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House For Sale £2,500,000
Croydon Road, Keston BR2


Description
A beautifully presented and historically important five bedroom detached family home with large garden, located on the edge of Keston Park. One of six original lodge houses for the Holwood Park Estate (formerly owned by William Pitt the Younger and later the seat of Lord Stanley) prior to its partition, Poynters Lodge formed part of the 143 acres of land purchased in 1923 by Frederick Howard Rogers to create Keston Park. Inspired when visiting relatives in America by the spacious park like suburbs, Frederick planned to create a similar estate in outer London and Keston Park was the result, American in its open layout while retaining the charm and villagey style of the English Garden Cities.

Poynters Lodge was constructed c.1827 in a half-timbered cottage ornee style and reputedly was one of two designed for Lord Stanley by Decimus Burton an eminent Architect who was in turn responsible for terraces of Regents Park, Regent Street and Calverly Park in Royal Tunbridge Wells. It was later occupied by the Rogers family during their management, post development of Keston Park.

Although significantly improved, extended and modernised by the present owners Poynters Lodge retains many of its period features and original charm. Approached via a private driveway used by two other properties and then through its own private gates (with intercom); is a substantial gravelled driveway (and surrounding hedging and plants) with ample parking for several vehicles, the property opens to a welcoming, galleried entrance hallway which provides access to the principal reception rooms on the ground floor including a large formal sitting room featuring an inglenook fireplace with brick inset and front aspect bay window. A separate, triple aspect formal dining room with front aspect bay window is found across the entrance hallway.

To complement the age of working from home the property benefits from two separate studies, one off the sitting room with the second overlooking the rear garden, both serviced by business/commercial level wifi with triangulated coverage across the house with a total of four routers located throughout the property.

To the rear of the ground floor and overlooking the garden via a bank of full sliding doors and feature bay window is a beautifully appointed kitchen, with underfloor heating, which was fitted by V and V interiors of Sevenoaks, featuring bespoke joinery along with extensive, book marked, marble worktops, quooker boiling water tap and integrated, wifi enabled Miele appliances which include two ovens, a zoneless hob, a wok hob, a steamer, a warming drawer, a microwave, two dishwashers and a double fridge freezer. Facing south, this is a bright and impressive space and a perfect centre point of any occasion for entertaining. A separate utility room, facing the front of the property is accessed via the Kitchen and houses a second dishwasher, together with the washing machine and tumble dryer. A second, larger living room is accessed from the entrance hall and features an open fireplace along with patio doors leading to the garden. A downstairs cloakroom completes the downstairs footprint of the main house.

Upstairs are four double bedrooms and a family bathroom. The master bedroom and the guest bedroom both benefit from en suite shower rooms, walk in wardrobes and a pleasant outlook over the rear garden.

The present owners have received planning permission to convert the attic to a 11m cinema room or further bedroom suites. As part of an upgrade to the central heating system the attic has been cleared of the old water tanks and moved to mains pressure water. Structural engineering reports have also been prepared and are available. Planning permission has also been granted to enclose the front porch in a sympathetic style to the rest of the house. A cellar is also believed to be located under the formal sitting room (in a mirror of the layout of the other lodge houses).

Outside, to the rear of the property is a large garden (approximately 1/2 acre in size) which has been landscaped to offer a well maintained lawn with border shrubbery along with a detached garden room which has both under floor heating and is plumbed with an en suite shower room to create a fifth bedroom/ guest suite. A number of large trees are located within the boundary of the property both to the front and rear of the house and have been fitted with floodlighting which light automatically at dusk through to midnight. There are CCTV points to the front and rear of the house and the property is serviced by Bridge Security (responsible for the security of Keston Park). The property also benefits from a double garage and attached store, together with two sheds.

Locksbottom is within a few minutes walk and has an array of excellent restaurants, traditional public houses, independent and national retailers, coffee shops and two major supermarket chains. Within close proximity are extensive shopping centres including The Glades in Bromley, Orpington High Street and Bluewater slightly further afield.

The property is within easy reach of excellent transport links with Orpington Station (1.7 miles), Bickley Station (2.9 miles) and Bromley South Station (3.2 miles) all providing direct services into London Bridge, Cannon Street, London Victoria and Blackfriars. There is a fast service from Orpington to London Bridge in 15 minutes, and Bromley South to London Victoria in 17 minutes. By car the M25 is easily accessible (4.4 miles), A21 (1.6 miles), Biggin Hill Airport (4.1 miles) and Gatwick Airport is within 40 minutes.

There are high performing schools both state and private in good supply within the local area -

Keston primary school co-education
Crofton primary school co-education
Farnborough primary school co-education
Ravens Wood secondary school for boys
Darrick Wood both primary and secondary co-education schools

St Olaves and St Saviour's grammar school for boys and Newstead Wood for girls are highly rated selective schools. Local children also travel daily by train to Sevenoaks School and Tonbridge School.

Bromley High School for girls
Bickley Park boys school
Babington House co-education to 11 years and girls senior
Radnor House co-education
Royal Russell co-education

Energy Efficiency Rating C.

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