House For Sale £1,150,000
Standing alone in just under one acre a captivating Grade II Listed 4 bedroom cottage with beautiful rural views, spacious garden, all recently refurbished with a new modern kitchen wing. EPC Rating: G
Situation
This property stands alone, with no immediate neighbours, in the most beautiful open countryside just off the Nonington to Sandwich Road. The pretty village of Nonington is close by, just a mile to the south-west and the small hamlet of Chillenden, a half mile to the north. Nonington village has a primary school, garage with petrol forecourt, church, duckpond and cricket pitch on the edge of Fredville Park, a 250 acre country park with many ancient trees whereas Chillenden has an excellent gastro pub, very homely with open fires and a lovely garden. The Cathedral City of Canterbury is about 9 miles distance having an excellent shopping centre and many cultural interests. The A2 trunk road is about 3 miles away giving access to Canterbury and the Channel ferry service from Dover. Ebbsfleet International Station is only a 45 minute drive away where a train to Central London only takes 15 minutes. The nearby coastal towns of Sandwich and Deal offer leisure and recreational facilities including three championship golf courses. Trains run between Canterbury and Dover from nearby Snowdown Station just two mile walk up the road
The Property
A captivating 4 bedroom detached cottage, influenced in style by well-known Victorian architect George Devey. Built in 1896 of dressed stone and red brick under rendered upper levels with tile hung gable ends, jettied and double jettied elevations and cantilevered bay windows. Retaining a great many of its original features the house is Grade II Listed and was at one time divided into two cottages. The house has been sympathetically extended by the present owner with a beautiful vaulted kitchen, boot room and downstairs bathroom to the south-west wing and a sun room to the south-east elevation. Standing in approximately 0.83 acres of formal gardens and lawns, the property is being offered complete with a number of useful outbuildings/garages located to one corner of the plot. There are breath-taking rural views over open country towards Nonington to the south and Chillenden to the north including Chillenden Windmill. The house has been recently refurbished and makes for a glorious family home in beautiful countryside located between Canterbury, Sandwich, Deal and Dover.
Entrance Hallway (12' 6 x 9' 10 (3.81m x 3.00m))
Drawing Room (22' 2 x 12' 6 (6.76m x 3.81m) max narrowing to 12' 1 min)
Sun Room (11' 0'' x 4' 3'' (3.35m x 1.29m))
Office (9' 5 x 7' 7 (2.87m x 2.31m))
Dining Room (13' 7 x 13' 8 (4.14m x 4.17m))
Snug (12' 3'' x 7' 8'' (3.73m x 2.34m))
Kitchen (20' 4'' x 10' 10'' (6.19m x 3.30m))
Boot Room (6' 11'' x 6' 4'' (2.11m x 1.93m))
Downstairs Shower Room/WC (6' 4'' x 3' 3'' (1.93m x 0.99m))
First Floor Landing
Bedroom One (15' 8'' x 10' 9'' (4.77m x 3.27m))
Ensuite Dressing Room (8' 8'' x 5' 4'' (2.64m x 1.62m))
Bathroom (11' 0 x 7' 9 (3.35m x 2.36m))
Bedroom Four (10' 3'' x 7' 3'' (3.12m x 2.21m))
Bedroom Three (12' 4'' x 11' 6'' (3.76m x 3.50m))
Bedroom Two (12' 8'' x 12' 6'' (3.86m x 3.81m))
Outside
Approached from Cherrygarden Lane (or Gooseberry Hall Lane) to the south with two driveways, one (with 5 bar wooden gate) serving the garages and outbuildings and another (with iron 5 bar gate) that gives access to the front door with large turning circle and driveway laid to gravel. There are lawned gardens to all sides of the house, mainly surrounded by hedges, and a garden utility area through a gate to the west side with access to a long concrete sectional garage (door to the lane) and a timber outbuilding/store that backs onto the main garage with door opening out onto the lane. Behind the main garage is a smaller garage opening onto the driveway opposite a brick outhouse/privy and a coalhouse. Lpg gas storage tank (fuel for the modern central heating and hot water boiler located within an external brick outhouse). Spanning the entire width of the plot towards the north side is a large croquet lawn, levelled in the centre section which would be an ideal site for a tennis court or a swimming pool complex.
