A detached four bedroom timber framed barn conversion with an indoor swimming pool, tennis court and about 30.5 acres of fields and woodland.
Great Water Barn is a detached unlisted barn conversion with timber and weatherboarded elevations and pitched clay tiled roof. Situated deep within the Kent countryside, on the outskirts of the market town of Cranbrook, the property occupies an idyllic rural setting amidst fields and woodland of approximately 30.5 acres, with a four bedroom family home at the heart.
Internally, the property boasts beautifully proportioned accommodation fitted with bespoke English oak joinery which has been manufactured to the highest standard by Howard Bros Joinery Ltd. There is under floor heating to the ground floor and accommodation includes a double aspect sitting room with fireplace, an impressive dining hall with vaulted ceiling and a study. Recreational rooms include a billiard room, cinema room and an indoor swimming pool with beautiful stone columns and skirtings by Classical Stone Limited.
The kitchen/breakfast room features marble flooring and boasts a comprehensive range of fitted cupboards, a central island, granite worktops and views over the surrounding lake. It is fitted with integral Miele appliances including an oven, warming drawer and dishwasher. There is a separate utility room which offers additional storage facilities and access to a cloakroom. There is also a ground floor shower room.
From each end of the barn, a staircase leads up to two bedrooms. To the west side of the property, there is the main bedroom suite with an ensuite bathroom and dressing room, as well as a further bedroom with en suite shower facilities. Whilst to the east side of the property, are two bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Great Water Barn is approached over a long private driveway bounded by fields. On approach to the main residence, electronically operated gates open to a parking area and open bay carport whilst the driveway continues to a gravel turning circle with further parking. The beautiful gardens and fields merge into woodland and lie mainly to three sides of the property and feature a beautiful lake which is approximately 2 acres that has a boathouse fitted with a kitchenette and WC. Recreational facilities include a tennis court.
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I love that this house, surrounded by its own land, feels like it's in the middle of nowhere but is only a few minutes drive from a mainline station
Duncan PetrieProperty agent