Court-at-Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21

Charming small country estate with ancillary accommodation surrounded by its own land in a fine rural location.



Description

Coldharbour House sits centrally within its own land and is approached by a long tree lined drive offering complete privacy. The impressive collection of properties sit beautifully within the grounds. The buildings are interlinked by formal gardens, connected by stone paths dividing lawns and well stocked mature borders with an ornamental fish pond, flanked by terracing and a moon wall surrounding the lawned area of the converted barn gently dropping away to the lake and mini golf course.

To the side of the main house is a covered heated swimming pool surrounded by flower borders and shrub screens.

The main house believed to date back to the late 19th century has been lovingly updated and sympathetically extended with sash windows, attractive fireplaces, underfloor heating, and voltech solar panels.

The three reception rooms, one currently used as a study, and the garden room are of excellent proportions and combined with the reception hall, provide ideal areas for entertaining including a superb triple aspect drawing room. The spacious kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive range of wood fronted cupboards with integrated appliances. There is a back hall with a laundry room and cloakroom off. A cellar provides a useful storage area.

Three of the six bedrooms are en suite, all with good light and countryside views. To the rear of the house is a ragstone building, believed to have previously been a cowshed, which has been converted and could be used as a gym, games room or home office.

The Barn
The barn sits to the side of the main house behind an attractive moon wall creating an enclosed walled garden and is of timber construction. The property comprises a sizable open plan living room with an abundance of glass, a wet room, fitted kitchenette, a work room which could potentially become a kitchen, and an attractive wooden spiral staircase leading to the first floor open plan room with glass balconies overlooking the open plan living room.

Harry’s Cottage
Harry’s Cottage is accessed via a gravel path and is believed to date back to the 13th century. The cottage has part tile hung, part ragstone, timber and brick elevations under a Kent peg tiled roof. The reception room has an inglenook fireplace housing a wood burning stove with bressumer beam over and a tiled floor. The kitchen offers a range of storage cupboards with integrated appliances and a walk in cupboard with space for a fridge freezer. There are also two bedrooms, one with a vaulted ceiling and a bathroom.

Gardens and Grounds
The grounds are mainly grass with well stocked mature borders including roses, hydrangeas and ceanothus with mature hedges and ragstone walls providing a screen for the covered swimming pool. A gravel drive links all three properties.

There are paths meandering through the gardens leading to a greenhouse of aluminium construction, and a ragstone double garage. Behind the converted barn are three unconverted open bays. The land falls away to a mini golf course with two tees and two bunkers. A man made lake flanked by weeping willow trees provides a haven for wildlife and a perfect place to relax and look back up to the impressive main house. There is also a delightful garden when approaching Coldharbour House which is interspersed with mature trees.

Location

The hamlet of Court-at-Street sits between Aldington and Lympne, the former with a Norman church, village store, Post Office and pub, surrounded by rolling hills and green fields. Set in the Kent Downs National Landscape, Lympne village sits above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh and offers amenities including a church, village hall, convenience store, hairdresser, primary school and pub with restaurant.

Nearby Hythe offers shopping, cultural and leisure amenities; more extensive facilities are available in Folkestone, Dover and Canterbury. Local sporting amenities include numerous golf courses and fishing and water sports along the coast.

Communications links are excellent: the A20 gives access to major regional centres and the motorway network, trains from Westenhanger connect with the High Speed services from nearby Ashford International to central London from about 36 minutes and ferries from the Port of Dover; the Eurotunnel terminal provides convenient links to the Continent.

*All mileages and distances are approximate

Square Footage: 4,363 sq ft


Acreage: 9 Acres

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Additional Info

Services: Oil fired central heating, mains water and electric, private drainage. Ground source heat pump to The Barn and oil fired central heating to Harry's Cottage. Solar powered heating system with a heat exchanger for the swimming pool.

Agent's Note: 1. There is a public footpath across the grounds behind the barn. 2. The vendor is related to an employee of Savills.