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Elm Hill House HAWKHURST • KENT ELM HILL HOUSE HAWKHURST • KENT ELM HILL HOUSE HAWKHURST • KENT • TN18 4XU A HANDSOME VICTORIAN FAMILY HOME ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF HAWKHURST WITH RURAL VIEWS IN CRANBROOK SCHOOL CATCHMENT (2018) In Total About 1.2 Acres House Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Sitting Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room Cloakroom, Conservatory, Six Room Basement Master Bedroom with Freestanding Catchpole & Rye Bath, Three Further Double Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms Garden Garden, Tennis Court, Triple Garage Agent’s Note Planning permission for demolition of the conservatory and replacement with single storey extension 16/06959/FULL Savills Cranbrook 53/55 High Street, Cranbrook Kent TN17 3EE [email protected] 01580 720161 savills.com Description Situation • Elm Hill House is an impressive Victorian house of substantial proportions dating from Elm Hill House lies approximately 1.6 miles from the centre of Hawkhurst. Local amenities circa 1850. Having been refurbished by the current owners in 2017 the property offers include Waitrose, Tesco, good local shops, restaurants and Kino cinema with more extensive beautifully presented internal accommodation whilst benefiting from some scope for further shopping and leisure facilities in Cranbrook and Tunbridge Wells. improvement. Points of note include: a wealth of period features, high ceilings, full height sash windows with folding or vertical shutters, polished wood flooring, decorative cornices, Mainline Rail Services: Fast and frequent services run from Etchingham and Staplehurst to original fireplaces, cast iron radiators and panelled doors. London Charing Cross, London Bridge and Cannon Street in about 1 hour. • Entrance porch to vestibule and double doors open to a superb reception hall with galleried landing, vaulted ceiling and elegant marble fireplace with wood burning stove. Education: Elm Hill House is in the renowned Cranbrook School catchment area (2018). • Spacious and stylish reception rooms lead off from the reception hall and include a double Further excellent education opportunities can be found locally at both primary and secondary aspect drawing room with bay windows and open fireplace; dining room with bay window, levels, in the private and state sectors. These include Saint Ronans, Marlborough House and parquet flooring and open fireplace and a family room with fireplace and wood burning stove. Dulwich preparatory schools, Hawkhurst and Sandhurst primary schools, The High Weald • A beautifully appointed kitchen/breakfast room, refitted in 2017 features Fired Earth ceramic Academy, Benenden School for Girls and Homewood School in Tenterden. Further afield there flooring, stylish modern units and central island with sleek composite worksurfaces by are schools in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Eastbourne. Schiffini together with integral appliances by Siemens and Quooker. • A cloakroom, side entrance and a secondary staircase to the first floor and the basement floor, Motorway Links: The A21 gives links to the M25, the coast, major motorway networks, complete the ground floor accommodation. Heathrow and Gatwick airports and the Channel Tunnel Terminus. • A magnificent, turned staircase with carved newel posts leads to the galleried landing with feature stained glass window, vaulted ceiling and exposed beams. Directions • Off the landing are the bedrooms which include a stylish master bedroom, dual aspect with From our offices in Cranbrook take the A229 to Hawkhurst. In the centre of Hawkhurst turn views over the garden and farmland, Catchpole & Rye polished double ended bath, twin right on to the A268. Travel approximately 1.4 miles and the property will be found on the left basin marble wash stand, marble flooring to bath area with under floor heating. Bedroom two hand side shortly before Delmonden Lane. with door to family bathroom and floor to ceiling wardrobe cupboards to one wall, bedroom three and bedroom four. Services • Stylish family bathroom with marble double washstand, two person walk-in shower and W.C. Mains electricity, water and gas. Private drainage. Gas fired central heating via radiators Second bathroom with bath, W.C. and sink by West One with a feature stained glass window and Victorian fireplace; both bathrooms have marble flooring and under floor heating. Outgoings • The substantial basement floor, which benefits from central heating and water with an Tunbridge Wells Borough Council – 01892 526121. Tax band ‘H’ external door, comprises a boot room/utility room with five further rooms off, which include a wine cellar with brick bins to one wall, store room, music room, games room and boiler VIEWING room providing potential for other uses such as a gym or cinema room. Strictly by appointment with Savills. • Elm Hill House is set back from the road and is approached via electric wrought iron gates over a gravel drive to a turning circle, with parking for several cars and a triple garage. The gardens, with views over surrounding farmland, are mostly laid to lawn with a Wellingtonia, a group of yew trees and shrubs and a paved barbecue area overlooking the refurbished tennis court. • The conservatory is in need of refurbishment but there is planning permission in place to replace with a single storey extension. There is also lapsed planning permission for conversion of the roof space to provide additional bedrooms. Ref 14/00654/LDC Elm Hill House, Hawkhurst Gross internal area (approx.) House - 664.8 sq m (7155 sq ft) Bedroom 2 Bedroom 4 6.51 x 4.73 Garage - 41.4 sq m (445 sq ft) Master bedroom 5.45 x 3.63 21'4" x 15'6" 17'10" x 11'10" 7.25 x 6.44 © Trueplan (UK) Limited 23'9" x 21'1" Garage 8.05 x 5.14 26'5" x 16'10" Bedroom 3 5.45 x 4.84 17'10" x 15'10" First floor Kitchen Wine 5.45 x 3.90 Dining room Boiler room cellar Store room 17'10" x 12'9" 7.13 x 6.98 5.44 x 3.48 Games room Drawing room 5.44 x 3.52 5.44 x 2.91 23'5" x 22'10" 17'10" x 11'4" Conservatory 17'10" x 11'6" 17'10" x 9'6" 7.27 x 5.74 7.27 x 5.43 23'10" x 18'10" 9.43 x 4.94 23'10" x 17'9" 30'11" x 16'2" Boot room / Utility room 7.21 x 5.19 Reception hall 23'7" x 17'0" Music room Sitting room 5.49 x 4.52 5.44 x 4.82 18'0" x 14'10" 17'10" x 15'9" Ground floor Basement Savills Cranbrook 53/55 High Street, Cranbrook Kent TN17 3EE Important Notice: [email protected] Savills and their clients 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 01580 720161 form 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 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. savills.com Photographs taken September 2017 Brochure Prepared September 2017 View over neighbouring field.
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