Garlinge Green, Petham, Canterbury, Kent

A delightful Grade II listed house offering elegant accommodation with a separate cottage and swimming pool in an idyllic rural position with stunning gardens. The different elements of the property combine to provide a tranquil haven for both practical living and stylish entertaining.

THE OLD HOUSE
The Old House is an exquisite home situated in a peaceful rural hamlet surrounded by rolling countryside. The current owners have created the most wonderful environment in which to live, both inside and out.

Dating from the 16th century or earlier, The Old House is Grade II listed. Sympathetically restored and extended to create a substantial family home, the old and new combine to provide a relaxed yet elegant home, the quality of which can be felt throughout.

A front door opens to a wide hall which seamlessly brings together the different eras of building. The sitting and drawing rooms are charming spaces occupying the original timber-framed house, both being double aspect with beamed ceilings, oak floors and wood-burning stoves. Steps down from both rooms lead into the beautifully fitted kitchen and garden room which combine to provide an excellent family space. The kitchen has a timeless style and is arranged around a large island and an Aga. The garden room is glazed on two sides and is immersed in the stunning gardens.

Across the hall is a useful utility and cloakroom whilst steps lead down to a tucked away study which is lined with fitted bookshelves and has French doors opening to a sheltered terrace.

Two staircases lead to the first floor giving access to the well-appointed en-suite principal bedroom and guest bedroom with adjacent bathroom on one side and two further bedrooms and a bathroom on the other. A fifth bedroom with a study area and bathroom is found on the second floor.

The exceptional gardens provide a suitably special setting for the house. A driveway provides plenty of parking in front of an oak-framed carport with home office above. To one side a parterre garden and wide border screen a well laid out vegetable garden. Surrounding the house, a more formal setting combines clipped hedging, shrub roses and mature herbaceous borders with brick and gravel paths providing structure to the layout. Terraces across the back of the house extend the accommodation into the garden.

The swimming pool garden is tucked away, again, beautifully planted to create a sheltered sun trap. At the head of the pool is the ‘Pool House’, a self-contained cottage with a kitchen/dining room and shower room to the ground floor, a bedroom above and a generous sitting room to the lower ground floor opening to a sunken terrace with steps leading up to the pool. There is a changing room at the back of the carport and a further building houses a gym.

The furthest part of the garden provides a paddock and an orchard, all surrounded by neat hedging. An avenue of trees has been planted and draws the eye through the garden; an area of woodland completes the stunning setting.

Situated in the Kent Downs National Landscape, Garlinge Green hamlet sits near to Chartham and Petham villages, both offering local shopping, pubs and primary schooling, all surrounded by stunning countryside with walking, cycling and riding routes.
Nearby Canterbury offers more extensive amenities.

The A28 links to the A2, M23 and motorway network, Chartham station offers regular rail services to London (from around 63 minutes), and the High Speed service to London St Pancras is available from both Ashford International and Canterbury West, with journey times of around 37 minutes and 57 minutes respectively. The area has good access to the Continent.