Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2

A stunning and exceptional family townhouse, built in the period style, but offering a fine contemporary twist.

Description

Built in 2011 in a traditional style, this handsome house appears at first sight to be a classic Victorian stucco townhouse. However, whilst there is a traditional take on the ground, first and second floors, the lower garden floor has a much more contemporary style, creating a very fashionable informal, kitchen/dining/living space, opening directly out onto an extensive terrace and garden. The comfortable cinema room completes the theme, along with a cloakroom, boot room/utility room and some very good storage.

Notable features include good proportions throughout, with high ceilings to the three classic reception rooms with period-style details, including coving, built-in book shelves, as well as a Chesney stone fireplace in the sitting room. There are also sash-style windows and a fine traditional staircase from the reception hall up to the bedroom.

Modern design themes include contemporary-style timber and stone flooring, many ceiling downlighters, and underfloor heating to the ground and garden floors, with traditional-style radiators to the bedroom floors.

Two of the ground floor reception rooms have doors and windows onto a large raised, decked terrace, which has glass balustrades and steps down to the rear garden. On the garden level, the kitchen is well designed and fitted by Krieder, incorporating a Miele induction hob with pop-up extractor, set into the large central island. There are two built-in eye level Miele ovens behind, in a block with a matching microwave and a coffee maker, plus an integrated Miele dishwasher next to the main sink, set into the Corian work surface, which is fitted with a Quooker boiling water tap. In addition, there is a tall, integrated Siemens larder fridge and the central island includes a breakfast bar and a salad sink.

The generous, recessed family area is ideal for sofas and has built-in cupboards around a wall TV space, whilst the concealed cinema room, accessed through double doors, is a real surprise and yet another super family leisure space, with equipment by negotiation. Finally, on this level, the utility/boot room is spacious and recessed off along a wide corridor, which has a wall of storage cupboards along one side and leads to an outside door, with steps up to the front. The utility/boot room has space for large fridge freezer, a butler sink, cupboards and drawers and space for a washing machine and dryer.

The first and second floors provide good-sized bedrooms with space for, or fitted with, wardrobes and with a very good ratio of bedrooms to bath/shower rooms. In particular, there is a superb first floor principal bedroom suite, complete with a walk-in dressing room and a large, well-appointed bathroom, including a free standing bath, walk-in shower and a fitted twin sink unit.

The other two first floor bedrooms share a bathroom, whilst the top floor landing area is used as a small library, with wall lights and a tall built-in bookcase, with its high ceiling and a skylight. This serves three bedrooms and one en suite shower room, as well as a family bathroom.

Outside to the front, electric wrought iron gates open to shingled driveway parking, with mature screening. The rear garden has the raised decked terrace off the ground floor and a generous terrace below, with outside lighting, opening straight from the garden floor kitchen/dining/family room. This leads onto a long, rear garden laid out as two distinct ‘rooms’; the first being laid to lawn, with decorative boxed hedged planted areas in front of the paved lower terrace. There are mature laurel borders on one side and around to the rear and espalier non-fruiting, pear trees. An opening at the far end leads from here into the second area of less formal garden, ideal for children’s games and offering further mature tree screening, a prominent tall Beech tree and a large garden shed tucked away on one side.

Location

83 Frant Road is situated on the popular south side of town, within approximately 1.1 miles of the station, Sainsbury's supermarket, the High Street, with its collection of boutiques, cafés, deli's and restaurants and the historic Pantiles, known for its charming Georgian colonnade, further independent shops, Public houses, restaurants, art galleries, summer Jazz festivals, regular food and craft and food markets and the Chalybeate Spring.

"TN2", a popular local store and off-licence, can be found on Frant Road, next door to The Bull pub approximately 0.2 miles. Tunbridge Wells town centre also offers a wide range of well known retailers, two theatres, pubs, cafés and restaurants, and the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre.

The town is ideally placed for enjoyment of the Kent and East Sussex countryside, being an Area of Outstanding National Beauty and is known for its many public parks and open spaces including Calverley and Dunorlan Parks and The Tunbridge Wells Common. The property is within convenient reach of cricket and tennis facilities at the Nevill grounds off Warwick Park (approximately 0.4 miles) and the renowned Nevill Golf Club is also within approximately 1.3 miles.

Tunbridge Wells station offers regular commuter services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street (via London Bridge and Waterloo East). The Centaur Commuter Coach service also stops along the Frant Road opposite the Bull Pub.

The town is well-served by a good selection of well-regarded schools, including The Mead School (within immediate proximity), the boys’ and girls’ Grammars at senior level in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge, further preparatory schools in Langton Green (Holmewood House), Tunbridge Wells (Rose Hill) and independent senior schools in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Eastbourne and Bedes in Upper Dicker.

Square Footage: 5,417 sq ft


Acreage: 0.37 Acres

Additional Info

Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells

Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Gas-fired central heating.