For Sale5 Bedroom House in Hazel Street, Stockbury, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7SB£4,000,000

An outstanding 21st century country house with indoor pool and superb separate leisure complex, stables and over 6.5 acres. Occupying an idyllic country lane setting, Hollymead is a highly individual 21st century house, designed by Open Architects of Sevenoaks, with indoor pool, separate self-contained annexe and situated within over 6.5 acres of gardens and grounds . Of particular note is a superb leisure complex, linked to the house by a long tunnel, it includes an indoor lap pool, a plunge pool, wet room, recreation/games room, gym and extensive garaging for at least six cars. Located directly above the complex is a stable yard with stabling by Prime Oak for two horses, together with a tack room, kitchen facilities and an office. The main house boasts free flowing, flexible family accommodation arranged over three floors, and it is finished to a high specification with Vantage lighting and Home Automation System, underfloor heating via a ground source heat pump, Charles Yorke kitchen, a designated cinema room and an indoor swimming pool complex with heated pool, sauna, Jacuzzi and wet room. Double doors open to the elegant reception hall which boasts a bespoke American walnut staircase leading to the upper and lower floors. Full length windows to the south elevation afford vistas over the terrace, gardens and beyond. Off the reception hall there is a study, a triple aspect sitting room and the 40ft kitchen/breakfast/family room by Charles Yorke, with various integral appliances. There is also a substantial utility room with further appliances and a drying cupboard. On the first floor there are a total of four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The principal bedroom has en suite WC facilities and a dressing room with fitted cupboards. Bedroom five (formerly an en suite bathroom) is located off the main bedroom. Arranged over the lower ground floor is an attractive bedroom suite with fitted cupboards, a playroom, a cinema room, a bar/snooker room with bi fold doors, a plant room and WC. Steps lead from the lower reception hall to the indoor swimming pool complex with heated pool and further bi fold doors which open to the substantial terrace which extends across to the bar/snooker room opposite. Adjacent to the main house is the detached self contained, one bedroom annexe with electric under floor heating. On the ground floor there is a fitted kitchen/breakfast room, shower room and a sitting room. Whilst on the first floor the bedroom spans the length of the building. To the rear of the annexe is a designated children's play area with artificial grass, a wooden playhouse and climbing frame and a sunken trampoline. Hollymead is approached via electric double gates with the drive leading to a turning circle at the front of the house. A secondary gated drive to the south east, leads to the stables, leisure complex and machinery barns. The gardens and grounds have been landscaped with low maintenance in mind, with expansive lawns, mature established hedging and a selection of specimen trees. View payable Stamp Duty for this property