Frith Hall •

Frith Hall

DEAN STREET • EAST FARLEIGH • KENT • ME15 0PR A handsome Victorian country house of character with well proportioned accommodation, a coach house, established gardens and grounds

Entrance Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Family Room, Study, Conservatory, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom Cellar with Two Store Rooms, Wine Store and Coal Store Master Bedroom with En Suite, Five further Bedrooms one with en-suite, Family Bathroom Coach House providing extensive Garaging for four cars and Garden Storage Heated Swimming Pool, Tennis Court Established Gardens, Paddock, Field Shelter and Orchard Total area about 10.4 acres EPC = F

Savills Sevenoaks 74 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1JR [email protected] 01732 789 700 Description Frith Hall is a fine example of a Victorian country residence which was formerly the home to the Kennard family, a well established farming family who commissioned the house construction in 1855 and which stayed in the family for about 122 years. The property retains the classic features of the period including high ceilings with decorative cornice and ceiling rose, window shutters, elegant marble fireplaces, deep skirting boards and bell-pulls. The property has been extended with the addition of a Victorian style conservatory allowing delightful views over the rear garden. There is a detached coach house which provides excellent 4 car garaging and set within a separate courtyard with its own road access and could be developed into ancillary accommodation subject to the necessary building regulations. The grounds comprise a formal garden, sweeping lawns, a tennis court and swimming pool, paddock and orchard, and in total amount to about 10.4 acres.

• Steps lead to the elegant portico entrance with a wide mahogany front door which opens onto the entrance hall. Exposed wooden floors continue the length of the hall and there is an attractive staircase with a mahogany handrail rising to the first floor, a boot room and an under stairs cupboard. • The principal reception rooms offer well proportioned formal entertaining areas. The drawing room is double aspect with a bay to the side having French doors leading to the garden, and an elegant marble fireplace with open Baxi fire. The dining room has an outlook to the front and also has an elegant marble fireplace with gas fire. • Providing informal living is the spacious family/sitting room which has a wide window to the front, and the study which is double aspect with a marble open fireplace and cupboards to either side. This room has French doors to the side lawn. • The well proportioned conservatory is a wonderful addition to the house and has attractive views over the gardens and three pairs of doors opening onto the rear terrace and features double glazing, pinoleum blinds and electric floor heating for all year use. • The kitchen/breakfast room is well appointed with a range of bespoke wall and base cupboards and matching island unit in light English pippy oak, by renowned Chamber Furniture of Knockholt. Over the island unit is a Welsh slate work surface which extends to provide a breakfast bar. Appliances include a 4 oven oil-fired Aga, dishwasher, microwave and fridge freezer. The room is double aspect with an outlook to the side and French doors to the rear terrace. • There is a utility room with solid light oak storage cupboards and space for laundry appliances, and a cloakroom completes the ground floor accommodation. • The extensive cellar comprises two store rooms, a locking wine cellar with original limestone shelves and a coal store, all with ample headroom and easy access to all services (fuse panel, water softener, stopcock, drainage etc) • The galleried first floor landing has a window to the rear with far reaching views over the garden and surrounding countryside. An inner landing has a loft hatch, an airing cupboard and a small room with a butler sink together with a secondary stair case to the ground floor. • The double aspect master bedroom with original feature marble fireplace, is generously proportioned and has built-in wardrobes and served by a stylish en suite shower room and has access to adjacent nursery/ bedroom • There are four further bedrooms on this floor, all with wardrobes. An en-suite shower room links two of these bedrooms and the remaining two have attractive original marble fireplaces with duck nest grates. • A well appointed and stylish family bathroom with roll top bath and separate shower completes the first floor. • Accessed via a third staircase is the sixth bedroom which has a skylight window to the rear with fabulous views over the adjoining countryside, and a mezzanine storage area. • The house is approached through a brick pillared gated entrance over a gravel drive which provides parking to the front of the house. A spur drive leads to the left to a further courtyard providing additional parking and leading to the coach house and garage. The coach house has a cobbled floor and provides a garden store area with double height vaulted ceiling. Attached is a large 4 car garage with dual electric doors and set in a sizeable courtyard with its own road access. It is considered this building has potential to be converted to ancillary accommodation subject to the necessary building regulations. • The established gardens provide a delightful backdrop to the house with wide sweeping lawns to the front, side and rear, interspersed with mature trees and shrubs under planted with spring bulbs. Trees include a mulberry, magnolia, rhododendrons, horse chestnut and tulip tree, and wisteria and roses adorn the elevations of the house. To the rear is a superb formal garden with symmetrical paved terraces planted with lavender and a flowering cherry, divided by gravel paths bound on either side by deep herbaceous beds and a central feature fountain. On from here is a knot garden which leads on to a wide lawn. Within the garden is a Victorian thatched summerhouse with plaster and lathe walls (in need of refurbishment.) There is also a tennis court and a heated swimming pool enclosed by a brick wall. • A paddock and orchard lie to the north east and amount to about 8 acres with the total area amounting to about 10.4 acres.

