Marden Road, Staplehurst, Tonbridge, TN12

An attractive Grade II Listed Wealden
Farmhouse with buildings including a barn with Class Q Residential consent and other outbuildings in 20.79 acres/8.41 hectares of pasture, woodland and ponds. Situated in the heart of the Weald of Kent. and within the Cranbrook School Catchment Area.

The farmhouse has 17th Century origins and was
re-built and extended in the 19th Century. The
farmhouse has been updated but retains many
original period features including exposed beams and timbers, wide oak floors, oak joinery and fireplaces. The sitting room has a fine inglenook fireplace housing a wood burning stove. A separate dining room with feature fireplace houses a wood burning stove. The kitchen/breakfast has granite worktops and a fireplace housing an electric twin oven Aga (on
Economy 7) and a clay tiled floor.

On the first floor are four bedrooms, the master
with wide oak floorboards, brick fireplace, built-in
wardrobe and a walk in storage cupboard.
The bathroom is fitted with a white suite
incorporating a close coupled wc, raised panelled
enamelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin and tiled shower with glazed door.

From bedroom three there is an interconnecting
‘space saver’ wooden steps to two useful attic
storage rooms, set beneath the eaves, with roofline and dormer windows.

Farmland & Buildings
A 4 bay concrete portal frame building (former
cowshed), which benefits from permitted
development rights for a South-facing 3-ensuitebedroom dwellingThe proposed accommodation of 193.40 sq m/ 2088 sq ft incorporates an open plan kitchen, dining room and sitting room, study, three bedrooms with individual ensuite facilities and a utility room and separate WC. The barn overlooks its own farmland to the south.

Located to the north of the farmhouse is a 4
bay Steel Framed Barn (167 sq m) 3/4 clad with
corrugated iron. Three of the four bays on the front of the building are open and the building is used for farm storage but could (subject to planning permission) be adapted for equine use.

Gardens and Grounds
The farm is reached over a railway bridge and
then by what appears to be a private drive, but
which is in fact a single-track D Road. An avenue
of trees with fields on either side then leads
to the farmhouse. The farm and grounds are
discreetly tucked away and give the feeling of
being considerably larger than they are. The lane
peters out past the house and continues for about a mile as a green lane, with access only for riders and pedestrians. Apart from the barn next door, few other buildings or dwellings are visible in any direction.

The land which extends to 20.79 acres is disposed
mostly around the buildings and farmyard, with
a paddock close to the house, a field along
the front boundary bordering the railway line,
two picturesque hay fields to the rear, and the
largest single field of approximately 6 acres
just across the lane immediately in front of the
house. There are several ponds of varying sizes, a
number of woodland shaws and also groupings
of mixed woodland dotted around. These are
not all visible until one comes on them and they
provide privacy and the opportunity for a variety
of activities. Country hedges with ancient oaks
form the boundaries of the farm and the fields.

Agents Note
The vendor has notified us that the registered agricultural land which surrounds the farm and benefits from a DEFRA grant of £1200-£1500 pa.