Location

Holmwood Place is situated within a secluded yet connected area within the Greenbelt, on the edge of the popular village of Four Elms, which features a village pond, cricket pitch, public house, church and grocers shop.

Shopping: Edenbridge (2.5 miles) provides supermarkets including Waitrose & other high street retailers. Sevenoaks (6.8 miles). Tonbridge (10 miles). Bluewater (20 miles).

Rail: Sevenoaks & Hildenborough (London Bridge from 22 minutes/Cannon Street/ Charing Cross). Hurst Green, Oxted & Edenbridge (London Victoria).

Primary: Four Elms, Crockham Hill, Chiddingstone, Hever.

Secondary: Weald of Kent, Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar, Trinity Secondary School & Knole Academy in Sevenoaks. Judd Boys Grammar, Weald of Kent & Tonbridge Girls Grammar in Tonbridge. Skinners Boy Grammar, Bennett Memorial & Tunbridge Wells Boys & Girls Grammar Schools in Tunbridge Wells.

Private: Sevenoaks & Tonbridge Public Schools, Sevenoaks Preparatory School, Radnor House in Sundridge, Walthamstow Hall Girls School & New Beacon in Sevenoaks.

Leisure Facilities: Bridle paths & walks in the local area. Golf at Westerham, Hever, Tandridge, Chartham Park, Wildernesse, Knole & Nizels. Edenbridge Swimming & Leisure Centre. Stately homes include Chartwell & Hever.

Motorway & Airport Links: The M25 at Godstone, (J5) & Chevening, (J6) gives access to the motorway network, Gatwick Airport (20 miles) & Heathrow Airport (42 miles), together with the Channel Tunnel Terminus.

All distances are approximate.

Description

Approached over a sweeping treelined driveway, Holmwood Place is an elegant late Georgian former manor house, believed to have been originally constructed in the 1830s with later additions, retaining an abundance of history and period features, reflecting Georgian, Art Deco and Gothic influences. The property is now in need of refurbishment, and offers an exciting opportunity for the incoming purchaser to restore a rare and untouched charming piece of history. Salient features include a sweeping Art Deco staircase, decorative coving, high ceilings, parquet and tiled flooring, Adams style fireplaces with marble surrounds, full length and bay windows, wood panelled walling and sash windows.

A vestibule entrance leads to the impressive reception hall with decorative tiling and provides access to the principal reception rooms, which comprise a drawing room, dining room, music room/study and an orangery, all with doors opening to the grounds. The kitchen/breakfast room is served by an adjoining pantry and scullery.

There is a playroom/studio with built-in storage cupboards and a lift rising to the first floor. The western wing of the ground floor houses a boiler room, hallway with utility area, wine cellar, work shop and gardeners cloakroom.

Arranged over the first floor are 5 bedrooms, all with bay windows and spectacular views to the gardens and grounds. A Jack and Jill bathroom adjoins the second bedroom. There is a further bathroom, shower room and W.C. Approached via a separate staircase is a magnificent double aspect billiard room with a charming bay window.

Arranged over the second floor is a penthouse with two bedrooms, a sitting room, kitchen and separate W.C and bathroom.

The gardens are a real feature of the property and span around the house with areas of lawn, woodland and vegetable patches. Within the walled garden are flowerbeds, with wisteria, roses and jasmine adorning parts of the wall and house. There is a swimming pool, a peach house in need of repair, and a potting shed. Adjoining the kitchen garden is the original game larder and old dairy, with two gardeners cloakrooms and a covered hall linking to the house.

The grounds amount to about 3.5 acres in total.

Directions

From our office on the High Street, follow signs for the A225, before turning right onto Oak Lane. Continue for approx. 1 mile before turning right to Dibden Lane. Continue to follow the road before turning left onto the B2042/Bessels Green Road. Continue on this road for approx. 5 miles, following signs for Four Elms. Take the second of the carriage driveways on the left signed Holmwood Place, and continue down the driveway.