Kent

Hildenbrook Farm
Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 9JN

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Glen House is a wonderful family home offering rare and extensive accommodation. Expansive rooms for formal entertaining are complemented by relatively smaller rooms for more intimate occasions.

The principal reception rooms provide elegant well proportioned entertaining areas, all with an attractive outlook over the south facing garden. The drawing room has an open fireplace, two sets of French doors opening to the rear terrace and double doors lead to the dining room which also
has a fireplace.

The striking family room has an outlook to all four sides and a modern staircase rising to the first floor recreation room.

The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a comprehensive range of wall and base cupboards with a matching island unit and granite work surfaces incorporating a double sink.
There is a walk in larder with shelving. Appliances include a Kuppersbusch double oven with a Smeg gas hob and extractor fan over, a Neff eye level oven, a Neff oven/microwave, an integrated dishwasher and fridge freezer.

The spacious conservatory has glorious views over the gardens and a tiled floor with ten pairs of doors opening to the outside.

The study has an outlook to the front and an extensive range of fitted office furniture including a library.

The playroom also has an outlook to the front and an attractive fireplace.
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The ground floor bedroom serves well as a guest suite.

here is a sitting room with an attractive fireplace, a double aspect bedroom with views over the gardens and a well appointed en suite bath and shower room. A rear vestibule and entrance, close by, gives independent access.
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There is a boiler room and two cloakrooms completing the ground floor accommodation.

The superb recreation room can be approached from either the family room on the ground floor or the first floor landing. It has an outlook over the gardens and a fireplace with an open fire and is currently an excellent games room.

The master suite comprises a double aspect bedroom with a striking fireplace and gas fire. There is a study area and a generous dressing room with fitted hanging rails and drawers. The contemporary en suite bathroom is by Dornbracht and comprises a ‘his and hers' pedestal wash basins, W.C., bidet, bath and separate large shower cubicle.

There are five further double bedrooms all of a good proportion and some with fireplaces. Three have well appointed en suite bathrooms and four have fitted wardrobes.
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The well appointed family bathroom with separate shower cubicle completes the first floor accommodation.

The house is approached over a long drive which leads to the brick pillared entrance with electrically operated wrought iron gates. The gravel drive, flanked by trees, culminates in a parking area and leads to the detached triple garage with three electric up and over doors, power and light connected and access to the eaves storage over.
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The gardens are principally laid to lawn with formal areas comprising clipped box hedging and rose beds to the front of the house, cone shaped trees to the side of the ornamental pond with a water feature, to the rear, with a path leading through the rose garden with a brick and timber arbor, enclosed by yew hedging. There are well stocked shaped beds and borders planted with a variety of trees and flowering shrubs.
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To the west of the rear lawn there is a stunning natural swimming pool including decking, and architectural grasses. To the side of the garage is a sheltered kitchen garden with a
number of beds and a garden shed.

The paddock lies to the west, south and east of the property with parkland fencing to the east and western boundary and a ha-ha to the south. There are three 5-bar gates, two are from the garden and one is from the drive leading to the property.

On the western boundary is an area of bluebell woodland and a stream.

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.