Little Berwick Stone Street | | Hythe | CT21 4JW Seller Insight

We have loved living here for the past 15 years but feel it is time to start a new chapter in our lives and let another family enjoy everything that has been special about this rural lifestyle. The holiday lets have been a great success particularly with guests attending weddings at Lympne and castles as well as at Port Lympne safari park. At the same time, although we are out in the country, it is only a few minutes drive to the M 20 for London, Westenhanger station and the and we can be in Ashford in under 20 minutes for the high speed train that takes 36 minutes to get to St Pancras, so you can be in the centre of London in under an hour door to door.

The village is very friendly with a good primary school, an historic church, a modern village hall with plenty of local activities and playing fields. There is also a well equipped village store and the County Members pub for a drink and a meal while it is not far to the sandy beach at or the Cinque Port town of Hythe with its variety of individual shops, pubs and restaurants as well as three supermarkets.”*

* These comments are the personal views of the current owner and are included as an insight into life at the property. They have not been independently verified, should not be relied on without verification and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agent.

Step inside Little Berwick

If you have ever dreamed of living in the countryside and enjoying rural pursuits then Little Berwick should As well as the beautiful house the outside offers tick all the right boxes. This gorgeous 17th century plenty of delights and surprises. The driveway leads to Grade II Listed house was originally built in 1636 and a bespoke double carport and large storage is set within 2.02 acres of gardens and paddocks, cupboards and to ‘Alpaca Lodge’. This has been an surrounded by farmland as far as the eye can see. It extremely popular holiday let destination and when offers a variety of versatile opportunities that include you walk inside you can see why. It is luxuriously being able to encompass the ‘good life,’ generating an appointed with a kitchen area that includes an oven, income from holiday lets, needing somewhere for hob, fridge freezer and washing machine as well as a your equestrian mad family to keep their favourite breakfast bar created out of reclaimed bricks and horses and ponies or perhaps just living in one of wood. There is a wall of floor to ceiling windows in ’s more charming country houses. the lounge/diner providing delightful rural views and a pebble terrace outside where you can enjoy Turning into the long driveway and through the breakfast in the sunshine. Upstairs you are greeted by electric gates you are immediately enveloped in the a charming double bedroom under a vaulted ceiling charming delights of a bygone era as you see the with skylights and a stunning contemporary picturesque house with its Kent peg tiled cat slide bathroom with underfloor heating, incorporating a roof, period windows and pitched roof porch leading stand alone bath. If you were not interested in doing to the original front door. Once across the threshold bed and breakfast this would also make a wonderful the first thing you notice is the delightful brick and home for elderly relatives or adult children. There is Kent ragstone wall beside the staircase as well as the also a second holiday let building entitled ‘The Cabin’. floor to ceiling glass and wood wall and door to the This is laid out as a sitting room/bedroom and very useful study. The attractive country style kitchen kitchenette and includes a separate shower room with its terracotta tiles was designed by Thoroughly and could always be used as a guest suite or for staff. Wood kitchen designers in and includes a range cooker, fridge freezer, dishwasher and washing There are also two good sized stables, a substantial machine. workshop, a builders’ yard for storage feed etc and a chicken enclosure. The large pebbled hard standing The ‘piece de resistance’ in this house is the fabulous area outside the stables is big enough for a caravan, sitting room with its Jacobean ceiling that is believed boat or horsebox and there is a roundabout at the to have come from Westenhanger Castle. It includes end of the driveway so you don’t have to worry a feature ragstone wall that was the original outer about needing to reverse down the drive. In addition wall and back door, half panelling, a lovely brick there is a separate office with lighting and electrics fireplace and chimney breast as well as double doors with a delightful terrace outside so you can enjoy to the front garden and glazed doors to the dining sitting over a cup of coffee in the sunshine while room. This has a beamed ceiling, underfloor heating thinking about work. If you don’t need an additional and a slate floor and leads to the charming Victorian work station it would also make a great gym, therapy style Amdega conservatory. This, in turn has doors room, art studio or games area. out to a terrace and a hot tub. Gardens surround the property and include lawns, an There is also a cloakroom on the ground floor while original well, a gazebo area for al fresco dining upstairs there are exposed wall and ceiling beams in surrounded by a dwarf wall created out of reclaimed most of the rooms and on the landing. Here you will bricks, mature shrubs and trees. There is also a pond find a family bathroom and separate cloakroom as and a field shelter in one of the three paddocks that well as four bedrooms including the master with a are currently home to adorable alpacas, pigmy goats brick fireplace and an en-suite with double shower and geese. and underfloor heating. The large loft offers plenty of storage space.

