Long Croft Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent

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1 Long Croft Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent

2 Long Croft, Comp Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8NR On the outskirts of the village and set along a country lane, a substantial, detached house in a contemporary style together with a one-bedroom annexe, within gardens and woodland of approximately 1.4 acres (0.58 h). Mileages (Distances are approximate) St Mary s Platt Village (0.6 miles); Borough Green & Wrotham Station 1.4 miles (London Victoria from 48 mins, London Blackfriars from 54 mins); M26 Junction 2a 1.6 miles; M20 Junction miles; Sevenoaks Town Centre 7.5 miles; Gatwick Airport 30.5 miles; Central London 29 miles Accommodation Reception hall, drawing room, dining hall, study, kitchen/breakfast/ sitting room, utility room, cloakroom, cinema, gymnasium, wine store, boiler room, principal bedroom suite with dressing room and en-suite bathroom, four further bedrooms all with en-suite facilities. Second floor Playroom, store room Self-contained annexe Living area, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom Outside Substantial integral garaging, brick paviour drive, landscaped gardens, sandstone terracing, timber summer house with WC, woodland of approximately 0.7 acres and gate leading on to Platt Woods In total approximately 1.43 acres (0.58 h)

3 Description Awarded a Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council building quality award in 2006 in recognition of high standards of construction and workmanship, Long Croft was also a finalist in the Best One Off House Conversion category, highlighting the high specification throughout. With substantial accommodation approaching six thousand square feet, the house has flexible and versatile family space arranged over four floors. Twenty first century technologies such as air filtration system, under floor heating throughout, Cat 5 cabling, Sky Plus to most rooms and speaker cabling to principal reception areas have been employed. The lower ground floor is laid out to provide a cinema and gym with access to the integral garaging and internal access to the Annexe. The ground floor has a wide and spacious reception hall with a feature gas fire, an attractive spiral staircase, two sets of double doors to the drawing room, and opens out to the dining hall, which has a vaulted ceiling and large picture window. The family living area is impressively arranged to form the open plan kitchen/casual dining/family room with three sets of French doors opening out to the terracing. There is a full range of wall and floor cabinetry and an island unit in the kitchen with granite work surfaces and integrated Siemens appliances together with a ceramic induction hob. Elsewhere, a study is comprehensively furnished with a range of hand-crafted furniture by Chambers. The five bedroom suites each have en-suite facilities with the principal suite benefiting also from a dressing room and two other bedrooms from walk-in closets. The second floor is given over to a large playroom and a walk-in store cupboard. ed either from the garaging or from an external door from the drive, the annexe is ideal for a dependent relative or au pair and has a sitting room opening through to a fitted galley kitchen with integrated appliances, a bedroom and bathroom. Outside the property is approached via a pair of tall, wrought iron gates, leading on to a brick paviour drive, which sweeps up to the house with a spur off to the garaging. In a slightly elevated position

4 and surrounded by well laid out gardens, there are mature hedges, level lawns and herbaceous borders. A gate leads through to approximately 0.7 acres of pretty, deciduous English woodland from which is a further gate leading out to Platt Woods. Situation The property is located in an attractive setting on the outskirts of St Mary s Platt with its picturesque church, local hostelry and primary school. The larger village of Borough Green has a larger selection of village shopping and a rail station with connections to London Victoria and London Blackfriars. Connections to the national motorway network can be found at Wrotham Heath for both the M26 and M20 motorways, thereby accessing the airports at Gatwick, Heathrow and City as well as the ferry ports and Eurostar. The locality is renowned for its choice in schooling in primary and secondary levels in both the state and private sectors including primaries in Platt and Borough Green, Sevenoaks Prep School, New Beacon, Walthamstow Hall in Sevenoaks along with St Michaels and Russell House in Otford, Trinity School, Weald of Kent Grammar School for girls, Sevenoaks School and Tonbridge Public School and the grammar schools in Tonbridge and Maidstone. Directions From Sevenoaks High Street, take the right hand spur on to the B2019 Seal Hollow Road continuing to the junction with the A25. Turn right at the lights, following the road for approximately 5.6 miles, through the villages of Seal and Borough Green. On entering St Mary s Platt, turn right on to Long Mill Lane, spurring off to the left to Comp Lane, whereupon Long Croft will be found on the left hand side. Agent s Note: Photographs date from 2012 Services: All Mains Services Tenure: Freehold Local Authority: Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council

