5 bedroom detached house for sale

A most handsome, grade II listed, period house offering comprehensive accommodation and boasting a wealth of charm and character set in grounds extending to approx 2.8 acres. EPC Rating: F.

3 reception rooms plus kitchen/breakfast room,
5 bedrooms, 2 bath/shower rooms,
wealth of features including impressive fireplaces,
grounds including formal gardens, woodland area and paddock.

Details
The Property
Little Maydeken is a most handsome, grade II listed, period house, offering extensive and versatile accommodation. It boasts a wealth of charm and character, set in approximately 2.8 acres. The ground floor accommodation includes three principal reception rooms, with some impressive fireplaces, plus the kitchen/breakfast room. On the first floor are five bedrooms and the family bathroom. The house sits in extensive grounds made up of formal gardens, a vegetable garden, a woodland area, a small orchard and a paddock. There are a number of useful outbuildings and stores. The surrounding countryside offers good walking, riding and cycling. The property is approximately equidistant between Canterbury and Folkestone both of which offer good communications with the fast rail link to London, plus comprehensive shopping, recreational and educational facilities.

Sitting Room 17' 0 x 16' 7 (5.18m x 5.05m)

Family Room 17' 0 x 11' 3 (5.18m x 3.43m)

Dining Room 18' 7 x 11' 0 (5.66m x 3.35m)

Kitchen/Breakfast Room 14' 8 x 12' 7 (4.47m x 3.84m)

Utility Room 8' 2 x 5' 0 (2.49m x 1.52m)

Shower Room

W/C

First Floor Landing

Bedroom 1 12' 0 x 11' 2 (3.66m x 3.40m)

Study/Dressing Room 12' 0 x 8' 7 (3.66m x 2.62m)

Bedroom 2 17' 4 (max) x 11' 5 (5.28m x 3.48m)

Bedroom 3 12' 9 x 11' 0 (3.89m x 3.35m)

Bedroom 4 13' 0 x 10' 0 (3.96m x 3.05m)

Bedroom 5 13' 0 x 7' 2 (3.96m x 2.18m)

Exterior
A driveway provides vehicular access from the road leading to parking and turning space. It also accesses a brick built single garage with adjacent timber framed carport. The drive extends to double gates leading to the front of the house. The grounds extend to the front, side and rear of the house and comprise of formal gardens, a vegetable garden, an area of woodland, small orchard and paddock. Directly to the rear of the house is a brick built store with power and light plus two further timber stores, adjacent to which is the oil storage tank.

Garden
The formal gardens incorporate terraced lawns, ornamental ponds, paved areas and enjoy a wealth of mature shrubbery and small trees, and feature topiary and ornamental Box hedging. The vegetable garden includes beds, a timber framed greenhouse and poly-tunnel. There is a further timber store to the rear of which is a workshop (19'9'' x 14'5'') with power and lighting. Above the vegetable garden is the orchard area with rough grass and a mixture of mature fruit trees adjacent to which is a further lawn. The wooded area lies to the north of the plot, tapering to the rear.

The paddock occupies the southern half of the plot, it is grassed and enclosed with stockwire. Nb: A public footpath runs from the Canterbury Road (A260) accross the paddock to the fields beyond.