FOOTS CRAY PLACEFOOTS CRAY MEADOWS • KENT

Langford Russell13 High Street,

Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5AB

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8295 4900Contact:Andrew Roberts

Email: chislehurst@langfordrussell.co.uk

FOOTS CRAY PLACEFOOTS CRAY MEADOWS • KENT

Chislehurst 3 miles, Canary Wharf 10 miles, Central London 14 miles,Tunbridge Wells 25 miles, Gatwick Airport 46 miles (All mileages are approximate)

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Kitchen/Dining Room • Sitting Room/Family Room • Drawing RoomStudy/ Library with Store Room and Wet Room • Hobby Room • Gallery with Wet Room

12.5 metre Indoor Swimming Pool • Gymnasium • Wet Room and Changing Room

Utility Room • Plant Room • Wine Cellar • Larder • Store Room.

TV Room, Master Bedroom with Ensuite Wet Room and Dressing Roomtwo further Bedrooms with Ensuite Bathrooms and further Bedroom with Wet Room

Annexe with Living Room, two Bedrooms both ensuite

Guest Cottage with Kitchen and Living Room • Bedroom with Wet Room Further Bedroom with Ensuite Bathroom

Walled Kitchen and Formal Gardens and Greenhouse

About 2.03 Acres (0.822 Hectares)

Savills423 Crofton Road

Locksbottom, Orpington, Kent BR6 8NL

Tel: +44 (0) 1689 869601Contact: Nigel Humphriss

Email: nhumphriss@savills.com

SavillsLansdowne House

57 Berkeley Square, LondonW1J 6ER

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7499 8644Contact: Richard Gayner

Email: rgayner@savills.com

SITUATIONFoots Cray Place is situated in a secluded position surrounded byparkland known as Foots Cray Meadows. The property is located innorthwest Kent with Orpington and Sidcup nearby.The property sitscompletely within its own walled gardens. The pretty village ofChislehurst is less than 3 miles away with easy access to CentralLondon (48 minutes by rail to Victoria, 35 minutes to LondonCharing Cross) and Canary Wharf. The area enjoys excellentcommunication links, whether by car or rail, with easy access to keymotor routes, including the A20, the A2, the M20 (providing accessto the Channel Ports) and Junction 3 of M25.

There are wide ranging amenities in the area which include:Shopping in London’s West End and the leading leisure and shoppingcentre in Europe, Bluewater being 12 miles away; leisure and golffacilities in the area include London Golf Club, Chislehurst GolfClub and Royal Blackheath. There is an impressive selection of stateand private schools in the area which include St Olaves GrammerSchool for Boys, Newstead Woods Grammer School for Girls,Babington House School, Farringtons School, Eltham College andColfe’s. A further selection of excellent schools in the Sevenoaks andDartford area are within easy reach.

DESCRIPTIONBuilt in 1756 and lovingly restored by the award winning developers,Morgan Restoration, Foots Cray Place has been transformed into afabulous 21st Century family home with an eclectic twist. The houseand gardens are of architectural interest, as it served as the Stables,Chauffeurs Cottage and Kitchen Gardens to what was once knownas the former Foots Cray Place. The Grade II listed former stable wasdesigned by Isaac Ware and located within 240 acres of Foots CrayMeadows, a Grade II listed park of Special Historic Interest. Theoriginal exposed timber beams and frames throughout the mainhouse provide a central feature in most rooms. The walled gardenwas interestingly designed for Lord Waring in the 1920’s by ThomasMawson, an architect of high repute at the time. Chris Beardshaw,award winning garden designer was commissioned to re-design thegardens to a contemporary design bearing reference to the principlesof Mawson.

Foots Cray Place is approached via a driveway with Foots CrayMeadows to one side. A stable cobbled drive sweeps through twoentrances both with brick pillar and electric wrought iron slidinggates, one to a courtyard with parking and three bay garage and theother to the main entrance parking bay with steps up to a featurewater fountain courtyard. A brick and wrought iron wall surroundsthe property and gardens providing privacy and security.

