For Sale3 Bedroom Detached House in Park Drive, Ashford, TN26 1DR£695,000

Outer Gate Lodge is the original Gate Lodge for Hothfield Place (designed by Samual Wyatt & built 1778-80 for Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet), the manor house was demolished in 1954 by its owner, Sir Reginald Rootes. Constructed in 1809 of mathematical tile & brick with a Cumberland Green slate roof (using bricks from the old Rectory) Grade II listed Joined by link to the "Bake House" in the mid-'80's Solid European Oak Floors; Limestone tiled bathroom & cloakroom; Blue granite worktops & floors in the kitchen & utility rooms; Three bedrooms; Two reception rooms; One family bathroom - bath set in one-piece limestone surround plush a separate drencher shower; Separate toilet / Cloakroom; Copper rainwater guttering; Three-box stables; 8m x 8m Garage; Planning permission for a habitable 2000 sq ft two-storey annex (7.75m x 13m footprint) - services in place - phone, water & electrical supply plus drain to septic tank laid under the lawn; Includes a 28 ft deep well - floodlit, glass cover & pump for irrigation using the well water; Main gas, electricity & water; Septic tank sewerage; Patio & paths illuminated by 10 remotely controlled Collingwood ULO30 floodlights; Landscaped gardens of 0.54 of an acre boarded with Copper Beech hedging and an array of trees including Ginkgo Biloba, Silver Birch, Apple and Firs; Building elevations lit by Steinel Floodlights; Kitchen features two Miele Ovens, Miele Induction hob & rangehood, Miele integrated warming drawer, Miele integrated dishwasher; Utility room features Miele washing machine, Miele clothes dryer & Miele fridge/freezer; Option exists to purchase the house fully furnished as a turn-key proposition; House re-plumbed & re-wired in 2009.