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CLOSE FARM • NR EDENBRIDGE •

CLOSE FARM CROCKHAM HILL • NR EDENBRIDGE • KENT • TN8 6TE Charming Grade II listed country house with a wealth of period features and benefitting from glorious countryside views with delightful gardens of approximately 0.73 acres

Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom, Cellar

Five Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms

Detached Tandem Garage, Delightful Established Gardens.

99 year National Trust Lease from 27 November 2009

Savills 74 High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1JR 01732 789700 [email protected] savills.co.uk

Description Close Farm is a charming Grade II Listed country house with well presented accommodation arranged over two floors. The house is believed to date from the 16th Century with ragstone and brick lower elevations and tile hung upper elevations, under a pitched tiled roof. Internally, the property retains an abundance of period features including exposed ceiling and wall timbers, elm and oak floorboards, some oak window sills, attractive fireplaces, oak thumb latch doors, brass light switches and leaded light windows to the majority of rooms. The garden is a particular feature of the property with established planting providing a high degree of privacy. In total the area amounts to about 0.73 acres.

• A porch with oak front door leads to the reception hall with an outlook to the front and wide floorboards. • The principal reception rooms comprise an elegant double aspect drawing room with high ceilings and an impressive inglenook fireplace with pantiled hearth, the dining room is also double aspect and features a fireplace with attractive duck nest grate, and there is a serving hatch to the kitchen. • The kitchen/breakfast room is double aspect with a delightful outlook over the garden. There is an exposed brick floor and a bespoke range of attractive base cupboards with work surfaces over incorporating a stainless steel double sink. There is an oil fired Aga and space for a dishwasher with the adjoining rear lobby providing a useful larder cupboard and space for a fridge freezer. An adjacent utility room provides additional storage, a double butler sink and space for appliances including a secondary cooker. • A cloakroom completes the ground floor. • The cellar has space for storage with restricted head height. • Arranged over the first floor are five well proportioned bedrooms. One has an attractive fireplace with duck nest grate, another has a walk-in wardrobe, a third has a wash basin, and a fourth is currently being used as a study. All have attractive views over the gardens or the countryside beyond. • Two well appointed bathrooms complete the accommodation. • The delightful landscaped gardens provide an attractive backdrop to the house. They have been a labour of love with the current owners and have been featured in Country Life magazine in 1994. To the front is a stone retaining wall with steps up to a paved terrace flanked with beds well stocked with a variety of plants and flowers. Clipped beech hedges border the front and back garden with two separate pedestrian gates. To the rear are paved and gravel paths which lead around the garden which has a level area of lawn and deep well stocked borders. The rear boundary is banked with rockeries and natural springs meander down culminating in a stone edge pool with many varieties of aquatic plants. There is a herb garden, and orchard under planted with cyclamen, a greenhouse, garden shed and compost area. The garden provides a high degree of privacy and in total, the plot amounts to about 0.73 of an acre. • Opposite the house is a ragstone outbuilding providing garaging with a workshop to the rear and extensive attic storage access via a pull down ladder.

Situation • Close Farm is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in an elevated rural position with far reaching views across National Trust farmland. Located on a private lane in Crockham Hill village which provides a church, primary school and public house. Crockham Hill is surrounded by National Trust woodland and parkland, and close to , the home of Sir , now owned by the National Trust. Edenbridge is located 3 miles south of the village and provides good local amenities including Waitrose, a leisure centre and two railway stations. Close Farm, Crockham Hill Bedroom Gross internal area (approx.) 5.32 x 2.91 17'5'' x 9'6'' House - 229.1 sq m (2466 sq ft) Garage - 55.2 sq m (594 sq ft) Bedroom / For identification only - Not to scale Study © Trueplan (UK) Limited 3.35 x 3.19 11'0'' x 10'5'' Bedroom 5.04 x 4.13 Bedroom 16'6'' x 13'6'' Bedroom 3.31 x 2.55 5.38 x 3.91 10'10'' x 8'4'' 17'8'' x 12'10'' Walk in wardrobe

First floor

Utility room Garage Kitchen / 8.60 x 4.86 Breakfast room 28'2'' x 15'11'' 4.34 x 3.91 14'3'' x 12'10''

Drawing Room 5.99 x 4.92 Dining room 19'8'' x 16'1'' 4.64 x 3.36 15'2'' x 11'0'' Workshop Store 4.80 x 2.59 3.98 x 1.82 15'9'' x 9'9'' 13'0'' x 5'11''

Cellar Ground floor • Comprehensive Shopping: Sevenoaks 8.9 miles. 4.1 miles. • Mainline Rail Services: Edenbridge, Oxted to London Bridge/Victoria or Sevenoaks to Charing Cross/Cannon Street. www.nationalrail.com • Primary Schools: Crockham Hill, , , . (www.kent- pages.co.uk/education). • Grammar/State Schools: Oxted County • Private Schools: Hazlewood mixed preparatory school in Limpsfield Chart. Combe Bank School for Girls in Sundridge. The Public Schools at Sevenoaks and . Woldingham Girls School. Lingfield Notre Dame school. • Sporting and Leisure Facilities: Crockham Hill tennis club. Edenbridge leisure centre. Health centre and leisure pool complex in Oxted. Limpsfield Tennis and Squash Club. Public and private golf courses including Tandridge Golf Club at Oxted, Limpsfield Chart, Hever and . Sailing at reservoir. An abundance of footpaths and walks in local area including the surrounding National Trust woodland and parkland. • Motorway Links: Junction 5 at Sevenoaks and junction 6 at provide access to the M25 and gives access to other motorway networks, Gatwick and Heathrow airports and the Channel Tunnel rail terminal.

Directions From junction 5 of the M25 take the A21 and head west at the second turn off onto the A25 towards Westerham. Continue through the village of and upon reaching Westerham take a left turn (Hosey Hill) onto the B2026. After approximately 3 miles, turn left at the T junction and continue down the hill towards The Royal Oak public house. Turn left into a private road, sign posted with a number of properties including Close Farm. The house will be found after about half a mile on the left hand side.

Services Private drainage, oil fired central heating, mains water and electricity connected.

Outgoings Local Authority: Council.

Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills on 01732 789700.

Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.

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