A CHARMING COUNTRY COTTAGE OF GREAT CHARACTER SET IN GLORIOUS GARDENS

FISSENDEN, HAMPKINS HILL ROAD CHIDDINGSTONE, TN8 7BA

Guide Price £1,147,500, Freehold

SURROUNDED BY FARMLAND WITH VIEWS TOWARD CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE

• Charming period property • Character features • Edge of popular village

• station - 4.6 miles • Farmland views

• Well proportioned accommodation • Delightful gardens • 4 Bedrooms • 2 Bathrooms • 3 Receptions • EPC Rating = E • Council Tax = F

Situation • Fissenden is situated on the edge of the historic National Trust Village of Chiddingstone, within the Metropolitan Greenbelt and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has a shop/post office, tea room, church, village hall, Castle Inn Public House and the very popular Chiddingstone Primary School. • Comprehensive Shopping: Edenbridge (6.2 miles), (7.2 miles), (7.4 miles), Tunbridge Wells (10 miles), Bluewater Shopping Centre. • Mainline Rail Services: London Bridge/Waterloo East/Charing Cross/Cannon Street from Hildenborough (4.6 miles), Tonbridge (7.3 miles) and Sevenoaks (7.6 miles). Other services to London Bridge/Victoria from Edenbridge (5.7 miles), Hever (4.4 miles) and (4.2 miles). • Primary/Prep Schools: Chiddingstone (1 mile), Hever (3.8 miles), Ashdown House, Cumnor House, Brambletye, Holmewood House. • Grammar/Private Schools: Various in Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells. • Entertainment and Sporting facilities: There is a local cricket pitch and football club at Chiddingstone. Footpaths in the area. reservoir for sailing and fishing. Knights Park in Tunbridge Wells with a multi-screen cinema complex, a bowling alley and health/fitness club. A wide choice of golf courses in the area including Hever, Tunbridge Wells and The Ashdown Forest. • Motorway Links: The A21 provides links to M25 and other motorway networks, Gatwick and Heathrow Airports and the Channel Tunnel rail terminal.

Description Fissenden is a charming country cottage which was originally a square oast and barn and converted in the mid 1930’s to a family home. The house has been extended by the present owners providing well-proportioned accommodation arranged over two floors. Features include high ceilings, exposed wall and ceiling timbers, thumb latch wooden doors, exposed wooden floors and attractive fireplaces. Of particular note are the delightful cottage gardens which surround the house and provide a wonderful backdrop. There are also views over the adjoining farmland and towards Chiddingstone Castle. The house is well located within a rural location yet only 4.6 miles from Hildenborough Station.

• An oak front door leads to the double aspect porch which has a tiled floor. • The principal reception rooms provide well-proportioned areas for entertaining and everyday living with both having fireplaces. The double aspect sitting room has wonderful views over the garden together with double doors opening to the side terrace. The dining room has charming views to the side. • The study has double opening doors from the sitting room, fitted bookshelves and views over the garden and adjoining farmland. • The well-proportioned farmhouse style kitchen/breakfast room is double aspect and fitted with a range of base units with wooden work surfaces incorporating a 1½ bowl sink. Appliances include a two oven oil fired Aga, Neff oven, dishwasher and space for a fridge freezer. From the kitchen is a side porch leading to the garden • The adjoining utility room provides additional storage, a sink and space for appliances. • The cloakroom completes the ground floor accommodation and has a storage area under the stairs. • Oak stairs rise to the first floor landing which has open studwork, access to some eaves storage and an airing cupboard. • The master bedroom is double aspect with far reaching views over the gardens and countryside beyond. There is an attractive fireplace and built-in cupboards. The en suite shower room is well appointed and has view over the farmland. • There are three further double bedrooms, two of which are double aspect and all have wonderful views. One bedroom also features an attractive corner fireplace and has a fitted wardrobe. • The well-appointed family bathroom has a separate shower cubicle and completes the accommodation. • The house is approached over a driveway which in turn leads to a gated gravel drive which provides ample parking to the front of the house. • The delightful established gardens provide an idyllic setting to the house with areas of lawn, well stocked flower and shrub beds and some beautiful trees. To the front is an area of lawn with a vegetable garden with a number of raised beds, a shed and a greenhouse. Attractive brick paths lead around the house culminating to one side providing a charming terrace ideal for al fresco entertaining. There is a timber arbour adorned with a vine and climbing roses to the elevations of the house. Set within the lawns is a timber summerhouse providing a sheltered seating area and a place to enjoy views of the garden. There is a wild garden with grasses and wild flowers and the brick path continues to a herb garden shaded by a cedar tree. Planting includes a weeping cherry, azaleas, roses, foxgloves, poppies, and espaliered apple and pear trees. The gardens are enclosed by mixed evergreen hedging providing privacy yet allowing views over the countryside beyond.

FLOORP LANS

Gross internal area: 1978 sq ft, 183.8 m²

Tenure Freehold

Services Mains electric and water. Oil fired central heating . Private drainage

Local Authority Sevenoa ks District Council – 01732 227000

Tax Band ‘F’ charge for 2019/2020 £2,671.71

Directions From Sevenoaks High Street head south on Tonbridge Road. Upon reaching Morley’s Roundabout, take the third exit into Weald village Con tinue along Morley’s Road and take the third turning on the left onto Scabharbour Road. Upon reaching the end of the road , turn right onto Copping’s Road and continue to the end of the road. Here, turn right onto Camp Hill. At the end of this road, turn righ t onto B2027 towards Chiddingstone. Take the next left, continue over the railway bridge and continue down the hill. When the road star ts to incline turn right onto the drive for Fissenden. There is a footpath sign opposit e this drive and Chested Cottage on the left as you proceed up this drive. Continue to the end where the private drive for Fissenden can be found.

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