House For Sale £900,000
Charming and well presented Regency cottage with versatile accommodation set in a central village location within the Cranbrook School catchment area.
Merin Cottage is an attractive detached property dating from the early 1800s, that has been sympathetically restored by the current owners. With its brick and tile hung elevations the property offers a characterful exterior, while internally period features predominate with antique fireplaces, wide floorboards, Victorian door and window fittings, picture rails and period light fittings.
Merin Cottage is accessed via a private gravel driveway alongside a rose covered pergola which leads to the garage and garden shed. Delightful enclosed gardens are interspersed with brick and stone patios and a decked area to allow for seating around the mainly South facing garden. Merin Cottage offers wonderfully versatile accommodation in the popular hamlet of Iden Green.
FEATURES
- Entrance hall with staircase and door leading to
- Sitting room with double aspect windows, attractive period open fireplace and provides access to the garden and living room
- Living room with multi-fuel wood burner housed in an attractive fire surround alongside a deep, full-height built-in cupboard. Doors leading to the Music room and kitchen
- Kitchen (which can be accessed directly from the drive) has an original brick floor, a painted period dresser with a polished wood worktop. A granite worktop/drainer houses a deep stainless steel sink with soft-close drawers and space for a dishwasher beneath. A solid fuel/wood Rayburn provides cooking, hot water and, in conjunction with an electric boiler, central heating. Alongside is an AEG electric hob. There is a brick floored walk-in larder with slate shelf and old fashioned style food-safe
- A door leads to a Utility room with exposed oak timbers. A deep stainless steel sink is set in a granite worktop and has soft-close drawers beneath and space for a washing machine. On the opposite side is a matching granite topped unit housing a Bosch electric oven, space for a microwave and soft-close drawers. In the centre is a granite worktop with space for under-counter fridge and freezer. Door leads to a cloakroom with WC and hand basin
- The Music room can be accessed directly from the drive and has a sash window with views over the garden and French doors to a lobby and patio door to the garden
- A further room has been used as a music library and store
- A ground floor bathroom with a pedestal basin, bath and WC
- First floor landing which runs along the length of the property with bedrooms accessible from either side
- Master bedroom with dual aspect sash windows and wide pine floorboards
- Family bathroom with bath and thermostatic shower, WC and pedestal basin. An airing cupboard houses the thermal store hot water cylinder
- Guest double bedroom with sash window. An en suite bathroom with bath, thermostatic shower, WC and pedestal basin also has an airing cupboard which houses the electric boiler
- Two further double bedrooms with Victorian fireplaces and sash windows overlooking the garden – one is a dual aspect room while the other has a built-in clothes storage cupboard
- A further bedroom is currently used as an office
- Pretty enclosed garden has two patios and a decking area partially encircled with wisteria. Flower and shrub borders have a plethora of David Austin Old English roses and trees including maple, magnolia, pear, apple and damson. The whole garden is planted with pollinating insects very much in mind. There is a very productive vegetable plot, a greenhouse, a log store and a 400 litre water storage tank
- Garage with solid oak doors currently used as a spacious workshop
SITUATION
Merin Cottage is set in Iden Green, a hamlet on the rural periphery of Benenden and within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is a highly valued Village Pavilion adjacent to a large recreation field and childrens’ play area as well as the Woodcock pub.
Benenden provides a range of local services including a community run store/post office, hairdressers, butcher and the renowned Bull Inn. The market towns of Cranbrook and Tenterden offer a good range of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and other facilities.
There are numerous excellent schools within the area, including Benenden Primary School, Benenden Girls School and Dulwich Preparatory in Cranbrook, plus Saint Ronan’s and Marlborough House in Hawkhurst. The property also falls within the sought after Cranbrook School catchment area.
The mainline stations at Staplehurst and Headcorn have services into London Bridge, Charing Cross and Cannon Street with journey times just under an hour. The A21 gives access to Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports and the city.
Cranbrook 4 miles
Tenterden 6 miles
Staplehurst Station 8 miles
A21 – 6 miles
Rye and The Coast 14 miles
(All distances are approximate)
DIRECTIONS
From the centre of Benenden head north west on the B2086 for a short distance. Turn left at the crossroads onto Iden Green Road towards Sandhurst. After about a mile, Merin Cottage will be seen on the left opposite the Congregational Church on the right.
PROPERTY INFORMATION
- Services: Solid fuel/wood Rayburn and electric central heating, mains electricity, water and drainage.
- Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Council Tax band: G (2023/24)
- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.
VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment through Jackson-Stops.
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Merin Cottage is an attractive detached property dating from the early 1800s, that has been sympathetically restored by the current owners. With its brick and tile hung elevations the property offers a characterful exterior, while internally period features predominate with antique fireplaces, wide floorboards, Victorian door and window fittings, picture rails and period light fittings.
Merin Cottage is accessed via a private gravel driveway alongside a rose covered pergola which leads to the garage and garden shed. Delightful enclosed gardens are interspersed with brick and stone patios and a decked area to allow for seating around the mainly South facing garden. Merin Cottage offers wonderfully versatile accommodation in the popular hamlet of Iden Green.
FEATURES
- Entrance hall with staircase and door leading to
- Sitting room with double aspect windows, attractive period open fireplace and provides access to the garden and living room
- Living room with multi-fuel wood burner housed in an attractive fire surround alongside a deep, full-height built-in cupboard. Doors leading to the Music room and kitchen
- Kitchen (which can be accessed directly from the drive) has an original brick floor, a painted period dresser with a polished wood worktop. A granite worktop/drainer houses a deep stainless steel sink with soft-close drawers and space for a dishwasher beneath. A solid fuel/wood Rayburn provides cooking, hot water and, in conjunction with an electric boiler, central heating. Alongside is an AEG electric hob. There is a brick floored walk-in larder with slate shelf and old fashioned style food-safe
- A door leads to a Utility room with exposed oak timbers. A deep stainless steel sink is set in a granite worktop and has soft-close drawers beneath and space for a washing machine. On the opposite side is a matching granite topped unit housing a Bosch electric oven, space for a microwave and soft-close drawers. In the centre is a granite worktop with space for under-counter fridge and freezer. Door leads to a cloakroom with WC and hand basin
- The Music room can be accessed directly from the drive and has a sash window with views over the garden and French doors to a lobby and patio door to the garden
- A further room has been used as a music library and store
- A ground floor bathroom with a pedestal basin, bath and WC
- First floor landing which runs along the length of the property with bedrooms accessible from either side
- Master bedroom with dual aspect sash windows and wide pine floorboards
- Family bathroom with bath and thermostatic shower, WC and pedestal basin. An airing cupboard houses the thermal store hot water cylinder
- Guest double bedroom with sash window. An en suite bathroom with bath, thermostatic shower, WC and pedestal basin also has an airing cupboard which houses the electric boiler
- Two further double bedrooms with Victorian fireplaces and sash windows overlooking the garden – one is a dual aspect room while the other has a built-in clothes storage cupboard
- A further bedroom is currently used as an office
- Pretty enclosed garden has two patios and a decking area partially encircled with wisteria. Flower and shrub borders have a plethora of David Austin Old English roses and trees including maple, magnolia, pear, apple and damson. The whole garden is planted with pollinating insects very much in mind. There is a very productive vegetable plot, a greenhouse, a log store and a 400 litre water storage tank
- Garage with solid oak doors currently used as a spacious workshop
SITUATION
Merin Cottage is set in Iden Green, a hamlet on the rural periphery of Benenden and within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is a highly valued Village Pavilion adjacent to a large recreation field and childrens’ play area as well as the Woodcock pub.
Benenden provides a range of local services including a community run store/post office, hairdressers, butcher and the renowned Bull Inn. The market towns of Cranbrook and Tenterden offer a good range of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and other facilities.
There are numerous excellent schools within the area, including Benenden Primary School, Benenden Girls School and Dulwich Preparatory in Cranbrook, plus Saint Ronan’s and Marlborough House in Hawkhurst. The property also falls within the sought after Cranbrook School catchment area.
The mainline stations at Staplehurst and Headcorn have services into London Bridge, Charing Cross and Cannon Street with journey times just under an hour. The A21 gives access to Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports and the city.
Cranbrook 4 miles
Tenterden 6 miles
Staplehurst Station 8 miles
A21 – 6 miles
Rye and The Coast 14 miles
(All distances are approximate)
DIRECTIONS
From the centre of Benenden head north west on the B2086 for a short distance. Turn left at the crossroads onto Iden Green Road towards Sandhurst. After about a mile, Merin Cottage will be seen on the left opposite the Congregational Church on the right.
PROPERTY INFORMATION
- Services: Solid fuel/wood Rayburn and electric central heating, mains electricity, water and drainage.
- Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Council Tax band: G (2023/24)
- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.
VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment through Jackson-Stops.
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