Street End, Canterbury, Kent

Property Details: • Type: Detached • Tenure: FREEHOLD • Floor Area: 3705 sqft

Key Features: • Grade II listed country home with generous gardens. • Together with a substantial Kentish barn. • Swimming pool. • Tennis court. • Lot 2 - Oast house and land (available by separate negotiation). • Edge of Canterbury location. • Good proximity to high speed links at Canterbury West and Ashford International. • 2.85 acres.

Location: • Nearest Station: Chartham Station • Distance to Station: 2.5647096522345456 miles

Agent Information: • Address: 2 St. Margarets Street, Canterbury, CT1 2SL

Full Description: LOT 1 - The property<br />Harmansole House is a well-proportioned family home approached via a long gravel track, ensuring complete privacy within mature boundaries. The interior is bathed in natural light, with large sash windows framing picturesque garden views, together with a tennis court, a private walled swimming pool area, all set in generous gardens. The property further benefits from a separate Grade II listed barn, offering significant potential. The high-speed rail links at Canterbury and Ashford are conveniently located, offering services to London St Pancras from 36 and 54 minutes.<br /><br />Harmansole House<br />The accommodation comprises a range of well-proportioned reception rooms, each enjoying views of the surrounding grounds. The welcoming reception hall leads to an elegant drawing room and adjoining formal dining room, alongside a comfortable sitting room, all featuring attractive fireplaces. <br /><br />The spacious kitchen and breakfast room comprises a traditional Smallbone kitchen with granite worktops and limestone floor, with ample space for informal dining. A utility and boiler room provides practical additional space and direct outside access. Completing the ground floor is a light-filled family room with French doors opening to the rear terrace and garden, together with a neighbouring cloakroom.<br /><br />The lower ground floor comprises a substantial cellar, offering useful storage or potential for wine cellarage. <br /><br />On the first floor, the principal bedroom suite features extensive fitted wardrobes and a spacious en suite bathroom with twin basins, a bath and separate shower. A further bedroom has an en suite bathroom, while three additional bedrooms are served by a family bathroom.<br /><br />The barn<br />The large L-shaped Kentish barn is open to full height, with several bays and double doors to the swimming pool area. There is an attached garage, office and useful store. Together these buildings provide a very useful space and offer potential for improvement<br /><br />A sweeping gravel driveway provides extensive parking, while an impressive collection of historic outbuildings, including a magnificent timber-framed barn, garaging and workshops, offers considerable versatility, subject to any necessary consents. <br /><br />Mature trees, established hedgerows, a hard tennis court and a private walled garden with an outdoor swimming pool complement the grounds, which enjoy panoramic views across adjoining farmland and rolling countryside.<br /><br />LOT 2 - Oast house and land<br />Available by separate negotiation are a substantial Grade II listed oast house, set across two storeys and offering far-reaching countryside views, together with 3.9 acres of land with separate vehicular access,<br /><br />Lot 2 will not be sold before Lot 1.<br /><br />Harmansole House is situated in the small village of Street End in a peaceful rural position on the edge of the Kent Downs National Landscape, surrounded by attractive Kent countryside yet within easy reach of Canterbury. The surrounding countryside and network of footpaths offer opportunities for walking and outdoor recreation. Additional amenities include a well-regarded gastropub, The Granville, and a farm shop in nearby Lower Hardres and the Street End Cricket Club. <br /><br />Nearby Chartham village offers several everyday amenities, including local shops and a doctor’s surgery, while the nearest primary school is in the village of Petham. Canterbury city centre offers a broad array of cultural, sporting and recreational amenities, together with a selection of well-regarded schools in both state and private sectors, including the Simon Langton Grammar Schools, Barton Court, Kent College, St Edmund’s School and The King’s School. Bridge CEP and Chartham Primary School are nearby.<br /><br />The A2 provides direct dual carriageway access towards Dover and the M2 motorway network. Chartham and Canterbury East stations provide rail services to London and other destinations, while Canterbury West station provides High-Speed services to London St Pancras in under an hour. The area has good access to Continental Europe via Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover.