improved to create a family home including the flexibility of an integral annexe, if so desired. The well presented accommodation is arranged over two floors with many rooms enjoying the fine rural views. Features include the sitting room with fireplace housing a wood-burning stove with an oak overmantel. Glazed doors lead through to the conservatory with dwarf brick wall beneath a pitched roof. The second reception room comprises the dining room/family room enjoying a fine aspect to rear. The main kitchen/breakfast room is comprehensively fitted with gloss fronted units with some integral appliances including AEG induction hob and double oven and grill, a larder style cupboard, broom and storage cupboards and a useful two seater breakfast bar. A second fitted kitchen provides the option of a kitchen for an integral annexe. Continuing through the ground floor a double aspect study with built-in wardrobe and stunning views has potential to be a fifth bedroom with a second bathroom fitted with a white suite next door. Arranged over the first floor are four bedrooms accessed by two separate staircases, served by a bathroom fitted with a modern white suite and a separate cloakroom which links very well with the bedroom 4.
The integral annexe layout would include the current sitting room, the second kitchen, WC, bedrooms one and two and the (first-floor) bathroom.
GARDENS AND GROUNDS
Willowdene is approached via timber five bar gates opening onto a drive, leading up to parking and to a concrete section double garage, incorporating a workshop area. The gardens and grounds are a fine feature, laid lawn, punctuated with fruit trees including apple, pear, plum and includes two timber garden sheds and two summerhouses. The natural hedge boundaries abut fields. The total plot size extends to approximately 1 acre enjoying elevated far-reaching countryside views.
DIRECTIONS
Approaching Egerton village from the direction of Smarden, proceed through the hamlet of Egerton Forstal turning left at the T junction into Crockenhill Road. Continue on, turning right off a left hand bend into Egerton House Road. Willowdene will be found shortly on the right hand side.
Headcorn mainline station approximately 5 miles
Ashford town with International station and high-speed link to London St Pancras approximately 7 miles
** "agriculture" includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the breeding and keeping of livestock (including any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skins or fur, or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land), the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes, and " agricultural" shall be construed accordingly;
GENERAL
Tenure: Freehold Services: Mains electricity and water with private drainage. Oil fired central heating.
Local authority: Ashford Borough Council https://www.ashford.gov.uk/ Council tax: Band D EPC: B
Agents Note: We are informed by the seller the solar panels generated 3,271 units in 2021 amounting to region £1,900 in total payments
VIEWING
Strictly by appointment with the agents.
Cranbrook Office: 01580 712888
Lambert & Foster (Cranbrook)
The Weald Office
39 High Street
Cranbrook
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 3DN
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