6 bed detached house for sale

Summerhill, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent TN17

A beautiful Grade II listed six bedroom home with about 7.8 acres in Cranbrook School catchment (2025).

Description
Stream Farm is a beautifully presented Grade II listed former farmhouse, which has been extensively refurbished, remodelled and sympathetically extended by the current owners to a high standard whilst retaining all the charm and character of the original historic building. The property sits within delightful well established gardens with a heated outdoor pool and pool house. There is an area of native woodland with lovely pond and fields, in all, the total extends to over eight acres.

The front door opens to the reception hall, with a galleried oak staircase leading up to the first floor. Reception rooms include a beautifully proportioned drawing room situated within the oldest part of the house, with a wealth of beams, inglenook fireplace, wood burning stove and door to the terrace, a study/home office also with wood stove and door to the garden, an attractive oak framed garden room enjoys a lovely outlook to three aspects and direct access and the wonderful family area with wood burning stove and doors to the garden, forming part of the open plan kitchen space.

The open plan kitchen/family room is equipped with a range of modern cupboards, a central island and electric aga. Bosch and Neff appliances include an integral dishwasher, a microwave, an electric oven and hob. The adjoining oak framed breakfast/garden room is vaulted and has a door to the terrace.

Two separate staircases lead up to the first floor where there are five bedrooms, four of which are served by en suite bath or shower rooms. Stairs continue to the attic floor where there is a further bedroom and a shower room.

The property is approached via electric gates and a gravel drive culminates at the front of the house where there is ample parking. The gardens feature a natural pond to the front and lawns interspersed with an array mature shrubs and specimen trees. The swimming pool is heated via an air source heat pump and there is an adjacent pool house with shower. To the south of the gardens there is a pretty area of woodland with pathways the meander around a large natural pond. The fields are fenced and down to grass, bounding the property to the south and west; in total, the grounds amount to over eight acres.

Planning permission has lapsed for a two bay carport.

Location
Stream Farm is situated with the High Weald National Landscape, between the villages of Goudhurst and Marden. Goudhurst is a pretty Wealden village that provides good local shopping and primary school with ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted report. Lower Ladysden Farm shop is located nearby and supplies a wide range of local produce, whilst 2.4 miles to the north is the village of Marden where there are shops catering for everyday needs, a Cricket and Hockey Club and mainline station with services to London.

More extensive shopping, sport and leisure facilities can be found in Cranbrook and Tunbridge Wells. Local sporting amenities include golf clubs in Ticehurst, Lamberhurst and Tunbridge Wells, sailing, sup, rowing, fishing and cycling at Bewl Water and riding, walking, mountain bike trails and Go Ape activity centre in Bedgebury Forest and Pinetum.

Opportunities exist within the area in both the private and state sector, at all levels. The property falls within the Cranbrook School Catchment (2025) and Bethany School is nearby and the grammar and state schools in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Maidstone.

Rail links into London run from Marden and Paddock Wood. These connect into London Bridge, Waterloo East, Cannon Street and Charing Cross with journey times of less than an hour.

The A21 gives links to the M25, the coast, major motorway networks, Heathrow and Gatwick airports and the Channel Tunnel Terminus.

*All distance and travel times are approximate.

Square Footage: 4,342 sq ft

Acreage:
7.8 Acres

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Additional Info
Services: Oil fired central heating, via three separate systems for house. Mains water and electricity, private drainage via Titan drainage system. FTTP (Fibre to the Property).

Agent's Notes: The neighbours have a right of access over the initial part of the drive. A footpath runs across one of the fields.