House For Sale £1,500,000
First time to the market in nearly 70 years, this tucked away 2,881 sq ft family house located close to the centre of the village is set on a generous plot with development potential
Description
Quarry House was originally built in the early 1950s and extended in the 1980s to provide a generously proportioned detached family house.
The house is set back away from the road down a private driveway and benefits from a large garden with elevated views to the North Downs. The total plot amount to just under half an acre including the driveway.
The vendors obtained planning permission in 2018 to build a detached 1,800 sq ft, 4 bedroom house in the garden (expires 16 November 2021).
Features
- Triple aspect drawing room with inglenook style fireplace, housing a woodburning stove, and side extension with picture window and door to the rear garden.
- Double aspect sitting room with an open fire set in a brick fireplace and glazed double doors to the garden terrace.
- Double aspect open plan kitchen/dining room with glazed double doors to the entrance hall and sitting room. The kitchen comprises wooden wall and base units with granite worktops, a mains gas fired aga, undermount sink with filter water tap, pantry, space for a dishwasher and American style fridge freezer. Pantry. Filter water tap.
- Separate utility room with worktop, base units, sink and space/plumbing for a washing machine and other white goods. French doors to the front terrace.
- Ground floor shower room and WC.
- Double aspect principle bedroom with built-in wardrobes, view to the North Downs and an en suite wet room.
- Four further double bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room.
- Family bathroom with a shower over a panelled bath.
- The rear garden is landscaped to provide level expanses of lawn with broad paved terraces. There is a summerhouse with power and lighting laid on. Shed. Tree house. Outside taps including a hot water tap. Hot tub.
- To the front of the property is a further area of lawn and a paved terrace, recently enclosed with new contemporary fence panelling.
- Double garage and parking for 4 cars on the driveway.
Situation
Quarry House is tucked away down a private driveway close to the centre of Chipstead village. Chipstead is a charming village with an abundance of picturesque properties, and benefitting from two well regarded village pubs, a tennis club, and a large lake with sailing, angling, swimming and sup clubs.
Riverhead village (under 1 mile) provides a chemist, butcher, church, library, convenience store, local shops, and a nearby Tesco supermarket. Whilst Sevenoaks town centre (2 miles) offers a wide range of shops and facilities including a Waitrose supermarket, cafes and restaurants, a leisure centre and a theatre/cinema.
Sevenoaks mainline rail station is about 1.5 miles away with fast and frequent services to London Bridge (around 30 minutes) and other mainline stations. There is a bus stop at the end of the driveway with services to Westerham, Sevenoaks station, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells
The area has access to exceptional schools and the property is ideally located for the popular Riverhead Infants and Amherst Junior schools. Other options include Trinity Secondary School, Weald of Kent grammar and further grammar schools in nearby Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, alongside Walthamstow Hall and Sevenoaks School in Sevenoaks.
Directions
From Sevenoaks town centre proceed North along London Road past the station. At the roundabout take the first exit and continue up Worships Hill. At the traffic lights turn right into Witches Lane and at the crossroads turn left into Chipstead Lane. Proceed into the village and the driveway to the property will be found on the right-hand side, shortly after the first chicane.
From the M25, exit at junction 5 and then take the first exit (A25 towards Sevenoaks). Keep left to Chipstead village. Proceed through the village and up the hill. The driveway to the property can be found on the left-hand side a little before the second chicane.
Property information
- Services: Mains gas fired central heating. Mains water, electricity and drainage.
- Local Authority: Sevenoaks District Council, Council Tax band: G (£3,312.66 for 2021/22)
- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.
Quarry House is tucked away down a private driveway close to the centre of Chipstead village. Chipstead is a charming village with an abundance of picturesque properties, and benefitting from two well regarded village pubs, a tennis club, and a large lake with sailing, angling, swimming and sup clubs.
Riverhead village (under 1 mile) provides a chemist, butcher, church, library, convenience store, local shops, and a nearby Tesco supermarket. Whilst Sevenoaks town centre (2 miles) offers a wide range of shops and facilities including a Waitrose supermarket, cafes and restaurants, a leisure centre and a theatre/cinema.
Sevenoaks mainline rail station is about 1.5 miles away with fast and frequent services to London Bridge (around 30 minutes) and other mainline stations.
The area has access to exceptional schools and the property is ideally located for the popular Riverhead Infants and Amherst Junior schools. Other options include Trinity Secondary School, Weald of Kent grammar and further grammar schools in nearby Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, alongside Walthamstow Hall and Sevenoaks School in Sevenoaks.
