STRIKING GRADE II LISTED DETACHED COTTAGE EXUDING A WEALTH OF CHARACTER AND CHARM IN A DELIGHTFUL VILLAGE SETTING

BULLEN COTTAGE,

124 ADDLESTEAD ROAD, , , TN12 5NN

Guide Price £675,000

Entrance Hall • Sitting Room • Dining Room • Kitchen • Study/Bedroom with En Suite • Three Further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Landscaped Gardens • Driveway

Situation Bullen Cot tage is set in a conservation area within the delightful village of East Peckham. Local amenities include a primary school, church, village hall, public houses, Co-op supermarket, bakers, chemist and post office. • Comprehensive Shopping: (5.3 miles), Tunbridge Wells and Bluewater Shopping Centre. • Mainline Rail Services: (3.5 miles) to London Bridge/Charing Cross. • Primary Schools: East Peckham (0.3 miles), and Tonbridge. • Secondary Schools: Judd Boys Grammar, Tonbridge Girls Grammar and of Kent Girls Grammar School. Mascalls in Paddock Wood. Knole Academy, Weald of Kent Grammar and Trinity in . Skinners Grammar School and Bennett Memorial both in Tunbridge Wells. • Private Schools: The Preparatory Schools at Somerhill. Hilden Oaks and Hilden Grange in Tonbridge. Tonbridge and Sevenoaks Schools. • Leisure Facilities: Nizels Golf and Fitness centre in . Poult Wood Golf Club in Tonbridge. Also in Tonbridge are a range of sporting clubs, Angel Leisure Centre, outdoor and indoor swimming pools. David Lloyd in . • Motorway Links: The A26 leads to the A228 which gives access to the M20 which gives access to the M25, other motorway networks, Gatwick and Heathrow Airports and the Channel Tunnel Terminus, while the A21 can be joined at Hildenborough.

Services Mains water, electricity and drainage. Air source heating.

Outgoings Tonbridge & Malling District Council – 01732 844522. Tax Band E.

Description Bullen Cottage is a striking and historic Grade II listed thatched cottage, that dates from the 16th Century with later additions, and is understood to be the oldest property in the area. It has been sympathetically restored and subtly updated over the years by the current vendors, to provide well presented living accommodation, combining the wealth of charming period features. The property is set within delightful landscaped gardens and grounds with a view over a pear orchard and is located in a conservation area within East Peckham village.

• Features include exposed wall and ceiling timbers, exposed brickwork, wooden doors with ironmongery, leaded light multi pane casement windows with ironmongery, striking inglenook fireplace and exposed floorboards. Oak floor to the sitting room and dining room. Tiled floors to the entrance hall and kitchen. • The entrance hall has a staircase rising to the first floor and creates a free flowing link between the main reception rooms and kitchen. • The focal point in the sitting room is the striking inglenook open brick fireplace with a bressummer beam. There is also a useful concealed walk-in storage cupboard. • The double aspect dining room features bi-folding doors allowing interaction with the rear garden and side access door. • The kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive range of wall and base cupboards. Granite work surfaces incorporate a 1½ bowl Franke sink. Integral appliances include an induction hob (with extractor over), Hotpoint oven and Liebherr full height fridge. Space for a dishwasher. • There is also a downstairs bedroom/study with a part vaulted ceiling with sky light windows and a well appointed en suite shower room with space for a concealed washing machine. • Three further bedrooms are arranged over the first floor, one of which is accessed via the main bedroom. • The family bathroom comprises a bath with separate shower over, vanity unit with wash basin and W.C. • The house is approached over a gravel driveway providing ample parking and leads to the detached garage with space for a tumble dryer and freezer. It also provides access to the rear garden. There is separate entrance via a pedestrian gate opening to a brick pathway, which leads to both the entrance at the rear of the property and the driveway. • The landscaped gardens are a delightful feature of the cottage and benefit from a south-east facing aspect. They comprise a paved patio ideal for al fresco dining together with areas of lawn. It is well stocked with a variety of herbaceous beds, shrubs and trees, including a magnolia tree and manicured topiary and hedging. • There is also a shed and greenhouse. • To the north east boundary is a charming stream.

Directions From Sevenoaks proceed southwards towards Hildenborough on the B245. Continue through Hildenborough and turn left into Dry Hill Park Road (signposted ). Continue along this road passing straight over the mini-roundabout and at the end turn left towards Hadlow on the A26. After about 1.4 miles turn right onto Three Elm Lane, just before the BP garage. Proceed for about 2 miles where the road joins Tonbridge Road. After a further 1.2 miles you reach the end of the road. Turn left onto Addlestead Road and Bullen Cottage is the second property on the right hand side.

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