Gedges Hill, Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12

A charming, beautifully presented period home with large & established garden & grounds in a semi-rural setting on the fringes of Matfield, whilst conveniently placed for nearby towns.

Description

White Barn Cottage is an enchanting, detached period home enjoying a generous plot of about 2.04 acres on the edge of the pretty village of Matfield, ideally placed for access to the local amenities. The property is believed to date back to the 18th Century and boasts much character with an abundance of charming period features throughout, with light, spacious, and immaculately presented accommodation set across three floors.

Our clients have reconfigured the ground floor to create a delightful, generous, country-style kitchen/diner overlooking the garden to the rear and benefits from base and wall cabinetry, providing very good storage topped with striking granite worktops, offering good preparation space in addition to a large central island with breakfast bar for more informal eating. There is a large oven range, a Belfast sink and range of integrated appliances. There is ample room for a large dining table, with French doors opening onto the terrace and gardens beyond. A good-sized utility room adjoins the kitchen with direct access to the garden.

An impressive and welcoming sitting room has a large inglenook fireplace, to the rear of the house, it is flooded with light from the large window and part glazed door to the garden. There is a further sizeable reception room, used by our clients as a reading room/TV room/study. A toilet plus separate boot room with boiler completes the ground floor accommodation.

The bedrooms are arranged across two floors. The dual aspect, principal bedroom is of a good size with fitted wardrobes, eaves storage and an en suite shower room. There are two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom. The second floor is home to bedroom four with an interconnecting room that our clients use as a study/home office with wonderful elevated views over the grounds.

Outside - A paved terrace, wraps around the rear and one corner of the house providing two delightful areas from which to entertain and enjoy the lovely outlook over the secluded gardens and distant views of the neighbouring countryside. The gardens are mainly laid to lawn, interspersed with established planted beds and borders providing colour and interest, a pretty water feature, with numerous seating areas to take in the different vistas, and a kitchen garden and summer house. There is also a very useful detached outbuilding/garden store.

The gated driveway provides parking for several vehicles, with EV charging point, together with a detached garage with two useful storage areas, above and to the rear.

Location

White Barn Cottage is situated on the fringes of the charming village of Matfield, surrounded by beautiful countryside in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Matfield has a butcher, village hall, and public houses including Gastro Pub "The Poet". The nearby village of Brenchley (approx. 2.1 miles) offers a post office, dentist, doctors' surgery and dispensary, along with a fine church, primary school, The Little Bull Café & Bar and Grey’s Cafe. The two villages share a Tennis Club and there are both cricket and football teams in addition to further local societies and clubs.

Horsmonden is reached within approximately 3.6 miles, where there are further village amenities including an award-winning village shop (Heath Stores has historically been named 'Best Independent Food and Drink Retailer' by Kent Life).

White Barn Cottage is also very well placed for immediate access to the surrounding countryside, and within convenient reach of local attractions such as Bewl Water, the largest reservoir in the south east. The reservoir provides many leisure activities including horse riding, walking and cycling trails, a sailing and canoeing club and fishing, Scotney Castle and Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest.

For more comprehensive shopping, Paddock Wood (approx. 1.6 miles) offers a good range of shopping facilities including a Waitrose supermarket, doctors’ surgery, bank, Costa Coffee, butcher, Greggs, Barsley's Department Store, Putlands Sports and Leisure Centre and primary school.

There are many highly regarded schools in the area, both state and private, including Brenchley and Horsmonden village primary schools, the Grammar Schools in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Maidstone, Bethany school in Goudhurst, St Ronans and Marlbrough House in Hawkhurst, the Schools at Somerhill, Holmewood House, Kent College for girls, Tonbridge School for Boys, Mayfield School for Girls and co-education at Sevenoaks School.

Paddock Wood station has mainline services to London Charing Cross via London Bridge and Waterloo East (and Cannon Street), with services from about 40 minutes. The nearby A21 links directly to the M25 London orbital motorway to the north and thereby a national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports, together with offering easy access to the South Coast, including the popular seaside town of Hastings.

Square Footage: 2,228 sq ft


Acreage: 2.04 Acres

Directions

Postcode - TN12 7EA. Follow sign for Crundalls and White Barn Cottage can be found at top of private road on right

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Additional Info

Services: Mains water and electricity. Private (septic tank) drainage. Oil-fired central heating.

Agents note, as and if required White Barn Cottage is liable for 20% of maintenance for the private road.