5 bedroom detached house for sale

Beautifully presented family home with landscaped garden, set within a popular location in Ightham.

Description

20 Fen Meadow is a most attractive part-tile hung detached family home built in 1997, with a stunning orangery added in 2013, offering beautifully presented accommodation, ideal for both formal entertaining and family living. Salient points include a striking orangery, bright and modern kitchen/breakfast room, contemporary bath/shower rooms and attractive multi-paned windows. Also of benefit is the lovely established landscaped garden together with the attached double garage and driveway to the front. The property is well located within a charming residential area, approx. 0.9 miles from the heart of Ightham village.

The well-presented reception rooms comprise a sitting room with a canted bay window to the front incorporating a window seat, a well-proportioned dining room with feature Adams-style fireplace and which opens to the excellent orangery with striking roof lantern, wood flooring with underfloor heating, open brick fireplace, corner picture windows and a bank of bi-fold doors leading out to the terrace. Altogether they provide an excellent suite of rooms for formal or informal entertaining.

The spacious kitchen/breakfast room is triple aspect and fitted with a comprehensive range of wall and base cupboards with work surfaces over, range-style cooker and integral appliances. The adjoining utility room has additional storage, a sink, space for further appliances and access to the orangery and outside.

A cloakroom and cloaks cupboard complete the ground floor accommodation.

Arranged over the first floor is the principal bedroom suite with two sets of built in wardrobes and a stylish en suite bathroom with free-standing bath and separate shower cubicle. Four further bedrooms, all with fitted wardrobes, are served by the family shower room completes the accommodation. Both bathrooms benefit from underfloor heating.

To the front of the house areas of lawn flank a pathway which leads to the charming pitched porch to the front which is adorned with wisteria. To one side there is a brick paved driveway providing parking for several vehicles and which leads to the integral double garage. Pedestrian gate to one side leads through to the rear garden.

The rear garden is a delightful feature of the property having been landscaped and maintained by the current owners and comprising a paved terrace and an adjoining decked terrace with pergola over, together providing a generous area for al fresco entertaining. The remainder of the garden is laid to lawn with a mixture of low box and established hedging and close boarded fencing to the perimeter.

Location

The sought-after village of Ightham provides a public house, primary school, children’s playground, farm shop and the beautiful National Trust owned Ightham Mote, which is just a few miles to the south of the village. There are also several footpaths in the local area.

Comprehensive Shopping: Sevenoaks (6.3 miles), Tonbridge (8 miles) and Bluewater.

Mainline Rail Services: Borough Green (2 miles) to London Victoria/London Bridge/Charing Cross. Sevenoaks (6.7 miles) to London Bridge/Cannon Street/Charing Cross.

Primary Schools: Ightham, Plaxtol, Seal, Seal St Lawrence CEP, and Borough Green.

Secondary/Grammar Schools: Knole Academy, Trinity, Weald of Kent Girls and Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar Schools in Sevenoaks. Wrotham School. Several in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

Private Schools: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Sackville and Walthamstow Hall Secondary Schools. Sevenoaks, Solefields, The Granville, Walthamstow Hall and New Beacon Preparatory Schools. St Michaels and Russell House Preparatory Schools in Otford. Radnor House in Sundridge.

Leisure Facilities: Footpaths in the local area. Wildernesse and Knole Golf Clubs in Sevenoaks. Nizels Golf Club with a private health/fitness centre in Hildenborough. Reynolds Country Club & Fitness Spa in Borough Green.

All distances are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,229 sq ft


Acreage: 0.18 Acres

Directions

From Sevenoaks head in an easterly direction through Seal village, along the A25 over Seal Chart for approximately 3 miles. After passing Ightham recreation ground on your left, turn right into Sevenoaks Road towards Ightham village and at the T-junction turn left and continue through the village. Turn left into Fen Pond Road and Fen Meadow will be found approximately 0.8 miles on the left hand side. On entering the close take the first turning on the right where number 20 will be found on the right.

Additional Info

Services: All mains services connected.

Maintenance charges: £232pa for communal gardening / maintenance.

Agents Note: Some of the external photographs were taken in June 2023.