House For Sale £2,750,000
An exceptional period village house with an adjoining cottage and fine walled garden.
Description
With its impressive entrance portico and front door with fanlight, English bonded brick elevations, hip slate roofs and brick stacks, this substantial and striking village house probably dates from the late eighteenth century.
Old Broad Oak has been the wonderful home for the same family since 1961 and is situated on a fine corner plot, just up from the High Street in the heart of this pretty village. The property is Grade II Listed and the charming character accommodation is unspoilt and offers great potential.
The principal rooms are arranged over two floors, also a substantial naturally-lit lower ground floor semi-basement which would have originally contained the kitchen, with access directly out to the garden and the pool area. The entrance hall and key entertaining rooms are of particular note, with good proportions and ceiling heights, along with period features including coving, impressive open fireplaces and tall sash, multi-paned windows.
Outside, to the rear there is a beautiful walled garden of considerable size, which is divided into three sections. The far end comprises a working fruit and vegetable garden with a greenhouse, then in the middle there is a small orchard which in turn opens to the formal lawn garden. This has extensive planting with an outlook and access from some of the key rooms in the house. A mature cherry tree sits in the middle, entwined with a canopy of roses, providing a wonderful shady spot during the full heat of summer. Arched, wrought iron gateways from here lead to a less formal side garden, with an area of woodland and a pond, together with a further area of lawn, next to a sizeable swimming pool (complete with electric cover and integrated, shallow baby end). This area is fenced and gated, with a pool house to one end, which is an integral part of the substantial detached garage block, which has an electric double up and over door out to its own separate driveway, leading onto Broad Oak. The attached cottage has its own small outside area, with steps up into the vegetable garden.
Location
Old Broad Oak is set at the bottom of Windmill Hill in the heart of the picturesque village of Brenchley.
Lying about seven miles to the east of Tunbridge Wells, Brenchley is surrounded by beautiful countryside in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village offers a post office, doctors’ surgery and dispensary, along with a fine church, primary school, pub and a village club.
For more comprehensive shopping, Paddock Wood (about two miles) has a Waitrose supermarket conveniently located near the mainline station and several other shops, whilst Tunbridge Wells offers a wide choice of amenities including two theatres, a multiplex cinema, health clubs, restaurants, cafes, bars and hotels.
There are many highly regarded schools in the area, both state and private, including Brenchley and Horsmonden village primary schools, prep schools St Ronans and Marlborough House in Hawkhurst, Holmewood House in Langton Green and Somerhill near Tonbridge, grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Maidstone, for girls Benenden, Mayfield and Kent College in Pembury, for boys Tonbridge, and co-education at Bethany in Goudhurst and Sevenoaks (ib).
Paddock Wood station has mainline services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and to London Cannon Street, services from 52 minutes.
About four miles away is the A21 dual-carriageway which links directly to the M25 London orbital motorway and thereby a national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
Square Footage: 5,109 sq ft
Acreage:
1 Acres
Directions
Postcode - TN12 7NP. From the A21/A264 Pembury junction on the A21 at Tunbridge Wells, head south towards Hastings. At the next roundabout (Kippings Cross), turn left towards Matfield on the B2160. Continue through Matfield and then turn right at the crossroads after the green, by The Poet pub, onto Brenchley Road. Stay on this road into Brenchley village, and bear left at the Little Bull, and left again into Windmill Hill. Old Broad Oak will be found on the right-hand side.
Additional Info
Agent’s Note: The plan is provided for illustration purposes only and is not to be considered as Land Registry Complaint. Any acreage quoted is approximate.
The neighbouring land behind, which is approached from the Broad Oak cul-de-sac, will shortly be subject to a planning application to build two new detached houses. These comprise very carefully designed layouts and elevations and include a landscaped planting scheme beyond the walled garden, specifically planned to avoid any overlooking issues. Further information available on request.
Outgoings: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council , Tax Band H.
Services: Oil-fired central heating, mains, water, electricity and drainage, electric Aga to the kitchen.