Description
Quarry House was originally built in the early 1950s and extended in the 1980s to provide a generously proportioned detached family house.
The house is set back away from the road down a private driveway and benefits from a large garden with elevated views to the North Downs. The total plot amount to just under half an acre including the driveway.
The vendors obtained planning permission in 2018 to build a detached 1,800 sq ft, 4 bedroom house in the garden (expires 16 November 2021).
Features
- Triple aspect drawing room with inglenook style fireplace, housing a woodburning stove, and side extension with picture window and door to the rear garden.
- Double aspect sitting room with an open fire set in a brick fireplace and glazed double doors to the garden terrace.
- Double aspect open plan kitchen/dining room with glazed double doors to the entrance hall and sitting room. The kitchen comprises wooden wall and base units with granite worktops, a mains gas fired aga, undermount sink with filter water tap, pantry, space for a dishwasher and American style fridge freezer. Pantry. Filter water tap.
- Separate utility room with worktop, base units, sink and space/plumbing for a washing machine and other white goods. French doors to the front terrace.
- Ground floor shower room and WC.
- Double aspect principle bedroom with built-in wardrobes, view to the North Downs and an en suite wet room.
- Four further double bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room.
- Family bathroom with a shower over a panelled bath.
- The rear garden is landscaped to provide level expanses of lawn with broad paved terraces. There is a summerhouse with power and lighting laid on. Shed. Tree house. Outside taps including a hot water tap. Hot tub.
- To the front of the property is a further area of lawn and a paved terrace, recently enclosed with new contemporary fence panelling.
- Double garage and parking for 4 cars on the driveway.
Situation
Quarry House is tucked away down a private driveway close to the centre of Chipstead village. Chipstead is a charming village with an abundance of picturesque properties, and benefitting from two well regarded village pubs, a tennis club, and a large lake with sailing, angling, swimming and sup clubs.
Riverhead village (under 1 mile) provides a chemist, butcher, church, library, convenience store, local shops, and a nearby Tesco supermarket. Whilst Sevenoaks town centre (2 miles) offers a wide range of shops and facilities including a Waitrose supermarket, cafes and restaurants, a leisure centre and a theatre/cinema.
Sevenoaks mainline rail station is about 1.5 miles away with fast and frequent services to London Bridge (around 30 minutes) and other mainline stations. There is a bus stop at the end of the driveway with services to Westerham, Sevenoaks station, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells
The area has access to exceptional schools and the property is ideally located for the popular Riverhead Infants and Amherst Junior schools. Other options include Trinity Secondary School, Weald of Kent grammar and further grammar schools in nearby Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, alongside Walthamstow Hall and Sevenoaks School in Sevenoaks.
Directions
From Sevenoaks town centre proceed North along London Road past the station. At the roundabout take the first exit and continue up Worships Hill. At the traffic lights turn right into Witches Lane and at the crossroads turn left into Chipstead Lane. Proceed into the village and the driveway to the property will be found on the right-hand side, shortly after the first chicane.
From the M25, exit at junction 5 and then take the first exit (A25 towards Sevenoaks). Keep left to Chipstead village. Proceed through the village and up the hill. The driveway to the property can be found on the left-hand side a little before the second chicane.
Property information
- Services: Mains gas fired central heating. Mains water, electricity and drainage.
- Local Authority: Sevenoaks District Council, Council Tax band: G (£3,312.66 for 2021/22)
- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.
Quarry House is tucked away down a private driveway close to the centre of Chipstead village. Chipstead is a charming village with an abundance of picturesque properties, and benefitting from two well regarded village pubs, a tennis club, and a large lake with sailing, angling, swimming and sup clubs.
Riverhead village (under 1 mile) provides a chemist, butcher, church, library, convenience store, local shops, and a nearby Tesco supermarket. Whilst Sevenoaks town centre (2 miles) offers a wide range of shops and facilities including a Waitrose supermarket, cafes and restaurants, a leisure centre and a theatre/cinema.
Sevenoaks mainline rail station is about 1.5 miles away with fast and frequent services to London Bridge (around 30 minutes) and other mainline stations.
The area has access to exceptional schools and the property is ideally located for the popular Riverhead Infants and Amherst Junior schools. Other options include Trinity Secondary School, Weald of Kent grammar and further grammar schools in nearby Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, alongside Walthamstow Hall and Sevenoaks School in Sevenoaks.
