Madeira Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2

A well kept, substantial detached family house in this favoured location, ideally placed for the southern town centre and the station.

Description

A classic Edwardian Tunbridge Wells house, offering a sense of space with fine proportions and attractive character features, including high ceilings with mouldings, wonderful fireplaces, oak panelling and beams, large windows, some with leaded light and colour glass detailing, picture rails and dado rails. There is also an impressive, oak detailed staircase, rising up through the house to both floors upstairs.

The house runs to approximately 3,953 sq ft over three floors, with a spacious cellar offering three distinct rooms, covering a further 494 sq ft. The accommodation has been updated over time and well maintained, and stand out features include the two fine, well appointed reception rooms, with oak panelling to dado height in the sitting room and fitted cupboards and book shelving to the dining room library. Also, the kitchen breakfast room, which has plenty of space for a dining table and with an outlook and access over the rear terrace, plus a good size larder, with a door outside and access for deliveries.

The principle bedroom also merits a mention, having great scale, a double aspect, a wonderful fireplace and a generous en-suite bathroom, with central roll top bath.

Outside, there is a driveway with parking for three or more cars, which is very good for this location. To the rear and side, there is an attractive outside stone entertaining terrace, with mature planting and screening and with a planted covered pergola. A few steps from here lead to the level lawned garden, secured by fencing. Garden and side passage to the front drive.

Location

Madeira Park is within approximately 0.4 miles from the Pantiles, High Street, Tennis Club and Cricket Club, as well as the mainline railway station, using the Cumberland Walk and Upper Cumberland Walk pedestrian walkways.

Royal Tunbridge Wells is a historic spa town located about thirty miles south of London, surrounded by countryside and offering a popular base for commuters. The town offers excellent cultural, leisure and shopping attractions including two theatres locally at The Assembly Halls and Trinity Theatre, together with the civic centre, The Amelia Scott. The town enjoys an abundance of cafés, such as Juliet's, Italian Delicatessen Arte Bianca and Fine Grind on the High Street and restaurants including Thackerays, The Ivy and The Old Fishmarket, together with a good mixture of national multiple retailers and independent shops.

Claremont Primary School (0.5 miles on foot) is rated 'Good’ by Ofsted, The Mead Primary School (0.4 miles on foot); the boys’ and girls’ Grammars at senior level, including Skinners, TWGGS, TWGSB. The Skinners’ Kent Academy in Sandown Park and Beechwood Sacred Heart School are all within 1.9 miles of the property. Further Preparatory schools in Langton Green (Holmewood House) and Tunbridge Wells (Rose Hill).

Tunbridge Wells station is 0.4 miles on foot from the property with regular commuter services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge & Waterloo East) and Cannon Street. The Centaur Commuter Coach also stops at the station for an alternative route to the City.

All distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 3,953 sq ft



Additional Info

Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.

Tunbridge Wells Conservation Area