The property benefits from a extremely high specification, designedto ensure environmentally friendly living in all capacities. Thesefeatures include; insulated walls, floors and roofs which exceedcurrent building regulations; underfloor gas central heating; extensivereversible air conditioning; rainwater recycling; ‘whole house heatrecovery’ ventilation system; solar heating system to heat theswimming pool, hot water and some of the rooms; LED and lowenergy lighting and sun pipes are used to light some internal rooms.There is also a comprehensive and sophisticated security systemthroughout the property accessible from the internet at all times.Other features include wiring throughout the property to allow for48 data points throughout the property which can operate a numberof appliances simultaneously.

The accommodation is laid out as follows:

GROUND FLOORThe house is of red brick construction with a slate roof and acontemporary timber clad extension with a zinc roof.

From the cobbled driveway, a stone paved path with feature waterfountain takes you to double glazed front doors leading into theReception Hall with brick tile flooring and original exposed brickwall to one side. Glazed electrically operated glass sliding door to theleft leads to the Annexe and double glass windows provide views tothe garden. Following through the reception hall, a glass doorprovides access to the terrace and walled gardens. The corridor thenopens to the principle reception rooms separated with originaltimber pillars. The beautifully designed Kitchen consists of granitework surfaces with inbuilt sink, Maxmatic waste disposal, Smeg rangeoven with six gas hobs, inbuilt Siemens microwave, steam oven andhot plate and discreetly hidden electric points. Fitted cupboardsprovide ample storage. Opposite the kitchen is the open plan

Dining Area with bench seating and storage under. The marblefloored kitchen/dining area is single aspect with two traditional sashwindows either side of the stable door providing an additionalentrance to the property. A secret ornate timber door leads to theStudy/ Library with steps down to a large light room and fulllength windows with two doors to the front driveway with two largetraditional barn doors on the outside. The other wall is flanked byan impressive wall of cubed shelving. There is a large Store Roomand Wet Room adjoining.

The Kitchen and Dining area, opens to the Sitting Room/ FamilyRoom with oak flooring and four traditional timber pillars in themiddle of the room. Through the pillars you are taken through tothe triple aspect Drawing Room with two large glass sliding doorsallowing full enjoyment of the spectacular garden and waterfountains. A sunken seating area provides a unique feature to theroom surrounded by oak flooring. A corridor leads from the SittingRoom/ Family Room to the Hobby/Work Room with fittedshelves and large store cupboard through to the Gallery with wall to

floor glass windows and door to the courtyard and garage. AWetroom with WC, basin and shower is attached. A walkway withdouble glazed wall to one side then takes you to a Store Room andthe Triple Bay Garage. Back through to the main corridor is theIndoor Swimming Pool Complex with automatic humidity andheating control and automatic pool cover. Adjoining, theGymnasium is also temperature controlled with views to the pool.Wet room and Changing room adjoin. The swimming pool issurrounded by double aspect glazed windows allowing splendid viewsto the garden. From the corridor, stairs lead down to a large UtilityRoom with separate rooms off to the Plant Room which containsSolar System controlled storage tanks, Wine Cellar, Larder, StoreRoom and WC.

FIRST FLOORA contemporary glazed staircase with glass surround leads from themain reception up to a glazed first floor landing which opens to aimpressive and sizable Living Room with exposed timber framesand beams and original flooring. The Master Bedroom Suite liesthrough a door at one end of the landing and comprises a largedouble bedroom with walk in Dressing Room and Wet Room.Notable features in the room include the original flooring, exposedtimber beams, ornate fireplace, double aspect windows and a door toa decked Roof Terrace with views across the gardens. Bedroom 2is an equally good sized triple aspect room with walk in DressingRoom and Ensuite Bathroom. Bedroom 3 and 4 are locatedjust off the first floor Living Area. Bedroom 3 has a Wet Roomand Bedroom 4 has a Ensuite Bathroom. Both rooms have fittedwardrobes and fabulous views of the walled gardens.

FOOTS CRAY PLACEGross internal area (Approx.)

933.5 sq m (10048 sq ft)Illustrations for identification purposes only. Not to scale.

