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Guide Price£1,075,000

New House Lane, Headcorn

Land size
6 acres
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • An individua, detached, family house, circa 1950s with significant later additions
  • Five bedrooms and three reception rooms, the well proportioned accommodation totalling approximately 2943 ft²
  • Complemented by a range of timber outbuildings including garaging and stables, in need of updating
  • Set in established gardens with pond and paddocks, in total extending to approximatley 6 acres
  • Semi rural location overlooking fields
  • Headcorn village and MLS approximately 1.6 miles distance

Description

An individual, detached, family house, circa 1950s with significant later additions, providing five bedroom, three reception room, well proportioned accommodation totalling approximately 2943 ft² complemented by a range of timber outbuildings including garaging and stables, all in need of updating, set in established gardens with pond and paddocks, in total extending to 6 acres, enjoying views out across fields.

New House Farm is an individual, detached, family house, with origins understood to date back to circa 1950s with significant later additions. The property presents elevations of brick and tile hanging, set with UPVC double glazed casement and dormer windows, beneath a pitched and hipped tiled roof. The well proportioned accommodation is arranged over three floors and includes an entrance hall and cloakroom, doors leading off to a double aspect sitting room with timber floors feature fireplace, housing wood burning stove and enjoying a pleasant outlook across fields. The dining room also has a wooden floor and a bay window to rear incorporating door and outlook across the rear garden. The conservatory now requiring updating has UPVC windows, panels and doors, set on a dwarf brick wall, enjoying an outlook across the garden. A kitchen/breakfast room is comprehensively fitted with a range of units, including a Rangemaster LPG fired cooker with five burners and twin electric ovens, space an electric point for fridge/freezer, integrated dishwasher and a pleasant double aspect with outlook to both front and rear. A separate snug/playroom has a feature bay window. A useful utility room has a tiled floor, stainless steel sink, space and plumbing for washing machine, space an electric point for a tumble dryer floor standing Grant oil fired boiler providing domestic hot water and central heating.

From the entrance hall, a rise of stairs leads to the first floor landing, with useful built in linen cupboard, built in wardrobe. Doors off to a main bedroom with feature bay window to rear enjoying a fine rural outlook. Access to an en suite bathroom with ‘Jack and Jill’ doors, fitted with a modern white suite including a panelled bath with integrated shower over, bedrooms two and three are both double rooms. A family bathroom is fitted with a white suite including a panelled bath and a separate glazed and tiled shower. A staircase leads up to a second floor and attic bedroom five, a very well portioned room set partially under eaves with access to under eaves storage, glazed double doors opening out providing extensive countryside views. An en suite bathroom is fitted with a white suite.

GARDENS, GROUNDS AND OUTBUILDINGS

New House Farm is approached via a five bar gate opening onto a gravel drive, swinging round to ample gravel parking with small orchard alongside. A block of predominantly, timber outbuildings 54' x 35' in total, comprising triple, open fronted bay garaging, enclosed garaging, workshop, storage sheds, outside wc, open fronted log store a separate timber shed with pitch corrugated tin roof. These buildings present an excellent footprint for replacement buildings.

A separate timber stable block 36' x 12' in need of updating, incorporates three loose boxes and has a strip of concrete hardstanding to front.

The established gardens are laid to lawn, running out predominately to three sides with blocked paved pathways, box hedging, rose beds, stocked flower border, trees include silver birch, copper beech and cherry and a lily pond. A kitchen garden area includes a greenhouse and poly tunnel.

The paddocks run conveniently out from the rear of the garden accessed via two five bar gates and a pedestrian gate enclosed by hedging. The whole overlooks fields.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
G
Date Posted
2026-07-07

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 459 Homes with Land listings in South East England (5+ acres).

This Property£179,167 / acre
Homes with Land Average (5+ acres) £138,406 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

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Parking
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Garden
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Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

21 Mbps

Standard (10-30 Mbps)

Suitable for

  • Web & social
  • Music streaming
  • Standard video calls

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Headcorn Primary School944 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    401
    Type
    Community school
  • Frittenden Church of England Primary School1.9 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    100
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Staplehurst School2.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    398
    Type
    Community school
  • Smarden Primary School3.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    172
    Type
    Academy converter
  • John Mayne Church of England Primary School3.4 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    94
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Cranbrook School5.7 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    958
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Christian
  • Cornwallis Academy6.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,402
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Lenham School6.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    820
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre6.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,772
    Type
    Academy converter
  • New Line Learning Academy7.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    826
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Sainsburys Headcorn Local, Headcorn754 metres
Spar - Staplehurst, Staplehurst2.9 miles
Morrisons Daily Staplehurst The Parade, Staplehurst2.9 miles

GP surgery

Sutton Valence Group Practice3.6 miles

Pharmacy

Headcorn Pharmacy0.9 miles

Hospital

Benenden Hospital5.2 miles

Green space

Play Space841 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Headcorn Rail Station828 metres

Nearest bus stop

George and Dragon733 metres

Typical drive times

Ashford23 min · 15 miles
Maidstone20 min · 12 miles
Tenterden13 min · 8.9 miles
West Malling26 min · 20 miles
Canterbury (city)39 min · 28 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 3Higher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

Surface water

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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