Rolvenden Road, Benenden
- Land size
- 1 acres
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 2
Key Features
- A SUBSTANTIAL FOUR BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSE
- WELL-PRESENTED ACCOMMODATION THROUGHOUT
- APPROX. OVER AN ACRE OF GARDENS
- HEATED SWIMMING POOL AND POOL HOUSE
- LARGE STORAGE SHED
- OFF-ROAD PARKING
- CRANBROOK SCHOOL CATCHMENT AREA
- EPC RATING B
- COUNCIL TAX BAND G
Description
Main Description
This impressive detached family home is set within gardens of approximately just over one acre and located on the outskirts of the highly sought-after village of Benenden.
Offering spacious and versatile accommodation throughout, this beautifully presented property combines a peaceful countryside setting with convenient access to local amenities, schools, and transport links.
Approached via secure gates, the property benefits from a large gravel driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles. The welcoming entrance hall includes a useful study area and leads to the main living accommodation. The stunning open-plan kitchen/dining/family room is a real highlight, featuring dual-aspect natural light, quartz work surfaces, exposed brickwork, and doors opening onto the garden. Additional ground floor accommodation includes a snug with log burner, a separate dining room, utility room, and cloakroom for convenience.
Upstairs, the property offers four well-proportioned double bedrooms. The principal bedroom benefits from built-in wardrobes and a modern en-suite shower room, while the remaining bedrooms enjoy beautiful views. A contemporary family bathroom completes the first floor.
Outside, the beautifully landscaped grounds provide a mix of formal gardens, lawned areas, mature trees, a vegetable garden with raised beds, fruit trees, woodland, and a pond. The rear garden is designed for entertaining, featuring a generous terrace and a heated swimming pool with air source heating.
A detached cedar-clad summer house with log burner provides additional flexible space, while the separate pool house is currently used as an office and includes underfloor heating, storage, filtration facilities, and a changing room with shower and WC. With its existing facilities and independent layout, the pool house also offers excellent potential for use as a self-contained annex, guest accommodation, or additional family living space (subject to any necessary consents).
An exceptional family home offering space, privacy, and a superb rural lifestyle, with the added benefit of being within the Cranbrook School catchment area.
If You Lived Here
If you live here, you would enjoy the best of village life, with Benenden's charming amenities right on your doorstep. The property is just moments away from the village green, the historic public house, local shops, post office, and hairdresser, providing a real sense of community and convenience. For a broader array of shopping and dining options, the market towns of Cranbrook and Tenterden are within easy reach.
The area is renowned for its excellent educational facilities, with the property falling within the highly regarded Cranbrook School catchment area. The village primary school is also close by, offering options for both primary and secondary education in both the state and private sectors.
Commuting is made accessible with Headcorn and Staplehurst stations offering services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street, with journey times under an hour. The High Speed service from Ashford International connects to London St. Pancras in just 37 minutes. The A21 provides convenient road links to the M25 and major airports.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- G
- Date Posted
- 2026-07-09
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 1,852 Homes with Land listings in South East England (1+ acres).
Energy Performance Certificate
Energy Efficiency Rating
Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)
Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Ask Agent
- Water
- Ask Agent
- Heating
- Ask Agent
- Broadband
- Ask Agent
- Sewerage
- Ask Agent
Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
- Ask Agent
- Private Rights of Way
- Ask Agent
- Listed Property
- Ask Agent
- Restrictions
- Ask Agent
Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
- Ask Agent
- Parking
- Off-Street Parking
- Garden
- Private Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 92% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
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
- Benenden Church of England Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 213
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Rolvenden Primary School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 90
- Type
- Academy converter
- Sandhurst Primary School2.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 179
- Type
- Community school
- Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 192
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Cranbrook Church of England Primary School3.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 200
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Cranbrook School3.4 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 958
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Christian
- Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre4.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,772
- Type
- Academy converter
- Robertsbridge Community College7.9 milesOfsted: Inadequate
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 644
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Rye College9.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 645
- Type
- Academy converter
- Chilmington Green School11 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 449
- Type
- Free schools
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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Surface water
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)
£14.99 · one-off purchase
By LandSale, the platform. Not provided by the listing agent. Ready in about a minute.
Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.
LandSale full disclaimer
Marketing information only - not formal particulars. The details on this website are provided for general guidance and do not constitute an offer or contract. Neither LandSale nor the advertising estate/land agent accepts responsibility for any inaccuracy.
1. Source of information
- Listing content: Core description, asking price, tenure, measurements, photographs and planning history originate from the marketing materials of the advertising estate or land agent. LandSale does not author this content and cannot guarantee its accuracy.
- Automated tags & categorisation: Property type, land-use class, acreage bands and similar labels may be applied by machine-learning models. They are intended as a helpful guide only and may not reflect the property's legal status or permitted use.
- Third-party & enriched data layers: Maps, boundary outlines, planning designations, soil reports, broadband coverage and other environmental or location-based insights are licensed from external suppliers. Such data are supplied “as is", may be incomplete or out of date and are subject to change without notice.
2. Verification required
Prospective purchasers must verify critical matters, including but not limited to planning permission, title boundaries, public rights of way, environmental constraints, acreage, services, access and VAT status, through their own inspections, specialist surveys, legal advisers and the selling agent before relying on the information or entering into any contract.
3. No warranty or liability
LandSale gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of the information displayed. LandSale shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising directly or indirectly from any use of or reliance on such information, save where liability may not be excluded by law.
4. Updates & feedback
If you believe any detail on this listing is inaccurate, please let us know. We will investigate and, where appropriate, update the listing or notify the agent.
© LandSale | Version 1.3 - August 2026
Listing agent
Peter Buswell, Hawkhurst
Cranbrook Road, Hawkhurst, TN18 4AR









