3 bed detached house for sale

Park Drive, Ashford TN26

Outer Gate Lodge is the original Gate Lodge for Hothfield Place (designed by Samual Wyatt & built 1778-80 for Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet), the manor house was demolished in 1954 by its owner, Sir Reginald Rootes.

Constructed in 1809 of mathematical tile & brick with a Cumberland Green slate roof (using bricks from the old Rectory)

Grade II listed
Joined by link to the "Bake House" in the mid-'80's
Solid European Oak Floors;
Limestone tiled bathroom & cloakroom;
Blue granite worktops & floors in the kitchen & utility rooms;
Three bedrooms;
Two reception rooms;
One family bathroom - bath set in one-piece limestone surround plush a separate drencher shower;
Separate toilet / Cloakroom;
Copper rainwater guttering;
Three-box stables;
8m x 8m Garage;
Planning permission for a habitable 2000 sq ft two-storey annex (7.75m x 13m footprint) - services in place - phone, water & electrical supply plus drain to septic tank laid under the lawn;
Includes a 28 ft deep well - floodlit, glass cover & pump for irrigation using the well water;
Main gas, electricity & water;
Septic tank sewerage;
Patio & paths illuminated by 10 remotely controlled Collingwood ULO30 floodlights;
Landscaped gardens of 0.54 of an acre boarded with Copper Beech hedging and an array of trees including Ginkgo Biloba, Silver Birch, Apple and Firs;
Building elevations lit by Steinel Floodlights;
Kitchen features two Miele Ovens, Miele Induction hob & rangehood, Miele integrated warming drawer, Miele integrated dishwasher;
Utility room features Miele washing machine, Miele clothes dryer & Miele fridge/freezer;
Option exists to purchase the house fully furnished as a turn-key proposition;
House re-plumbed & re-wired in 2009.

Property Ownership Information

Tenure

Freehold

Council Tax Band

G

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