House For Sale £5,950,000
A charming & compact country estate with a superb Georgian manor house, excellent ancillary accommodation & outbuildings, situated centrally within rolling parkland of over 42 acres.
Description
Holmwood Place is a most striking and unique country estate occupying a charming situation within beautiful Greenbelt countryside on the edge of the popular village of Four Elms. The Estate is believed to originally date from the 14th Century and has slowly been enlarged and adapted over the years, being owned by the same family for almost a century, with the focal former manor house which retains exquisite character features and proudly sits centrally in its surrounding parkland, together with a detached farmhouse and two cottages, a range of outbuildings and former farm buildings, and the most impressive grounds and parkland.
Holmwood Place:
Approached over a sweeping treelined carriage driveway, Holmwood Place is an elegant late Georgian former manor house, believed to have been originally constructed in the 1830s with later additions, retaining an abundance of history and period features, reflecting Georgian, Art Deco and Gothic influences. The property is now in need of refurbishment, and offers an exciting opportunity for the incoming purchaser to restore a rare and untouched charming piece of history. Salient features include a sweeping Art Deco staircase, decorative coving, high ceilings, parquet and tiled flooring, Adams style fireplaces with marble surrounds, full length and bay windows, wood panelled walling and sash windows.
A vestibule entrance leads to the impressive reception hall with decorative tiling and provides access to the principal reception rooms, which comprise a drawing room, dining room, music room/study and an orangery, all with French doors opening to the grounds. The kitchen/ breakfast room features a bay window and is served by an adjoining pantry and scullery. There is a playroom/studio with built-in storage cupboards and a lift rising to the fourth bedroom on the first floor. The western wing of the ground floor houses a boiler room, hallway with utility area, wine cellar, work shop and gardeners cloakroom.
Arranged over the first floor are five double bedrooms, all with bay windows and spectacular views to the gardens and grounds. A Jack and Jill bathroom adjoins the second bedroom. There is a further bathroom, shower room and WC. Approached via a separate staircase is a magnificent double aspect billiard room with a charming bay window.
Arranged over the second floor is a penthouse with two bedrooms, a sitting room, kitchen and separate WC and bathroom.
Ancillary Accommodation:
The Cottage is located at the start of the second carriage driveway and is a charming detached family home briefly comprising a kitchen/ breakfast room, sitting room, playroom and cloakroom on the ground floor, with three bedrooms, a nursery and bathroom on the first floor, with off road parking and an attractive garden.
Barrowden is a lodge house located at the start of the first driveway and briefly comprises a sitting room, kitchen/dining room, utility room, bathroom, shower room and three bedrooms arranged over the ground floor. There is an adjoining garage, off road parking and a garden.
Located to the east of the estate and furthest along the driveway is The Farmhouse; a traditional detached farmhouse of character briefly comprising a double aspect sitting room and dining room, kitchen and cloakroom on the ground floor, with three bedrooms and a bathroom arranged over the first floor. There is an attractive garden to the rear and off road parking.
All of the cottages are currently let on Assured Shorthold Tenancies.
Grounds & Outbuildings:
Holmwood Place is superbly located in the centre of the estate and is immediately surrounded by amenity land and formal gardens and lawns within the driveway, with parkland, farmland and swathes of woodland spanning out to the perimeter.
The delightful landscaped lawns span from the front of the house and lead to the side with a low brick wall and stone terrace dividing the part walled garden to the rear. Within the walled garden is a further area of level lawn with a variety of flowerbeds stocked with a variety of flowers, perennials and shrubs, with wisteria, roses and jasmine adorning parts of the wall and house. There is a swimming pool with a timber framed pool house, a large unique peach house in need of repair within one part of the walled garden, and a potting shed. To the rear of the property and adjoining the kitchen garden is the original game larder and old dairy, with two gardeners cloakrooms and a covered hall linking to the main house. A meandering stream runs from the north to the south of the estate, buffered by an area of historic woodland.
The idyllic parkland is divided with mixed hedgeland, mature majestic trees and a millpond, attracting an abundance of wildlife, and has been grazed by cows and sheep over the years. Part of the land is currently let on a Farm Business Tenancy to a local farmer. The extensive range of outbuildings comprise two open bay brick-built field shelters in two of the paddocks, a large barn previously used as a cow shed and milking parlour, a stable block with loose boxes, a tack room and carport/ tractor shed, a former granary, pigsty, apple room, harness room, a range of brick built outhouses housing the pump room for the swimming pool, former engine room and a number of garden implement stores/ workshops, all of which were formerly used in the running of the Estate.
There are three additional areas of land adjoining the north eastern boundary that are available via separate negotiation should a purchaser be interested; a 4.05 acre paddock, a 2.68 acre paddock and a 10.42 acre block of established amenity woodland. Further information is available via the selling agent.
