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Freehold
Guide price
£1,600,000
(£456/sq. ft)
6 bed detached house for sale
Florance Lane, Groombridge TN36 beds
2 baths
3 receptions
3,507 sq. ft
EPC rating: F
Key Information
Tenure:
Freehold
Council tax band:
G
Local area information
Property location
Nearby amenities
- Groombridge St Thomas' Church of England Primary School 0.2 miles
- Ashurst (Kent) 1.7 miles
- St Michael's Primary School 1.8 miles
- Eridge 1.8 miles
These distances are calculated in a straight line. The actual route and distance may vary.
Features and description
- Freehold
- Handsome detached Victorian residence of grandeur
- Marvellous period detailing with accommodation extending to in excess of 3500 square feet
- Prime position within a sought-after village
- Gardens with tennis court of approximately 0.88 acres.
Within walking distance of the village centre and the local primary school, an imposingly handsome, Victorian village house of character surrounded by landscaped gardens. Believed to date from the 1870s, and although cannot be directly attributed, the house displays striking architectural features typical of the style of Norman Shaw. Exteriors are of red brick with attractive tile hanging to the first floor, under a tall, pitched tiled roof with intricate chimneys and a studded, Gothic style front door. There are fine, stone mullioned windows with leaded light glazing and some attractive exterior plasterwork to one side. Internally ceilings are tall, skirting boards deep and there is a variety of attractive fireplaces, including fine Adams style surrounds in the drawing and dining rooms. In the same family ownership for nearly sixty years, there is now the potential to renovate and upgrade the infrastructure to create the most marvellous, period family home to twenty-first century standards. Reception rooms are gracious, fully captivating the warm and welcoming atmosphere that pervades throughout the house and enjoying a fine prospect over the gardens through the large windows. The kitchen is supported by various domestic offices offering the potential for rearrangement or extension to form a large, sociable family living space. Accessed by an elegant staircase, the bedrooms are laid out over the upper two levels, serviced by two separate bathrooms on the first floor. Those on the first floor include the principal bedroom, which enjoys a dual aspect and fitted closets and a double bedroom that has been sub divided to form two singles, but which could easily be put back as one. The second floor has two characterful double bedrooms as well as a large attic room with potential.
Outside
Set back and approached via a gravelled driveway, leading to a wide parking and turning area as well as the detached garaging, the well-established and colourful gardens extend to approximately 0.88 acres (0.36 hectares) and surround the house. There are large areas of level lawn, various shrubberies with mature rhododendrons and azaleas, mature trees and hedging. To the rear is a brick outbuilding with potential and there is a tennis court, now in need of some attention.
Situation
Situated towards the southern edge of Groombridge, the house is perfectly positioned for all that village life has to offer as well as for access to the lovely Ashdown Forest and local countryside via the network of public footpaths nearby. The thriving village of Groombridge has an active community with a local store, post office, bakery, various hostelries including The Crown in Old Groombridge and the village hall, which adjoins the village cricket ground. The Spa Valley Steam Railway also stops at Groombridge. The sought-after town of Royal Tunbridge Wells is about 4.6 miles (The Pantiles) where there are fabulous boutique stores, nationally known shopping such as Fenwicks, Hoopers and M&S, cafes, bars and restaurants, theatres and art centres. Tunbridge Wells mainline rail station has services to London Cannon Street, Charing Cross and London Bridge in under an hour. There are many highly regarded schools in the area including the village primary – St Thomas’ - Holmewood House preparatory school, Rose Hill, Brambletye in East Grinstead, the Michael Hall School in Forest Row, Kent grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge and public schools in Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Eastbourne
Additional Information
Tenure: Freehold
Services: All mains services.
Local Authority: Wealden District Council. Council Tax Band G
Outside
Set back and approached via a gravelled driveway, leading to a wide parking and turning area as well as the detached garaging, the well-established and colourful gardens extend to approximately 0.88 acres (0.36 hectares) and surround the house. There are large areas of level lawn, various shrubberies with mature rhododendrons and azaleas, mature trees and hedging. To the rear is a brick outbuilding with potential and there is a tennis court, now in need of some attention.
Situation
Situated towards the southern edge of Groombridge, the house is perfectly positioned for all that village life has to offer as well as for access to the lovely Ashdown Forest and local countryside via the network of public footpaths nearby. The thriving village of Groombridge has an active community with a local store, post office, bakery, various hostelries including The Crown in Old Groombridge and the village hall, which adjoins the village cricket ground. The Spa Valley Steam Railway also stops at Groombridge. The sought-after town of Royal Tunbridge Wells is about 4.6 miles (The Pantiles) where there are fabulous boutique stores, nationally known shopping such as Fenwicks, Hoopers and M&S, cafes, bars and restaurants, theatres and art centres. Tunbridge Wells mainline rail station has services to London Cannon Street, Charing Cross and London Bridge in under an hour. There are many highly regarded schools in the area including the village primary – St Thomas’ - Holmewood House preparatory school, Rose Hill, Brambletye in East Grinstead, the Michael Hall School in Forest Row, Kent grammar schools in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge and public schools in Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Eastbourne
Additional Information
Tenure: Freehold
Services: All mains services.
Local Authority: Wealden District Council. Council Tax Band G
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