Location

The popular village of Marden has a good range of local shops catering for everyday needs including Marden Stores, Marden farmshop, a library, pharmacy, doctors surgery, together with several pubs and Indian restaurants.

Local leisure facilities include a nearby cricket, hockey and tennis club, several gyms including Atlas Eco Gym and Brigade. More extensive shopping and leisure facilities can be found in Maidstone (7.7 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (13.9 miles) both with various supermarkets, shopping and leisure centres.

Marden station offers fast and frequent services to London Bridge (from about 50 mins) and Charing Cross and Cannon Street. A high speed train service runs between Ashford and London St Pancras in about 37 minutes.

There are a number of excellent schools in the area in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary levels. The property is within the catchment area for the Maidstone and Tonbridge Grammar Schools with other highly regarded educational facilities such as Dulwich Prep School, Marlborough House, Sutton Valence and Bethany available locally.

The M25, via the A21 can be accessed at J5 and the M20 via J8 both providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airports and other motorway networks.

*All distance and travel times are approximate.

Description

The Cottage is an exquisite Grade II listed village house, understood to date from the 17th century with later additions, occupying a convenient village location sitting in approximately 0.5 of an acre of pretty gardens. This five bedroom property with its abundance of exposed beams, timbers, floorboards and good ceiling heights to the majority of rooms, offers versatile accommodation set over three floors.

Off the entrance hall, two well proportioned reception rooms are situated to either side, both with oak flooring and attractive log burning stoves. The drawing room enjoys a triple aspect with views to the north and west and an inglenook fireplace. Further reception rooms include a snug with an inglenook fireplace and brick flooring, off which is a utility room and a WC.

The kitchen/breakfast room, part of a two storey extension, is a generous size and benefits from underfloor heating. The kitchen is equipped with an extensive range of modern cupboards and various integral appliances, this room enjoys glorious garden views via tri-fold doors which open onto the terrace. A pantry off the rear hallway concludes the ground floor accommodation.

Located on the first floor are three bedrooms, all with period features, together with a shower room, separate bathroom and a stylishly appointed en suite bathroom. The main bedroom is a particularly attractive bedroom enjoying vistas over the gardens and having a generously proportioned, contemporary en suite bathroom with a freestanding bath tub, fitted shower cubicle and vaulted ceiling. A staircase leads up to the attic floor where there are two further interconnecting bedrooms with vaulted ceilings and a bathroom.

The well established gardens surround the house and amount to approximately 0.5 of an acre. To the front of the property, there are ornate box hedging flower beds surrounded by gravel and a pathway leading through to the rear garden. To the east, is a gravel driveway with off street parking and double gates which open through to further parking and a double garage. The rear south-west facing garden is laid mainly to lawn with a generously proportioned terrace area, vegetable garden, potting shed, greenhouse and shepherds hut.

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