Forstal Farm Brook
Country Houses www.hobbsparker.co.uk Forstal Farm Brook Nr Wye, Kent TN25 5PD A wonderful period farmhouse and separate freehold cottage surrounded by its own land including gardens, fields and outbuildings including a large farm building all approached from a long driveway. In all just over 8 acres. Guide Price: 1,275,000 Forstal Farmhouse Entrance Hall Cloakroom Shower Room Drawing Room Kitchen/Breakfast Room 4 Double Bedrooms Bathroom Separate WC Gas central heating Forstal Farm Cottage Entrance Sitting Room Kitchen 2 Bedrooms Bathroom Own garden Gas central heating Gardens and Land Extensive gardens Driveway with electric five bar gate Stables Grain shed Timber barn Atcost farm building (7,000ft²) Fields Communications Ashford Int Station (London St Pancras 38 minutes) - 4 miles Wye (Station) - 2 miles M20 Motorway (Jct 10) - 3 miles Canterbury - 11 miles
Situation Forstal Farmhouse is set within its own gardens approached from a long driveway via an automated five bar farm gate which also provides access to the cottage. The property is situated in the centre of the delightful village of Brook with its well regarded primary school, ancient church and Honest Miller inn. Located just below the North Downs, Brook is not far from the village of Wye which offers a wider selection of facilities including schools both in the state and private sectors, shops and a railway station connecting with Canterbury West and Ashford International (Eurostar) and connections for High Speed train services to London St Pancras (37 minutes). The nearby town of Ashford is accessible and provides modern shopping and leisure amenities along with further state and independent schools including grammar schools for boys and girls. Forstal Farm A Grade II Listed farmhouse formerly a medieval hall house of historic and architectural interest dating back to the 15th Century combining everyday accommodation with immense character and charm. The interior displays a significant number of chamfered, moulded beams, a significant dragon beam and a fine inglenook fireplace. Some of the floors on the ground floor have been re-laid in honey coloured French oak whilst original oak and elm timbers are visible on the first floor and there is a delightful staircase with poppy seed head finials. The spacious kitchen has a ceiling open to the apex providing a light and airy atmosphere whilst also having granite work surfaces and a three oven Aga. Forstal Farm Cottage A detached freehold cottage converted from an old barn in 1980 of weather boarded elevations beneath a hipped tile roof having been previously let out as a holiday cottage and producing a good income, let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy for approximately 800 per calendar month. The accommodation also enjoys considerable character and is independently metered with its own gas fired central heating. The cottage enjoys a small garden well away from the main house and off-road parking.
Gardens and Land The house is surrounded by its own gardens laid principally to grass and having a delightful pond adjacent to the lower driveway. There is a vegetable and fruit garden, gazebo and an old ragstone privy. Immediately behind the garden is a good sized yard with access to some of the outbuildings and beyond this area and bordering the gardens are a number of parcels of pasture land currently used for sheep grazing. Outbuildings Forstal Farm was once part of a larger sheep farm and the most significant building is an Atcost farm building formerly a lambing shed of almost 7,000ft² (643m²). Close by is an enclosed barn which could be suitable for indoor stables or garaging. On the lower driveway there is a small forecourt flanked by three stables and other buildings suitable for garaging or storage purposes. Services All mains services connected. Directions From the M20 Motorway leave at Junction 10 taking the first exit signposted towards Canterbury and the hospital. Almost immediately take the first right hand turning into The Street and bear left just past the Blacksmiths Arms public house signposted towards Brook. Follow the lane for about 1.5 miles taking the second right hand turning signposted to Brook. Pass the primary school on the left hand side and descend the hill whereupon the entrance to Forstal Farm will be found on the left at the foot of the hill. Forstal Farm Cottage Viewing Strictly by appointment only (Ref: C1129)
Country Houses www.hobbsparker.co.uk Brook Brook nestles below the North Downs and is surrounded by farmland, most of which belongs to the Wye College Estate. There is a bus service to Ashford and the nearest Post Office is at Wye just two miles away. Brook Agricultural Museum run by the Wye Rural Museum Trust is based in a 14th century Tithe Barn and 19th century Oast House and is open for three months during the summer. There is a family run pub which serves good food, a well equipped recreation ground for the children and various social events organised by the village hall committee. Brook is a friendly little village with a real community spirit. Crown Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. Licence No: 100003688 hobbsparker.co.uk Ashford Office Romney House Orbital Park Ashford TN24 0HB 01233 506220 Tenterden Office 9 The Fairings Oaks Road Tenterden TN30 9QX 01580 766766
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