Description
With its impressive entrance portico and front door with fanlight, English bonded brick elevations, hip slate roofs and brick stacks, this substantial and striking village house probably dates from the late eighteenth century.
Old Broad Oak has been the wonderful home for the same family since 1961 and is situated on a fine corner plot, just up from the High Street in the heart of this pretty village. The property is Grade II Listed and the charming character accommodation is unspoilt and offers great potential.
The principal rooms are arranged over two floors, also a substantial naturally-lit lower ground floor semi-basement which would have originally contained the kitchen, with access directly out to the garden and the pool area. The entrance hall and key entertaining rooms are of particular note, with good proportions and ceiling heights, along with period features including coving, impressive open fireplaces and tall sash, multi-paned windows.
Outside, to the rear there is a beautiful walled garden of considerable size, which is divided into three sections. The far end comprises a working fruit and vegetable garden with a greenhouse, then in the middle there is a small orchard which in turn opens to the formal lawn garden. This has extensive planting with an outlook and access from some of the key rooms in the house. A mature cherry tree sits in the middle, entwined with a canopy of roses, providing a wonderful shady spot during the full heat of summer. Arched, wrought iron gateways from here lead to a less formal side garden, with an area of woodland and a pond, together with a further area of lawn, next to a sizeable swimming pool (complete with electric cover and integrated, shallow baby end). This area is fenced and gated, with a pool house to one end, which is an integral part of the substantial detached garage block, which has an electric double up and over door out to its own separate driveway, leading onto Broad Oak. The attached cottage has its own small outside area, with steps up into the vegetable garden.
Location
Old Broad Oak is set at the bottom of Windmill Hill in the heart of the picturesque village of Brenchley.
Lying about seven miles to the east of Tunbridge Wells, Brenchley is surrounded by beautiful countryside in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village offers a post office, doctors’ surgery and dispensary, along with a fine church, primary school, pub and a village club.
For more comprehensive shopping, Paddock Wood (about two miles) has a Waitrose supermarket conveniently located near the mainline station and several other shops, whilst Tunbridge Wells offers a wide choice of amenities including two theatres, a multiplex cinema, health clubs, restaurants, cafes, bars and hotels.
There are many highly regarded schools in the area, both state and private, including Brenchley and Horsmonden village primary schools, prep schools St Ronans and Marlborough House in Hawkhurst, Holmewood House in Langton Green and Somerhill near Tonbridge, grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Maidstone, for girls Benenden, Mayfield and Kent College in Pembury, for boys Tonbridge, and co-education at Bethany in Goudhurst and Sevenoaks (ib).
Paddock Wood station has mainline services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and to London Cannon Street, services from 52 minutes.
About four miles away is the A21 dual-carriageway which links directly to the M25 London orbital motorway and thereby a national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
Square Footage: 5,109 sq ft
Acreage:
1 Acres
Directions
Postcode - TN12 7NP. From the A21/A264 Pembury junction on the A21 at Tunbridge Wells, head south towards Hastings. At the next roundabout (Kippings Cross), turn left towards Matfield on the B2160. Continue through Matfield and then turn right at the crossroads after the green, by The Poet pub, onto Brenchley Road. Stay on this road into Brenchley village, and bear left at the Little Bull, and left again into Windmill Hill. Old Broad Oak will be found on the right-hand side.
Additional Info
Agent’s Note: The plan is provided for illustration purposes only and is not to be considered as Land Registry Complaint. Any acreage quoted is approximate.
The neighbouring land behind, which is approached from the Broad Oak cul-de-sac, will shortly be subject to a planning application to build two new detached houses. These comprise very carefully designed layouts and elevations and include a landscaped planting scheme beyond the walled garden, specifically planned to avoid any overlooking issues. Further information available on request.
Outgoings: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council , Tax Band H.
Services: Oil-fired central heating, mains, water, electricity and drainage, electric Aga to the kitchen.