Location
Holmwood Place is situated within a secluded yet connected area within the Greenbelt, on the edge of the popular village of Four Elms, which features a village pond, cricket pitch, public house, church, grocers shop and petrol station.
Shopping Facilities: Edenbridge (2.5 miles) provides supermarkets including Waitrose and other high street retailers. Sevenoaks (6.8 miles). Tonbridge (10 miles). Bluewater (20 miles).
Mainline Rail Services: Sevenoaks and Hildenborough (London Bridge from 22 minutes/Cannon Street/ Charing Cross). Hurst Green, Oxted and Edenbridge (London Victoria).
Primary Schools: Four Elms, Crockham Hill, Chiddingstone, Hever.
Secondary Schools: Weald of Kent, Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar, Trinity Secondary School and Knole Academy in Sevenoaks. Judd Boys Grammar, Weald of Kent and Tonbridge Girls Grammar in Tonbridge. Skinners Boy Grammar, Bennett Memorial and Tunbridge Wells Boys and Girls Grammar Schools in Tunbridge Wells.
Private Schools: Sevenoaks and Tonbridge Public Schools, Sevenoaks Preparatory School, Radnor House in Sundridge, Walthamstow Hall Girls School and New Beacon in Sevenoaks.
Leisure Facilities: Bridle paths and walks in the local area. Golf at Westerham, Hever, Tandridge, Chartham Park, Wildernesse, Knole and Nizels in Sevenoaks.
Edenbridge Swimming and Leisure Centre. Stately homes include Chartwell and Hever.
Motorway Links: The M25 at Chevening gives access to other motorway networks, Gatwick (20.4 miles) and Heathrow (41.6 miles) Airports and the Channel Tunnel Terminus.
All distances are approximate.
Square Footage: 8,324 sq ft
Acreage: 42.44 Acres
Directions
From our office on the High Street, follow signs for the A225, before turning right onto Oak Lane. Continue for approx. 1 mile before turning right to Dibden Lane. Continue to follow the road before turning left onto the B2042/Bessels Green Road. Continue on this road for approx. 5 miles, following signs for Four Elms. Take the second of the carriage driveways on the left signed Holmwood Place, and continue down the driveway.
Additional Info
Services: Mains water and electricity. Oil fired central heating. Holmwood Place has a septic tank. The three cottages have sewage treatment plants.
Outgoings: Sevenoaks District Council. Barrowden F. The Cottage F. The Farmhouse F. Holmwood Place H.
Agent Note: A public footpath runs through part of the land on the southern boundary field.
EPCs: Barrowden D. Holmwood Place F. The Farmhouse E. The Cottage E.
Description
Holmwood Place is a most striking and unique country estate occupying a charming situation within beautiful Greenbelt countryside on the edge of the popular village of Four Elms. The Estate is believed to originally date from the 14th Century and has slowly been enlarged and adapted over the years, being owned by the same family for almost a century, with the focal former manor house which retains exquisite character features and proudly sits centrally in its surrounding parkland, together with a detached farmhouse and two cottages, a range of outbuildings and former farm buildings, and the most impressive grounds and parkland.
Holmwood Place:
Approached over a sweeping treelined carriage driveway, Holmwood Place is an elegant late Georgian former manor house, believed to have been originally constructed in the 1830s with later additions, retaining an abundance of history and period features, reflecting Georgian, Art Deco and Gothic influences. The property is now in need of refurbishment, and offers an exciting opportunity for the incoming purchaser to restore a rare and untouched charming piece of history. Salient features include a sweeping Art Deco staircase, decorative coving, high ceilings, parquet and tiled flooring, Adams style fireplaces with marble surrounds, full length and bay windows, wood panelled walling and sash windows.
A vestibule entrance leads to the impressive reception hall with decorative tiling and provides access to the principal reception rooms, which comprise a drawing room, dining room, music room/study and an orangery, all with French doors opening to the grounds. The kitchen/ breakfast room features a bay window and is served by an adjoining pantry and scullery. There is a playroom/studio with built-in storage cupboards and a lift rising to the fourth bedroom on the first floor. The western wing of the ground floor houses a boiler room, hallway with utility area, wine cellar, work shop and gardeners cloakroom.
Arranged over the first floor are five double bedrooms, all with bay windows and spectacular views to the gardens and grounds. A Jack and Jill bathroom adjoins the second bedroom. There is a further bathroom, shower room and WC. Approached via a separate staircase is a magnificent double aspect billiard room with a charming bay window.
Arranged over the second floor is a penthouse with two bedrooms, a sitting room, kitchen and separate WC and bathroom.
Ancillary Accommodation:
The Cottage is located at the start of the second carriage driveway and is a charming detached family home briefly comprising a kitchen/ breakfast room, sitting room, playroom and cloakroom on the ground floor, with three bedrooms, a nursery and bathroom on the first floor, with off road parking and an attractive garden.
