Redwell Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9EH | Property for sale | Savills
2,123 sq ft(197.23 sq m)
Guide price £1,295,000

Redwell LaneIghtham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9EH


    Key features

    • Well-presented with character features throughout
    • Popular edge of village location
    • Detached garage & outbuildings
    • Office & workshop
    • Ample off road parking
    • Established gardens
    • Ightham approx. 0.7 miles
    • Borough Green & Wrotham Station approx. 1.8 miles
    • Sevenoaks Station approx. 6.3 miles

    Attractive Grade II listed detached family home of character & charm, occupying delightful gardens & grounds approaching an acre, situated on the edge of this popular village.

    About this property

    • Langleys Cottage is a charming Grade II listed detached former farmhouse dating from the 16th Century with later additions and alterations. The well-presented and proportioned accommodation is arranged over two floors and is ideal for both family living and formal entertaining. Salient features include exposed brick and stone walls, ceiling and wall timbers, multi-pane casement windows, gabled dormers, a country-style kitchen, underfloor heating to the bathroom, and an impressive inglenook fireplace. Also of note are the delightful gardens and grounds, together with the range of outbuildings, off road parking and garaging, all of which amounts to about 0.92 acres in total.

      The triple aspect sitting/dining room provides a superb reception area with an impressive inglenook fireplace, a built-in storage cupboard and a stable door opening to the rear.

      There is an excellent family room leading to a conservatory with French doors opening to the terrace.

      The kitchen is well-equipped with a range of wall and base units with integral appliances including a double oven Aga and Range style cooker. A peninsular incorporates a breakfast bar and there is a useful cupboard located under the stairs.

      A utility room provides additional storage and space for appliances, and a shower room completes the ground floor.

      Stairs rise to the first floor and three double bedrooms, two with built-in storage cupboards, and a dressing room with fitted furnishings.

      A well-appointed family bathroom with twin basins, a bath and separate shower completes the accommodation.

      Langleys Cottage is approached over a gravel driveway with lawn and hedging to either side, culminating at the garaging and providing ample off road parking. The outbuildings include two potting sheds, a garage with a mower store, and a separate double garage with an adjoining workshop and office over.

      The impressive landscaped gardens are a real feature and are predominantly laid to lawn interspersed with a variety of established deciduous and evergreen specimen trees and shrubs, with well-stocked flower beds and swathes of meadow throughout. There is a pond with aquatic planting and an extensive terrace spanning the property with a pergola adorned in grape vines, providing a superb spot for al fresco entertaining. In total the plot amounts to about 0.92 acres.

      View payable Stamp Duty for this property

    This character property has so much charm, with the most delightful gardens and so much potential with the excellent range of outbuildings

    Oliver HodgesProperty agent

    Local information

    • Langleys Cottage is located on the edge of the picturesque and historic village of Ightham which is identified as one of the six special villages of Kent with its Norman Church, ancient inns and medieval houses. There are a number of National Trust owned areas including the historic Ightham Mote and Oldbury Woods where remnants of a Neolithic cave and the largest Stone Age fort in England can be seen.
    • Comprehensive Shopping: Sevenoaks (5.8 miles), Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Bluewater.
    • Mainline Rail Services: Sevenoaks station (6.3 miles) to London Bridge/Charing Cross/Cannon Street/Waterloo. Borough Green & Wrotham (1.8 miles) to London Victoria.
    • Primary Schools: Ightham and Plaxtol.
    • Secondary Schools: Knole Academy, Weald of Kent Grammar, Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar and Trinity Secondary Schools in Sevenoaks. Several in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
    • Private Schools: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Walthamstow Hall Public Schools. Sevenoaks, Solefields and New Beacon Preparatory Schools in Sevenoaks. St Michaels & Russell House Preparatory Schools in Otford. Radnor House in Sundridge.
    • Sporting Facilities: There are many bridle paths and walks in the local area. Numerous local golf courses including Wildernesse, Knole and Nizels. Mountains and Nizels Leisure Centres in Hildenborough. Sevenoaks Swimming and Leisure
    • Centre.
    • All distances are approximate.

    Additional information

    • Local Authority: Sevenoaks District Council. Tax Band 'G'
    • Services: Mains water, electricity, gas & drainage
    • Directions: From Sevenoaks head in an easterly direction along the A25 over Seal Chart and past the Amherst Inn public house on the right. Continue for a further half a mile and turn right into Common Road (signed Ightham Common). Turn left into Redwell Lane and past the entrance to Nutfields, and Langleys Cottage can be found along on the left hand side.
    • EPC Rating: D
    • Tenure: Freehold
    • Council Tax Band: G