St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4

A generous and stylishly presented detached family house in the St. John’s area, ideally placed for the nearby grammar schools, travel links and amenities of the town.

Description

Constructed in the 1930s, 202 St. John’s Road has been extended and updated by our clients to create a generous, attractive house and a stylish, comfortable family home within. The house enjoys well-proportioned rooms and a high standard of presentation throughout.

On entering, the light-filled reception hall leads to a welcoming formal sitting room, with attractive bay window and feature fireplace. The rear of the house enjoys a superb open plan space incorporating a kitchen/breakfast area, dining and seating area, with sliding glazed doors opening onto the decked terrace and garden beyond.

The modern, sleek fitted kitchen enjoys a range of integrated appliances with fitted wall and base units providing good storage with breakfast bar providing great preparation space and room for more informal dining. There is an adjoining utility room with direct access to the garden, with space for further white goods and appliances. There is also access to the very useful ground floor shower room and WC.

There is a further reception room on the ground floor lending itself to any number of uses, but used as our clients as a very comfortable and spacious study, ideal for today's working from home needs.

The first floor is home to the principal bedroom, with bay window to the front and a feature fireplace, there is a striking en suite bathroom and dressing room. There are three further bedrooms to the rear of the house enjoying views over the garden and neighbouring playing fields beyond, served by a separate family bathroom.

Outside - The good-sized, rear garden provides a good expanse of lawn, perfect for child's play. There is a large paved terrace, ideal for outdoor entertaining with a summer house to the rear of the garden. The property is approached over a driveway providing off-street parking for several cars. A gated pathway leads down the side of the house to the rear garden.

Location

Tunbridge Wells is the only spa town in the Southeast of England, with elegant architecture and a variety of cultural, entertainment and shopping attractions, including the historic Pantiles (approximately 2 miles), known for its charming Georgian colonnade, summer Jazz festivals, regular food and craft markets and Chalybeate Spring; there are two theatres locally, an abundance of cafés and restaurants and a mixture of national multiple retailers and independent shops.

202 St. Johns Road is located to the north of the centre of Tunbridge Wells, perfectly placed for the very good amenities in both Southborough and the St. Johns area on the north side of Tunbridge Wells. In St. Johns there are a number of "mini" supermarkets, including Sainsburys Local, M&S Food and Waitrose. There are many cafés, bars and restaurants, hairdressers and local independent shops, including Basil Wholefoods, Even Flow record & coffee shop, The Cheese Shop, Vintage Emporium and Phoenix Antiques. St John’s park with three tennis courts, a basketball court, enclosed childrens’ play area, skate park and dog-walking meadow. The St John’s Lawn Tennis Club is a short distance away as is the Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre.

Southborough High Street offers a further wealth of local amenities, with barbers, hairdressers, Southborough Butcher, Costcutter, Tesco Express, hairdressers to name but a few and are joined by the recently constructed and imposing Southborough Hub which includes a new medical centre, library, theatre/hall, coffee shop, community rooms, football pavilion and town council offices, together with retail and housing, forming a mini "town centre"; there are a number of pubs and restaurants including the highly regarded 'Tallow' restaurant on Southborough Common.

State and Private Schools: There are many highly-regarded schools in Tunbridge Wells, including Skinners, TWGGS, TWGSB, St John’s CE primary, Bennett Memorial Diocesan and St Gregory’s secondaries, to the north in Tonbridge, Judd, TGSG and Weald of Kent Grammar. Public schools at senior level include Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Eastbourne and Brighton.

Mainline rail: High Brooms (approximately 0.9 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (approximately 1.6 miles), with fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge and Waterloo East) and Cannon Street with journey times from 50 minutes. The Centaur Commuter Coach service also stops along the St John's Road.

Communications: The A26 joins the A21 just North of the town, linking through to the M25 (junction 5) London orbital motorway, and thereby to the national motorway network, and to the South coast. Gatwick Airport is about 23 miles to the West, accessible via the motorway or via the A264.

Square Footage: 1,963 sq ft



Directions

Postcode - TN4 9XD.

Additional Info

Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.

Services: Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage.

Agents Note: Please note the Miele ovens in the kitchen are not included in the sale. Our clients are open to separate negotiation for these items, or a replacement will be provided.