House For Sale £1,300,000
The Barn is a well-presented family home offering flexible accommodation over three floors with the benefit of a self contained one bedroom annexe. The double height entrance hall leads up to the main living accommodation comprising a fully fitted kitchen with a range of wall/floor units, work surfaces, breakfast bar, range cooker and integrated appliances.
The spacious open plan dining room overlooks the walled garden to the front and French doors to the rear; two steps down to a large lounge and generously-sized study. At the opposite end on this floor is the main bedroom and en suite with extensive fitted wardrobes.
On the second floor there is a family bathroom with bath and separate shower and a double bedroom at either end of an open plan galleried landing, the larger of these having a linked dressing room area.
The ground floor offers very adaptable accommodation. To the left of the main entrance hall is a fourth bedroom with an additional bathroom, a further living room, currently used as a games room with French doors opening to the courtyard, a second kitchen/utility room with access to the side garden.<br /><br />Birling is a charming Kentish village in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the lower slopes of the North Downs.There is a church, public house and regular bus service to Maidstone. Nearby West Malling offers an eclectic range of boutique shops, coffee shops, public houses and restaurants as well as a mainline train station with services to London Victoria. There are several options for larger retail outlets within a 5-mile radius; slightly further afield, Maidstone and Sevenoaks offer more extensive shopping, service, leisure and recreational amenities. Local leisure facilities include golf at Wrotham Heath and West Malling, a David Lloyd Leisure Centre, Leybourne Lakes and other nearby Country Parks and motor racing at Brands Hatch.
Communication links are excellent: The nearby M20 and connecting M26 and the M2 provide easy access to the M25 and national motorway network, and Ashford International, the Port of Dover and Channel Tunnel at Folkestone offer regular services to the Continent. Close proximity to the M20 and M2 means that New Eltham station and Ebbsfleet station can be reached in 25 mins providing alternative options for commuting to central London.
The immediate area offers a good selection of state schooling including Ryarsh Primary School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), Snodland C of E Primary School, The Holmesdale School and The Malling School, together with grammar schooling in Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells and a number of long-established and noteworthy independent schools including Cobham Hall, St. Andrew’s, Rochester Independent College, King’s and Gad’s Hill.<br /><br />The Barn is situated at the end of a quiet lane with a gravelled driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the two garages and to the self-contained annexe which offers a ground floor living area/fitted kitchen and bathroom and stairs up to a spacious bedroom with exposed stone walls and A frame vaulted ceiling, all bordered by a mature walled garden with cottage-style planting and several seating areas. To the rear and set behind low-level Kentish ragstone walling, the property’s large 45 ft. Paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, features a door to a further raised viewing terrace, the whole overlooking the property’s gardens of gently-sloping stock-fenced paddock and pasture land and enjoying far-reaching views over surrounding countryside.
The spacious open plan dining room overlooks the walled garden to the front and French doors to the rear; two steps down to a large lounge and generously-sized study. At the opposite end on this floor is the main bedroom and en suite with extensive fitted wardrobes.
On the second floor there is a family bathroom with bath and separate shower and a double bedroom at either end of an open plan galleried landing, the larger of these having a linked dressing room area.
The ground floor offers very adaptable accommodation. To the left of the main entrance hall is a fourth bedroom with an additional bathroom, a further living room, currently used as a games room with French doors opening to the courtyard, a second kitchen/utility room with access to the side garden.<br /><br />Birling is a charming Kentish village in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the lower slopes of the North Downs.There is a church, public house and regular bus service to Maidstone. Nearby West Malling offers an eclectic range of boutique shops, coffee shops, public houses and restaurants as well as a mainline train station with services to London Victoria. There are several options for larger retail outlets within a 5-mile radius; slightly further afield, Maidstone and Sevenoaks offer more extensive shopping, service, leisure and recreational amenities. Local leisure facilities include golf at Wrotham Heath and West Malling, a David Lloyd Leisure Centre, Leybourne Lakes and other nearby Country Parks and motor racing at Brands Hatch.
Communication links are excellent: The nearby M20 and connecting M26 and the M2 provide easy access to the M25 and national motorway network, and Ashford International, the Port of Dover and Channel Tunnel at Folkestone offer regular services to the Continent. Close proximity to the M20 and M2 means that New Eltham station and Ebbsfleet station can be reached in 25 mins providing alternative options for commuting to central London.
The immediate area offers a good selection of state schooling including Ryarsh Primary School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), Snodland C of E Primary School, The Holmesdale School and The Malling School, together with grammar schooling in Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells and a number of long-established and noteworthy independent schools including Cobham Hall, St. Andrew’s, Rochester Independent College, King’s and Gad’s Hill.<br /><br />The Barn is situated at the end of a quiet lane with a gravelled driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the two garages and to the self-contained annexe which offers a ground floor living area/fitted kitchen and bathroom and stairs up to a spacious bedroom with exposed stone walls and A frame vaulted ceiling, all bordered by a mature walled garden with cottage-style planting and several seating areas. To the rear and set behind low-level Kentish ragstone walling, the property’s large 45 ft. Paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, features a door to a further raised viewing terrace, the whole overlooking the property’s gardens of gently-sloping stock-fenced paddock and pasture land and enjoying far-reaching views over surrounding countryside.