Travel Information Healthcare Entertainment By Road Surgery 01303 812180 Marlowe Theatre, 01227 787787 Westenhanger Station 1.1 mile Sun Lane Surgery 01303 267102 Leas Cliff Hall 01303 228600 Ashford International 11.9 miles William Harvey Hospital 01233 633331 County Members Lympne 01303 264759 Sandling station 2.2 miles The Hythe Bay restaurant 01303 233844 Channel Tunnel 5.1 miles Education The Hythe Brasserie 01303 267912 Docks 15.9 miles Primary Schools: The Holy Pundit 01303 230668 Canterbury 15.8 miles Lympne Primary C of E Primary 01303 268041 Gatwick Airport 68.7 miles St. Leonard’s C. of E. Junior School 01303 266309 Local Attractions/Landmarks Charing Cross 69.9 miles Ashford School (Prep) 01233 625171 Romney Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway Lympne Castle and Castle By Train from Westenhanger Secondary Schools: Port Lympne Animal Park High-Speed St. Pancras 1hr 02mins Harvey Grammar for Boys 01303 252131 Hythe Venetian Fete Charing Cross 1hr 23mins School for Girls 01303 251125 Hythe Military Canal Victoria 1hr 33mins Brockhill Park Performing Arts St. Leonard’s Church, Hythe Canterbury East 40 mins College, Saltwood 01303 265521 Dover and Deal castles Ashford International 9 mins Dover College 01304 205969 Secret War Tunnels Folkestone West to St. Pancras 53 mins King’s School, Canterbury 01227 595501 Canterbury Cathedral Ashford School 01233 625171 Leisure Clubs & Facilities Hythe Cricket and Squash Club 01303 267458 Hythe Football Club 01303 264932 Sene Valley Golf Club 01303 268513 Imperial Hotel Spa and Golf 01303 267441 Hythe Lawn Tennis Club 01303 266354 Hythe Sailing Club 01303 265178 GROUND FLOOR Entrance Hall Study 8’6 x 8’0 (2.59m x 2.44m) Sitting Room 22’7 x 16’5 (6.89m x 5.01m) Kitchen 17’3 x 8’0 (5.26m x 2.44m) Dining Room 16’9 x 15’3 (5.11m x 4.65m) Conservatory 14’0 x 10’3 (4.27m x 3.13m) Cloakroom

FIRST FLOOR Landing Master Bedroom 18’0 (5.49m) x 17’2 (5.24m) narrowing to 12’7 (3.84m) Ensuite Shower Room Bedroom 4 14’3 x 6’1 (4.35m x 1.86m) Bedroom 3 14’4 x 6’4 (4.37m x 1.93m) Bedroom 2 10’9 x 9’0 (3.28m x 2.75m) Family Bathroom Separate WC

OUTSIDE Rear Garden Front Garden 3 Paddocks Electric Gated Driveway

OUTBUILDING 1 - GROUND FLOOR (Alpaca Lodge) Lounge/Kitchen/Diner 19’6 x 18’8 (5.95m x 5.69m) Car Port 19’4 x 16’6 (5.90m x 5.03m)

OUTBUILDING 1 - FIRST FLOOR Landing Bedroom 15’9 x 11’1 (4.80m x 3.38m) Bathroom

OUTBUILDING 2 (Cabin) Kitchen Shower Room Sitting/Bedroom 14’5 x 10’5 (4.40m x 3.18m) Workshop 17’7 x 11’11 (5.36m x 3.63m) Stable 1 11’2 x 10’8 (3.41m x 3.25m) Stable 2 11’2 x 10’8 (3.41m x 3.25m)

OUTBUILDING 3 Office 12’3 x 9’0 (3.74m x 2.75m) Store Room

EPC Exempt

Agents notes: All measurements are approximate and for general guidance only and whilst every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy, they must not be relied on. The fixtures, fittings and appliances referred to have not been tested and therefore no guarantee can be given that they are in working order. Internal photographs are reproduced for general information and it must not be inferred that any item shown is included with the property. For a free valuation, contact the numbers listed on the brochure. Copyright © 2020 Fine & Country Ltd. Registered in and Wales. Company Reg. No. 2597969. Registered office address: St Leonard’s House, North Street, Horsham, West Sussex. RH12 1RJ. Printed 30.01.2020 Fine & Country Tel: 01227 479 317 [email protected] 23 , Canterbury, Kent CT1 2UA