Brasted Chart, Westerham, Kent, TN16

Period family home, beautifully presented and set in delightful gardens, in a semi-rural position on Brasted Chart.

Description

Mulberry House is a handsome and well-presented family home, believed to date from the late 1800s just over a mile from the village of Brasted and just under 3 miles from the historic town of Westerham.

The well-proportioned accommodation is arranged over three floors and offers charming reception areas for both family living and formal entertaining. The property is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Metropolitan Green Belt and backs onto Ancient Woodland.

The principal reception rooms are well proportioned and comprise a sitting room with attractive bay window to the front, a fireplace with marble surround, fitted storage and paned doors leading down to the connecting dining room with vaulted ceiling with skylights, log effect stove range, a lovely outlook over the garden and French doors leading to the terrace. Together these rooms offer an excellent space for entertaining. There is also a generous study with an outlook to the front, which could be used as a family or playroom.

The contemporary kitchen has a comprehensive range of wall and base units, a central island and space for appliances, together with double doors leading out to the terrace.

A useful utility room has a sink and fitted cupboards, and a side lobby leads to a cloakroom and provides outside access. Stairs from the entrance hall lead down to the cellar providing further storage.

The principal bedroom suite has a delightful triple aspect with a west facing bay window overlooking the gardens, fitted storage and a well-appointed en-suite shower room. Three further bedrooms, all with fitted wardrobes and one with an en-suite bathroom, and a family bathroom complete the first floor accommodation. Stairs rise to the second floor where there are two further eaves bedrooms and a cloakroom, completing the accommodation.

Mulberry House is approached over a driveway accessed via wrought iron gates leading to the house and detached timber framed garage with adjoining workshop and useful storage area above. The generous gravel driveway provides parking for multiple vehicles, there is an area of lawn with established trees and side access to the rear garden.

To the rear of the property are delightful, landscaped gardens comprising an attractive terrace adjoining the rear of the property, with steps down to a generous expanse of lawn bordered with an abundance of mature shrubs and established deciduous and evergreen trees providing a high degree of privacy and seclusion. To one side there are several timber sheds for garden storage. To the rear there is a summerhouse with a paved terrace and a vegetable garden.

Location

Mulberry House is located on the edge of the popular village of Brasted (1.1 miles) which offers many antique shops, public houses, a village shop and Tea Room.

Comprehensive Shopping: Sevenoaks (5.4 miles) provides supermarkets and other high street retailers as well as a multitude of Pubs and Restaurants. Westerham (2.8 miles) provides further local shops and restaurants. Bluewater (17.5 miles).

Mainline Rail Services: Sevenoaks (4.8 miles) to London Bridge/ Waterloo East/ Cannon Street/ Charing Cross. Oxted (6.8 miles) to London Victoria/ London Bridge.

Primary Schools: Sundridge & Brasted CEP, Chevening CEP, Ide Hill CEP and Churchill CEP in Westerham.

Secondary Schools: Oxted School. Weald of Kent Girls & Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar annexes, Knole Academy and Trinity Schools in Sevenoaks. Several state/grammar schools in Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells.

Private Schools: Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Sackville, Woldingham and Walthamstow Hall Senior Schools. Sevenoaks, The Granville, Walthamstow Hall, Solefields and New Beacon Prep Schools in Sevenoaks. Radnor House in Sundridge. Caterham School and Lingfield College in Surrey. Hazelwood School in Oxted.

Leisure: Golf at Westerham, Limpsfield Chart, Wildernesse and Knole. Nizels Golf and Fitness Club in Hildenborough. Sevenoaks Leisure Centre. Oxted Leisure Centre. National Trust houses and gardens. Everyman Cinema in Oxted. The Stag Theatre and Cinema in Sevenoaks.

All distances and journey times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,877 sq ft


Acreage: 0.82 Acres

Directions

From junction 5 of the M25 take the A21 and head west at the second turn off onto the A25 towards Westerham. In the village of Brasted turn left into Chart Lane signed Brasted Chart. Proceed up the lane for approximately 1.1 miles, and the entrance to Mulberry House is along on the right.

Additional Info

Mains electricity, water and drainage. Oil fired central heating. LPG hob to kitchen and LPG fire to dining room.

Agents Note: The photographs were taken in August 2024.