4 bed detached house for sale

Roodlands Lane, Four Elms, Edenbridge TN8

Situated down a quiet country lane is this charming and attractive detached character cottage (not listed) occupies an outstanding rural location and wonderful countryside views.

The garden and grounds offer excellent privacy, and incorporate various outbuildings, including a summerhouse, which has been transformed into a fabulous garden pub complete with bar, seating, lights and decked terrace, ample parking, a detached heritage oak framed 3 bay garage with eves storage and further separate garaging.

The accommodation is arranged over two floors and has benefited from complete refurbishment and significant extension to provide a beautifully appointed family home whilst, retaining all the character of a period property. Notable features include ground floor underfloor heating, double glazing on all windows and doors and a delightful, glazed extension in the kitchen providing an abundance of natural light.

The entrance porch opens into the welcoming entrance hall with a spacious coat/boot storage cupboard, window seat, oak flooring and exposed timbers. The open plan kitchen/breakfast/family room is a wonderful space and feels like the heart of this country home providing an extensive range of modern wall and floor units, electric aga cooker, central island unit with breakfast bar and tiled flooring. The seating area is under the glass vaulted extension with views and access to the garden and terrace. The impressive brick Inglenook fireplace with Bressumer beam and cast iron wood burning stove completes this lovely room.

The triple aspect reception room is a generous space with a central brick fireplace and wood burning stove. Additional features include handmade wooden shutters, French doors opening out to the garden paved terrace and the bespoke fitted oak library and office area. The dining room is positioned between the kitchen and reception room boasting exposed timbers and a further brick open fireplace. Oak flooring has been laid throughout the reception room and dining room. The utility room has space for appliances.

The first floor provides a large landing space suitable for an open study area, the principal bedroom offers bespoke fitted wardrobes and a newly created en suite shower room. There are three further bedrooms and two bathrooms. All the bedrooms enjoy far reaching countryside views over neighbouring fields and all the bathrooms have recently refurbished to a high standard. There is easy access to extensive eaves storage with option to create further space if required.

Agents Note: The current owners use Starlink Sat internet access - providing speeds in excess of 120mbps.

Externally the property is approached through an electronic five bar gate onto a spacious driveway providing access to the main house, double garage and detached double car port with a garden storage room. A portion of the garage has been converted into an office/workshop. The garden is predominantly laid to lawn, wraps around the property totalling approximately 0.6 acres, and is enclosed by matured hedging. The extensive paved terrace offers ideal outside dining space and is accessed from sitting room and kitchen/family room.

An additional and unique feature of this lovely cottage has been the full refurbishment of the summerhouse into a wonderful garden pub complete with bar, seating area, lighting and wood flooring.

Situated on Roodlands Lane on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Four Elms, which is located between Edenbridge and Sevenoaks. The village has many local amenities including a public house, garden centre, coffee shop, tack room, a church and an active cricket club. Amenities More extensive shopping facilities and amenities can be found in the nearby towns of Edenbridge, Westerham and Sevenoaks. The area has exceptional road and rail communication from the M25, A21 and A25, which provide easy access to London and the international airports of Heathrow and Gatwick. Mainline rail services to London Victoria operate from Edenbridge (2 miles) with journey times from 51 minutes, while trains to London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross operate from Sevenoaks (7 miles) from 23 minutes. Four Elms has its own small primary school, and there are many outstanding independent schools nearby, including, The New Beacon School, Sevenoaks Preparatory School and The Granville School, Tonbridge School, Sevenoaks School, Walthamstow Hall, Radnor House, Lingfield Notre Dame School, and Woldingham School. There are also many excellent grammar schools, such as Judd Boys Grammar School, Tonbridge Grammar school for Girls, Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for girls, Skinners Grammar School and Weald of Kent Grammar School. The area is well served for leisure interests including golf at Hever (2 miles), Westerham, Wildernesse and Nizels Golf and Country Club. Sailing and Fishing are available nearby; sailing at Bough Beech Reservoir (2 miles) and sailing and fishing at Chipstead Lakes.