A striking Grade II listed home of great proportions with delightful grounds, situated on the outskirts of this popular village. The Glass House, Benover Road, Benover, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AU
£1,895,000 Freehold
• Impressive character home • Immaculately presented • Versatile living space • Established gardens • Outbuildings • Substantial detached garage block • Annexe and Studio • Beltring station approx. 2.3 miles • Paddock Wood station approx. 4.9 miles • Maidstone approx. 7.3 miles
Local Information • Sporting Facilities: The Hop The Glass House is situated Farm and Country Park in within 0.9 miles of Yalding village, Paddock Wood. Leisure centres which benefits from an extremely in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells active community to include and Maidstone. Moatlands Golf various clubs and societies. Course in Paddock Wood. Sailing Amenities include a Post Office, at Bewl Water. general store, 12th Century church, Library, public houses, • All distances are approximate. primary school and doctors’ surgery. About this property The Glass House is an elegant • Comprehensive Shopping: and substantial family home Paddock Wood (4.5 miles), believed to originate from 1603, Maidstone (7.3 miles), Tunbridge restored in the mid-to-late 20th Wells (10.9 miles) and Bluewater Century, and has since been (25.6 miles). sympathetically modernised to provide immaculate living space • Mainline Rail Services: Beltring arranged over three floors, (2.3 miles) and Paddock Wood combining fine period features (4.9 miles), to Cannon with modern embellishments. Street/Charing Cross/London Salient points include feature Bridge/Waterloo East. fireplaces throughout, exposed wall and ceiling timbers, stylish • Primary Schools: Yalding, bespoke kitchen and bathroom Laddingford and Collier Street. suites, exposed wood flooring and mullioned windows with diamond • State/Grammar Schools: paned casements, and integrated Maidstone, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Audio Visual to most rooms. Also Wells and Paddock Wood. of note is the detached annexe, studio and delightful gardens and • Private Schools: Sutton grounds amounting to just over Valence. The Preparatory 1.5 acres. Schools at Somerhill. Hilden Grange in Tonbridge. Tonbridge and Sevenoaks Public Schools.
• The well-proportioned drawing • The Glass House benefits from room and dining room are both a gated driveway providing ample double aspect with feature off road parking and leading to a fireplaces and provide excellent substantial detached garage areas for both formal entertaining block with a workshop and games and family living. The drawing room over. room also features an integrated home cinema system with • There is a secondary double projector and drop down screen. garage with an adjoining annexe featuring a kitchen/dining/living • The spacious kitchen/dining/ area, bathroom and bedroom to family room comprises a bespoke the first floor. kitchen with a range of wall and base units with integral ‘Wolf’ • The impressive landscaped appliances including a double gardens are predominantly laid to oven, hob and warming drawer, a lawn with well-established large corner fridge, an island with flowerbeds, a pond, several a sink and breakfast bar, a walk- paved terraces and a delightful in pantry and a fireplace with a summerhouse, ideal for al fresco log burning stove. French doors entertaining. There is a parterre open to the extensive terrace. garden to one side of the house, and a kitchen garden with a • A utility room adjoins the kitchen number of raised beds and a and provides further storage and greenhouse. In total the plot space for appliances, a WC, boot amounts to about 1.5 acres and room and access to outside. provides year round colour and a high degree of interest. • Located on the first floor is an impressive double aspect • The garden also benefits from a principal bedroom suite with a spacious studio with a kitchenette dressing room and stylish en suite and shower room with WC, bathroom featuring an impressive providing a versatile space with roll top bath with claw feet and potential to be used as a home separate shower. office or an art/exercise studio.
• Two further bedrooms, both with feature fireplaces and served by en suites, one with a small study and walk in wardrobes, and a well-appointed family bathroom with separate shower and a sauna complete the first floor.
• To the second floor are two further bedrooms, one with eaves access and one with a walk-in storage cupboard, and a bathroom.
Studio Annexe
Bedroom/office
The Glass House, Benover Road, Benover, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6AU Main House 4,453 sq ft, 413.7 m² Garage / Annexe 1,131 sq ft, 105.1 m² Oliver Hodges Studio 515 sq ft, 47.9 m² Sevenoaks Garage 1,294 sq ft, 120.3 m² +44 (0) 1732 789 700 Total 7,394 sq ft, 687 m² savills savills.co.uk [email protected]
Viewings All viewings will be accompanied and are strictly by prior arrangement through Savills Sevenoaks Office.
Local Authority Maidstone Borough Council
Agent Note There is a Right of Way over the front garden for the neighbour to carry out maintenance to the rear wall.
Directions From Sevenoaks High Street head south on the A225. Continue down River Hill bearing right towards the roundabout. At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A21. Continue for approximately 5.4 miles and take the A26 exit to Tonbridge. At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A26. At the next roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the B2017 (Tudeley Road). Continue for 3.7 miles and at the next roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A228 (Maidstone Road). At the following roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A228 and after 0.4 miles turn left onto Beltring Road. At the end of the road take a slight left turn onto Lees Road and after 0.2 miles turn right onto Symonds Lane. At the end of the road turn right onto Benover Road and The Glass House will be found on the left hand side shortly after the Woolpack Inn.
Important Notice Savills, its clients and any joint agents give notice that 1: They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2: Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. 20210527CCOO