Location

The Old Bakery is situated in the charming village of Matfield, surrounded by beautiful countryside in the heart of High Weald National Landscape, and perfectly placed for access to Cinderhill Wood and Nature Reserve.

Matfield has a butcher, village hall, and public houses including the highly regarded Gastro Pub "The Poet". The nearby village of Brenchley (approx. 1.4 miles) offers a post office, doctors' surgery and dispensary, along with a fine church, primary school, The Little Bull Café & Bar and Grey’s Cafe. The two villages share a Tennis Club and there are both cricket and football teams in addition to further local societies and clubs.

Horsmonden is reached within approximately 3.5 miles, where there are further village amenities including an award-winning village shop (Heath Stores has historically been named 'Best Independent Food and Drink Retailer' by Kent Life).

The Old Bakery is well placed for immediate access to the surrounding countryside, and within convenient reach of local attractions such as Bewl Water, the largest reservoir in the south east. The reservoir provides many leisure activities including horse riding, walking and cycling trails, a sailing and canoeing club and fishing, Scotney Castle and Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest.

For more comprehensive shopping, Paddock Wood (approx. 2.4 miles) offers a good range of shopping facilities including a Waitrose supermarket, doctors’ surgery, bank, Costa Coffee, butcher, Greggs, Barsley's Department Store, Putlands Sports and Leisure Centre and primary school.

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 Ronans and Marlbrough 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.

There is a bus stop within 0.3 miles with school services running to Paddock Wood, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, including stops directly to many of the grammars.

Paddock Wood station has mainline services to London Bridge, with services from about 38 minutes. The nearby A21 links directly to the M25 London orbital motorway to the north and thereby a national motorway network, Gatwick and Heathrow airports, together with offering easy access to the South Coast, including the popular seaside town of Hastings.

Description

The Old Bakery is a handsome, detached period home nestled comfortably within its plot of nearly a ¼ acre within Matfield, ideally placed for village life. The property is believed to date back to the 18th Century and boasts much character with charming period features throughout, with family-friendly accommodation set across three floors.

The delightful country-style kitchen overlooks the garden to the rear and benefits from attractive quarry tile flooring and base and wall cabinetry topped with granite worktops, offering good storage and preparation space. There is an AGA, a Belfast sink and range of integrated appliances. A stable door opens onto the terrace and garden beyond. A utility room adjoins the kitchen with space for further white goods.

The reception space is generous and flexible. An impressive and welcoming sitting room has a large inglenook fireplace and log burner, sitting to the front of the house, it is flooded with light from the large bay window, this space is open to the formal dining room which overlooks the garden. There is a further sizeable reception room, used by our clients as a reading room/study, but this could of course be a further TV room or playroom.

The bedrooms are arranged across two floors and can be used flexibly, either making use of all six rooms as bedrooms or adapting the spaces to suit. The principal bedroom is of a good size with plenty of storage space and an en suite bathroom. Bedroom Two is also en suite with two further bedrooms on this floor served by the well-appointed shower room. The second floor provides two further dual aspect rooms, that can act as further bedrooms if required or, as our clients have done as needs have changed over time, a further home office and a large walk-in wardrobe.

Outside - The large paved terrace, which spans the rear of the house provides a delightful area from which to entertain and enjoy the outlook over the garden. The level garden is mainly laid to lawn, with ease of maintenance in mind, ideal for child's play. There is also a very useful detached outbuilding/garden store.

The gated driveway provides parking for several vehicles, together with the detached double garage with a useful pedestrian access directly into the rear garden.

Directions

Postcode - TN12 7EE.

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