Location

Shopping Facilities: Ide Hill village offers local amenities with a pub, community shop, primary school and church. Sevenoaks (5 miles). Bluewater (19 miles).

Rail Services: Sevenoaks (4.5 miles) to Cannon Street/Charing Cross/London Bridge.

Primary Schools: Ide Hill, Sundridge and Brasted.

Secondary Schools: Judd Boys Grammar, Weald of Kent and Tonbridge Girls Grammar Schools in Tonbridge. Knole Academy, Weald of Kent Grammar and Trinity schools in Sevenoaks. Tunbridge Wells Boys’ and Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammars.

Private Schools: Sevenoaks, Walthamstow Hall for Girls, Sackville and Tonbridge Secondary Schools. Sevenoaks, Solefields, Walthamstow Hall, The Granville and New Beacon Prep Schools in Sevenoaks. St Michaels and Russell House Prep Schools in Otford. Radnor House in Sundridge. The Schools at Somerhill Pre-Prep and Prep Schools, Hilden Oaks and Hilden Grange in Tonbridge.

Leisure Facilities: National Trust Emmetts Garden. Sailing and water sports on Bough Beech or Chipstead Lakes, tennis at Chipstead village club together with Ide Hill football and cricket clubs. Hever Golf Club. Holtye Golf Club, Wildernesse and Knole Golf Clubs in Sevenoaks and Nizels Golf/Fitness Centre in Hildenborough. Sevenoaks and Edenbridge Leisure Centres.

All distances are approximate.

Description

This charming family home of mixed ages is centrally situated in Ide Hill, with its pub, community shop, primary school and church. The versatile and well-proportioned accommodation retains many period features and the lovely gardens provide year round interest and a high degree of privacy. There is also a fully insulated garden studio by Green Retreats, tennis court and a detached double garage.

Features include a stylish kitchen, contemporary bathroom suites, some exposed brick walls, ceiling timbers, thumb latch doors and attractive fireplaces, some inset with wood burning stoves.

The principal receptions rooms, together with the generous entrance/dining hall, provide excellent areas for both entertaining and family living. The double aspect sitting room features a charming window seat, fitted bookcases and a wood burning stove and the family/TV room also has a double aspect, with doors to the rear terrace. The dining room has a wood burning stove and a fitted bookcase.

The impressive, double aspect kitchen/breakfast room is a superb space, with views over the gardens and skylight windows. There is a comprehensive range of fitted cabinetry, a central island, walk-in larder and integral appliances including an Aga.

A utility room and well-appointed cloakroom complete the ground floor.

To the first floor there are six bedrooms, four with attractive views and built-in storage.

A stylish shower room and a well-appointed family bathroom complete the accommodation.

To the front, there is a well-stocked border retained by a low brick wall, gravelled driveway and detached double garage.

The established rear garden is a particular feature and creates a wonderful backdrop to the property, with a generous paved terrace, ideal for al fresco entertaining. The garden is principally laid to lawn, flanked by shaped beds planted with a variety of herbaceous shrubs, perennials and specimen trees. There is a pond with aquatic planting and a vegetable garden with a greenhouse and several raised beds. Also of note is the tennis court and fully insulated garden studio by Green Retreats, which has light, power, internet connection. In total, the plot amounts to about 0.5 of an acre.

Directions

From our office on the High Street, proceed in a southerly direction and turn left on to Oak Lane. Follow the road for approx. 2 miles and at the ‘T’ junction, turn left on to the B2042. Continue for approx. 2.5 miles and at the village green, turn left on to Camberwell Lane, with the Cock Inn public house on your right. Rosemary Cottage will be found on the right, shortly thereafter.