Tenterden Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17

Dating back to the early 17th Century, with late 1980 refurbishments, this grand country house has a wealth of period charm, with oak throughout the house including exposed timber, latch doors, oak window frames with leaded lights and solid oak staircases to the first and second floors. The ironmongery has been completed by local craftsmen and there is exposed brickwork and a total of three inglenook fireplaces, two of which are in use.

The grand hallway with inglenook fireplace, leads to the sitting room, dining room and farmhouse kitchen/family room. Also downstairs is the garden room and a cloakroom/utility room and two room cellar.

With two large bedrooms on the first floor you are spoilt for choice as to which should be the principal bedroom - one has triple aspect windows and adjacent bathroom, and the other double aspect windows, large wardrobes and an ensuite. On the second floor there are two more double bedrooms and a third bathroom, as well as another room currently used for storage.

Old Halden sits at the top of the long driveway and is approached through a five-bar gate, which leads to a double car port, with store alongside and plenty of parking. Also outside is a brick-built machinery/log store, workshop and office, and the boiler room. The grounds extend to 2.7 acres in total and include charming gardens, two paddocks, a wild flower garden and two ponds.

FEATURES
- Kitchen/family room with range of oak units, double stainless-steel sink, Rayburn Royal range oven, separate eye level Beko oven, microwave, Bosch electric hob, Neff integrated larder fridge/freezer, and dishwasher. The family area, features an Inglenook fireplace with baker’s oven, a “copper” and a brick-built quarry tiled dairy wash stand and butlers sink
- Sitting room with impressive inglenook fireplace, double aspect, door to kitchen and door through to the garden room
- Dining room with door to kitchen, double aspect, inglenook fireplace with bressummer beam
- Garden room with double patio doors on both sides leading to the gardens and bringing in an abundance of light
- Utility room and downstairs cloakroom with washing machine and tumble dryer
- Cellar with two large rooms used as a wine cellar
- Bedroom on the first floor and has a triple aspect and a built-in wardrobe
- Family bathroom positioned next to the bedroom described above, is a good size bathroom and comprises WC, bidet, pedestal basin, shower and a deep wardrobe, it also features a brick fireplace
- Double bedroom with double aspect, large walk-in wardrobe and door to ensuite/first floor bathroom with double vanity basin unit, bath, WC and heated towel rail, door to landing
- Two double bedrooms on the second floor, with beautiful beams, both with double aspect, and one with a built-in wardrobe
- Second floor bathroom with bath, WC, shower unit, pedestal basin, heated towel rail
- Walk in store room

OUTSIDE
- The grounds, a total of 2.7 acres, are filled with mature trees, a large pond, rockery, extensive lawn areas with flower beds and shrubs, a large terraced area outside the kitchen and views extending to Tenterden.
- The office/workshop/machinery store and log store, is brick built with oak timbers, leaded windows with light, power, and water
- Boiler room integral to the house with oil-fired boiler, light, power and a water tap
- Double car port with store alongside

Old Halden is located just outside the village of Rolvenden which offers Rolvenden Primary School, as well as a number of local amenities such as the village shop/post office, Church, village hall and The Bull Inn. Further shops and facilities may be found in the nearby Cinque Port Towns of Tenterden and Rye with their picturesque high streets of independent shops and restaurants. Main line stations are located in Staplehurst, Headcorn and Ashford providing commuter links to London mainline stations. The latter also offers the high-speed service to St Pancras with journey times in just over 35 minutes.

There are a host of leisure and tourist attractions nearby including Cranbrook Museum, the Kent and East Sussex Railway, Great Dixter House and Gardens, Bodiam and Sissinghurst Castles (National Trust), Chapel Down Vineyard and the coast.

There are numerous schools in the area providing quality education in both the private and public sectors for primary and secondary education. These include Rolvenden Primary School, Cranbrook School, Dulwich Cranbrook, Saint Ronan’s in Hawkhurst, Benenden Girls’ School, Sutton Valence, Norton Knatchbull and Highworth Grammer schools in Ashford and Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre in Tenterden.

Nearby Headcorn Station offers services to London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross with journey times from under an hour.
The M20 at Ashford gives access to the coastal ports as well as the M25 for Gatwick, Heathrow and City airports.

Tenterden – 2.1 miles
Rye – 12 miles
Sissinghurst – 7 miles
Headcorn – 10.2 miles
Ashford – 15 miles
(All distances are approximate)