ANNEXE From the main reception entrance, a glazed sliding door takes you tothe Annexe with Living Room and Bedroom with Wet Roomon the ground floor and stairs up to a further Bedroom withEnsuite Bathroom.

OUTBUILDINGSOriginally built in 1910 for Lord Waring, the former SmokingRoom has been converted into a Staff Flat or Guest Cottage. It issituated at the far end of the garden with brick elevations and a slateroof. The cottage is entered through a stable door into a open plan

Living Room with exposed brick floor with under floor heating,timber beams and frames and the original brick fireplace. TheKitchen adjoins with granite work surfaces, fitted cupboards andinbuilt electric oven and five ring hob. A lead framed bay windowprovides plenty of light into the living area. The cottage has twobedrooms. Bedroom 1 has double doors out to the paved terracewith Ensuite Bathroom and Bedroom 2 with Wet Room.

At the far end of the vegetable garden is a ‘Hobbit Hole’ withgarden store and WC and would support a turf a roof to completethe image. From the vegetable garden, a rear driveway leads throughwrought iron gates to a brick and felt Double Garage.

GARDENS AND GROUNDSFoots Cray Place benefits from lawns at the front and rear of theproperty surrounded by a garden wall offering privacy and security.From the main entrance with ornamental water fountain, a stonepaved path leads to lawns separated by a stone path were one canaccess the kitchen through a traditional stable door. Effective sunkenlights follow the perimeter of the path to the side and front entrance.The gardens have been designed to provide access to fresh andrecycled water, power and data as required.

The rear of the property unravels a majestic collection of formalgardens, herbaceous borders and vegetable gardens. A stone pavedwalkway with a slim water channel and fountain at the south side ofthe property leads to lawns at either side culminating into a semicircular moat with stone slab walkway across. From the moat, stepslead up to a ornamental pond designed by Chris Beardshaw (ChelseaGold Winner 2006 and Silver Gilt 2007). To one side there is anavenue of pleached limes. The garden continues with various formaland informal borders separated by Beech and Yew hedging. TheRose garden is of particular note, offering a splendid array of colour.An original red brick wall with archways and antique gates takes youthrough to the beautifully manicured and well established KitchenGardens separated by Box hedging. A waterfall flows from one endto a rock pool and wildlife garden at the bottom. A smart and largetimber framed Green House with Cold Frames to one side, addsanother element to the perfect vegetable garden. There is also a fourbay Compost area with Tools and Potting area adjoining.

ABOUT 2.03 ACRES (0.822 HECTARES)

GENERAL REMARKS ANDSTIPULATIONS

POSTCODEDA14 5BP

TENURELeasehold (125 years from 2006) with vacantpossession upon completion.

Peppercorn Ground Rent.

We are informed that the purchasers will be entitledto enforce the purchase of the freehold after theappropriate interval.

SERVICESMains gas, electricity and water.

Main drainage.

LOCAL AUTHORITYLondon Borough of Baxley. Tel: 020 8303 7777

FIXTURES AND FITTINGSAll fitted carpets, curtains, blinds, light fittings,

garden ornaments and equipment are specifically

excluded from the sale but may be available by

separate negotiation.

DIRECTIONSTake the A20 from London, Kent bound and exit at

the major roundabout/flyover on to the A224

towards Sidcup.At the traffic lights, continue straight

ahead into Rectory Lane. Follow the road for

approximately half a mile bearing left at the church.

The access road to Foots Cray Place is on the right

hand side.

VIEWINGStrictly by appointment with the agents.

NOT TO SCALE

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey. Not to Scalemapping with permission of the Controller of Her Majesty'sStationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908)

IMPORTANT NOTICESavills, Langford Russell and their clients give notice that:

1. They have no authority to make or give any representations orwarranties in relation to the property. These particulars do notform part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon asstatements or representations of fact.

2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text,photographs and plans are for guidance only and are notnecessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that theproperty has all necessary planning, building regulation or otherconsents and Savills and Langford Russell have not tested anyservices, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfythemselves by inspection or otherwise.

Note: Photographs taken September 2007

Brochure produced September 2007

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