Kent

Frant
Kent, TN3 9EJ

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Description

An elegant and imposing country house occupying a commanding position and set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Immaculately presented and with exceptional facilities, Frant Place is a wonderful family home. Frant Place is available as a house, cottage and 42 acres. Here we are offering the house alone with 9 acres of gardens.

Location

The oldest part of Frant Place dates from the middle of the 19th century when it was constructed for the then Governor of the Bank of England and the older parts of the house still retain the stone mullion windows and leaded lights from this time. The house has had a variety of uses over the years and was once even a crammer attended by Siegfried Sassoon. Latterly it became a country retreat and conference centre for the National Union of Railwaymen. Over the last 15 years Frant Place has reverted back to a family home and has been completely remodeled and extended including rewiring and replumbing. Many of the ground floor rooms and Master bedroom suite are wired for a music system and there are sophisticated CCTV, fire and security systems.

Frant Place is located in an elevated position in the heart of the Weald, overlooking its own land and woodland on the edge of the popular and picturesque village of Frant. The village itself lies approximately 2 miles to the south of Royal Tunbridge Wells in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the Kent and Sussex border and offers two welcoming public houses, a beautiful Church, a large village green, a shop and post office, a hairdresser and beautician, a doctor's surgery and a newly built primary school. Wadhurst station is a short drive from Frant Place and provides regular services to London Bridge, London Waterloo and London Charing Cross from 56 minutes. Tunbridge Wells offers a wealth of shops, restaurants, schools, hotels and supermarkets as well as a mainline rail station with regular trains to London in approximately 44 minutes.

Frant Place is very well located for the outstanding private schools in the area, including Sevenoaks and Tonbridge at senior level and Holmewood House and Rose Hill in nearby Tunbridge Wells as preparatory schools. St Leonards Mayfield and Benenden are also close by.

Recreational and sporting activities in the area are extensive with cricket, football and bowling clubs within the village; sailing, cycling and fishing at Bewl Water; spectacular walking and riding routes can be found in the Ashdown Forest and nearby racing at Lingfield Park, Plumpton and Brighton. Opera can be enjoyed at Glyndebourne and Polo at Cowdray Park. There are a number of excellent golf courses in the area and several private membership health spas in Tunbridge Wells.

The M25 can be accessed via the A21 just north of Tunbridge Wells, linking to the national motorway networks and airports. Gatwick airport is approximately 25.5 miles to the west and Ashford International Station about 33 miles to the east.
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Frant Place is accessed via impressive electronic wrought iron gates opening onto a sweeping driveway that meanders through the grounds, around the lake and up to the house. Within the walls of the Palladian exterior lies 17,525 sq ft of beautifully appointed accommodation.

The balanced symmetry of the house is typical of the Georgian style and it has been tastefully renovated and decorated over the years to provide accommodation for every day family living or lavish entertaining alike.

Traditional design features such as decorative fireplaces, lead light and multi-pane sash windows, combine with modern comforts including contemporary white bathroom suites, a Smallbone kitchen and and an integrated music system.

In addition to the main house there is ancillary accommodation in the form of Frant Place Cottage. There is also secure garaging for at least three cars. The leisure facilities make up a wing of the house and contain an indoor pool, a gym, a billiard room and a squash court with viewing gallery.

The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property. The main entrance leads out on to an expansive paved terrace which spans the full length of the house with elaborate rose beds, hedging and a water fountain, perfect for al fresco dining and enjoying the stunning views over the gardens, grounds and countryside beyond.

To the east is an immaculate rose garden with an abundance of varieties, a kitchen garden, fruit cage and two substantial and currently productive greenhouses. The tennis court is situated to the south of the rose garden.

The spring fed-lake, which occupies most of the immediate garden area to the south of the terrace, benefits from a small jetty, to which the current owners moor a rowing boat. On the other side of the sweeping driveway is the par 3 golf hole and putting green next to which is the well equipped summerhouse which is a perfect place for summer barbeques. On the lower lawn is a hard surface specifically built for cricket nets.