PRIORY HOUSE CHART SUTTON • PRIORY HOUSE

Rectory Lane • Chart Sutton Kent • ME17 3RD

A SUBSTANTIAL LISTED COUNTRY HOUSE IN NEED OF EXTENSIVE REFURBISHMENT ENJOYING A SPLENDID ELEVATED SETTING WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS

APPROACHING 11 ACRES

Ground Floor and Cellar • Main Hall • Sitting Room • Morning Room • Study • Dining Room • Kitchen • Pantry • Rear Porch • 3 Cloakrooms • Playroom • Games Room

• Cellarage Comprising: Wine Store • Store Room

First and Second Floors • Generous First Floor Landing • 6 Double Bedrooms • 2 Attic Bedrooms DESCRIPTION • 2 Bathrooms • Separate WC Priory House is a substantial country house which is understood to date pine floorboards, exposed timbers and beams and brick flooring to the from the 17th Century with later additions, although undocumented, earlier older parts of the house. 14th century origins are indicated. The property, which has over the years • The reception rooms are of good proportions and feature open Gardens, Grounds and Outbuildings been a vicarage and preparatory school, occupies an enviable, elevated fireplaces, with the sitting and morning rooms both enjoying a southerly • Extensive Gardens and Grounds position, nestling amidst mature secluded grounds and commanding far- aspect, access to a terrace and wonderful views, whilst the dining room, reaching panoramic views. located in the older part of the house, also has an inglenook fireplace. • Redundant Outdoor Pool • Further ground floor accommodation includes a study, kitchen with Now coming to the market for the first time in over 48 years, this Grade II fitted cupboards, a four oven solid fuel Aga (not working) and several listed family home with internal accommodation amounting to over 5,500 freestanding appliances, a north-facing pantry with shelving, a cloakroom • Former Coach House & Stable incorporating: sq ft, together with various period outbuildings, is in need of extensive and and rear hall giving access to two further cloakrooms and a rear porch Garaging • Mower/Log Stores And Substantial sympathetic refurbishment to restore it to its former glory. which in turn links the main house with the former classrooms, now a playroom and games room. Loft • Detached Workshop/Summerhouse Points of note include: • Located over the first and second floors are eight bedrooms which • Two Enclosed Fields • Field Shelter • A variety of period features remain including high ceilings to a are served by two bathrooms and a separate WC. A number of the number of reception rooms and bedrooms, period fireplaces, bedrooms have period fireplaces and/or built in cupboards. painted panelled internal doors, some working window shutters, Gardens, Grounds & Outbuildings • Priory House is approached via a long winding drive, flanked on either side by well established indigenous hedging and mature trees, and, as the drive turns a corner the house, setting and its wonderful backdrop can first be appreciated. An area of parking and turning lies to the east with a spur continuing past the jettied front elevation to the former coach house, now utilised as garaging and a mower store. • Stretching away from the house the gently sloping lawns and grounds are interspersed with shrubs, roses and a wide variety of coniferous and deciduous trees including lime, tulip, copper beech, bay and fruit trees such as quince, apple and mulberry. • To the north-east and east of the garden lies the remaining land comprising two fields divided by a belt of trees and currently down to grass. The field to the north-east is thought to be situated on the site of an ancient Roman vineyard. • Further outbuildings include a summerhouse/workshop and a former stable which is adjacent to the coach house and has ladder access to a generous first floor loft area. • Agent’s Note: A public footpath runs through one of the fields and along part of the drive.

SITUATION Comprehensive Shopping: can be found in , , and Ashford. Bluewater shopping is located just off the M25 Junction 2 (A2/M2). Mainline Rail Services: Headcorn and Staplehurst stations offer commuter services to Charing Cross/Cannon Street in about 60 minutes or there are services from Maidstone East station into London Victoria. Eurostar trains are available from Ashford International and a high speed train service runs from Ashford to London St Pancras in about 37 minutes. Education: Like many parts of Kent there are some excellent schools nearby. In the state sector there are grammar schools for boys and girls in Maidstone, Cranbrook and Tonbridge. There are also some local primary schools with excellent Ofsted reports. In the private sector there are independent girls and boys’ schools including nearby preparatory and senior schools with other girls and boys’ schools in Canterbury and Tonbridge. Motorway Links: The M25 via the M20/M26 can be accessed at J5 and the M20 (6 miles) via J8 both providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airport and other motorway networks. Directions: From our Cranbrook office head north to Staplehurst, continue over the railway bridge and after 1.5 miles turn right at the (former) Cross in Hand garage signed to Chart Sutton. Proceed for about 2.3 miles (passing The Lord Raglan public house) and turn right onto Chart Road. After about 0.5 of a mile turn right into Rectory Lane. The drive leading to Priory House will be found shortly on the left hand side. Services: Oil fired central heating via radiators, mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Outgoings: Maidstone Borough Council 01622. Council Tax band ‘H’ .

VIEWING Strictly by appointment with Savills.

Bedroom Stable Garage Garage Priory House, Chart Sutton 8 4.24 x 3.52 5.98 x 5.83 Gross internal area (approx.) 13'11'' x 11'6'' 19'7'' x 19'1''

House - 523.1 sq m (5630 sq ft) Bedroom 7 Garage - 62.7 sq m (674 sq ft) 4.19 x 3.61 13'9'' x 11'10'' For identification only - Not to scale © Trueplan (UK) Limited Eaves access Second floor

Games room Playroom 7.13 x 5.48 7.23 x 5.48 23'4'' x 17'11'' 23'8'' x 17'11'' Bedroom 6 5.08 x 3.52 16'8'' x 11'6'' Rear porch

Bar Kitchen Pantry Bedroom 5 4.49 x 3.85 4.49 x 2.88 14'9'' x 12'7'' 14'9'' x 9'5''

Dining room 4.41 x 4.13 Bedroom 4 14'5'' x 13'6'' 4.98 x 2.99 16'4'' x 9'9'' Sitting room Store room Master bedroom 4.87 x 4.20 Inner 4.72 x 4.11 13'10'' x 13'9'' hall 4.86 x 4.22 15'6'' x 13'6'' 15'11'' x 13'10'' Bedroom 3 Main hall 5.19 x 3.14 Study Landing 17'0'' x 10'3'' 4.05 x 3.41 5.08 x 3.65 11'2'' x 13'3'' 3.43 x 3.09 11'3'' x 10'1'' 16'8'' x 11'11'' Wine store Morning room Bedroom 2 4.79 x 4.11 15'8'' x 13'6'' 4.88 x 4.20 4.88 x 4.22 16'0'' x 13'9'' 16'0'' x 13'10''

Cellar Ground floor First floor Savills Cranbrook 53/55 High Street, Cranbrook, Important Notice Kent TN17 3EE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not form [email protected] 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 01580 720161 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. Brochure Prepared May 2017 Photographs Taken May 2017 CSJ/0517/702 savills.co.uk