Six Bells Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent

8 Six Bells Lane is a charming detached cottage dating from c. 18th Century, which has not been sold on the open market for 50 years, and offers versatile living and working space. The property has been sympathetically updated by the current owners, restoring character features combined with modern embellishments. The well proportioned accommodation is arranged over three floors, with salient points including original casement windows, feature fireplaces including an inglenook, exposed timbers, a stable door to the kitchen and some panelled walls. Of particular note are the attractive gardens to the front and rear of the property together with the superb central location, being within 500 ft of Waitrose and the High Street, and walking distance to local schools and Sevenoaks railway station.

The spacious sitting room provides an excellent reception area with a striking inglenook fireplace inset with an Esse wood burning stove and an outlook to the front garden. The dining room has a stable door opening to the front, leading to an additional outdoor seating area, and adjoins the kitchen, which is fitted with a range of base units, space for appliances and a skylight. There is a playroom/bedroom with doors opening to the rear terrace. A well-appointed study and a cloakroom complete the ground floor. Arranged over the lower ground floor is a music room/office and separate utility room. Stairs rise to the first floor and principal bedroom with built-in wardrobes and a view to the front. The second double bedroom has a feature fireplace and built-in wardrobe, and a separate family bathroom completes the accommodation.

8 Six Bells Lane is approached via a cobbled twitten with a wrought iron gate within a charming stone wall with a path leading through an established rose garden, with jasmine and climbing roses adorning the front of the cottage. To the rear is a delightful, south facing brick courtyard, flanked with flower beds to the perimeter with a variety of established fruit trees and planting. The property benefits from planning permission to make internal alterations to the kitchen and dining room. Ref 22/01426/LBCALT ‘Reduce internal wall between kitchen and dining room area.


Resident parking permits for car parks within a short walking distance are available from the local council.

Six Bells Lane is within easy walking distance of the shopping, social and leisure facilities on offer in the town centre, with a handy shortcut to the mainline train station. Sevenoaks provides a comprehensive selection of bars, restaurants, supermarkets including Waitrose and a wide range of independent and High Street shopping. Social, sporting and recreational amenities include a theatre, cinema, library, leisure centre with swimming pool and fitness suite, Hollybush
Recreation Ground, bowls, astroturf pitch, café and children's playground, the 1,000-acre Knole Park, golf at Knole and Wildernesse and cricket at The Vine. Communications links are excellent: mainline station offers speedy rail services to central London and the property also enjoys excellent links to the motorway network via the A21, A25 and M25 for London and the coast.

The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including Lady Boswell’s C of E VA Primary School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), together with a good selection of independent schools including Sevenoaks, Solefield, The New Beacon, Walthamstow Hall, The Granville, Sevenoaks Prep and Radnor House.