Characterful Grade II listed farmhouse of mixed ages

Ockhams, Shernden Lane, Marsh Green, Edenbridge, , TN8 5PS set within a glorious rural location with countryside views

• Charming Grade II listed farmhouse • Scope to updated and refurbish • Character features • Wonderful rural location • Tennis Court • Established Gardens • Countryside views • Edenbridge approx. 2 miles • Lingfield approx. 5 miles

Local Information The Preparatory Schools at Ockhams is situated in an idyllic Brambletye, Stoke Brunswick and rural location within a Ashdown. The Preparatory conservation area, Area of Schools at Somerhill, Hilden Oaks Outstanding Natural Beauty and and Hilden Grange in Tonbridge. the Green Belt, on the edge of Fosse Bank in . Marsh Green with its primary Tonbridge, Sackville, school. Dormansland, with its Walthamstow Hall and general store and primary school, Secondaries. is 2 miles away. Lingfield offers • Sporting Facilities: Racing at comprehensive shopping Lingfield Park, Plumpton and facilities, as does Edenbridge with Brighton, and show jumping at a Waitrose and Lidl. Gatwick Hickstead and Ardingly. Golf at airport is within 14 miles. Hever Castle, Holtye in , • Comprehensive Shopping: Lingfield and also at the two Edenbridge (2 miles), Lingfield (5 Royal Ashdown Courses (Forest miles). East Grinstead (7.4 miles), Row), Piltdown, Packs Hill Park Sevenoaks (12.4 miles), and East Sussex National Tunbridge Wells (13 miles). (Uckfield) and Tandridge. • Mainline Rail Services: • Please note, all distance are Edenbridge Town (2.6 miles) to approximate. London Bridge. Edenbridge (3.1 miles) to Redhill (linking to the About this property Gatwick Express). Dormans (5 Ockhams is a charming Grade II miles), Lingfield (5 miles) and listed farmhouse of mixed ages Oxted (9.2 miles) to London coming to the market for the first Victoria. www.nationalrail.co.uk time in over 40 years. The listing • Primary Schools: Dormansland, dates the property to the 1600s, Lingfield, Edenbridge, Hever, although it is believed it may be and Fordcombe C older. Baillie Scott, the famous of E’s. architect, once lived here and • Grammar and State Schools: extended the property during his of Kent and Tonbridge occupancy. There is a wonderful Girls Grammars and Judd Boys mix of features from the timbered Grammar schools in Tonbridge. dining room to the elegant Tunbridge Wells Girls and Boys Victorian style drawing room. The Grammar Schools and the incoming purchaser has the Skinners Boys Grammar School opportunity to refurb and update in Tunbridge Wells. Bennett to their own individual Memorial in Tunbridge Wells. requirement. Of particular note is • Private Schools: Lingfield the glorious location in this rural College. Holmewood House part of Kent, with wonderful Preparatory School in Langton undulating views over the Green. surrounding countryside.

• Features include some exposed • The house is approached along ceiling timbers, oak flooring, oak a shared drive which leads to a panelling, fireplaces (some with private gravelled drive passing duck nest grates), an impressive the front garden and culminating oak staircase, multi pane and in a parking area to one side. The lead light windows. attractive and established • There are three formal reception gardens lie to the north and south rooms comprising an elegant of the property, and are principally drawing room with a fireplace and laid to lawn with well stocked wood burning stove, an attractive beds and borders. There is a display cupboard and a bay pond to the front with aquatic window to the south; the dining planting, and a variety of mature room has an impressive trees and shrubs provide year inglenook fireplace, priest hole round interest. Planting includes and oak panelling; and a double hydrangeas, climbing roses, aspect sitting room features a camellias, jasmine, pine and fruit fireplace with delft tile inserts. trees. Beyond the formal garden • The spacious triple aspect is a grass area where the tennis kitchen/breakfast room is simply court and a vegetable garden are appointed with a range of base located. In total the area amounts cupboards with work surfaces to about 1.3 acres. incorporating a 1½ bowl sink and extending to provide a breakfast Directions bar. There is an oil fired Aga and From the centre of Edenbridge, space for further appliances. proceed south on the B2026. • Arranged over the first floor is After about half a mile turn right the principal suite featuring a onto the B2028, signposted to triple aspect bedroom, two walk-in Lingfield. Take the first turning on wardrobes and an en suite the left into Shernden Lane. After bathroom with a corner Jacuzzi about half a mile as the road bath. forks, bear left. Continue along • There are four further double this lane taking the next right bedrooms, all with wonderful signposted Ockhams. Proceed views either to the front or rear. along this drive where Ockhams One has an en suite bathroom will be found on the left. and another has two feature stain glass internal windows. Tenure Freehold • The family bathroom has a shower over the bath and Local Authority completes the first floor Council accommodation. • There is also a large attic, with Energy Performance oak floorboards, over the older EPC Rating = Exempt part of the house. • Approached from outside is a Viewing ground floor studio room and a All viewings will be accompanied separate boiler room. and are strictly by prior arrangement through Savills Sevenoaks Office. Telephone: +44 (0) 1732 789 700.

Shernden Lane, Marsh Green, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 5PS Oliver Hodges Gross Internal Area 3,402 sq ft, 316.1 m² Sevenoaks +44 (0) 1732 789 700 savills savills.co.uk [email protected]

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