House For Sale £1,325,000
A detached character house requiring updating, set within magnificent park-like gardens and grounds of just over 2.5 acres on the edge of this highly sought-after village.
Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Study/Bedroom with en-suite Shower Room, Kitchen, 5 further Bedrooms, Family Bathroom, Dressing Room, 2nd Kitchen, Cellar, 2 attached Single Garages, Detached brick built Office, Park-like Gardens and Grounds, Just over 2.5 acres in all.
Description
On the market for the first time in just over 60 years, Brook House now offers an exciting and rare opportunity for its new owner to put their own stamp on the property, subject to any necessary consents. Brook House sits in an elevated position and is situated on the edge of the highly regarded village of Speldhurst. The property is believed to date from c.1800 with three later additions in 1840,1872 and then again in 1973, the latter being attributed to Spencer de Grey, designer and deputy of the renowned contemporary architects Norman Foster.
Internally, the house has a very flexible layout with three to four reception rooms, four to six bedrooms (three on the ground floor, one with an en-suite shower room and the other with access to its own cloakroom/WC). The current dining room was the former bake-house and retains the original bread oven and flour shoot. The main kitchen is currently located on the first floor and enjoys wonderful outlooks over the magnificent gardens and grounds.
Brook House is approached via a sweeping gravel driveway flanked by extensive lawns with banks of snow drops and daffodils, mature shrubs and trees including a quince and cider apple tree which are very traditional to Kentish cottages.
Outside
The superb park-like gardens and grounds are an exceptional feature of the property and extend to around 2.6 acres in all. There are extensive areas of lawn, interspersed with many fine specimen trees including several oaks, ash, elm, silver birch, walnut, deodar cedar, wellingtonia and a small aspen shaw on the north western side where there is also a former dew pond. In the Spring the whole garden is ablaze with colour with mature banks of rhododendrons, camellias, a plethora of daffodils, bluebells and even wild orchids. To one side of the house is a small greenhouse, a soft fruit area, several fruit trees and a vegetable patch. A charming detached brick built former Victorian stable with two original mangers still in situ has light and power connections, its own separate telephone line and makes the perfect home office/studio.
Situation
Speldhurst is a thriving village, nestled within the fabulous Kent countryside with an award-winning shop and post office and a church with fine examples of pre-Raphaelite craftsmanship including some beautiful stained-glass windows designed by Morris & Co. The nearby village of Langton Green provides a good range of local amenities including a bakery, general store, excellent farm shop, newsagents, petrol station, church and the popular “Hare” gastro public house on the village green.
The spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells is about 3 miles away where there are extensive shopping facilities including many leading chain stores, individual shops and boutiques as well as a wide choice of restaurants and cafes, theatres etc.
Schooling: Extensive choice of schools in the state & private sector including Speldhurst Primary, Langton Green primary school (both rated Outstanding by ofsted) and the highly regarded Holmewood House preparatory school in Langton Green.
Rail Links: Tonbridge Railway Station (about 4 miles) and Hildenborough Railway Station (about 6 miles) offer services to London Bridge/Cannon Street/Charing Cross
Road Networks: There are good road links to the A21 providing connections to the national motorway network, Gatwick/Heathrow/Stansted airports, Ebbsfleet international, the Channel Tunnel, ferry ports and south coast.
Directions
From our offices in Mount Pleasant Road, turn left into Church Road and go straight across the traffic lights up to Mount Ephraim. Turn left and continue on the A264 to Langton Green. Turn right just before The Hare public house and continue for just over one and a half miles to the t-junction opposite the church. Turn right onto Speldhurst Hill and proceed down the hill for about 0.4 miles. The driveway to Brook House will be found on the left hand side immediately before the entrance to Bradley's Mill.
Services
Mains gas, water, electricity and drainage
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Speldhurst is a thriving village, nestled within the fabulous Kent countryside with an award winning shop and post office and a church designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The nearby village of Langton Green provides a good range of local amenities including a bakery, general store, excellent farm shop, newsagents, petrol station, church and the popular “Hare” gastro public house on the village green. The spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells is about 3 miles away where there are extensive shopping facilities including many leading chain stores, individual shops and boutiques as well as a wide choice of restaurants and cafes, theatres etc.
Schooling: Extensive choice of schools in the state & private sector including Speldhurst Primary, Langton Green primary school (both rated Outstanding by ofsted) and the highly regarded Holmewood House preparatory school in Langton Green.
Rail Links: Tunbridge Wells Railway Station (about 3 miles) and Hildenborough Railway Station (about 6 miles) offer services to London Bridge/Cannon Street/Charing Cross
Road Networks: There are good road links to the A21 providing connections to the national motorway network, Gatwick/Heathrow/Stansted airports, Ebbsfleet international, the Channel Tunnel, ferry ports and south coast.
Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Study/Bedroom with en-suite Shower Room, Kitchen, 5 further Bedrooms, Family Bathroom, Dressing Room, 2nd Kitchen, Cellar, 2 attached Single Garages, Detached brick built Office, Park-like Gardens and Grounds, Just over 2.5 acres in all.
Description
On the market for the first time in just over 60 years, Brook House now offers an exciting and rare opportunity for its new owner to put their own stamp on the property, subject to any necessary consents. Brook House sits in an elevated position and is situated on the edge of the highly regarded village of Speldhurst. The property is believed to date from c.1800 with three later additions in 1840,1872 and then again in 1973, the latter being attributed to Spencer de Grey, designer and deputy of the renowned contemporary architects Norman Foster.
Internally, the house has a very flexible layout with three to four reception rooms, four to six bedrooms (three on the ground floor, one with an en-suite shower room and the other with access to its own cloakroom/WC). The current dining room was the former bake-house and retains the original bread oven and flour shoot. The main kitchen is currently located on the first floor and enjoys wonderful outlooks over the magnificent gardens and grounds.
Brook House is approached via a sweeping gravel driveway flanked by extensive lawns with banks of snow drops and daffodils, mature shrubs and trees including a quince and cider apple tree which are very traditional to Kentish cottages.
Outside
The superb park-like gardens and grounds are an exceptional feature of the property and extend to around 2.6 acres in all. There are extensive areas of lawn, interspersed with many fine specimen trees including several oaks, ash, elm, silver birch, walnut, deodar cedar, wellingtonia and a small aspen shaw on the north western side where there is also a former dew pond. In the Spring the whole garden is ablaze with colour with mature banks of rhododendrons, camellias, a plethora of daffodils, bluebells and even wild orchids. To one side of the house is a small greenhouse, a soft fruit area, several fruit trees and a vegetable patch. A charming detached brick built former Victorian stable with two original mangers still in situ has light and power connections, its own separate telephone line and makes the perfect home office/studio.
Situation
Speldhurst is a thriving village, nestled within the fabulous Kent countryside with an award-winning shop and post office and a church with fine examples of pre-Raphaelite craftsmanship including some beautiful stained-glass windows designed by Morris & Co. The nearby village of Langton Green provides a good range of local amenities including a bakery, general store, excellent farm shop, newsagents, petrol station, church and the popular “Hare” gastro public house on the village green.
The spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells is about 3 miles away where there are extensive shopping facilities including many leading chain stores, individual shops and boutiques as well as a wide choice of restaurants and cafes, theatres etc.
Schooling: Extensive choice of schools in the state & private sector including Speldhurst Primary, Langton Green primary school (both rated Outstanding by ofsted) and the highly regarded Holmewood House preparatory school in Langton Green.
Rail Links: Tonbridge Railway Station (about 4 miles) and Hildenborough Railway Station (about 6 miles) offer services to London Bridge/Cannon Street/Charing Cross
Road Networks: There are good road links to the A21 providing connections to the national motorway network, Gatwick/Heathrow/Stansted airports, Ebbsfleet international, the Channel Tunnel, ferry ports and south coast.
Directions
From our offices in Mount Pleasant Road, turn left into Church Road and go straight across the traffic lights up to Mount Ephraim. Turn left and continue on the A264 to Langton Green. Turn right just before The Hare public house and continue for just over one and a half miles to the t-junction opposite the church. Turn right onto Speldhurst Hill and proceed down the hill for about 0.4 miles. The driveway to Brook House will be found on the left hand side immediately before the entrance to Bradley's Mill.
Services
Mains gas, water, electricity and drainage
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Speldhurst is a thriving village, nestled within the fabulous Kent countryside with an award winning shop and post office and a church designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The nearby village of Langton Green provides a good range of local amenities including a bakery, general store, excellent farm shop, newsagents, petrol station, church and the popular “Hare” gastro public house on the village green. The spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells is about 3 miles away where there are extensive shopping facilities including many leading chain stores, individual shops and boutiques as well as a wide choice of restaurants and cafes, theatres etc.
Schooling: Extensive choice of schools in the state & private sector including Speldhurst Primary, Langton Green primary school (both rated Outstanding by ofsted) and the highly regarded Holmewood House preparatory school in Langton Green.
Rail Links: Tunbridge Wells Railway Station (about 3 miles) and Hildenborough Railway Station (about 6 miles) offer services to London Bridge/Cannon Street/Charing Cross
Road Networks: There are good road links to the A21 providing connections to the national motorway network, Gatwick/Heathrow/Stansted airports, Ebbsfleet international, the Channel Tunnel, ferry ports and south coast.
