The Barn, Legge Lane, Birling, Kent ME19 5JH the Barn, Legge Lane Landing, the Larger of These Having a Linked Birling, Kent ME19 5JH Dressing Room Area

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The Barn, Legge Lane, Birling, Kent ME19 5JH the Barn, Legge Lane Landing, the Larger of These Having a Linked Birling, Kent ME19 5JH Dressing Room Area The Barn, Legge Lane, Birling, Kent ME19 5JH The Barn, Legge Lane landing, the larger of these having a linked Birling, Kent ME19 5JH dressing room area. The ground floor offers very adaptable An attractive and well-presented barn accommodation. To the left of the main entrance hall is a fourth bedroom with an additional conversion together with adjoining bathroom, a further living room, currently used cottage/annexe situated in a delightful as a games room with French doors opening rural setting. to the courtyard, a second kitchen/utility room with access to the side garden. Birling 0.6 mile, West Malling 3 miles, Maidstone 8.5 miles, Sevenoaks 13.0 miles, Outside Snodland station 1.9 miles (London St. Pancras The Barn is situated at the end of a quiet lane International 58 minutes), West Malling station with a gravelled driveway providing parking for 3.0 miles (London Victoria 54 minutes), M20 multiple vehicles and giving access to the two (Jct. 4) 1.9 miles, M2 (Jct. 2) 6.6 miles, London garages and to the self-contained annexe which City Airport 35.1 miles, central London 38.7 offers a ground floor living area/fitted kitchen and bathroom and stairs up to a spacious Reception hall | Sitting room | Dining room bedroom with exposed stone walls and A frame Study | Kitchen/Breakfast room | Utility room vaulted ceiling, all bordered by a mature walled Principal bedroom with en suite shower garden with cottage-style planting and several room 3 Further double bedrooms, one with seating areas. To the rear and set behind low- dressing room | 2 Bathrooms| Additional Living level Kentish ragstone walling, the property’s room 2 Garages | Annexe living area/kitchen, large 45 ft. paved terrace, ideal for entertaining bedroom and bathroom | Gardens | In all about and al fresco dining, features a door to a further 0.6 acres EPC rating D (Annexe rated F) raised viewing terrace, the whole overlooking the property’s gardens of gently-sloping stock-fenced paddock and pasture land and The property enjoying far-reaching views over surrounding The Barn is a well-presented family home countryside. offering flexible accommodation over three floors with the benefit of a self contained one bedroom annexe. The double height entrance hall leads up to the main living accommodation comprising a fully fitted kitchen with a range of wall/floor units, work surfaces, breakfast bar, range cooker and integrated appliances. The spacious open plan dining room overlooks the walled garden to the front and French doors to the rear; two steps down to a large lounge and generously-sized study. At the opposite end on this floor is the main bedroom and en suite with extensive fitted wardrobes. On the second floor there is a family bathroom with bath and separate shower and a double bedroom at either end of an open plan galleried Location offer regular services to the Continent. Close Birling is a charming Kentish village in an area of proximity to the M20 and M2 means that New Outstanding Natural Beauty on the lower slopes Eltham station and Ebbsfleet station can be of the North Downs.There is a church, public reached in 25 mins providing alternative options house and regular bus service to Maidstone. for commuting to central London. Nearby West Malling offers an eclectic range of boutique shops, coffee shops, public houses and The immediate area offers a good selection restaurants as well as a mainline train station of state schooling including Ryarsh Primary with services to London Victoria. There are School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), Snodland several options for larger retail outlets within a C of E Primary School, The Holmesdale 5-mile radius; slightly further afield, Maidstone School and The Malling School, together with and Sevenoaks offer more extensive shopping, grammar schooling in Maidstone, Tonbridge service, leisure and recreational amenities. Local and Tunbridge Wells and a number of long- leisure facilities include golf at Wrotham Heath established and noteworthy independent and West Malling, a David Lloyd Leisure Centre, schools including Cobham Hall, St. Andrew’s, Leybourne Lakes and other nearby Country Rochester Independent College, King’s and Parks and motor racing at Brands Hatch. Gad’s Hill. Communication links are excellent: the nearby M20 and connecting M26 and the M2 provide easy access to the M25 and national motorway network, and Ashford International, the Port of Dover and Channel Tunnel at Folkestone Directions From Strutt & Parker’s Sevenoaks office, turn left onto High Street (A225) then turn right onto Holly Bush Lane (B2019). Follow this road for 1.4 miles then turn right onto Seal Road (A25). Continue to follow A25 for 6.7 miles then turn right onto London Road (A20). After 2.3 miles turn left onto Roughetts Lane then turn right onto The Street. Turn right onto Birling Road then continue onto Ryarsh Road, onto Snodland Road, then bear right to stay on Snodland Road. After 0.2 miles turn right onto Legge Lane and The Barn can be found the end property on the left-hand side. General Local Authority: Tonbridge & Malling Council Tax: Band 'G' Services: Mains - gas and electricity, private drainage Sevenoaks 15 Bank Street, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1UW 01732 459900 [email protected] struttandparker.com @struttandparker IMPORTANT NOTICE: Strutt & Parker gives notice that: 1. These particulars do not constitute an offer or contract or part thereof. 2. All descriptions, photographs and plans are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. All measurements are approximate and not necessarily to scale. Any prospective purchaser must satisfy themselves of the correctness of the information within the particulars by inspection or otherwise. 3. Strutt & Parker does not have any authority /struttandparker to give any representations or warranties whatsoever in relation to this property (including but not limited to planning/building regulations), nor can it enter into any contract on behalf of the Vendor. 4. Strutt & Parker does not accept responsibility for any expenses incurred by prospective purchasers in inspecting properties which have been sold, let or withdrawn. 5. We are able to refer you to SPF Private Clients Limited (“SPF”) for mortgage broking services, and to Alexander James Interiors (“AJI”), an interior design service. Should you decide to use the services of SPF, we will receive a referral fee from them of 25% of the aggregate of the fee paid to them by you for the arrangement of a mortgage and any fee received by them from the product provider. Should 50 offices across England and Scotland, including you decide to use the services of AJI, we will receive a referral fee of 10% of the net income received by AJI for the services they provide to you. 6. If there is anything of particular importance to you, please contact this office and Strutt & Parker will try to have Prime Central London the information checked for you. Photographs taken June 2021. Particulars prepared June 2021. Strutt & Parker is a trading style of BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory & Property Management UK Limited.
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