Collards Lane, Elham, Canterbury, Kent

This five bedroom detached house on the outskirts of the quintessentially English village of Elham is located on a private no-through lane bordered by fields with spectacular rural views and lies within 0.6158 acres. The large parking area includes a garage, log store and a double carport with a path to the front door and separate pedestrian access from the lane.

The outer hall has understairs storage and door access to the inner hall and the ground floor accommodation that has delightful period features including high ceilings, picture rails, ceiling roses, pine doors, sash windows and high skirtings. While modern features incorporate photovoltaic panels to generate electricity, solar panels for heating and hot water, Wynstanley double glazed windows and excellent insulation.

The elegant dining room has a charming bay window while the large dual aspect drawing room includes French doors to the garden and a brick surround open fire. The large country style dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room and an adjacent utility room. A lobby leads to a cloakroom, a study/snug with French doors to the garden plus a playroom/hobby room.

Upstairs wide corridors open onto five bedrooms with impressive rural views. There is a family bathroom, a separate shower room and loft access. The dual aspect master is en suite, three doubles have vanity units and fitted wardrobes and a single includes fitted cupboards.

There are various seating areas in the garden as well as trees, flower beds, a small orchard, lawns and access to the wildflower meadow with a charming summerhouse.

What the Owner says:

We will be sad to leave what has been our home for the past 42 years however health issues mean we have to move. In such a rural setting with a thriving village and so many amenities on our doorstep, which includes the nearby coast, we feel that we have had the best of all worlds. An extra bonus is that the field opposite our home is part of an ancient trust and cannot be built on.

Elham has two churches, a grocery/newsagents shop, a doctors surgery, a football and cricket club and a well-respected primary school. It also has three historic hostelries one of which has been exquisitely restored as a gastro pub/restaurant and voted the best pub of the year in Kent. The village hall includes tennis courts and offers various activities and there are also nearby golf courses and riding establishments while commuters can drive to Folkestone West or Ashford International and boarding the high speed train can arrive at St Pancras Station in 47 minutes. There is also a regular bus service which operates daily between Folkestone and Canterbury while the Channel Tunnel terminal is just 20 minutes' drive. Canterbury and Folkestone have excellent grammar schools and there are several first-class private schools in the area.

Room sizes:

• Entrance Hall
• Inner Hall: 23'0 x 5'4 (7.02m x 1.63m)
• Dining Room: 14'6 into bay x 10'11 (4.42m x 3.33m)
• Drawing Room: 20'11 x 12'6 (6.38m x 3.81m)
• Kitchen/Breakfast Room: (L-shaped) 16'0 x 11'8 (4.88m x 3.56m) plus 7'5 x 6'7 (2.26m x 2.01m)
• Utility Room: 8'5 x 6'7 (2.57m x 2.01m)
• Pantry: 10'10 x 9'0 maximum (3.30m x 2.75m)
• Snug: 11'8 x 11'4 (3.56m x 3.46m)
• Study: 13'6 x 6'6 (4.12m x 1.98m)
• Cloakroom
• FIRST FLOOR
• Landing: 22'11 x 5'4 (6.99m x 1.63m)
• Bedroom 5: 12'0 x 8'2 (3.66m x 2.49m)
• Bedroom 4: 12'0 x 10'11 (3.66m x 3.33m)
• Main Bedroom: 14'1 x 12'6 (4.30m x 3.81m)
• En Suite Bathroom

• Bedroom 3: 11'5 x 10'8 (3.48m x 3.25m)
• Inner Landing
• Shower Room
• Family Bathroom: 11'1 x 7'3 (3.38m x 2.21m)
• Bedroom 2: 14'9 x 10'8 (4.50m x 3.25m)
• OUTSIDE
• Rear Garden
• Paddock
• Driveway
• OUTBUILDING 1
• Garage: 15'5 x 8'1 (4.70m x 2.47m)
• Log Store: 16'1 x 7'9 (4.91m x 2.36m)
• OUTBUILDING 2
• Double Car Port: 16'4 x 11'8 (4.98m x 3.56m)
• OUTBUILDING 3
• Summerhouse: 8'6 x 6'8 (2.59m x 2.03m)

 
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