Sold STC - 2 bed House - Semi-Detached

OFFERED WITH THE BENEFIT OF NO ONWARD CHAIN - Spacious period cottage for renovation and improvement occupying a pleasantly tucked away location within the town, with the High Street's eclectic amenities just yards away. Laden with an abundance of charming original features to include exposed timbers, thumb latch doors and a striking inglenook fireplace, the cottage is understood to date in part to the seventeenth century and is Grade II Listed. Offering scope for further enlargement subject to securing necessary permissions, this well-proportioned home is accompanied by a low-walled, westerly oriented rear garden, which any keen gardener will delight in landscaping to taste.

• CHAIN FREE
• QUIET, CENTRAL TOWN LOCATION
• GRADE II LISTED
• UNIQUE PERIOD COTTAGE RENOVATION PROJECT
• HOST OF ORIGINAL FEATURES
• MAIN BEDROOM WITH VAULTED CEILING
• ADDITIONAL DOUBLE-SIZED BEDROOM
• SCOPE TO EXTEND (SUBJECT TO NECESSARY PERMISSIONS)
• WALLED, LEVEL GARDEN
• PLEASANT VIEWS OVER THE TOWN

POINTS OF NOTE:

• Front door opening into a spacious entrance hall with plenty of room to hang coats/store shoes and also create a convenient study area should one wish. Stairs turning and rising to the first floor and door through to a practical rear lobby - ideal as a boot room - with brick cobbled floor, providing direct access through to the garden

• Characterful reception room with authentic beamed ceiling and a pleasant outlook over the garden, to include a striking inglenook fireplace comprising a log burning stove (untested) set atop a stone hearth with accompanying inset oak bressumer beam, display shelf, exposed surrounding brickwork and the original bread oven

• Dual aspect kitchen set within a modern extension to the original cottage. Sink with drainer, space for a cooker, fridge/freezer and space/plumbing for a washing machine. Wall-mounted gas-fired boiler and door opening to the garden

• Sizeable bathroom with WC, sink and bath. Door to a deep airing cupboard housing the hot water tank

• Impressively proportioned main bedroom with vaulted ceiling, fireplace, fitted wardrobe/storage cupboards and far-reaching views

• Second double-sized bedroom with attractive exposed wall timbers and hatched access to an insulated eaves' space

• Externally, to the rear, there is a substantial, level, low-walled garden enjoying an aspect over the town. A concrete path wraps around the cottage incorporating locked, gated access to one side into Duncan’s Yard

SERVICES, OUTGOINGS & INFORMATION:

Mains gas, electricity, water & drainage
Council Tax Band: C (Sevenoaks)
EPC: Exempt (Grade II listed)
The property qualifies for a resident's parking permit in the Darent (main town) car park, which is currently charged at £50 pa for the first vehicle and £60 for any additional vehicle. All permits are issued by Sevenoaks District Council (01732 227000 x Parking)