Three Elm Lane, Golden Green, Tonbridge, Kent

This impressive residence forms part of a magnificent Victorian manor house surrounded by half an acre of private gardens in Golden Green. It backs onto farmland with far-reaching rural views and approached through automatic gates opening onto a private driveway leading to a spacious parking area flanked by trees and shrubs bordered by a large lawn.

External features include chimneystacks, differing roof lines with attractive barge boards, patterned brickwork, pitched roof dormers, bay windows and an arched entrance. The period features continue internally with high coved ceilings, picture and dado rails, wall panelling, ornate ceiling roses and beautiful fireplaces, however the property has been superbly maintained and sensitively updated to provide for modern day living.

There is an L-shaped hallway, a cloakroom, a stained-glass door to the courtyard, a staircase to the lower and upper floors plus Amtico flooring that flows through to the dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room. This features a range cooker, a central island and shaker style units housing various appliances while leaving space for a breakfast table. A dual aspect lounge has a bay window, a wood burning stove surrounded by a slate fireplace and solid oak flooring that continues into the dining/sitting room with its sandstone fireplace, log burner and fitted shelving. There is also a utility room, boiler room, additional storage and an office.

A galleried landing includes an airing cupboard, access to a stunning family bathroom and three double bedrooms with countryside views. One has an original fireplace while the dual aspect principal bedroom includes fitted cupboards and a staircase to an ensuite dressing room/shower room. There is also a contemporary second floor shower room serving two more double bedrooms.

Outside you will find a workshop/games/office and the landscaped garden surrounded by high fencing and hornbeam hedging, a terrace bordered by lawns and shrub beds leading to a sunken garden seating area with raised lily ponds overlooking farmland.

What the Owner says:

We love the character, privacy and the space and wanted a country home that felt secure and within easy reach of excellent schools. We have modernised the property over the past 26 years creating a peaceful, private environment. Now it is time for a new chapter and pass this special home to another family, who May want to reinstate or adapt the previous planning permission to create further ground floor accommodation.

Hadlow lies only a mile and a half away and is in a Conservation Area, rich in period architecture and home to the remarkable Grade I* listed Hadlow Tower. It offers an excellent primary school, the renowned Hadlow College of Agriculture and Horticulture with 10 acres of beautifully maintained grounds, shops, eateries, hairdresser, church, library, medical centre, a village hall with various activities, cricket and bowls clubs. There is the also riding, boating and angling as well as sixteen golf courses within nine miles. Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells are both within easy reach, offering restaurants, high street and boutique shopping, theatres, cinemas, grammar and private schools, plus mainline stations.