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Rosemead UPPER GREEN ROAD • SHIPBOURNE • KENT Rosemead UPPER GREEN ROAD • SHIPBOURNE • KENT Rosemead UPPER GREEN ROAD • SHIPBOURNE • KENT • TN11 9PH Charming Victorian family home with character features and established landscaped gardens overlooking Shipbourne Common Porch, Reception Hall, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Study, Conservatory, Kitchen/ Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom Master Bedroom with En Suite, Three further Bedrooms, Nursery, Shower Room, Family Bathroom Detached Garage, Garden Store and Log Store Delightful South-Facing Landscaped Gardens EPC=E Savills Sevenoaks 74 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1JR [email protected] 01732 789 700 Description Rosemead is a charming Victorian family home which has been extended and provides immaculately presented and well proportioned accommodation. Character features include oak flooring, dado rails, multi pane double glazed sash windows, brass door furniture and attractive fireplaces. The property sits on the edge of Shipbourne Common with attractive views, and a delightful south-facing garden to the rear. There is a drive to the side and a detached garage including a garden store and log store. • An attractive pitch porch leads to the reception hall with an outlook to the front and an attractive cast iron fireplace. A door leads to the staircase and another to the cloakroom. • Double doors lead to the spacious sitting room with an outlook to the front and an attractive fireplace with decorative tiled slips. The dining room is double aspect. The conservatory is a superb addition to the house with a delightful outlook over the garden and double doors opening to the terrace. • The study has an outlook to the rear. • The kitchen/breakfast room is comprehensively fitted with a range of wall and base units including basket drawers and glass fronted display cupboards. There is also a fitted dresser and an ornament cast iron stove. Appliances include AEG hob with extractor fan, electric oven, Electrolux dishwasher, integral fridge and freezer. The breakfast area has an outlook over the Common. • The adjoining utility room has additional storage cupboards, a sink and space for appliances and access to the side garden. • Arranged over the first floor is the well proportioned master bedroom which is double aspect and served by a stylish en suite shower room with double shower cubicle. • There are 3 further double bedrooms all with an attractive outlook over the Common to the front, two of these have cast iron fireplaces. • There is a nursery which has views to the rear over the garden and beyond. • Completing the accommodation is a well appointed bathroom featuring a roll top claw and ball bath, and a stylish shower room. • To the front of the house are well stocked flower beds with climbing plants adoring the front elevation. To one side is a pedestrian gate to the rear and to the other side is an electrically operated wooden gate leads to the rear drive which provides parking and leads to the garage, garden store and log store. The delightful landscaped garden features a generous paved terrace providing an ideal area for al fresco entertaining. There are raised beds and a timber arbour with passion flower, honeysuckle and roses, a circular brick edged lawn flanked by deep herbaceous borders with pathways and a small ornamental pond. Situation • Rosemead is situated in the centre of the sought-after village of Shipbourne to the side of the Common, a glorious wild flower meadow in June. The property is within a Conservation Area and the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village includes the popular Chaser Inn and weekly award winning Farmers’ Market as well as the church and primary school. • Comprehensive Shopping: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells provide supermarkets and the usual popular high street retailers and many pubs and restaurants. The Bluewater Shopping Centre is in Dartford. • Mainline Rail Services: Hildenborough, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks mainline stations to Charing Cross & Cannon Street, and Borough Green the Victoria line. • Schools: Shipbourne and Plaxtol primary schools. Sevenoaks Prep school, New Beacon, Solefields, The Granville and Walthamstow Hall independent primary and Walthamstow and Sevenoaks Independent secondary in Sevenoaks. Russell House independent and St Michaels prep in Otford (primary). Radnor House Prep in Sundridge (primary and secondary). Sackville independent in Hildenborough (secondary). Somerhill, Hilden Grange, Hilden Oaks (primary) and Tonbridge Independent ( secondary) in Tonbridge. Judd, Tonbridge Grammar and Weald of Kent Grammar in Tonbridge. • Leisure Facilities: Shipbourne Tennis Club on the Green, Golf at Wilderness, Nizels, Knole Park and Poult Wood. Nizels Golf & Fitness Centre in Hildenborough, and indoor and outdoor swimming pools and the Angel Leisure Centre and a range of sporting clubs including football, baseball, swimming and sailing in Tonbridge. A large network of footpaths linking to the Greensand Way. • Motorway Links: The A21 gives access to the M25, Gatwick, Heathrow Airports and the M20 to the Channel Tunnel Terminus. Conservatory 7.13 x 3.18 23'5'' x 10'5'' Study Utility room 2.90 x 2 9'6'' x 8 Sitting room DIRECTIONS 6.22 x 3.68 From junction 5 of the M25 with the A21, turn off onto the A25 heading east through Riverhead and 20'4'' x 12'0'' Seal. After passing the Crown Point, turn right signposted Ivy Hatch, continue through the village and at Dining ro the ‘T’ junction, turn right onto the A227. At Shipbourne Village Green and The Chaser Inn turn left onto Upper Green Road. Continue along this road where Rosemead will be found along on the right 5.73 x 2 hand side. Reception hall 18'9'' x 9 Alternatively: From the M20, junction 2 take the A227 Tonbridge Road and proceed through Borough Kitchen / 3.63 x 3.39 Green and Ightham to Shipbourne and continue as above. Breakfast room 11'11'' x 11'1'' GENERAL REMARKS 6.71 x 4.81 22'0'' x 15'9'' Outgoings Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council – 01732 844522. Tax band “F”. Services LPG fired central heating via radiators. Mains drainage. Mains water & electricity. Ground floor Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills on 01732 789700. If there is any point which is of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property. IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their 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. AB/169003 Rosemead, Shipbourne Gross internal area (approx.) House - 223.5 sq m (2405 sq ft) G arage - 3 1.3 sq m (336 sq ft) Garage Log Garden 5.88 x 3.87 For identification only - Not to scale Store store ' Trueplan (UK) Limited 19'3'' x 12'8'' y 2.44 8'0'' Nursery 2.74 x 1.47 9'0'' x 4'10'' oom 2.94 9'7'' Master b e droom Bedroom 5.78 x 2.91 Bedroom Bedroom 18'11'' x 9'6'' 3.66 x 3.42 4.39 x 2.77 3.64 x 3.41 12'0'' x 11'2'' 14'5'' x 9'1'' 11'1 1 '' x 11'2'' First floor Savills Sevenoaks 74 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1JR [email protected] 01732 789 700.
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