For Sale5 Bedroom House in Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3EU£1,500,000

A handsome unlisted country house set in lovely gardens with heated outdoor pool, garaging and two stables. Coming to the market for the first time in over 30 years, Brushwood Hall is a handsome unlisted, predominantly Victorian family house, which dates originally from 1896 and was believed to have formerly been a hunting lodge. Set well back from the road, the property sits amidst lovely, well established gardens together with a heated outdoor swimming pool and enjoys views over adjoining countryside. The popular village of Bethersden has a range of local amenities and lies under a mile away, whilst the larger towns of Tenterden and Ashford with its high speed train link to London St Pancras, are about 6.5 miles. The well proportioned accommodation is arranged over two floors and amounts to over 3,200 sq ft. The principal southerly facing dining and drawing rooms are lovely light filled rooms, interconnecting and with high ceilings, open fireplaces and views over the lawned gardens and beyond. Off the reception hall is a further sitting room/snug with fitted bookshelves, a wood burning stove and cupboard with basin. The kitchen, with quarry tiled floor, has a range of cupboards, a dresser, a walk-in larder and a two oven oil fired AGA. There is space for various freestanding appliances. An archway continues through to an attractive breakfast/family room with a hand painted mural and French doors opening to a southerly facing terrace. Off the breakfast room is a study/home office and a utility room, housing the boiler and continuing through to the double garage. A wide turned staircase leads to a lovely light landing off which are five bedrooms, all of good proportions with views and fitted cupboards and served by a family bathroom, (en suite shower room to the main bedroom) and a further shower room. Brushwood Hall is approached via a long part gravelled drive, flanked by neighbouring fields, which leads to the front of the house where there is ample parking. The attractive gardens provide a lovely setting for the property with paved terraces and a corner verandah continuing to the expansive lawns with mature trees, borders, established beech and hornbeam hedging. The natural pond is also surrounded by indigenous trees and underplanted with various spring bulbs. There is a kitchen garden with raised beds and fruit cages and a wide variety of fruit trees include damson, fig, quince, apple, pear and medlar. The pool is heated via a heat exchanger and screened by clipped yew hedging. Outbuildings include a summerhouse, two stables, a store room and the garaging. View payable Stamp Duty for this property