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An attractive village house affording home/business opportunities with the benefit of off road parking. Cranbrook School Catchment Area. Entrance Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Cloakroom, Utility Room, Cellar, Master Bedroom with En-Suite Shower Room, Walk-In Wardrobe, four further Bedrooms, Study, Family Bathroom. Integral Retail Area. Gardens and Parking. View Web Brochure

Situation

West House is situated in the heart of the picturesque ancient Wealden village of Goudhurst which benefits from local shops, village inns and amenities. The locality falls within an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the property is within the Cranbrook School catchment area.

Local Shopping: Goudhurst and Cranbrook (5 miles)

Comprehensive Shopping: Tunbridge Wells (11 miles) and Maidstone (14½ miles)

Mainline Rail Services: Marden (4½ miles), Paddock Wood (7 miles) to London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross (within the hour and 45 minutes respectively)

Communications: Access via A21 to the M25 for Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, with the M20 to Dover, Folkestone and Ashford's International Station and Channel Tunnel Terminus

Primary Schools: Goudhurst, Colliers Green and Cranbrook

Secondary Schools: Angley School at Cranbrook

Grammar Schools: Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Tonbridge

Private Schools: Dulwich Preparatory at Cranbrook, St Ronan's and Marlborough House at Hawkhurst and Bethany at Goudhurst

Leisure Facilities: Risebridge Health Club at Goudhurst, Cranbrook Leisure Centre, golf at Lamberhurst, Brenchley and Chart Hills, Biddenden, sailing at Bewl Water and walking in Bedgebury and Hemsted Forests

Directions

From Tunbridge Wells travelling south on the A21, take the A262 signposted Goudhurst. On reaching the village West House will be found on the right hand side at the top of the hill, before the village pond.

West House is a substantial timber framed property of great character believed to date from the 16th Century. Set in a convenient village location the property offers great potential with spacious and flexible accommodation having recently been updated with scope for further improvement/cosmetic finishing. The property presents mixed external elevations mainly brick with fish-scale tile hanging to the first floor under a Kent peg tiled half-hipped roof with a central gable. The accommodation is arranged over three floors and benefits from a wealth of original period features including beams and timbers, open fireplaces, mullioned and transomed leaded casement windows to the first floor and an attractive canted bay on the ground floor. To the rear of the property is a delightful enclosed walled garden, well stocked with mature trees and shrubs including fig, apple, roses and many varieties of clematis. A tumbled stone pathway follows the majority of the garden and leads through a rustic rose walkway. An attractive terrace incorporating a pergola is an ideal area for al fresco entertaining.

Points of particular note include:

-Exposed brick entrance hall with an arched corbelled ceiling

-Attractive double aspect Drawing Room with open inglenook fireplace and oak bressumer

-Exposed stone work

-Dining Room with exposed studwork and oak flooring

-Inglenook with wood burning stove

-Kitchen with Fired Earth solid French oak units

-Oil fired Aga

-Flag stone floor

-Stable door to rear garden

-Utility Room with space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer

-Double aspect Master Bedroom with En-Suite Shower Room having travertine tumbled mosaic tiling to floor and walls

-Walk-in wardrobe with range of cupboards and drawers

-Four further bedrooms two of which are situated within the eaves

-Study with Velux window

-Family Bathroom fitted with a Heritage Suite and travertine tumbled mosaic tiling to floor and walls

-Under floor heating

-Cast iron bath with ball and claw feet

Retail Area

-Shop Window/Display area

-Fitting Room

-Storage cupboards

-Separate entrance door and internal access via Kitchen

Outside

-Well hedged front garden with a brick path and flag stone steps leading to timber panelled entrance door

-Gravelled parking area

-Private rear walled garden

-Attractive tumbled stone pathways and seating areas

-Pergola and Rose Arch

-Timber Storage Shed

Services

Oil fired central heating. Mains electricity, water and drainage.

Fixtures and Fittings

Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.

Local Authority

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Tel: 01892 526121 Tax Band G.

Viewings

Strictly by appointment with Jackson-Stops & Staff on 01580 720000. 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

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Important Notice

Jackson-Stops & Staff, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:

1. They do not have authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property. These particulars do not 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 Jackson-Stops & Staff have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.