Fairmans Lane, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12

A substantial village farmhouse with a separate annexe and delightful gardens in a country setting.

Description

A former farm house with late seventeenth century origins, or earlier, remodelled or extended in the eighteenth century and again in the nineteenth and with further twentieth century changes too, featuring contrasting character, adding to the charm.

The elevations are of mellowed brickwork with some hanging tiles, under a pitched tiled roof, with the front elevation in particular, setting the scene for this important historical home.

Internally the house benefits from large, impressive rooms with good ceiling heights and benefits from lots of features, with differing period styles. The drawing room has a classical style, while the dining room is from an earlier period, complete with an inglenook fireplace. The farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room is also noteworthy, with its vaulted roof space and access into the later conservatory addition.

Upstairs, a library/study area to the landing creates a nice feeling of generous space, leading to three spacious principal bedrooms and two large bathrooms, one being en suite. On the second floor, there are two further good bedrooms, making five in total, and a further bathroom.

Outside, adjacent to the house, there is a detached cottage annexe with white weatherboard elevations, providing spacious additional accommodation, with a bedroom and bathroom downstairs and a large, vaulted reception room, fitted with an open-plan kitchen.

Outside, the gardens and grounds, laid mainly to lawn, are a feature in the overall scheme, with landscaping into mature hedged 'rooms' and a partly walled garden. These divisions provide for a heated outdoor swimming pool, with a stylish pool house, a former tennis lawn, pond, a rose garden and a small orchard.

At the rear of the plot, there is a detached four bay car port and double garage, as well as additional parking by the house and cottage.

A footpath directly off the garden leads up to the village via the Church yard, avoiding the need to walk on the road and another footpath to the rear, for country walks, is accessed along the main farm drive.

Location

Lying about seven miles to the east of Tunbridge Wells, Brenchley is surrounded by beautiful countryside in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This picturesque village offers a post office, dentist, doctors’ surgery and dispensary, along with a fine church, primary school, The Little Bull Café & Bar and Brenchley and Matfield Lawn Tennis Club.

Brenchley is also just under two miles from the popular and pretty village of Matfield (approximately 1.5 miles), with its traditional village green, butcher and public houses.

The Gate House is approximately 0.3 miles away from the High Street in Brenchley. Horsmonden (approximately 1.8 miles), where there are some further village amenities including an award-winning village shop (Heath Stores has historically been named 'Best Independent Food and Drink Retailer' by Kent Life), primary academy and kindergarten, sports field and tennis club.

For more comprehensive shopping, Paddock Wood (approximately 3.1 miles) offers a good range of shopping facilities including a Waitrose supermarket, doctors surgery, bank, Costa Coffee, butcher, Barsley's Department Store, Putlands Sports and Leisure Centre and primary school. Paddock Wood station has mainline services to London Charing Cross via London Bridge and Waterloo East (and Cannon Street), with services from about 53 minutes.

Tunbridge Wells is the major nearby south east town (approximately 7.4 miles) offering a very wide choice of facilities including two theatres, a multiplex cinema, health clubs, restaurants, cafés, bars and hotels, The Pantiles and High Street.

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 Ronan's and Marlborough 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.

The nearby A21 links directly to the M25 London orbital motorway to the north and thereby a national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
All distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 4,446 sq ft


Acreage: 1.7 Acres

Additional Info

Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Services: Mains water, electricity, LPG and drainage. Oil-fired central heating.