House For Sale £3,000,000
Impressive and unique family home, in a prime location, with a high degree of privacy and security
Location
Tunbridge Wells is a popular choice for families with its wide choice of well-regarded schools. Public schools in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge are accessible via the recently dualled A21 and Tunbridge Wells is known for its choice of Grammar schools, with Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys and Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School less than 2 miles away. Rose Hill Prep school and Bennett Memorial Church of England Academy are both within a mile and a half and the well-regarded Homewood House Prep school in Langton Green is about 2.3 miles.
The town has a comprehensive range of shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities and has a number of popular public parks and the Common, with its criss-crossing footpaths, wooded areas and green spaces, that extends right into the centre of town. About 0.8 miles to the west is the St Johns area with numerous smaller shops and a selection of smaller supermarkets and other services.
Surrounded by the beautiful countryside of Kent and East Sussex, Tunbridge Wells can offer an enviable lifestyle choice and pace of life combined with convenient access to London and good connections to the national road network via the A21.
Mainline rail: Tunbridge Wells station is about 0.9 miles (0.8 miles on foot across the Common) and provides regular services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street via London Bridge.
Services: Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage.
Outgoings: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Tax band H.
Description
Crofton is a unique and substantial property, designed and built in 2002 to exacting standards in conjunction with respected local firm, Honeygrove Properties.
The property is discreetly located in a sought-after area of Tunbridge Wells. The mainline station and town centre are within a mile of the property and the town offers a good range of highly-regarded schools, including renowned Kent grammars.
The house is set behind automatic gates and at the end of a private driveway and has ample exterior parking. This impressive six bedroom home, with almost 6,000 sq ft of accommodation is surrounded by mature gardens and occupies an elevated position with extensive views.
Access to the house is via a covered porch and double entry doors which lead to an elegant and spacious entrance hall. The double height ceiling and graceful sweeping staircase, individually designed and crafted from American walnut, leads the eye to the galleried landing and living space above. The entrance hall also serves the generously-sized family room, an office with cloakroom, a concealed designer lift, the plant room and the triple garage.
The living accommodation is arranged off the galleried main hallway, with double doors leading to the generously proportioned drawing room which features a grand white marble fireplace with classical details. An elegant arch leads to a reading area and French doors open onto the garden. A delightful garden room, currently equipped as a cinema, also opens off the drawing room with further access to the garden.
At the opposite end of the hallway is the open-plan kitchen, breakfast room and dining terrace, with extensive west-facing views. The adjoining utility room has outside access. The dining room is adjacent to the kitchen, and has a galleried landing connecting it to the drawing room. A study, with distant views, overlooking the gardens and a stylishly equipped cloakroom completes the accommodation in this area.
Accessed from the hall via semi-glazed double wooden doors below a decorative glazed arch is the master bedroom suite. This comprises a spacious bedroom, dressing room and an en suite bathroom with a large separate shower. A seating area provides access to the garden. There are three further bedrooms, two en suite, and a family bathroom in this wing and a second bespoke staircase leads upstairs to a spacious landing with two double bedroom suites and a compact kitchenette.
Outside, the main garden, with an extensive terrace and a level lawn, connects via paths and pergolas to paved and lawned terraces. Privacy is ensured by mature border planting and hedging and the entire plot is secured by attractive iron railings.
Square Footage: 5918 sq ft
Acreage: 0.61 Acres
Directions
Postcode - TN4 8YA. Travelling south west on Mt Ephraim (A264) and passing the turning to the Mount Edgecumbe public house on your left, take the next right on to Bishops Down and when the road swings to the left continue straight ahead on to Hurstwood Lane. The entrance to Crofton will be found on the right hand side on the corner of Hurstwood Lane and Holmhurst Close.
Location
Tunbridge Wells is a popular choice for families with its wide choice of well-regarded schools. Public schools in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge are accessible via the recently dualled A21 and Tunbridge Wells is known for its choice of Grammar schools, with Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys and Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School less than 2 miles away. Rose Hill Prep school and Bennett Memorial Church of England Academy are both within a mile and a half and the well-regarded Homewood House Prep school in Langton Green is about 2.3 miles.
The town has a comprehensive range of shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities and has a number of popular public parks and the Common, with its criss-crossing footpaths, wooded areas and green spaces, that extends right into the centre of town. About 0.8 miles to the west is the St Johns area with numerous smaller shops and a selection of smaller supermarkets and other services.
Surrounded by the beautiful countryside of Kent and East Sussex, Tunbridge Wells can offer an enviable lifestyle choice and pace of life combined with convenient access to London and good connections to the national road network via the A21.
Mainline rail: Tunbridge Wells station is about 0.9 miles (0.8 miles on foot across the Common) and provides regular services to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street via London Bridge.
Services: Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage.
Outgoings: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Tax band H.
Description
Crofton is a unique and substantial property, designed and built in 2002 to exacting standards in conjunction with respected local firm, Honeygrove Properties.
The property is discreetly located in a sought-after area of Tunbridge Wells. The mainline station and town centre are within a mile of the property and the town offers a good range of highly-regarded schools, including renowned Kent grammars.
The house is set behind automatic gates and at the end of a private driveway and has ample exterior parking. This impressive six bedroom home, with almost 6,000 sq ft of accommodation is surrounded by mature gardens and occupies an elevated position with extensive views.
Access to the house is via a covered porch and double entry doors which lead to an elegant and spacious entrance hall. The double height ceiling and graceful sweeping staircase, individually designed and crafted from American walnut, leads the eye to the galleried landing and living space above. The entrance hall also serves the generously-sized family room, an office with cloakroom, a concealed designer lift, the plant room and the triple garage.
The living accommodation is arranged off the galleried main hallway, with double doors leading to the generously proportioned drawing room which features a grand white marble fireplace with classical details. An elegant arch leads to a reading area and French doors open onto the garden. A delightful garden room, currently equipped as a cinema, also opens off the drawing room with further access to the garden.
At the opposite end of the hallway is the open-plan kitchen, breakfast room and dining terrace, with extensive west-facing views. The adjoining utility room has outside access. The dining room is adjacent to the kitchen, and has a galleried landing connecting it to the drawing room. A study, with distant views, overlooking the gardens and a stylishly equipped cloakroom completes the accommodation in this area.
Accessed from the hall via semi-glazed double wooden doors below a decorative glazed arch is the master bedroom suite. This comprises a spacious bedroom, dressing room and an en suite bathroom with a large separate shower. A seating area provides access to the garden. There are three further bedrooms, two en suite, and a family bathroom in this wing and a second bespoke staircase leads upstairs to a spacious landing with two double bedroom suites and a compact kitchenette.
Outside, the main garden, with an extensive terrace and a level lawn, connects via paths and pergolas to paved and lawned terraces. Privacy is ensured by mature border planting and hedging and the entire plot is secured by attractive iron railings.
Square Footage: 5918 sq ft
Acreage: 0.61 Acres
Directions
Postcode - TN4 8YA. Travelling south west on Mt Ephraim (A264) and passing the turning to the Mount Edgecumbe public house on your left, take the next right on to Bishops Down and when the road swings to the left continue straight ahead on to Hurstwood Lane. The entrance to Crofton will be found on the right hand side on the corner of Hurstwood Lane and Holmhurst Close.
