AN AWARD WINNING, CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY HOUSE SET IN A TRANQUIL SETTING

LONG CROFT, COMP LANE, PLATT, TN15 8NR

Guide Price £1,750,000, Freehold

WITH GARDENS AND GROUNDS OF 1.4 ACRES. Award winning home • High specification • 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms • 5 reception rooms • Cinema and Gym • self contained 1 bedroom annexe • Landscaped gardens and woods • In total about 1.4 acres  EPC Rating = C  Council Tax = H

Situation Primary Schools: St Mary's Platt Primary, Borough Green, St Thomas' RCP, St John's CEP, CP and Lady Boswells CEP. Amherst Primary School in Riverhead. Secondary Schools: Grammar Schools for Boys and Girls, School for Girls, Weald of School for Girls, Judd and Skinners Schools for Boys, Tunbridge Wells Grammar Schools for Boys and Girls. Private Schools: New Beacon, Solefields, Granville and Sevenoaks Preparatory Schools. St Michaels and Russell House Preparatory Schools in Otford. Sevenoaks School, Tonbridge School, Walthamstow Hall in Sevenoaks, Radnor House in Sundridge and Sackville School in . www.kentpages.co.uk/education. Leisure Facilities: Wildernesse and Knole Golf Clubs in Sevenoaks. Nizels Fitness Centre in Hildenborough. Sevenoaks Sports and Leisure Centre. Cricket and Rugby in the Vine area of Sevenoaks. www.sevenoaks.org.uk. Mainline Rail Services: Borough Green Station to London Victoria and Blackfriars. Sevenoaks Station to London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross www.nationalrail.co.uk. Road Networks: Access via A21/M26 to M25 for Gatwick and Heathrow airports and Ebbsfleet International - Eurostar's new station in Kent and M20 for Dover and Ashford's Channel Tunnel Terminus.

Description Long Croft is an extremely attractive, award winning contemporary family house arranged over four floors offering spacious and versatile accommodation approaching 6000 sq ft. Long Croft has been awarded the 2006 Tunbridge & Malling Borough Council building quality award for recognition of high standards of construction and workmanship, in addition to the 2006 local authority building control quality award finalist in the "Best one-off house Conversion".  The house is constructed to a high specification throughout with many features such as air filtration system, under floor heating, fire suppression sprinkler system, multiple telephone cabling, sky plus to most rooms, Cat 5 data cabling to 5 points throughout the house and speaker cabling to the principle reception rooms.  The house is set in an elevated position and features a beautiful cathedral window in the dining hall, a handcrafted Oak staircase and many other striking design features. There are well maintained gardens and an adjoining woodland, in total the area measures about 1.4 acres.  The principal reception rooms comprise a triple aspect drawing room

and double height vaulted dining hall with striking cathedral window, and together with the spacious reception hall provide excellent formal entertaining areas. The drawing room also benefits from direct access to the terrace and features an impressive freestanding circular fireplace which opens into the dining hall.  The open plan kitchen/breakfast/sitting room provides excellent family living and informal entertaining with French doors leading onto the terrace. The kitchen comprises a comprehensive range of wall and base units with stylish granite work surfaces. There is a matching island unit which incorporates a breakfast bar. Integral appliances include two Siemens self cleaning eye level ovens, ceramic touch induction hob with extractor fan over, dishwasher and two fridges. The adjacent utility room has a range of matching cabinets, plumbing for a washing machine, tumble dryer and an American style fridge-freezer.  The newly fitted, bespoke Chambers study is fitted with sweeping oak desk and a bank of shelved cupboards with recessed LED lighting, completed with Oak flooring. The cloakroom completes the ground floor.  Arranged over the lower ground floor is a cinema room with a bank of fitted cupboards, a gymnasium, wine store and plant room. There is also access to the garaging.  The first floor is a real feature with generous curved galleried landing with views over the dining hall and gardens beyond.  The double aspect master bedroom suite has full height window to one side and a fitted dressing room. The stylish well appointed en suite bathroom has a separate walk in shower and further full height window.  The guest bedroom has a well appointed en suite bathroom. Two further bedrooms incorporate walk in dressing rooms and en suite shower rooms with the fifth double bedroom being served by a family bathroom.  The second floor comprises an impressive reception room with a vaulted ceiling and charming arched doors opening onto a Juliette balcony, and a useful store room.  The self contained annexe comprises a sitting room with French double doors, a storage cupboard, a fully fitted kitchen with appliances by Neff including an oven, hob, dishwasher, fridge-freezer & washer-dryer, a generous double bedroom and a well appointed bathroom.  Long Croft is approached from the lane via a brick paved drive flanked with ragstone and brick edged walls. Wrought iron gates controlled by an intercom system leads to a large parking and turning area in front of the house and further parking and access to the integral triple garage and Annexe.  The landscaped gardens comprise many areas of interest including a large area of Sandstone terrace adjacent to the rear of the house, herbaceous borders and a wide variety of mature trees and shrubs to the boundaries. The terrace provides an excellent outside entertaining area and extends to the rear where there is a barbeque area. In the garden is a timber studio and outside lavatory, with power, light and water connected. A gate leads to the beautiful woodland, which measures approximately 0.7 of an acre and the total area amounts to about 1.4 acres. A further gate leads into Platt Woods. Agent Note: The photographs were taken in 2012 Tenure Freehold Services All mains services connected. Under floor heating Local Authority Borough Council - Tax Band ‘H’ Directions From Sevenoaks take the A25 to the village signed for St Mary's Platt. Turn right into Long Mill Lane and bear left after the Church leading into Comp Lane. Long Croft will be found after a short distance on the left hand side.

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Gross internal area: 5991 sq ft, 556.6 m²

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