Spinnakers, Hampstead Lane, Nettlestead Green, Kent Spinnakers, beam reclaimed from the “Three Tuns” Inn, in Maidstone demolished at about the time the Hampstead Lane, house was built, with a copper hood. Principal Nesttlestead Green, internal doors are panelled in oak with sliding wrought iron latches. There are oak sills and five Kent ME18 5HN magnificent oak arches in the reception hall and staircase. A fantastic Arts & Crafts country house with superb equestrian facilities located The house offers good large principal rooms, in this popular rural area. mostly double aspect, with views over its own land from every window. The sitting room has Wateringbury station 2 miles, Yalding station 0.5 a ragstone fireplace with stone hearth and the miles, Paddock Wood station 3.6 miles, J4 M20 study has fitted cupboards and a fitted desk. 7 miles, Tonbridge 7 miles, Maidstone 7.7 miles, The dining room features a built in cupboard Tunbridge Wells 8 miles, Sevenoaks 10 miles with shelves and a separate shelving unit. Entrance porch | Reception hall | Cloakroom/ The triple aspect kitchen/breakfast room is a WC| Kitchen/breakfast room| Utility room delightful room with a superb range of fitted Drawing room | Dining room | Sitting room limed oak and glazed wall and floor cabinets Study | Garden room | Master bedroom with with Fired Earth hand-made terracotta floor dressing room/bedroom 5 | 3 Further double tiles. There is a four ring electric and halogen Bedrooms | Family bathroom | Courtyard hob with extractor above and a ‘new dimension’ with gardener's WC | Tandem double garage Gaggenau oven, dishwasher, washing machine Detached single garage | Stable block with and space for a fridge freezer. The kitchen opens 5 stables | Feed/tack room | 2 Barns | 1 Field to the rear lobby/boot room and onto the utility shelter | Estate tractor garage (double doors) room with further space for a fridge, freezer and 5 Paddocks (3 large, 2 small, 1 which is currently tumble dryer and housing for the Grant oil fired used as a grass school) | About 8.7 acres boiler. The property The utility room was once the pantry and the Spinnakers is a delightful family house set in original slate shelve remains. The cloakroom its own grounds, designed in 1922 by Percy has been recently refitted with marble vanity Morley-Horder, a contemporary of Lutyens unit and Tuscan marble floor tiles. The internal and a noted architect. The house is built on a courtyard has a new gardeners WC and a 16’ span with good ceiling heights throughout. covered loggia and doors to the rear lobby. It has traditional Kentish ragstone walls with brick quoins and oak weatherboarding over On the first floor is a magnificent double aspect brick walls to the upper elevations with square master bedroom and dressing room which could leaded light windows all under a hand-made be used as a fifth bedroom. Both have a good Keymer tile roof with a dovecote attached to the range of fitted wardrobes and views over the western elevation. gardens and grounds. Internally oak timbers and beams are reputed to be from the Temeraire warship made famous in Turner’s painting, and broken up at Chatham in the early years of the 20th Century and there is a magnificent Tudor fireplace in the drawing room with stone surround and oak bressumer There are a further three double bedrooms, two of which are double aspect and benefit from built in vanity units and all three have fitted wardrobes. The family bathroom features an original cast iron bath and verde crystal vanity unit with fitted linen cupboards and decorative beam. To the rear of the house is a double glazed garden room which is currently used as a garden store/workshop. Location Spinnakers is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and greenbelt land in a delightful rural location midway between the villages of Wateringbury and West Peckham in the hamlet of Nettlestead Green. Yalding station (0.3 mile) serves Maidstone West (high speed to London St Pancras in 57 minutes) and Paddock Wood/Tonbridge (fast trains to London Cannon Street/Charing Cross in 47 minutes) and Ashford station in around 10 minutes. Paddock Wood is 3.6 miles with good local shopping facilities including a Waitrose and Barsleys Department Store. There are doctors surgeries in Yalding, Wateringbury, East Peckham and Paddock Wood. Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks all provide an excellent and comprehensive range of educational, recreational and shopping facilities. Alternative stations are found at Borough Green and West Malling both providing services to Victoria in 42/49 minutes respectively. Junction 2A of the M26/M20 is under 7 miles providing easy access to Maidstone and linking with the M25, Gatwick, Heathrow, City and Stansted Airports, the Channel Tunnel and Ashford and Ebbsfleet International Stations and Bluewater Shopping Centre. Off the Wrotham roundabout the M20 provides a fast route to London. There are a great many schools in the locality including Wateringbury Primary, Yalding The woodland areas are beautiful with bluebells, Primary, which has recently been awarded an primroses and some orchids and a wildflower Outstanding Ofsted Report and Mereworth meadow lies to the far north of the land. Primary all of which are a few minutes away. Dulwich College Prep in Cranbrook, Sutton Stables/outbuildings Valence, The Schools at Somerhill and Tonbridge The property has a superb range of equestrian Schools are all a reasonable drive away and Kent buildings including a stable block with three College is 5 miles distant. The grammar schools large stables, two smaller and a tack/feed room. in Maidstone both of which have Outstanding Ofsted Reports, are easily accessible by rail, bus There is a good stable yard with block paving and car and Sevenoaks is 10 miles away with its which opens to all the paddocks meaning the good selection of both state and independent any escapees will return to the stable yard. schools. For further information on schools in the area please visit www.kent-pages.co.uk/ There is a field shelter, two barns and various education outbuildings which are used for storage of equipment. The property is conveniently located within an area said to host some of the best fishing lakes Formal Gardens and also private boat mooring is available at the There is a terrace on two sides of the house nearby Hampstead Marina. edged by a low stone wall with steps leading out onto an area of lawn with flower beds. Close by is an area of protected ancient There is a flagstone terrace to the north of the woodland and a sight of scientific interest with a house while on the western side of the drive is roman road going through it. a further area of garden with shrub borders and a yew hedge. Ornamental trees and climbers Outside including a climbing rose surround the house. The house is approached from the road via electric timber Lutyens style gates leading to a large parking and turning area in front of the detached brick and oak weatherboarded detached tandem double garage with separate single concrete garage to the side. There is an area of hardstanding to the side of the garages which lends itself to being used for horseboxes/boats etc. The Land This is a pleasant mixture of woodland, parkland and level paddocks with mature and specimen trees including magnificent oaks all ring-fenced within the boundary by a combination of close board, driven spile and internal post and rail paddock fences. There is a shelter belt of trees inside the entire boundary, together with a natural pond and stream. Directions From Junction 2A of the M20/M26 follow signs for Wrotham Heath and Paddock Wood and follow the A20 straight over at the traffic lights. Take the first main road on the right opposite the Vineyard restaurant signposted Offham, Mereworth and East Peckham. Continue along here for approximately 3.5 miles and go straight over the roundabout signposted Paddock Wood, East Peckham, Yalding. Continue to the next roundabout and turn left signposted Wateringbury. After 500 metres turn right into Hampstead Lane, signposted Yalding, the house is on the left and set back and on the corner between Maidstone Road and Hampstead Lane. General Local Authority: Maidstone Borough Council Services: Mains electricity and water. Oil fired central heating. 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