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6 Play x '9 x 16' x '5 x 14'4 Long Croft Approximate gross internal area. Main house = 5,992 sq ft / sq m, Garage = 630 sq ft / 58.6 sq m. The Prime and Country House team would be delighted to show you around this property. Internal Area = sq m / 5992 sq ftbedroom 3 ge = 58.6 sq m / 630 sq ft Approximate 11'9 x 10'5 Gross Internal Area = sq m / 5992 sq ft = sq m / 6622 sq ft Bedroom x 3.63 Garage = 58.6 sq m / 630 sq ft 15'1 x 11'11 Bedroom Total 5 = sq m / 6622 sq ft / oom 62 '0 Master Bedroom 5.50 x '1 x 11'3 Galleried Landing 6.96 x '10 x 22'4 Bedroom 4 Play x '9 x 16'5 Store 5.01 x '5 x 14'4 Prime and Country House Department prime&countryhouse@hamptons-int.com Sevenoaks Sales 24 London Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1AP sevenoaks@hamptons-int.com Sitting 5.07 x '8 x 15'4 Bedroom 5.01 x 2.86 to 16'5 scale x 9'5 Wine Cellar Drawing 7.66 x '2 x 17'10 Garage Reception x '9 x Hall 18'8 Sitting 5.07 x '8 x 15'4 Gymnasium Cinema Dining Hall 9.44 x x x 5.00 x '0 x 17'7 x 16'5 17'7 x 16'5 Bedroom 25'0 Ground Floor Wine Cellar Lower Ground Floor = Reduced headroom below 1.5m / 5'0 Study 4.06 x 3.16 Approximate 13'4 Gross x 10'4 Internal Area = sq m / 5992 sq ft Garage = 58.6 sq m / 630 sq ft Total = sq m / 6622 sq ft Garage x '9 x 18'8 31'6 x 14'8 Boiler Gymnasium Cinema 5.37 x x '7 x 16'5 17'7 x 16'5 Bedroom 5.01 x '5 x 9'5 IN Sitting 5.07 x '8 x 15'4 Utility Sitting / Breakfast = Reduced headroom below 1.5m / 5' x '5 x 9'5 Ground Utility Floor = Reduced headroom below 1.5m / 5'0 Dining Hall 9.61 x '6 x 14'8 Bedroom 3 11'9 Study x 10' x '4 x 10'4 Bedroom 5 Play x 5.01 Reception 36'9 x 16'5 Utility Galleried Landing Hall 6.96 x '10 x 22'4 31'6 x 14'8 For clarifi cation, we wish to inform prospective purchasers that we have prepared these sales particulars as a general guide. Boiler We have not Lower carried Ground out Floor a detailed survey, nor tested the services, Ground appliances Floor and specifi c fi ttings. sizes are approximate and rounded: they are taken between internal wall surfaces and therefore include IN cupboards/shelves, etc. Accordingly, they should not be relied upon for carpets and furnishings. Formal notice is also given that all fi xtures and fi ttings, carpeting, curtains/ blinds and kitchen equipment, whether fi tted or not, are deemed removable by the vendor unless specifi cally itemised within these particulars. Drawing 7.66 x '2 x 17'10 Reception Hall Dining Hall 9.61 x 4.46 Study 4.06 x '4 x 10'4 Drawing 7.66 x 5.44 Master Bedroom 25'2 x 17' x '1 x 11'3 Sitting / Breakfast 9.44 x '0 x 25'0 Bedroom x '1 x 11'11 IN Master Bedroom 5.50 x '1 x 11'3 Bedroom x '1 x 11'11 Bedroom 4 Sitting / Breakfast 9.44 x 7.62 Bedroom 31'03 x 25'0 11'9 x 10'5 Galleried Landing 6.96 x '10 x 22'4 Store 5.01 x '5 x 14'4 Bedroom 5 Bedroom 4 Hamptons International Head Office UK House 180 Oxford Street London W1D 1NN hamptons.co.uk Bedroom 3 11'9 x 10'5 Hamptons International is a trading name of Countrywide Estate Agents. Head Offi ce: 7th Floor, UK House, 180 Oxford Street, London W1D 1NN Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale Ref: Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale Ref: Illustration for identification purposes only. Not to scale Ref: