House For Sale £2,950,000
A handsome country house.
Location
Chart Place occupies an exceptional setting on the ridge at Chart Sutton and enjoys commanding southerly views over its ow land and beyond to the Weald of Kent. The village
is one of the Three Suttons (Sutton Valance, East Sutton and Chart Sutton), triplet parishes occupying this wonderful hillside position. The neighbouring village to the east at Sutton Valence has good local amenities including a shop, post office, doctor's surgeries and a number of pubs.
The larger village of Staplehurst to the south provides good local shopping serving all the usual day to day needs as well as a main line station providing a link to Charing Cross in under the hour. Maidstone, the county town of Kent, is about 4 miles to the north and junction 8 of the M20 with its links to the M25 motorway network is also about 4 miles away.
The area is particularly renowned for the quality and choice of its schooling, both public and private. The property is well placed for preparatory schools, with Sutton Valence Preparatory School close by, and nearby Sutton Valence School which provides education for both boys and girls. Other schools in the area include Dulwich Preparatory, Cranbrook School and Benenden.
Leisure activities including riding and walking in the surrounding countryside, golf at Chart Hills, Leeds Castle and Tudor Park, and sailing on Bewl Water and the Kent Coast.
Description
Chart Place is a most handsome country house. Built in the early 18th Century by Sir Christopher Desbourverie as an extension to an earlier house believed to be late 16th Century, the house has principally rendered elevations under a series of pitched tiled roofs, partially concealed by a parapet and balustrade to the south. This southern elevation has a most impressive veranda and ornate supports. Inside the house, elegantly proportioned rooms boast attractive fireplaces or ornate panelling. All the principal rooms have window shutters and nearly all enjoy spectacular views, either over the Weald or the pretty gardens. To the north of the house is an attached cottage providing useful secondary accommodation and in addition to this is a coach house providing useful storage or stabling and parking as well as a first floor flat. The plantsman's gardens include a wooded dell, a splendid walled garden and a folly.
Historical Note
A fascinating extract from a letter written in the 1950's by Vita Sackville-West to her friend, Alvilda Lees-Milne, wife of James Lees-Milne (the original copy being in the New York Public
Library – Berg Collection), referring to an advertisement in Country Life, reads:
"As you will see…. It is neither romantic nor picturesque nor earwiggy; the rooms are neither dark nor poky… It faces south and the view is incomparable. You look over uninterrupted
miles of the Weald, truly the most superb view. The drawing room is a lovely room. It was flooded with sun when I was there today. It is spacious, and could be made really a delicious room. At present it is all chintz and water colours and little gilt screens. The bedroom above has of course the same view…. It appears to be very clean and in good order. It is real country surrounded by orchards and farmland.
The garden is exceptionally attractive. There are two great tulip trees; Kew sent people to see them, and said one of them was possibly the largest in the whole country. There is a sort of glade, mossy, with ancient trees, and an odd sort of grassy terrace, most unusual. There are two walled kitchen gardens – pink brick walls, old, with peaches and nectarines. There are lawns.
The woman the place belongs to is a gardener, and one can see even now in February that the place is stuffed with daffodils in the grass, and hepaticas were coming up, and gentians – it must be lovely in the spring. Yew hedges."
By kind permission of Adam Nicholson.
Square Footage: 9218 sq ft
Acreage: 5 Acres
Directions
Travelling south on the M20, leave at J8 signed Hollingbourne and Leeds Castle. Follow the signs for Leeds Castle and then proceed through the village of Leeds. Upon reaching a staggered crossroads, turn left on to the A274 and proceed to the village of Sutton Valence. At the centre of the village turn right onto Chart Road. Continue on the is road taking the first turning on the right and then turning immediately right, where Chart Place will be found on the left hand side.
Location
Chart Place occupies an exceptional setting on the ridge at Chart Sutton and enjoys commanding southerly views over its ow land and beyond to the Weald of Kent. The village
is one of the Three Suttons (Sutton Valance, East Sutton and Chart Sutton), triplet parishes occupying this wonderful hillside position. The neighbouring village to the east at Sutton Valence has good local amenities including a shop, post office, doctor's surgeries and a number of pubs.
The larger village of Staplehurst to the south provides good local shopping serving all the usual day to day needs as well as a main line station providing a link to Charing Cross in under the hour. Maidstone, the county town of Kent, is about 4 miles to the north and junction 8 of the M20 with its links to the M25 motorway network is also about 4 miles away.
The area is particularly renowned for the quality and choice of its schooling, both public and private. The property is well placed for preparatory schools, with Sutton Valence Preparatory School close by, and nearby Sutton Valence School which provides education for both boys and girls. Other schools in the area include Dulwich Preparatory, Cranbrook School and Benenden.
Leisure activities including riding and walking in the surrounding countryside, golf at Chart Hills, Leeds Castle and Tudor Park, and sailing on Bewl Water and the Kent Coast.
Description
Chart Place is a most handsome country house. Built in the early 18th Century by Sir Christopher Desbourverie as an extension to an earlier house believed to be late 16th Century, the house has principally rendered elevations under a series of pitched tiled roofs, partially concealed by a parapet and balustrade to the south. This southern elevation has a most impressive veranda and ornate supports. Inside the house, elegantly proportioned rooms boast attractive fireplaces or ornate panelling. All the principal rooms have window shutters and nearly all enjoy spectacular views, either over the Weald or the pretty gardens. To the north of the house is an attached cottage providing useful secondary accommodation and in addition to this is a coach house providing useful storage or stabling and parking as well as a first floor flat. The plantsman's gardens include a wooded dell, a splendid walled garden and a folly.
Historical Note
A fascinating extract from a letter written in the 1950's by Vita Sackville-West to her friend, Alvilda Lees-Milne, wife of James Lees-Milne (the original copy being in the New York Public
Library – Berg Collection), referring to an advertisement in Country Life, reads:
"As you will see…. It is neither romantic nor picturesque nor earwiggy; the rooms are neither dark nor poky… It faces south and the view is incomparable. You look over uninterrupted
miles of the Weald, truly the most superb view. The drawing room is a lovely room. It was flooded with sun when I was there today. It is spacious, and could be made really a delicious room. At present it is all chintz and water colours and little gilt screens. The bedroom above has of course the same view…. It appears to be very clean and in good order. It is real country surrounded by orchards and farmland.
The garden is exceptionally attractive. There are two great tulip trees; Kew sent people to see them, and said one of them was possibly the largest in the whole country. There is a sort of glade, mossy, with ancient trees, and an odd sort of grassy terrace, most unusual. There are two walled kitchen gardens – pink brick walls, old, with peaches and nectarines. There are lawns.
The woman the place belongs to is a gardener, and one can see even now in February that the place is stuffed with daffodils in the grass, and hepaticas were coming up, and gentians – it must be lovely in the spring. Yew hedges."
By kind permission of Adam Nicholson.
Square Footage: 9218 sq ft
Acreage: 5 Acres
Directions
Travelling south on the M20, leave at J8 signed Hollingbourne and Leeds Castle. Follow the signs for Leeds Castle and then proceed through the village of Leeds. Upon reaching a staggered crossroads, turn left on to the A274 and proceed to the village of Sutton Valence. At the centre of the village turn right onto Chart Road. Continue on the is road taking the first turning on the right and then turning immediately right, where Chart Place will be found on the left hand side.
