Headcorn Road, Smarden

A pretty, detached, Grade II Listed four bedroom cottage including a detached games room with office/studio above and an integral double garage, supporting timber outbuildings, complemented by lawned gardens and paddocks extending in total to approximately 10.1 acres(further land and woodland available by separate negotiation) suitable for equestrian purposes, overlooking fields, set on the semi ruralperiphery of this picturesque Wealden village.

Munks Cottage is a pretty, Grade II Listed, detached timber framed cottage with a significant later rear extension. The property presents elevations of white painted brick set with a mixture of multi paned single, sealed unit double glazed casement windows, some secondary glazing and dormer windows, beneath pitched and hipped tiled roofs. The character accommodation is arranged over two floors and retains many features indicative of the period including inglenook fireplaces, exposed beams, studwork and latched cottage doors (including some restricted head height doorways). In more detail the accommodation includes a sitting room with impressive, open, inglenook fireplace with heavy bressumer beam and inset display niches. A kitchen/breakfast room offering scope for updating including base level units, fitted work surfaces, a range style, two electric oven, five burner cooker, integrated Neff dishwasher, tiled floor and a double aspect. A part vaulted inner hall with tiled floor has cottage doors leading off to a useful utility room, snug/TV room with double aspect, incorporating French windows opening out onto the rear patio. A separate study has fitted shelving and desktop, enjoying a pleasant outlook across the rear garden. Bedroom four, a double room has a built-in wardrobe and an aspect to side. The family bathroom is fitted with a modern white suite, including a tiled panel bath and a separate tiled and glazed shower.

An oak staircase leads up to the first floor landing with exposed floorboards and latch cottage doors leading off to the main bedroom with exposed floorboards and a pretty brick fireplace, built-in wardrobe and aspect of front. A restricted head height door leads to the en suite shower room, fitted with a modern white suite with shower. Bedroom two enjoys a double aspect with useful under eaves storage and has an en suite shower room. Bedroom three is a double room and also has a double aspect.

GARDENS, LAND AND OUTBUILDINGS

An electric five bar gate opens onto a gravelled drive leading up to extensive parking. A pedestrian five bar gate opens onto a gravel pathway with lavender borders leading up to the front door and Bethersden marble paved pathways. The lawn garden is run predominantly out to the side and rear including kitchen garden area, paved seating area enjoying a pleasant outlook across fields, established oak trees and pond.

A range of outbuildings in particular include a detached games room with office/studio above by A.T Palmer of Smarden presenting stained weather boarded elevations, set with oak framed sealed unit double glazed casement windows beneath a pitched and hipped tiled roof. A canopy porch and oak front open into a entrance lobby. The open plan sitting room/dining room has engineered oak flooring and incorporates a kitchenette with wooden block worksurfaces inset two burner electric hob and a stainless steel sink unit and a tiled floor. A wet room includes a close coupled wc, pedestal wash hand basin and an integrated shower. A rise of stairs leads to a first floor triple aspect bedroom with engineered oak flooring, access to under eaves storage, double glazed roof line and casement windows, enjoying fine views out across fields. Outside an integrated double garage is fitted with a pair of timber double doors, subject to obtaining all relevant consents, the garaging area offers scope to be incorporated to the annexe accommodation.

Also access from the drive is a timber garage block, fitted with four pairs of double doors, power and light with concrete flooring beneath a pitched tiled roof. Alongside is concrete hardstanding, two loose boxes and a field shelter.

The paddocks run conveniently out to all sides currently laid predominantly to grass. A section of the land is planted with cereals by local farmer and will be harvested at the end of the summer.