For Sale5 Bedroom Detached House in Romford Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4BA£1,650,000

Down a leafy lane on the outskirts of Pembury, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, you will find this charming Grade II Listed country property. As its origins are believed to be in the 16th century with later Victorian additions, the house is full of period character with delightful external and internal features including wooden casement and sash windows, exposed beams, chimneystacks and original fireplaces. However, it has been sensitively updated to provide excellent modern day facilities including contemporary bathrooms, an updated kitchen and even a cinema. Nestling in the midst of about 0.75 acres of delightful grounds, the farmhouse is approached via a driveway flanked by beech hedging that leads to the fascinating detached double garage and a pathway to the charming pitched roof porch and period front door. This opens into the hallway with its modern tiled floor and a staircase down to the cinema and the first floor. Just inside the front door is a study with a Victorian fireplace flanked by built in drawers and shelving. It has lovely views over the front garden and the orchards beyond to give you inspiration while you work and is conveniently located for easy access to business visitors. Alternatively, this would make an excellent dining room for more formal occasions. The stunning dual aspect sitting room with its beautiful oak flooring is nearly 30ft long and is really a room of two halves. There is the elegant Victorian part with a fireplace and a useful storage cupboard and the characterful cosy area in the older part of the house with exposed beams and a superb inglenook fireplace with a Bressumer beam and a log burning stove. This has direct access to the equally spacious and delightful kitchen/breakfast/dining room with oak flooring. The kitchen/breakfast area is again in the older part of the property with its exposed beams and casement window. It includes a central island/breakfast bar, an electric Aga and attractive painted Shaker style units with granite worktops housing a built in microwave, an integrated wine cooler and dishwasher as well as space for an American fridge freezer. While the light and bright dining area provides a much more contemporary almost garden room feel with a wall of windows overlooking the garden and French doors with full height side windows opening onto a spacious terrace. It includes a built in banquette style seating on two sides and provides room for a large dining table as well as oak stairs to the principal bedroom suite . There is a door to a cloakroom and the fitted utility room that has space for laundry facilities and a stable door to the garden. In the basement there is an excellent cinema room created by the current owners and includes the equipment that is available to purchase by separate negotiation. On the first floor the L-shaped landing leads to the family bathroom, a separate shower room and four double bedrooms that all have fitted cupboards while three of them also have fireplaces. The dual aspect principal suite, accessed via an oak turned staircase from the dining area, includes a vaulted ceiling and exposed beams, delightful views over the garden and an ensuite bathroom that has a stand-alone painted bath with claw feet and a separate shower. At the end of the rear garden there is an attractive garden room with lighting and electrics, wood flooring and bi-fold doors. This is currently set out as a gym but would also make an excellent office for anyone who doesn’t want to be disturbed or a bar/games room. The garage includes a side store room and plenty of additional storage on the first floor. The front garden features a large lawn area with mature shrubs while the south-facing rear garden is surrounded by trees and incorporates a spacious terrace for outdoor entertaining. This leads to a path bordered by a lawn and shrub beds as well as steps up to a sweeping level lawn interspersed with mature trees and shrubs and hedging that creates individual areas. The level lawn is a great space for children and dogs to play in. It is also ideal for a game of croquet or it could become a tennis court, while there is even space to create a swimming pool, subject to planning permission.