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Guide Price£1,800,000

Darman Lane, Paddock Wood

Land size
11.22 acres
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • 4,400 of versatile living accommodation and 11.2 acres of land
  • Detached two bedroom annex
  • Private driveway with a detached garage and ample parking
  • Planning permission for agricultural barn and stable conversion to holiday let
  • Renovated to a high specification throughout
  • Enviable semi rural location between Paddock Wood and Yalding

Description

GUIDE PRICE £1,800,000-£1,900,000... Beautifully renovated to a high specification by the current owners is this 5 double bedroom detached oast house with two kilns and one roundel that is positioned within approximately 11.22 acres of idyllic Kent countryside. The oast offers substantial versatile living accommodation of just over 4,400 sq.ft and the property also benefits from a two bedroom detached annexe with planning permission to extend further, detached garage and planning permission for conversion of the current stables to a holiday let as well as an additional agricultural barn. Situated in a rural location between the pretty village of Yalding and Paddock Wood there are plenty of amenities available that include a mainline station offering links into London in under an hour.

VIEWING: By appointment only.
Paddock Wood Office: 01892 832325.

TENURE: Freehold.

SERVICES & UTILITIES:
Electricity supply: Mains. Water supply: Mains.
Sewerage: Private drainage via sewage treatment plant, services connected but not tested. Heating: Oil Fired central heating.

BROADBAND: Available as Standard and Ultrafast broadband.

MOBILE COVERAGE: Limited.
(Visit https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/broadband-coverage or enquire with the office for more information).

LOCAL AUTHORITY: Maidstone Borough Council.

COUNCIL TAX: Band G.

EPC: Awaited.

COVENANTS: None known.

FLOOD & EROSION RISK: Property flood history: None. Rivers and the sea: Low risk. Surface Water: Very low risk. Reservoirs: There is a risk of flooding from reservoirs in this area. Groundwater: None.
(Visit flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk or enquire with the office for more information).

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Brick built under a tiled roof with part weather-boarding to the first floor elevations.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
E
Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 188 Homes with Land listings in South East England (10+ acres).

This Property£160,428 / acre
Homes with Land Average (10+ acres) £91,569 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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

Property Features

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Parking
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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

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

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

  • Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    83
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Leigh Academy Paddock Wood1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    618
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    123
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • East Peckham Primary School2.2 milesOfsted report card · Dec 2025
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Community school
  • Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    145
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Leigh Academy Mascalls1.9 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,227
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hadlow Rural Community School4.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    377
    Type
    Free schools
  • Cornwallis Academy5.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,402
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Hillview School for Girls5.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,500
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • Weald of Kent Grammar School5.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,913
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls

* 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

Waitrose Paddock Wood, Paddock Wood1.3 miles
Tesco Paddock Wood Express, Paddock Wood1.3 miles
Co-op Petrol East Peckham Tonbridge, East Peckham1.4 miles

GP surgery

Woodlands Health Centre1.5 miles

Pharmacy

Paddock Wood Pharmacy1.4 miles

Hospital

Tunbridge Wells Hospital5.5 miles

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

Beltring Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

Pikefish Lane251 metres

Typical drive times

Tonbridge19 min · 9.7 miles
Paddock Wood10 min · 2.9 miles
West Malling19 min · 9.5 miles
Canterbury (city)57 min · 37 miles
Royal Tunbridge Wells20 min · 9.9 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

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher 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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