Frith HallEAST FARLEIGH • KENT

Frith HallDEAN STREET • EAST FARLEIGH • KENT • ME15 0PR

A handsome Victorian country house of character with well proportionedaccommodation, a coach house, established gardens and grounds

Entrance Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Family Room, Study, Conservatory, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Cloakroom

Cellar with Two Store Rooms, Wine Store and Coal Store

Master Bedroom with En Suite, Five further Bedrooms one with en-suite, Family Bathroom

Coach House providing extensive Garaging for four cars and Garden Storage

Heated Swimming Pool, Tennis Court

Established Gardens, Paddock, Field Shelter and Orchard

Total area about 10.4 acres

EPC = F

Savills Sevenoaks74 High StreetSevenoaksKent TN13 1JRsevenoaks@savills.com

01732 789 700

Description

Frith Hall is a fine example of a Victorian country residence which was formerly the home to the Kennardfamily, a well established farming family who commissioned the house construction in 1855 and whichstayed in the family for about 122 years. The property retains the classic features of the period includinghigh ceilings with decorative cornice and ceiling rose, window shutters, elegant marble fireplaces, deepskirting boards and bell-pulls. The property has been extended with the addition of a Victorian styleconservatory allowing delightful views over the rear garden. There is a detached coach house which providesexcellent 4 car garaging and set within a separate courtyard with its own road access and could be developedinto ancillary accommodation subject to the necessary building regulations. The grounds comprise a formalgarden, sweeping lawns, a tennis court and swimming pool, paddock and orchard, and in total amount toabout 10.4 acres.

• Steps lead to the elegant portico entrance with a wide mahogany front door which opens onto theentrance hall. Exposed wooden floors continue the length of the hall and there is an attractive staircasewith a mahogany handrail rising to the first floor, a boot room and an under stairs cupboard.

• The principal reception rooms offer well proportioned formal entertaining areas. The drawing room isdouble aspect with a bay to the side having French doors leading to the garden, and an elegant marblefireplace with open Baxi fire. The dining room has an outlook to the front and also has an elegantmarble fireplace with gas fire.

• Providing informal living is the spacious family/sitting room which has a wide window to the front, andthe study which is double aspect with a marble open fireplace and cupboards to either side. This roomhas French doors to the side lawn.

• The well proportioned conservatory is a wonderful addition to the house and has attractive views overthe gardens and three pairs of doors opening onto the rear terrace and features double glazing,pinoleum blinds and electric floor heating for all year use.

• The kitchen/breakfast room is well appointed with a range of bespoke wall and base cupboards andmatching island unit in light English pippy oak, by renowned Chamber Furniture of Knockholt. Overthe island unit is a Welsh slate work surface which extends to provide a breakfast bar. Appliances includea 4 oven oil-fired Aga, dishwasher, microwave and fridge freezer. The room is double aspect with anoutlook to the side and French doors to the rear terrace.

• There is a utility room with solid light oak storage cupboards and space for laundry appliances, and acloakroom completes the ground floor accommodation.

• The extensive cellar comprises two store rooms, a locking wine cellar with original limestone shelves anda coal store, all with ample headroom and easy access to all services (fuse panel, water softener, stopcock,drainage etc)

• The galleried first floor landing has a window to the rear with far reaching views over the garden andsurrounding countryside. An inner landing has a loft hatch, an airing cupboard and a small room with abutler sink together with a secondary stair case to the ground floor.

• The double aspect master bedroom with original feature marble fireplace, is generously proportionedand has built-in wardrobes and served by a stylish en suite shower room and has access to adjacentnursery/ bedroom

• There are four further bedrooms on this floor, all with wardrobes. An en-suite shower room links twoof these bedrooms and the remaining two have attractive original marble fireplaces with duck nestgrates.

• A well appointed and stylish family bathroom with roll top bath and separate shower completes the firstfloor.

• Accessed via a third staircase is the sixth bedroom which has a skylight window to the rear with fabulousviews over the adjoining countryside, and a mezzanine storage area.

• The house is approached through a brick pillared gated entrance over a gravel drive which providesparking to the front of the house. A spur drive leads to the left to a further courtyard providingadditional parking and leading to the coach house and garage. The coach house has a cobbled floor andprovides a garden store area with double height vaulted ceiling. Attached is a large 4 car garage with dualelectric doors and set in a sizeable courtyard with its own road access. It is considered this building haspotential to be converted to ancillary accommodation subject to the necessary building regulations.

• The established gardens provide a delightful backdrop to the house with wide sweeping lawns to thefront, side and rear, interspersed with mature trees and shrubs under planted with spring bulbs. Treesinclude a mulberry, magnolia, rhododendrons, horse chestnut and tulip tree, and wisteria and rosesadorn the elevations of the house. To the rear is a superb formal garden with symmetrical paved terracesplanted with lavender and a flowering cherry, divided by gravel paths bound on either side by deepherbaceous beds and a central feature fountain. On from here is a knot garden which leads on to a widelawn. Within the garden is a Victorian thatched summerhouse with plaster and lathe walls (in need ofrefurbishment.) There is also a tennis court and a heated swimming pool enclosed by a brick wall.

