Shorncliffe House, Encombe, Sandgate, Kent

A sophisticated modern apartment featuring quality fixtures and fittings, providing an elegant and relaxed living and entertaining environment. Located in a sought-after development and close to local amenities, the property occupies an elevated position with stunning views over the English Channel and Kent coastline.

Shorncliffe House is one of three contemporary apartment buildings forming part of Sandgate Pavilions, a WhatHouse? gold award-winning luxury gated development set high on the hillside above Sandgate. Exuding sophistication and elegance, the building is accessed through a generous communal entrance hall with lifts to the upper floors.

Apartment 6 - a mid-floor family home - offers almost 1,300 sq ft of light-filled accommodation over a single storey. Covered balconies to three aspects and large picture windows maximise the stunning seaside views over Encombe Woods, the Kent coastline and English Channel.

The lift opens to a communal hall, a door with a useful adjacent external store opening to the apartment’s welcoming reception hall with tiled flooring, further storage and a modern fully-tiled family cloakroom/shower room. Glazed double doors open from the reception hall to a large 31 ft open plan kitchen, dining and family room with tiled flooring, a full-height picture window and patio doors to a private covered balcony.

The kitchen provides a range of contemporary wall and base units with integrated Bosch appliances including a wine chiller and Quooker tap (hot, filtered cold and sparkling water).

The accommodation is completed by a bedroom wing providing a dual aspect principal bedroom with extensive fitted storage, full-height glazing, patio doors to a further, private covered balcony and a contemporary en suite bathroom with freestanding bath and separate shower. There is an additional double bedroom, also with fitted storage and patio doors to a private covered balcony, and a third dual aspect, L-shaped double bedroom, currently configured as a study, with full-height glazing, to one side affording stunning sea views.

Set against the backdrop of Encombe Woods, with breathtaking sea views to the front aspect and having plenty of kerb appeal, Shorncliffe House is approached through secure gates over a block-paved driveway providing private allocated resident and visitor parking.

The well-maintained landscaped communal grounds are laid mainly to lawn bordered by mature shrubs and low-level hedging, the whole designed to provide a harmonious blend of natural beauty and contemporary luxury.

Encombe is located in Sandgate, which has a good selection of amenities including local shopping, numerous antique and gift shops, pubs, restaurants and primary schooling, the whole surrounded by a stunning coastal landscape within easy reach of several beaches.

Folkestone and Hythe both provide more comprehensive high street and independent shopping, services and leisure and educational amenities. Canterbury, slightly further afield, offers a good range of educational facilities, both in the independent and state sectors, together with extensive shopping and leisure facilities.
Transport links in the area are excellent: the M20 gives access to the remaining southern motorway network and stations at Folkestone West (1.8 miles) and Ashford International (15.9 miles) provide a High Speed service into London St Pancras International, taking about 53 and 36 minutes respectively. The Eurotunnel at Folkestone and the Port of Dover provide regular services to the Continent.

The area offers a wide selection of state primary, secondary and grammar schooling including Folkestone, St Martin’s CofE Primary School and The Harvey Grammar School (both rated Outstanding by Ofsted), together with independent schools including Earlscliffe and Dover College.