The Street, Selling, Faversham, Kent

Luton House is a fine country property set at the heart of the rural village of Selling. Despite its significant stature, the house is remarkably discreet in its location, being tucked away within enchanting grounds. Owned by the same family for some 60 years, the house has the wonderful feel of a home that has been cherished and enjoyed, catering to needs of family living and entertaining. Now awaiting its next custodian, the house is blessed with some exceptional reception rooms, well-appointed bedrooms, ancillary accommodation and the other spaces so important to the day-to-day functioning of a country house.

The house is Grade II listed having evolved over the years, with Georgian and Victorian input on likely older origins. Although the property has worked beautifully in its current layout, there is also scope to update and remodel, subject to any necessary consents.

The front door opens to a generous hall which provides an elegant entrance to the centre of the house and the formal reception rooms. Either side sit a study/library and the drawing room, both of which are full of light having large, double aspect sash windows. The drawing room enjoys an easterly aspect across the garden, as do the sitting room and dining room, all of which benefit from grand proportions. There is also a further study.

The kitchen occupies the rear wing and is a practical space arranged around an Aga with plenty of room for a large table and bolstered by a generous laundry/boot room, utility and pantry.

As with the ground floor the primary bedrooms are arranged facing south and east, providing bright, pleasant spaces. The principal bedroom has a large bay window, a generous en suite shower room and an interconnecting door with bedroom 2. Bedrooms 3 and 4 are set either side of a further generous shower room. With three other bedrooms on the first floor, a further two on the second floor and four additional bath/shower rooms the facilities are well balanced.

A cellar provides useful storage space, together with wine cellarage and the boiler room. There is also an attic store.

LUTON BUNGALOW
A nearby residential property, Luton Bungalow, could be available in addition. Please contact the agent for further information.

The gardens at Luton House have been enjoyed as much as the house itself. The different areas, from the flat formal lawns to the landscaped lake and its wild fowl aviary and from the lily pond in the old swimming pool to the acer garden and wooded walks, all provide a wonderful journey around the grounds and a magical backdrop to the house.

The kitchen gardens sit sheltered behind the original mellow brick wall and a parklike meadow planted with a carefully collated collection of specimen trees create a special environment for this genteel home.

A rear drive leads to a courtyard behind the house which is flanked by The Bothy and a large single-storey brick outbuilding, providing ancillary accommodation, garaging and workshop space, all with further potential, subject to any necessary consents.

Luton House is situated in the heart of the small village of Selling, to the south of the market town of Faversham and on the edge of the beautiful Kent Downs National Landscape. Selling is a small community with a local pub, a parish church and a village hall. Further local amenities can be found in nearby Boughton-Under-Blean or in Faversham itself.

Boughton-Under-Blean has a local shop and several other facilities, while the bustling market town of Faversham provides a range of shops and services for day-to-day needs, including supermarkets, high street shops and a variety of restaurants and cafés.

Selling station provides a service to London Victoria (from 83 minutes), or London St Pancras via Faversham, while road connections include the M2, A2 and A299, all within easy reach. The Eurotunnel at Folkestone and the Port of Dover offer regular services to Continental Europe.