• A paddock and orchard lie to the north east and amount to about 8 acres with the total area amountingto about 10.4 acres.

Situation

• Comprehensive Shopping: Maidstone (2 miles), Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Bluewater.• Mainline Rail Services: East Farleigh to Paddock Wood and Maidstone (East and West) serving London

Charing Cross/Cannon Street and Victoria. East Farleigh to Strood servicing the High Speed Javelinservice to St Pancras/ Ebbsfleet and Eurostar services to Europe.

• Primary Schools: East Farleigh, Wateringbury and Yalding.• Grammar Schools: Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge.• Private Schools: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Bethany in Goudhurst and King's Rochester, Sutton Valence &

The Schools at Somerhill in Tonbridge, Kent College Pembury.• Sporting Facilities: Leeds Castle, Wrotham Heath Golf Club, The London Golf Club, West Kingsdown,

David Lloyd Leisure and Mote Park Leisure in Maidstone. • Communications: The M20/M26 can be accessed at the Wrotham interchange which is about four miles

away linking to the M25 and other motorway networks, Gatwick and Heathrow Airports and theChannel Tunnel Terminus.

DIRECTIONS

From Junction 4 head south along the A228 in the direction of Tonbridge. At Mereworth, take the firstexit at the roundabout in the direction of Wateringbury (A26). Pass through Wateringbury, and after afurther mile, take the right hand turn down the B2163 onto Teston Lane. Cross over the railway line andthen over the stone bridge and at the end of the road turn left to East Farleigh, turn right into VicarageLane by The Bull pub, then immediately left into Forge Lane, continue to the end and turn right into DeanStreet. Frith Hall can be found on the left after approximately half a mile, immediately after a ragstonebarn and opposite a row of white cottages.

Services

Electricity, water, mains sewage plus 2500 litre oil tank for heating (no mains gas)

OUTGOINGs

Maidstone Borough Council – 01622 602000. Tax band ‘H’. Rates for 2017/2018 £3,452.78

Viewing

Strictly by appointment with Savills on 01732 789700. If there is any point which is of particularimportance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property.

Frith Hall, East FarleighGross internal area (approx.)

For identification only - Not to scale© Trueplan (UK) Limited

House - 507.4 sq m (5461 sq ft)

Cellar72.0 sq m(775 sq ft)

Ground floor221.5 sq m(2384 sq ft)

5.19 x 4.5917'0'' x 15'0''

Sitting room

6.97 x 4.4622'10'' x 14'7''

Conservatory

5.48 x 3.2217'11'' x 10'7''

Dining room

5.52 x 5.4818'1'' x 18'0''

Drawing room

4.13 x 3.6513'6'' x 11'11''

Study

5.34 x 4.4717'6'' x 14'7''

Store room

5.13 x 4.8116'10'' x 15'9''

Kitchen /Breakfast room

Storeroom

Coal store

Winestore

Utilityroom

Ground floor221.5 sq m(2384 sq ft)

5.19 x 4.5917'0'' x 15'0''

Sitting room

6.97 x 4.4622'10'' x 14'7''

Conservatory

5.48 x 3.2217'11'' x 10'7''

Dining room

5.52 x 5.4818'1'' x 18'0''

Drawing room

4.13 x 3.6513'6'' x 11'11''

Study

5.13 x 4.8116'10'' x 15'9''

Kitchen /Breakfast room

Utilityroom

4.44 x 3.6114'6'' x 11'10''

Bedroom 6

4.49 x 3.6014'8'' x 11'9''

Bedroom 5

4.34 x 4.2714'2'' x 14'0''

5.76 x 4.7218'11'' x 15'6''

Master Bedroom5.28 x 4.72

17'4'' x 15'6''

Bedroom 3

4.84 x 4.2415'10'' x 13'10''

Bedroom 4

First floor188.9 sq m(2033 sq ft)

Second floor25.0 sq m(269 sq ft)

Restricted height

GuestBedroom

IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1.They are not authorised to make or give anyrepresentations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalfof their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. Theseparticulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact.2.Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and arenot necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, buildingregulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfythemselves by inspection or otherwise. AB/714040 Brochure prepared April 2017.

8.12 x 4.9026'7'' x 16'1''

Garden store

11.45 x 5.3937'6'' x 17'8''

Garage

Coach House - 103.5 sq m (1114 sq ft)

Savills Sevenoaks74 High Street

SevenoaksKent TN13 1JR

sevenoaks@savills.com

01732 789 700