House For Sale £875,000
Detached family house beautifully positioned in established gardens and grounds, benefitting from lovely rural views.
Situation
Bladbean is a small hamlet between Canterbury and Folkestone and lies along a minor road, east of Stelling Minnis and South West of Elham. Elham itself is surrounded by un-spoilt countryside being designated the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, over which there is a wealth of walks, rides and cycle routes. The village affords a good range of amenities including a General Stores, Tea Rooms, Primary School, Doctor's Surgery, two Public Houses, two Churches, Restaurant/Coaching Inn and thriving Village Hall, together with floodlit tennis courts. There is a bus service running through the centre of Elham giving access, to the north, to the Cathedral City of Canterbury and, to the south, to the Channel Tunnel town of Folkestone. Each of these offers excellent shopping, recreational and educational facilities together with high-speed main line train services to London taking under the hour.
The Property
Grooms Cottage is an attractive brick and part tiled spacious family home, built around the 1930's and originally constructed as a Coach House with accommodation. In recent times it has been generously extended and much improved and with exposed beams throughout, it now offers generous and well-presented accommodation, combined with much charm and character.The ground floor accommodation flows exceptionally well, from the large elegant sitting room to the generous dining room and cosy snug, thus offering an element of open plan living, yet, still providing stylish, light and cosy reception rooms. The farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room is extensively fitted and has a built-in corner seated area creating the perfect place for all the family to congregate and enjoy. At the rear of the property, off the kitchen, is a useful utility room and cloakroom/wc.Upstairs are four good size double bedrooms, all have built-in storage/wardrobes two with vanity units and one with a dressing area. There is a family bathroom while adjacent to the master bedroom is a luxurious en-suite shower room.
Sitting / Reception Room - 25' 3'' x 13' 11'' (7.69m x 4.24m)
Kitchen/Breakfast Room - 18' 3'' x 10' 9'' (5.56m x 3.27m)
Dining Room - 12' 0'' x 10' 1'' (3.65m x 3.07m)
Snug - 12' 0'' x 8' 0'' (3.65m x 2.44m)
Utility room - 11' 0'' x 4' 9'' (3.35m x 1.45m)
Cloakroom / WC
First Floor Landing
Bedroom One - 13' 11'' x 10' 1'' (4.24m x 3.07m)
Ensuite - 10' 10'' x 8' 11'' (3.30m x 2.72m)
Bedroom Two - 15' 5'' x 8' 5'' (4.70m x 2.56m)
Bedroom Three - 14' 1'' x 9' 6'' (4.29m x 2.89m)
Bedroom Four - 14' 11'' x 7' 11'' (4.54m x 2.41m)
Family Bathroom - 9' 2'' x 7' 3'' (2.79m x 2.21m)
Boot Room - 10' 7'' x 3' 7'' (3.22m x 1.09m)
Store / Games room - 16' 7'' x 10' 6'' (5.05m x 3.20m)
Garage - 20' 9'' x 10' 9'' (6.32m x 3.27m)
Outside
The well-stocked gardens are mainly positioned to the front and side of the property, with sweeping neat lawns bordered with trees and shrubs winding their way to the long gated driveway. Adjoining the house is a lovely walled, private and secluded, sun terrace with raised border beds. A tucked away decked area with covered pergola offers serene views over neighbouring fields.Ample parking can be found at the rear of the property along with a detached outbuilding consisting of a garage, store and boot room. This outbuilding had obtained planning permission Ref: Y18/1616/FH - 2018-12-24 to create the erection of an outbuilding with room in the roof containing incidental accommodation and a single garage, following the demolition of the existing structure, this has now lapsed.
Council Tax Band: E
Tenure: Freehold
Situation
Bladbean is a small hamlet between Canterbury and Folkestone and lies along a minor road, east of Stelling Minnis and South West of Elham. Elham itself is surrounded by un-spoilt countryside being designated the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, over which there is a wealth of walks, rides and cycle routes. The village affords a good range of amenities including a General Stores, Tea Rooms, Primary School, Doctor's Surgery, two Public Houses, two Churches, Restaurant/Coaching Inn and thriving Village Hall, together with floodlit tennis courts. There is a bus service running through the centre of Elham giving access, to the north, to the Cathedral City of Canterbury and, to the south, to the Channel Tunnel town of Folkestone. Each of these offers excellent shopping, recreational and educational facilities together with high-speed main line train services to London taking under the hour.
The Property
Grooms Cottage is an attractive brick and part tiled spacious family home, built around the 1930's and originally constructed as a Coach House with accommodation. In recent times it has been generously extended and much improved and with exposed beams throughout, it now offers generous and well-presented accommodation, combined with much charm and character.The ground floor accommodation flows exceptionally well, from the large elegant sitting room to the generous dining room and cosy snug, thus offering an element of open plan living, yet, still providing stylish, light and cosy reception rooms. The farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room is extensively fitted and has a built-in corner seated area creating the perfect place for all the family to congregate and enjoy. At the rear of the property, off the kitchen, is a useful utility room and cloakroom/wc.Upstairs are four good size double bedrooms, all have built-in storage/wardrobes two with vanity units and one with a dressing area. There is a family bathroom while adjacent to the master bedroom is a luxurious en-suite shower room.
Sitting / Reception Room - 25' 3'' x 13' 11'' (7.69m x 4.24m)
Kitchen/Breakfast Room - 18' 3'' x 10' 9'' (5.56m x 3.27m)
Dining Room - 12' 0'' x 10' 1'' (3.65m x 3.07m)
Snug - 12' 0'' x 8' 0'' (3.65m x 2.44m)
Utility room - 11' 0'' x 4' 9'' (3.35m x 1.45m)
Cloakroom / WC
First Floor Landing
Bedroom One - 13' 11'' x 10' 1'' (4.24m x 3.07m)
Ensuite - 10' 10'' x 8' 11'' (3.30m x 2.72m)
Bedroom Two - 15' 5'' x 8' 5'' (4.70m x 2.56m)
Bedroom Three - 14' 1'' x 9' 6'' (4.29m x 2.89m)
Bedroom Four - 14' 11'' x 7' 11'' (4.54m x 2.41m)
Family Bathroom - 9' 2'' x 7' 3'' (2.79m x 2.21m)
Boot Room - 10' 7'' x 3' 7'' (3.22m x 1.09m)
Store / Games room - 16' 7'' x 10' 6'' (5.05m x 3.20m)
Garage - 20' 9'' x 10' 9'' (6.32m x 3.27m)
Outside
The well-stocked gardens are mainly positioned to the front and side of the property, with sweeping neat lawns bordered with trees and shrubs winding their way to the long gated driveway. Adjoining the house is a lovely walled, private and secluded, sun terrace with raised border beds. A tucked away decked area with covered pergola offers serene views over neighbouring fields.Ample parking can be found at the rear of the property along with a detached outbuilding consisting of a garage, store and boot room. This outbuilding had obtained planning permission Ref: Y18/1616/FH - 2018-12-24 to create the erection of an outbuilding with room in the roof containing incidental accommodation and a single garage, following the demolition of the existing structure, this has now lapsed.
Council Tax Band: E
Tenure: Freehold