Situation
This property stands alone, with no immediate neighbours, in the most beautiful open countryside just off the Nonington to Sandwich Road. The pretty village of Nonington is close by, just a mile to the south-west and the small hamlet of Chillenden, a half mile to the north. Nonington village has a primary school, garage with petrol forecourt, church, duckpond and cricket pitch on the edge of Fredville Park, a 250 acre country park with many ancient trees whereas Chillenden has an excellent gastro pub, very homely with open fires and a lovely garden. The Cathedral City of Canterbury is about 9 miles distance having an excellent shopping centre and many cultural interests. The A2 trunk road is about 3 miles away giving access to Canterbury and the Channel ferry service from Dover. Ebbsfleet International Station is only a 45 minute drive away where a train to Central London only takes 15 minutes. The nearby coastal towns of Sandwich and Deal offer leisure and recreational facilities including three championship golf courses. Trains run between Canterbury and Dover from nearby Snowdown Station just two mile walk up the road
The Property
A captivating 4 bedroom detached cottage, influenced in style by well-known Victorian architect George Devey. Built in 1896 of dressed stone and red brick under rendered upper levels with tile hung gable ends, jettied and double jettied elevations and cantilevered bay windows. Retaining a great many of its original features the house is Grade II Listed and was at one time divided into two cottages. The house has been sympathetically extended by the present owner with a beautiful vaulted kitchen, boot room and downstairs bathroom to the south-west wing and a sun room to the south-east elevation. Standing in approximately 0.83 acres of formal gardens and lawns, the property is being offered complete with a number of useful outbuildings/garages located to one corner of the plot. There are breath-taking rural views over open country towards Nonington to the south and Chillenden to the north including Chillenden Windmill. The house has been recently refurbished and makes for a glorious family home in beautiful countryside located between Canterbury, Sandwich, Deal and Dover.
Entrance Hallway (12' 6 x 9' 10 (3.81m x 3.00m))
Drawing Room (22' 2 x 12' 6 (6.76m x 3.81m) max narrowing to 12' 1 min)
Sun Room (11' 0'' x 4' 3'' (3.35m x 1.29m))
Office (9' 5 x 7' 7 (2.87m x 2.31m))
Dining Room (13' 7 x 13' 8 (4.14m x 4.17m))
Snug (12' 3'' x 7' 8'' (3.73m x 2.34m))
Kitchen (20' 4'' x 10' 10'' (6.19m x 3.30m))
Boot Room (6' 11'' x 6' 4'' (2.11m x 1.93m))
Downstairs Shower Room/WC (6' 4'' x 3' 3'' (1.93m x 0.99m))
First Floor Landing
Bedroom One (15' 8'' x 10' 9'' (4.77m x 3.27m))
Ensuite Dressing Room (8' 8'' x 5' 4'' (2.64m x 1.62m))
Bathroom (11' 0 x 7' 9 (3.35m x 2.36m))
Bedroom Four (10' 3'' x 7' 3'' (3.12m x 2.21m))
Bedroom Three (12' 4'' x 11' 6'' (3.76m x 3.50m))
Bedroom Two (12' 8'' x 12' 6'' (3.86m x 3.81m))
Outside
Approached from Cherrygarden Lane (or Gooseberry Hall Lane) to the south with two driveways, one (with 5 bar wooden gate) serving the garages and outbuildings and another (with iron 5 bar gate) that gives access to the front door with large turning circle and driveway laid to gravel. There are lawned gardens to all sides of the house, mainly surrounded by hedges, and a garden utility area through a gate to the west side with access to a long concrete sectional garage (door to the lane) and a timber outbuilding/store that backs onto the main garage with door opening out onto the lane. Behind the main garage is a smaller garage opening onto the driveway opposite a brick outhouse/privy and a coalhouse. Lpg gas storage tank (fuel for the modern central heating and hot water boiler located within an external brick outhouse). Spanning the entire width of the plot towards the north side is a large croquet lawn, levelled in the centre section which would be an ideal site for a tennis court or a swimming pool complex.
