A substantial detached village house with an acre of gardens in a conservation area overlooking orchards and the Blean Woods.
Twin Mays was extended in 1995, the original brick house is tile hung on the upper floor, the extension has a cat slide roof and a wealth of oak beams and Tudor bricks incorporated from a French barn. All mains facilities are connected including gas-fired central heating.
Dargate is a hamlet of the village of Hernhill which has an excellent primary school,it is 4 miles to Whitstable and Faversham and 6 miles to Canterbury with all its’education facilities including a Montessori school and Kings School. London is 60miles, a fast train from Faversham to Victoria takes 1 hr. 10mins. Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports are all within 1½ hrs. drive, Kent international airport is 15miles away, Dover Cross Channel Ferries, the Channel Tunnel and Eurostar are about ½ hr.
Leisure facilities include sailing at Whitstable, golf courses, sports centres, tennis clubs etc. Canterbury County cricket ground is 6miles, the Folkestone Race Course 20miles and numerous good restaurants.
HOUSE DESCRIPTION:
A spacious entrance hall has a built-in cloaks cupboard and a cloakroom with wash basin and w.c. The sitting room a north and south aspects with double doors leading to a small reception room with a beech wood stripped floor currently used as a music room, French doors open onto a patio. The Amdega conservatory is accessed from the sitting room and has power, radiators and double doors leading to the garden with sitting area. The dining room on the other side of the entrance hall has a built-in china cupboard. The kitchen was refurbished in 1995 with Mark Wilkinson limed oak units and dresser, fridge/freezer, a built-in Bosch oven, combined oven/grill/microwave. A Rayburn solid fuel cooker/ boiler is an attractive feature under a brick surround with an oak mantle. There are stable doors to the front of the house and to the patio at the rear. Another door leads through to the extended part of the house with a breakfast room on the ground floor, and the tandem double garage. This has the benefit of windows on two sides, central heating, a log-burning stove and is wired for wall lights. Water piped to the garage is sealed off at the moment, but offers various opportunities to convert this area to living accommodation. There is parking for at least five cars and a very large shed .
Two staircases lead to the main house and to the upper floor of the extension. The extension has huge oak beams and a feature brick fireplace, currently used as a bedroom, leading from this is a small lobby with another small twin bedroom leading off and a bathroom with a bath, w.c., hand basin and separate, large power shower. In the main house there are three bedrooms on the first floor with a family bathroom also with bath, wc, hand basin and separate, large shower. The master bedroom has a range of fitted cupboards and wardrobes and a small en-suite shower and wash basin with built in wardrobe/cupboards in the other two bedrooms. A small room with fitted bookcase and double wardrobe/storage cupboard has a staircase leading to the second floor. Two rooms on the second floor with fitted bookshelves and access to eaves storage space used as studies could be extra bedrooms. The Potterton automatic gas fired boiler is housed in a separate boiler house with a cold water supply. There is outside lighting on all sides of the house and a further outside water supply at the rear.
The garden has a productive vegetable and soft fruit garden, a number of apple, pear and plum trees and a cedar wood framed greenhouse. A pergola with a black eating grape provides a shaded sitting area, there is a timber built summerhouse and various patios for BBQ’s etc. The flower beds are extremely well stocked with wisteria, clematis, roses, an herbaceous border, magnolias, rhododendrons and azaleas providing a delightful setting for the house.

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