CHARMING EXTENDED FAMILY HOUSE WITH VERSATILE ACCOMMODATION

HARVEL LODGE, WHITE HORSE ROAD NR HARVEL, DA13 0UF

Guide Price £1,250,000, Freehold

SET WITHIN SECLUDED GARDENS WITH RURAL VIEWS ON THE EDGE OF HARVEL VILLAGE

• Rural location • West Malling 4.5 miles Description • 3 reception rooms • 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Harvel Lodge is a charming family home, formerly a game keeper’s lodge, which has been substantially extended over the years. The • delightful gardens and grounds property now provides well proportioned and presented • detached double garage with room over accommodation arranged over three floors. Character features including exposed wall and ceiling timbers, lead light windows, oak • workshop & garden store and parquet flooring and an open fireplace in the drawing room. The  EPC Rating = D house is set within established gardens with far reaching views over the adjoining countryside. Of particular note is the rural location which  Council Tax = G also enjoys proximity to Harvel village, with its farm shop, and is within 4.5 miles of the popular town of West Malling. Situation Harvel Lodge is located within an Area of Outstanding Natural • An attractive glazed porch with tiled flooring and impressive pine Beauty on the North Downs, with far reaching countryside views, front door opens to the entrance hall with stairs rising to the first floor. set on the edge of Harvel with its popular farm shop. Both local • The principal reception rooms provide well proportioned areas for villages of Ryarsh and Birling have public houses and village halls formal entertaining. The drawing room is triple aspect with feature flint with the Children's House Montessori School located in Birling. wall and a stone fireplace with open fire, together with double doors West Malling provides local amenities, schools, church, public opening to the rear terrace. The sitting room is also triple aspect with houses, restaurants and a golf course. The M20 and M26 are also a bow window to the front and could be used as a formal dining room. located within 5 miles and the M2 is 6 miles distance. • The playroom has parquet flooring and an outlook over the gardens with direct access to the rear terrace. • Comprehensive Shopping: Bluewater, Sevenoaks and Maidstone. • The impressive kitchen/dining room has a double height vaulted • Mainline Rail Services: Borough Green (5.3 miles) and Meopham ceiling with a roof light and skylight windows, together with an (4 miles) to London Victoria, Sevenoaks (12 miles) Cannon attractive bay window to one side with window seating. The kitchen is Street/Charing Cross. Ebbsfleet International (9.2 miles) to St well appointed with a comprehensive range of wall and base units Pancras and Europe. with glass fronted display cupboards. Granite work surfaces • Primary Schools: Ryarsh, Vigo, Trottiscliffe and Culverstone. incorporate a double stainless steel sink and extends to provide a • Grammar Schools: Sevenoaks Trinity School, Weald of Kent, breakfast bar. Appliances include Neff double oven, 5 ring gas hob Gravesend and Dartford. with extractor fan over, dishwasher and fridge freezer. Also of note is • Private Schools: Children's House Montessori School in Birling. a pantry cupboard providing storage. Kings School in Rochester, Cobham Hall in Cobham, Sevenoaks, • The adjoining utility room has base storage cupboards and space for Tonbridge and Walthamstow Hall Secondary Schools. Sevenoaks, appliances. There is a door to the cloakroom and another to outside. • The master suite is arranged over the first floor and comprises a The Granville, Solefields and New Beacon Preparatory Schools in Sevenoaks. St Michaels and Russell House Preparatory Schools in generous bedroom with far reaching views over the garden and Otford. beyond. There are fitted wardrobes and a dressing area, together with • Sporting/Leisure Facilities: West Malling golf Club, The London a well appointed en suite shower room. Golf Club, West Kingsdown. Shoreham and Wrotham Heath Golf • The guest bedroom also has views over the rear garden and an en Clubs. Mid-Kent and Rochester and Cobham Golf Clubs. Brands suite shower room. Hatch racing circuit. Riding, cricket and rugby in the local vicinity. • The third bedroom and well appointed family bathroom with separate • Communication: M20 (4 miles) Leybourne interchange and M26 shower cubicle complete this floor. (4.7 miles) Wrotham interchange, linking to other motorway • The second floor can be accessed by two separate staircases. From networks, London, Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, Ebbsfleet one is an attractive bedroom with vaulted ceiling and views over the International station, and Channel Tunnel. gardens. From the second are two further bedrooms and a loft storage room which could be converted to an en suite subject to the necessary building consents. • Access from the terrace is a cellar providing storage.

Outside • The house is approached over a sweeping drive which provides parking for a number of cars and leads to the detached double garage with two up and over doors and stairs rising to the first floor storage area. To the rear of the garage is a workshop and a garden store. • The established garden provides a wonderful backdrop to the house, with raised beds and borders to one side of the house where an ornamental pond with aquatic planting is situated. To the rear of the house is a paved terrace with wrought iron railings, which provides an excellent area for al fresco entertaining. To the front is a further paved area with screening hedging. The wide area of lawn stretches the length and breadth of the rear garden, and is interspersed with a number of specimen trees. In total the area amounts to about 2.25 acres.

Tenure Freehold

Services Mains electricity and water connected. Oil fired central heating. Private drainage

Local Authority Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Outgoings Tax Band ‘G’

Directions From the M20/junction 2 (coming from London) take the second exit onto the A20 and at the next roundabout take the first exit onto the A227 and proceed up Gravesend Road. Continue along this road for about 2 miles and turn right onto Harvel Road. Proceed along Harvel Road passing Vigo Rugby Football Club on the right and continue to a grass triangle and keep right onto White Horse Road. Proceed for a further 0.75 miles where Harvel Lodge will be found along on the left hand side. There is a bridlepath sign opposite the entrance to the house.

Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills.

FLOORPLANS

Gross internal area: 3312 sq ft, 307.7 m²

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