MAJOR PORTION OF THIS HANDSOME EDWARDIAN PROPERTY WITH ELEGANT ACCOMMODATION CROSSWAYS, PHILPOTS LANE HILDENBOROUGH, , TN11 8PA

Guide Price £1,495,000, Freehold

SET W ITHIN 2 ACRES OF GARDENS AND ONLY 0.3 OF A MILE TO THE MAINL INE STATION

• Substa ntial Edwardian property • 0.3 of a mile to Hildenborough station • Versat ile and elegant accommodation • Period features • Well located for road and rail links • Established gardens • 6 Bedrooms • 2 Bathrooms • 4 Receptions • EPC Rating = F • Council Tax = G

Situation • Crossways is ideally located 0.3 of a mile from Hildenborough station and 0.6 miles from the village which provides local shopping facilities. • Comprehensive Shopping: Sevenoaks (4 miles), (4 miles), Tunbridge Wells and Bluewater. • Mainline Rail Services: Hildenborough (0.3 of a mile) to Cannon Street/Waterloo/Charing Cross/London Bridge. • Primary Schools: Various in Hildenborough and Tonbridge. • Grammar Schools: Tonbridge, Sevenaoks & Tunbridge Wells. • Private Schools: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Walthamstow Hall Secondary Schools. Radnor House in Sundridge. Sevenoaks, Solefields, and New Beacon Preparatory Schools in Sevenoaks. Sackville school in Hildenborough. Holmewood House preparatory school in Langton Green. The Somerhill Preparatory Schools in Tonbridge. • Sporting Facilities: Nizels Golf Club in Hildenborough also has a private health/fitness centre. Hilden Golf and Fitness Centre. Golf clubs in Sevenoaks include Wildernesse and Knole. Sevenoaks sports and leisure centre. Squash Club at Tonbridge School. • Access to the A21 is about 2.5 miles and links with the M25, other motorway networks and Gatwick and Heathrow Airports. One hour’s drive to Channel Tunnel embarkation at Ashford International. All distances are approximate.

Description Crossways is a major portion of this impressive and handsome Edwardian house dating from 1913 with Arts and Crafts styling. The property has been in the same occupancy for over 35 years and offers elegant and versatile accommodation ideal for both formal and family living, arranged over three floors. Character features include bay windows, charming fireplaces, decorative architraves, striped wooden internal doors, wooden flooring, high ceilings, picture rails and cornice. The established gardens and grounds provide an attractive backdrop to the house and amount to about 2 acres.

• The entrance vestibule provides access to a cloakroom and the porch, which in turn leads to the reception hall. • The princ ipal reception rooms together with the reception hall provide elegant and spacious areas for formal and informal entertaining. All have fireplaces, with the drawing room having a wood burning stove and the sitting room and reception hall having fireplaces with decorative tiled slips. The drawing room and sitting room are connected via bi-folding doors and there is direct access to the veranda from the sitting room. A charming sun room leads from the hall and has direct access to the gardens. • The kitchen is open to the dining room and has a range of fitted base cupboards with granite work surfaces incorporating a sink, and a wall mounted glass fronted display unit. Appliances include a Neff eye level oven, microwave, dishwasher, electric hob with extractor fan over and space for a washing machine and fridge freezer. There is an outlook and a door to the rear. • An elegant staircase rises to the first floor landing which has a beautiful window to the rear and an airing cupboard. • There are four well-proportioned bedrooms arranged over this floor. Two have a connecting door and, with the adjacent bathroom, would make an excellent master suite. The two remaining bedrooms also have a connecting door with one of these rooms having a staircase rising to the second floor. • The bathrooms are both well appointed. One has a corner bath, the other has an elegant roll top bath. • The second floor accommodation is arranged as two bedrooms and two vaulted hobbies/store rooms with exposed brick walls and feature diamond windows. • The house is approached over a shared drive which in turn leads to the private gated driveway providing parking for a number of cars. The detached double garage has an up and over door and there is a garden shed. • The gardens sit predominately to the south and east of the house with wide lawns interspersed with specimen trees. A path leads around the house to a decked terrace where the veranda is located, providing a wonderful area for al fresco entertaining. By the kitchen door is a further sheltered terrace. Arranged around the perimeter of the garden are established trees and shrubs providing privacy. Planting within the gardens include climbing roses, shrub roses, magnolia, oak, and beech trees. In total the area amounts to about 2 acres.

Agents Note: some of the photographs date from summer 2018

Tenure Freehold Services All mains services connected. Local Authority Borough Council Outgoings Tax band ‘G’ – rates for 2018/2019 - £2,835.00

Directions On leaving Sevenoaks, proceed southwards towards Hildenborough on the B245. Opposite the Mill Garage, turn right signposted Leigh and into Watts Cross Road. Continue for about ¼ of a mile and turn right into Philpots Lane (first turning right). The drive for Crossways is the first on the right hand side. Proceed down the drive bearing right where the gate to the house will be found.

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Gross internal area: 3997 sq ft, 371.4 m²

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