Mill Lane, Herne Bay, Kent

This delightful Victorian detached property has been sensitively refurbished in the last few years but still retains wonderful external and internal period features. It is approached through wrought iron gates, flanked by pillars and a brick wall that surrounds two sides of the property and leads to an integral garage.

The inner stained glass front door opens into the hall with engineered oak flooring that flows throughout the ground floor. The open plan lounge/sitting area has a bay window, a stone fireplace with a log burner and a stained glass door to the triple aspect garden room. This features the original external brick wall, a woodburner, stained glass windows, skylights, bi-fold doors to the rear terrace and access to the rear veranda.

The contemporary kitchen/diner includes a bay window, a coved ceiling, a range cooker, two period dressers with matching units housing appliances, a central island/breakfast bar and bi-fold doors to the veranda. While the original marble surround fireplace with a gas fire and a porthole stained glass window provide character in the dining area. A rear vestibule includes a vanity basin and toilet, a pantry and utility room as well as access to the garden and garage.

Upstairs there is access to the attic, a shower room, a family bathroom and an additional toilet, four double bedrooms and a single. The main bedroom has a box bay window and original fireplace, another double has a box bay window and a fireplace, a third includes a fitted cupboard while the fourth has an original fireplace.

The rear garden features a terrace with a shrub border and a patio adjacent to a koi carp pond with its ‘beach hut’ style pump room. A large lawn with a central stone feature leads to a bar/summerhouse, a garden shed and a play area.

What the Owner says:

This has been a wonderful family home for the past 40 years but it is time to downsize although it will be a great wrench to leave this lovely place. Over the years we have enjoyed modernising the house it but still retaining all the period features. It is a great place for entertaining and we have held many parties and family get togethers including having a marquee in the garden for weddings.
It is a very convenient location as we are close to the Thanet Way, while the post office and doctor’s surgery is just round the corner. We are not far from The Theatre in the Park and Herne Nursery and Primary school rated Outstanding by Ofsted, while Herne Bay includes a good secondary school with grammar and first class private schools in Canterbury, Faversham and the Thanet towns.
Herne Bay includes individual shops, restaurants, salons, the seafront and pier, a cinema and theatre, veterinary practices and a weekly market. For water sport enthusiasts there is sailing, angling and jet skiing while golfing aficionados can play at the Whitstable and Seasalter or the Chestfield golf clubs.