House For Sale £1,500,000
Due to significant interest shown, and multiple offers received best and final offers are invited by 5pm on Monday 5th June 2023.
Old Vicarage is a fine Georgian house set in a sought after location in a popular village to the south-east of Canterbury. Although it is late 18th century in style, a date on the keystone to the front elevation of the property reads 1729. Under the same ownership for some 50 years, this handsome Grade II listed house offers a wonderful opportunity to restore and create a superb and gracious family home. The beautiful façade has been subject to some renovation in more recent times with replacement windows and fascias
From a generous central reception hall with an elegant staircase, doors open to an array of impressive reception rooms. The drawing room is flooded with light having a tall bay with full height sash windows, as does the sitting room opposite, which has an ornate fireplace. Together with the dining room and vaulted family room, which has a further bay with French doors to the garden, there is a superb balance of reception space for both formal and informal use. A large inner hall is a useful space leading to the kitchen/breakfast room which is fitted with a range of units and an Aga to one end; there is ample room for a table. A useful utility room sits beyond.
On the first floor, arranged off a wide landing, are four well-proportioned bedrooms all with charming fireplaces and elevated views. The principal bedroom has a large dressing room with an equally generous en suite bathroom, both of which can also be accessed from the landing. Two further bedrooms have a Jack and Jill bathroom and the fourth bedroom is adjacent to a cloakroom. On the second floor are two good sized attic bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Old Vicarage is approached via a pair of gates leading to a gravel driveway arriving in front of the house. To the rear, a courtyard gives access to useful outbuildings which offer further potential, subject to any necessary consents.
The extensively walled gardens provide a lovely setting for the house and are divided by a mature clipped hedge separating the more formal garden with expanses of lawn and herbaceous planting from an area interspersed with mature trees.
Bekesbourne is a picturesque village surrounded by beautiful Kent countryside, ideal for walking and riding. Local services can be found in Littlebourne and Bridge, and a comprehensive range of cultural, leisure and shopping facilities in Canterbury. There are excellent schools in both independent and state sectors, including the King’s School, St Edmund’s and the Simon Langton grammar schools.
The nearby A2 links to the M2. Bekesbourne station has direct services to London Victoria whilst Canterbury West offers High-Speed trains to London St Pancras in under an hour. The area has good access to the Continent.
Old Vicarage is a fine Georgian house set in a sought after location in a popular village to the south-east of Canterbury. Although it is late 18th century in style, a date on the keystone to the front elevation of the property reads 1729. Under the same ownership for some 50 years, this handsome Grade II listed house offers a wonderful opportunity to restore and create a superb and gracious family home. The beautiful façade has been subject to some renovation in more recent times with replacement windows and fascias
From a generous central reception hall with an elegant staircase, doors open to an array of impressive reception rooms. The drawing room is flooded with light having a tall bay with full height sash windows, as does the sitting room opposite, which has an ornate fireplace. Together with the dining room and vaulted family room, which has a further bay with French doors to the garden, there is a superb balance of reception space for both formal and informal use. A large inner hall is a useful space leading to the kitchen/breakfast room which is fitted with a range of units and an Aga to one end; there is ample room for a table. A useful utility room sits beyond.
On the first floor, arranged off a wide landing, are four well-proportioned bedrooms all with charming fireplaces and elevated views. The principal bedroom has a large dressing room with an equally generous en suite bathroom, both of which can also be accessed from the landing. Two further bedrooms have a Jack and Jill bathroom and the fourth bedroom is adjacent to a cloakroom. On the second floor are two good sized attic bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Old Vicarage is approached via a pair of gates leading to a gravel driveway arriving in front of the house. To the rear, a courtyard gives access to useful outbuildings which offer further potential, subject to any necessary consents.
The extensively walled gardens provide a lovely setting for the house and are divided by a mature clipped hedge separating the more formal garden with expanses of lawn and herbaceous planting from an area interspersed with mature trees.
Bekesbourne is a picturesque village surrounded by beautiful Kent countryside, ideal for walking and riding. Local services can be found in Littlebourne and Bridge, and a comprehensive range of cultural, leisure and shopping facilities in Canterbury. There are excellent schools in both independent and state sectors, including the King’s School, St Edmund’s and the Simon Langton grammar schools.
The nearby A2 links to the M2. Bekesbourne station has direct services to London Victoria whilst Canterbury West offers High-Speed trains to London St Pancras in under an hour. The area has good access to the Continent.