Situation • Comprehensive Shopping: (2 miles), Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Bluewater. • Mainline Rail Services: East Farleigh to and Maidstone (East and West) serving Charing Cross/Cannon Street and Victoria. East Farleigh to servicing the High Speed Javelin service to St Pancras/ Ebbsfleet and Eurostar services to Europe. • Primary Schools: East Farleigh, and . • Grammar Schools: Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and . • Private Schools: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Bethany in Goudhurst and King's Rochester, & The Schools at Somerhill in Tonbridge, Kent College Pembury. • Sporting Facilities: Leeds Castle, Wrotham Heath Golf Club, The London Golf Club, West Kingsdown, David Lloyd Leisure and Mote Park Leisure in Maidstone. • Communications: The M20/M26 can be accessed at the Wrotham interchange which is about four miles away linking to the M25 and other motorway networks, Gatwick and Heathrow Airports and the Channel Tunnel Terminus.

DIRECTIONS From Junction 4 head south along the A228 in the direction of Tonbridge. At Mereworth, take the first exit at the roundabout in the direction of Wateringbury (A26). Pass through Wateringbury, and after a further mile, take the right hand turn down the B2163 onto Lane. Cross over the railway line and then over the stone bridge and at the end of the road turn left to East Farleigh, turn right into Vicarage Lane by The Bull pub, then immediately left into Forge Lane, continue to the end and turn right into Dean Street. Frith Hall can be found on the left after approximately half a mile, immediately after a ragstone barn and opposite a row of white cottages.

Services Electricity, water, mains sewage plus 2500 litre oil tank for heating (no mains gas)

OUTGOINGs Maidstone Borough Council – 01622 602000. Tax band ‘H’. Rates for 2017/2018 £3,452.78

Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills on 01732 789700. If there is any point which is of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property.

Kitchen / Conservatory Breakfast room 6.97 x 4.46 22'10'' x 14'7'' 5.13 x 4.81 16'10'' x 15'9'' Gross internal area (approx.) Frith Hall, East Farleigh House - 507.4 sq m (5461 sq ft) Study For identification only - Not to scale Utility © room True plan (U K) Lim ited Kitchen / Conservatory 4.13 x 3.65 Breakfast room 13'6'' x 11'11'' Sitting room 6.97 x 4.46 22'10'' x 14'7'' 5.19 x 4.59 17'0''5 .x1 31 5 x'0 '4' .81 16'10'' x 15'9''

Utility Study room 4.13 x 3.65 Dining room Drawing room 13'6'' x 11'11'' Sitting room 5.48 x 3.22 5.52 x 5.48 17'11'' x 10'7'' 18'1'' x 18'0'' 5.19 x 4.59 17'0'' x 15'0''

Coal s tore

Store Dining room Drawing room r oom Ground floor 5.48 x 3.22 5.52 x 5.48 221.517 s'1q1' ' m x 10'7'' 18'1'' x 18'0'' Wine (2384 sq ft) store

Store room Cellar 5.34 x 4.47 72.0 sq m 17'6'' x 14'7'' Ground floor (775 sq ft) 221.5 sq m (2384 sq ft) Bedroom 5 4.49 x 3.60 14'8'' x 11'9''

Bedroom 4 4.84 x 4.24 15'10'' x 13'10'' Guest Bedroom 4.34 x 4.27

14'2'' x 14'0''

Bedroom 3 Master Bedroom

5.76 x 4.72 5.28 x 4.72 17'4'' x 15'6'' 18'11'' x 15'6''

Garage

11.45 x 5.39 Restricted height 37'6'' x 17'8'' First floor 188.9 sq m (2033 sq ft) Bedroom 6 4.44 x 3.61 14'6'' x 11'10''

Coach House - 103.5 sq m (1114 sq ft)

Seco nd floor 25.0 sq m (269 sq ft) IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and a ny joint agents give notice t h a t : 1.They are not authorised to make or give any

Garden store representations or warranties in relatio n t o the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assu m e no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These 8.12 x 4.90 particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 26'7'' x 16'1'' 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. AB/714040 Brochure prepared April 2017.

Savills Sevenoaks 74 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1JR [email protected] 01732 789 700