5 bedroom house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Situation

The property is located on the sought-after Holmewood Ridge, close to Langton Green village on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells. The village offers a public house, butcher, bakery, restaurant, convenience store and petrol station. www.langtongreen.org.uk.

Comprehensive shopping: Tunbridge Wells (about 2 miles).

Schools: There are a number of highly regarded schools in the area including Holmewood House School and Langton Green Primary.

Mainline rail service: Tunbridge Wells station (about 2.2 miles) has services to London Bridge, Waterloo and Charing Cross www.nationalrail.co.uk.

Communications: The A21 links to the M25 and other motorway networks, Gatwick and Heathrow airports and to the coast.

Description

No. 1 Holmewood Ridge is a fine detached family home dating from the 1930s with later extensions. The house occupies a wonderful 2 acre plot affording a southerly aspect, together with a high degree of privacy and an impressive approach.

Accommodation

A Smallbone of Devizes kitchen with Corian worktops and integrated kitchen appliances: Gaggenau conventional oven, combination steam oven and warming drawer; Miele 5 ring gas hob with extractor hood over; Miele dishwasher and microwave. There is also space for a freestanding fridge freezer. The utility room and pantry also have Smallbone units with space for laundry appliances in the utility room. There is Amtico flooring throughout these three rooms.

Double aspect sitting room with coal effect gas fire in an attractive stone fireplace and door to the rear gardens.

Dining room with bay window overlooking the rear gardens and serving hatch through to the kitchen.

Study with fitted desk, cupboards and shelving.

Impressive master bedroom suite comprising a double aspect bedroom with built-in wardrobes, dressing area with further wardrobes and dressing table, and an en suite bathroom. The bedroom and dressing area have wooden floorboards. The bathroom comprises a bath with shower attachment, separate large shower cubicle, bidet, WC and washbasin. The room is fully tiled and has underfloor heating and heated towel rails.

There are four further bedrooms. One has built-in wardrobes and a bay window to the rear. One has a washbasin.

The family bathroom has a bath with shower over and washbasin mounted on a cupboard unit. There is a separate WC. Both have underfloor heating.

A loft hatch pulls down with attached ladder onto the first floor landing providing access to the attic, which has potential for conversion. There are currently 2 adjoining rooms, one having a dormer window to the rear.

There is an impressive approach to the house, with the driveway leading past a wild flower bank to a large turning circle, providing access to the two detached garages.

The gardens are a particularly attractive feature of the property, lying predominantly to the rear of the house and being well screened with thick hedging and many mature trees.

There is a covered sun loggia adjoining the house with lighting and a paved patio that runs the length of the house. Steps lead down from here to an expanse of lawn that gradually slopes down to the lower boundary.

The gardens feature well stocked beds, areas of wild flowers and attractive mature trees including dogwood, cobnut, hazelnut, apple and Persian Ironwood. There is also a small pond.

A woodland walkway leads up the eastern boundary, displaying a lovely array of bluebells in season.

In the north-eastern corner of the plot is a sandstone quarry with an attractive clearing.

Agent's note: There is an old lease relating to the man hole in the wooded area of the garden. The lease has effectively been overridden by statute, allowing service providers to access and maintain the equipment/pipes etc.

Directions

From our office in Tunbridge Wells head south down the high street to join London Road. At the roundabout take the second exit following the A26. At the next roundabout take the second exit onto Major York's Road. At the roundabout at the top of the hill take the 1st exit west on to the A264 (East Grinstead Road) past the Spa Hotel. After 1¼ miles turn left into Holmewood Ridge. No 1 is the first drive on the left.