Central Charing

Part of an elegant Grade II listed three bedroom 15th century Wealden Hall House believed to have originally been built as the Rectory or Parsonage for Charing village, with a stunning outlook from a landscaped garden to a large freshwater lake, formerly the old water mill pond.

The Moat House appears in historic records dating back as far as the surveys of 1572 and remained in the ownership of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's, London, when patronage transferred to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury in 1945. Shortly after, the property was sold and divided into separate dwellings and, in 2002, was awarded an Historic Building of Kent status. More recently, one of the neigbouring properties featured in an episode of the popular TV property programme, Escape to the Country.

Number Three The Moat House is a unique family home and truly offers the best of both worlds for the purchaser requiring all the facilities of village life on hand yet with the feeling of living in a piece of Kent's rich history. It requires internal viewing to appreciate its original features including wide solid oak panelled doors, high ceilings, exposed beams and feature fireplaces to the two reception rooms. A particularly nice feature is the wonderful view over the moat from the double aspect second bedroom.

The accommodation comprises a 25' long entrance hall, cloakroom, sitting room, grand dining room with bay window to front and kitchen with separate utility area. To the first floor is a principal bedroom with en-suite shower area, two further double bedrooms, family bathroom and separate shower room.

Outside, the property enjoys off road parking via two separate driveways and a rear garden with lawn running down to the moat and a single garage with parking space to the front of the garage doors and further parking to the separate communal driveway. Other notable benefits include gas fired central heating and mains drainage.
Ground Floor

Entrance Hall: 25'1" x 5'3" (7.65m x 1.60m)
increasing to 7'3" (2.21m)
Cloakroom: 5'3" x 3'6" (1.60m x 1.07m)
Sitting Room: 13'8" x 18'9" (4.17m x 5.71m) into bay
Dining Room: 15'3" x 21'8" (4.65m x 6.60m) into bay
Kitchen: 13'9" (4.19m) reducing to
9'6" x 10'0" (2.90m x 3.05m)
Utility Area: 5'4" x 3'8" (1.63m x 1.12m)

First Floor

Principal Bedroom: 11'5" x 11'7" (3.48m x 3.53m)
increasing to 13'2" (4.01mm)
En-Suite Shower Area: 5'8" x 5'4" (1.73m x 1.63m)
Bedroom: 13'7" x 12'4" (4.14m x 3.76m)
Bedroom: 13'4" x 10'1" (4.06m x 3.07m)
increasing to 11'10" (3.61m)
Bathroom: 8'2" (2.49m) reducing
to 4'1" x 8'10" (1.24m x 2.69m)
Shower Room: 7'8" x 6'3" (2.34m x 1.90m)
with sloping ceiling to side

Garage

18'9" x 9'5" (5.71m x 2.87m)

Locality

Charing sits between the foot of the North Downs with the Pilgrim's Way and the Green Sand Ridge, a rural area rich in farming, some 5.5 miles west of the larger market town of Ashford and 13 miles east of Maidstone. The village enjoys an interesting mix of village shops, micro pub, churches, primary school, doctor's surgery and pharmacy.

Transport links are well supported with a mainline railway station, providing access to London Victoria and Ashford International stations, whilst junction 9 of the M20 motorway is some 5 miles distant. The village is also just 5 miles west of the market town of Ashford, with its excellent shopping and leisure facilities, choice of schools and Ashford International station which benefits from the High Speed train service to St Pancras with a journey time of 37 minutes.

Properties of this calibre in such a unique setting rarely come onto the open market and we strongly advise interested applicants to make immediate arrangements to view.

Tenure

Freehold with common areas
Flying freeholds

Services

Gas Fired Central Heating, Mains Water, Mains Drainage, Mains Electricity, Fibre Broadband.

Council Tax

Band D- Ashford Borough Council