Chart Hill Road, Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Kent, ME17

An exceptional compact country estate, wonderfully positioned with far reaching southerly views.


Description

Chart Sutton 0.5 miles; Maidstone 6.4 miles (London Charing Cross 58 minutes); Junction 8 of M20 5 miles; Staplehurst 3.5 miles (London Charing Cross 65 minutes); London 40 miles.

An historic country house, modernised to provide the perfect combination of period charm and modern convenience.

Kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, drawing room, sitting room, family room, pantry, laundry, utility and wine cellar. Upstairs principal bedroom suite with en suite bathroom, 3 further bedrooms all suited.

Attached annexe with 2/3 bedrooms, both with en suite, sitting room.

The principal house stands within a courtyard of traditional farm buildings, recently modernised to a high standard providing outstanding and elegant stabling, fully fitted tack room, 4 bay garage and workshop.

Outside is a fully enclosed all-weather court for tennis, 5-a-side football and netball (with Floodlight 5G surface), together with comprehensive changing rooms and pavillion.

The property benefits from an outstanding pool complex with a fully equipped outdoor kitchen, pizza oven, changing rooms, hot tub and fire pit. There are mature gardens and grounds with paddocks and a private lake. The estate is accessed via a long private driveway and extends in all to just under 16 acres.

Heronden House:
The house is a Grade II listed Tudor house which has been beautifully refurbished to a very high standard, providing a perfect blend of contemporary living with 600 years of history. The previous owner undertook a complete modernisation project of the 15th Century Hall House, with its Jacobean additions and extensive brick farm buildings, which were added by the Kleinwort Benson banking family in the late 19th Century. The current owner has improved the property further and the result is a contemporary home with all the modern conveniences you would expect, presented within an handsome period exterior.

The property is approached via a pair of imposing electric gates, providing access to a well-presented driveway that sweeps between farmland and a mature spinney of trees before arriving at the homestead itself.

The primary drive brings you to a gravelled residential courtyard made up of both the original and contemporary parts of the house, with the workshop and magnificent new Monarchstables forming the final section of the courtyard.

The rear drive provides access to the all-weather sports surface with a fully equipped sports pavilion, including changing rooms and viewing gallery. Adjacent is an outstanding storage barn, ideal for the safe housing of a fleet of cars, being secure and dry, all services connected and a staircase rising to a mezzanine floor.

The Pool Complex:
Beyond the formal gardens, in an elevated position enjoying further outstanding views from the North Downs, is a contemporary designed outdoor pool area with large terrace. To one side is a covered, outdoor kitchen and beyond is a storeroom, a cloakroom and two separate changing rooms, both with showers. In addition, there is a built in pizza oven, hot tub and fire pit. Nearby is a treatment and yoga studio.

The Sports Complex:
Behind the residential courtyard is a 5G sports surface for football, hockey, netball and tennis. As well as being floodlit, there is an adjacent viewing gallery with a full compliment of changing rooms for teams behind.

The Modern Storage Barn:
Some 29m by 9.5m, this modern barn was built to provide garaging for a collection of super cars and is therefore equipped with all expected conveniences, including an in ground 3.5 tonne car ramp and scissor lift, roller shutter doors, full security system, water, heat and power connected and with a staircase to a mezzanine floor either to use as a viewing gallery or as further storage or display area.

The Gardens and Grounds:
The house is surrounded by mature formal and informal gardens that make the most of the spectacular views to the south. There is an industrious vegetable garden and greenhouse to the rear that would allow a keen gardener to be almost self-sufficient in vegetables. The homestead itself is protected by mature trees and also benefits from its own sports playing field.

A particular feature of this residential estate is the lake with its jetty providing both recreational sailing as well as course fishing. There is also an excellent level paddock for horses to graze when not resident in the recently erected stable yard.

Location

Heronden is beautifully positioned in an outstanding rural setting enjoying stunning far-reaching views over the surrounding Kent countryside. The local village of Chart Sutton is only half a mile away. Comprehensive shopping facilities are available nearby in the pretty, small town of Headcorn, less than 5 miles away, which has a Sainsburys Local and a mainline station to London in less than an hour, as well as plenty of parking.

Other communications in the area are excellent, with train services from Maidstone to London Charing Cross taking approximately 58 minutes, or Staplehurst to London Charing Cross/Cannon Street taking approximately 65 minutes. There are good road communications via M20, Junction 8 linking to the M25 and giving access to the motorway network, both London airports and a short distance to the entrance to the Channel Tunnel.

There are a wide range of schools in the area including Sutton Valence Preparatory School and Public School, Benenden, Tonbridge School for Boys, Sevenoaks, Kings Canterbury and the well-regarded Cranbrook School. Additionally, there are the Grammar Schools in Maidstone and Tonbridge.

Leisure activities include walking and riding in the surrounding countryside, golf at Leeds Castle, Tudor Park, Chart Hills and sailing on the Kent Coast and Bewl Water. There is motor racing at Brands Hatch and racing at Lingfield Racecourse.

Square Footage: 5,736 sq ft


Acreage: 15.96 Acres

Directions

From our Cranbrook office and heading north towards Staplehurst, continue over the railway bridge and on for about 1.5 miles and turn right at the (former) Cross in Hand garage signed to Chart Sutton. Proceed along this road for approximately 2.1 miles (passing The Lord Raglan public house) and the driveway to Heronden will be on the left hand side.

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Additional Info

Please note that there is a footpath that runs down the drive and along the side of the reservoir.