Barrowden is a lodge house located at the start of the first driveway and briefly comprises a sitting room, kitchen/dining room, utility room, bathroom, shower room and three bedrooms arranged over the ground floor. There is an adjoining garage, off road parking and a garden.
Located to the east of the estate and furthest along the driveway is The Farmhouse; a traditional detached farmhouse of character briefly comprising a double aspect sitting room and dining room, kitchen and cloakroom on the ground floor, with three bedrooms and a bathroom arranged over the first floor. There is an attractive garden to the rear and off road parking.
All of the cottages are currently let on Assured Shorthold Tenancies.
Grounds & Outbuildings:
Holmwood Place is superbly located in the centre of the estate and is immediately surrounded by amenity land and formal gardens and lawns within the driveway, with parkland, farmland and swathes of woodland spanning out to the perimeter.
The delightful landscaped lawns span from the front of the house and lead to the side with a low brick wall and stone terrace dividing the part walled garden to the rear. Within the walled garden is a further area of level lawn with a variety of flowerbeds stocked with a variety of flowers, perennials and shrubs, with wisteria, roses and jasmine adorning parts of the wall and house. There is a swimming pool with a timber framed pool house, a large unique peach house in need of repair within one part of the walled garden, and a potting shed. To the rear of the property and adjoining the kitchen garden is the original game larder and old dairy, with two gardeners cloakrooms and a covered hall linking to the main house. A meandering stream runs from the north to the south of the estate, buffered by an area of historic woodland.
The idyllic parkland is divided with mixed hedgeland, mature majestic trees and a millpond, attracting an abundance of wildlife, and has been grazed by cows and sheep over the years. Part of the land is currently let on a Farm Business Tenancy to a local farmer. The extensive range of outbuildings comprise two open bay brick-built field shelters in two of the paddocks, a large barn previously used as a cow shed and milking parlour, a stable block with loose boxes, a tack room and carport/ tractor shed, a former granary, pigsty, apple room, harness room, a range of brick built outhouses housing the pump room for the swimming pool, former engine room and a number of garden implement stores/ workshops, all of which were formerly used in the running of the Estate.
There are three additional areas of land adjoining the north eastern boundary that are available via separate negotiation should a purchaser be interested; a 4.05 acre paddock, a 2.68 acre paddock and a 10.42 acre block of established amenity woodland. Further information is available via the selling agent.
Location
Holmwood Place is situated within a secluded yet connected area within the Greenbelt, on the edge of the popular village of Four Elms, which features a village pond, cricket pitch, public house, church, grocers shop and petrol station.
Shopping Facilities: Edenbridge (2.5 miles) provides supermarkets including Waitrose and other high street retailers. Sevenoaks (6.8 miles). Tonbridge (10 miles). Bluewater (20 miles).
Mainline Rail Services: Sevenoaks and Hildenborough (London Bridge from 22 minutes/Cannon Street/ Charing Cross). Hurst Green, Oxted and Edenbridge (London Victoria).
Primary Schools: Four Elms, Crockham Hill, Chiddingstone, Hever.
Secondary Schools: Weald of Kent, Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar, Trinity Secondary School and Knole Academy in Sevenoaks. Judd Boys Grammar, Weald of Kent and Tonbridge Girls Grammar in Tonbridge. Skinners Boy Grammar, Bennett Memorial and Tunbridge Wells Boys and Girls Grammar Schools in Tunbridge Wells.
Private Schools: Sevenoaks and Tonbridge Public Schools, Sevenoaks Preparatory School, Radnor House in Sundridge, Walthamstow Hall Girls School and New Beacon in Sevenoaks.
Leisure Facilities: Bridle paths and walks in the local area. Golf at Westerham, Hever, Tandridge, Chartham Park, Wildernesse, Knole and Nizels in Sevenoaks.
Edenbridge Swimming and Leisure Centre. Stately homes include Chartwell and Hever.
Motorway Links: The M25 at Chevening gives access to other motorway networks, Gatwick (20.4 miles) and Heathrow (41.6 miles) Airports and the Channel Tunnel Terminus.
All distances are approximate.
Square Footage: 8,324 sq ft
Acreage: 42.44 Acres
Directions
From our office on the High Street, follow signs for the A225, before turning right onto Oak Lane. Continue for approx. 1 mile before turning right to Dibden Lane. Continue to follow the road before turning left onto the B2042/Bessels Green Road. Continue on this road for approx. 5 miles, following signs for Four Elms. Take the second of the carriage driveways on the left signed Holmwood Place, and continue down the driveway.
Additional Info
Services: Mains water and electricity. Oil fired central heating. Holmwood Place has a septic tank. The three cottages have sewage treatment plants.
Outgoings: Sevenoaks District Council. Barrowden F. The Cottage F. The Farmhouse F. Holmwood Place H.
Agent Note: A public footpath runs through part of the land on the southern boundary field.
EPCs: Barrowden D. Holmwood Place F. The Farmhouse E. The Cottage E.
