For Sale4 Bedroom House in Hatmill Lane, Brenchley, Tonbridge£1,250,000

What the owners say: We fell in love with the cottage as soon as we saw in some 40 years ago. We love the location and enjoyed renovating our lovely home and having the opportunity to extend it and add the outbuildings to create everything you could want in a characterful family home but with all the advantages of modern day living. It is also quiet and peaceful but not isolated as we can easily walk into the village and also to the local pubs including the Halfway House and the Hopbine in Petteridge. Brenchley is as popular with commuters today as it was 200 years ago when the ‘Flower of Kent’ stagecoach galloped back and forth from London to Brenchley three times a week in 1823. It is also well-known for including the childhood home of Sophie Rhys-Jones, Duchess of Edinburgh. The historic high street is made up of half timbered, tile hung white weatherboarding houses with some dating back to the 1200s including the Old Palace that now houses the local post office and stationers. There is a good primary school, the award-winning Grays café and ‘cakery,’ and the characterful Little Bull that does amazing breakfasts and brunches, while the Halfway House is a quintessential village pub that has won the CAMRA Best West Kent Pub for more than 20 years and offers excellent ales and hearty pub food. An avenue of 400 year old yew trees provide an impressive entrance to the Grade 1 Listed church and you can stroll around the delightful village green or enjoy Brenchley Woods, which are ideal for walks with the dog, cycling or horse riding. Nearby Matfield is a friendly place with another village green, two pubs, a butcher’s shop and the village hall with a post office and regular activities. The nearest station to the cottage is Paddock Wood which is about three miles away and where trains to London take between 40 minutes and an hour. The town also includes high street stores, individual shops, bars, restaurants as well as two primary schools and a good secondary school. Tunbridge Wells provides excellent additional educational facilities including a number of primary and secondary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted including St James and St Peters’ C of E primary schools and secondary schools including Bennett Memorial Diocesan School, the St Gregory’s Catholic School as well as Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School and Skinners Grammar School.  Claremont primary has also been judged Outstanding in various categories. You will also find excellent private schools in the area including Rosehill, The Mead, Kent College, Holmewood House and Beechwood prep and secondary school as well as the historic Tonbridge School.