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Gotley FARLEY COMMON, WESTERHAM, KENT Gotley FARLEY COMMON, WESTERHAM, KENT Gotley WESTERHAM, KENT A spacious family house located in a very desirable and private setting with mature gardens and woodland. Reception hall • Drawing room • Dining room • Sitting room • Kitchen/family room Garden room • Study • Boot room • Downstairs WC Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and dressing room Six further bedrooms • Three bathrooms Laundry room • Playroom Double garage Single garage Double carport Store room Main House – 6,224 sq ft (578.3 sq m) In all about 1.41 acres Sevenoaks Country Department 113-117 High Street 55 Baker Street, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1UP London W1U 8AN Tel: +44 1732 744477 Tel: +44 207 861 5390 [email protected] [email protected] www.knightfrank.co.uk These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the brochure. Situation (Distances and times are approximate) • Tonbridge School • Lingfield • Westerham – 0.5 miles • Sevenoaks School H • Plumpton S • Oxted – 3.5 miles • Worth, Turners Hill • Fontwell • Sevenoaks – 6.5 miles • Whitgift, South Croydon • Brighton • London – 25 miles • Tonbridge Grammar School • Goodwood • Tunbridge Wells Grammar School • Hazelwood School, Oxsted P • Knepp Castle E • Brambletye, East Grinstead • M25 – 5 miles • Royal Ashdown • Stoke Brunswick, East Grinstead M • A21 – 9.2 miles G • Hever • Ashdown House, Forest Row • London Gatwick – 17 miles • Holtye • Holmewood House, Langton Green A • London Heathrow – 39 miles • Westerham • New Beacon, Sevenoaks • Michael Hall, Forest Row • From Oxted – London Victoria from 31 minutes • Bough Beech T • Sevenoaks – Cannon Street from 33 minutes • Woldingham, Caterham s • Wierwood Reservoirs Description Originally built as the Dower house for Squerries Court in 1926, Gotley has retained many of its original features, including intricate cornicing and some feature fireplaces. The current owners have created a well presented, substantial family home. The versatile accommodation is suitably arranged for family living with the principle reception rooms all enjoying a southerly aspect with an outlook over the gardens and distant views. The town of Westerham is located less than a mile from Gotley and is well equipped for day to day needs. The front door of the house opens onto a large reception hall, typical of a 1920s house. The spacious drawing room opens into the dining room creating a fantastic entertaining space. The kitchen is located next to the dining room in the middle of the house and has access onto the garden. There are further reception rooms comprising of a sitting room, study and garden room. There is also a boot room (with a separate entrance and staircase to the first floor), larder, temperature controlled wine room, integral garage, store and downstairs cloakroom. The main staircase located in the reception hall leads up to the principle part of the house. The master bedroom has views to the south and west and leads through to an en-suite bath and shower room and dressing room beyond. There are four further bedrooms on this floor as well as two bathrooms and a laundry room. There is a staircase which leads to the second floor where two bedrooms and a bathroom are found. On the first floor to the east of the house is a large room which is currently used as a playroom, this room has access via a second staircase leading into the boot room so could be used as a self-contained flat. Gardens and grounds The house is approached via a gravel driveway and electric The formal gardens face due south and are made up of gates which lead to a large parking area. There is a single formal lawns, flower and shrub beds as well as mature garage as well as the integral double garage. There is also trees at the boundary of the plot. The gardens and grounds an oak framed barn style car port for two cars and an extend to 1.41 acres. additional store room connected. Reception Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 578.3 sq.m (6224 sq.ft.) Bedroom including garage Bathroom Kitchen/Utility Storage Terrace Second Floor First Floor Ground Floor This plan is for layout guidance only. Not drawn to scale unless stated. Windows & door openings are approximate. Whilst every care is taken in the preparation of this plan,please check all dimensions, shapes & compass bearings before making any decisions reliant upon them. GOTLEY Note: “This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the control of H.M. Stationary office. This plan is for convenience of purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Licence Not to scale. For identification purposes only. Number. No. ES100017767.” Services Local Authority Mains water, electricity, drainage and gas central heating. Sevenoaks District Council. upon leaving the town you will pass the General Wolfe pub Tel: 01732 227 000 on the right hand side. Take the next turning right up Farley Fixtures and Fittings Lane. Continue up the hill for approximately 0.2 miles and as All items known as tenant’s fixtures and fitting whether Directions (TN16 1UB) the road bends round to the right, the sign for the house can mentioned or not in these particulars are excluded from the sale, From the M25, exit at junction 5 and proceed west towards be seen on the left. but certain items may be available by separate negotiation. Westerham on the A25. Proceed through Westerham and Important Notice: Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing (“information”) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC305934. Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members’ names. Photographs: August 2016. Particulars: August 2016. Kingfisher Print and Design. 01803 867087. .
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