For Sale4 Bedroom Detached House in Weddington, Ash, Canerbury, Kent Ct3 2as£1,400,000

This is a property for anyone looking for privacy and seclusion but who wants the pleasure of a truly characterful and historic residence. Although now lapsed there were planning applications agreed to extend the property at the rear and also to add a principal bedroom suite and playroom in the roof space and it should be possible to have these re-instated or amended. Even though the manor is in a very private location Weddington Lane is immediately accessible to the A257 for  Ash, Sandwich, Wingham and Canterbury while Deal and Dover are within easy driving distance. Ash includes period buildings, a Grade I Listed church, a pub, two convenience stores, a chemist, hairdressers, a doctor’s surgery and a beauty spa. There are also sports clubs, activities in the village hall and fishing in Sandwich lakes as well as a good primary school and St Faith’s prep school. It is not far to the medieval Cinque Port town of Sandwich with its delightful pubs, restaurants and individual shops as well as the excellent Sir Roger Manwood’s grammar school. Golfing addicts can enjoy their game at Princes and the world renowned St George’s championship course. Boating enthusiasts can moor their boats along the River Stour in Sandwich and other sporting activities are easily available while the high speed train from Sandwich station can whisk you to London in under an hour and a half. Canterbury city centre is only a 20 minute drive with its high street stores, individual shops, restaurants and bars as well as the cinema, two theatres and a plethora of historic buildings. It includes two train stations with the fast train to St Pancras from Canterbury West station taking less than an hour. There is also a leisure centre, golf course and the Polo Farm sports club as well as three universities. There are also excellent grammar schools and first class private schools in Canterbury, Thanet and Dover.  Historical Note: The Manor was formally one of the six Manors of Ash and closely associated with the medieval town of Sandwich which, at that time, was a major port. It was historically owned by descendants of the d’Avranches family who came over to England with William the Conqueror. Robert d’Avranches was the first to change the name to ‘de Hougham’ (it means the same as Avranches ; ‘a home in a hilly place’) and the first Hougham to be knighted. He was a Crusader who fought with King Richard I (the Lionheart) at the Siege of Acre in the Holy Land between 1189 and 1191. The Houghams came from the Dover area (hence Hougham, Church Hougham and West Hougham) to Weddington at the time of Henry VIII and lived there until the end of the reign of Charles I.