Coldharbour Farm, Hildenborough, Kent
Coldharbour Farm, a magnificent home with excellent equestrian facilities set in wonderful gardens and grounds of just over 23 acres, has come to the market through Savills.
The property is in an idyllic position at the end of a no through road in a Conservation Area just outside the village of Hildenborough, with far-reaching views over its own adjoining fields. The surrounding countryside offers extensive walking, cycling and bridlepaths.
The spacious farmhouse is of excellent proportions, with character features combined with modern embellishments, and reception areas which are ideal for both entertaining and family living. The sitting room features wall and ceiling timbers and an inglenook fireplace inset with a wood burning stove, opening to a bright and airy reception area with a vaulted ceiling and an office arranged in the roundel
The kitchen/dining area is fitted with a bespoke range of wall and base units with integral appliances and skylights within a vaulted ceiling, together with bi-fold doors opening to the terrace. The worktops extend to a peninsular, which incorporates a wine fridge and breakfast bar, and there is a cloakroom with a storage cupboard.
A spacious playroom and games room provide further reception/entertaining areas, both with feature fireplaces and a double aspect. The utility room and boot room provide additional storage, and the cloakroom off the entrance hall completes the ground floor.
Arranged over the first floor are five bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room with twin basins and a dressing room, and one utilised as a study, with stairs rising to the second floor. A well-appointed family bathroom and separate shower room complete the first floor.
Set over the entirety of the second floor and completing the primary accommodation is a bedroom with eaves access and an adjoining WC.
Adjoining the outbuildings is The Cottage, providing self-contained ancillary accommodation. It has a boutique style kitchen/living area with exposed timbers and wood burning stove, and doors opening to the terrace. There are two bedrooms, both served by a stylish shower room.
The superb range of outbuildings curve around the charming courtyard garden and comprise a number of versatile store rooms linked with an open bay log store. There is a gym and office with power and heating/air conditioning connected, and the office has doors opening to a walled kitchen garden. An area of parking besides the outbuildings has an electric vehicle charging point.
The immediate gardens and grounds are predominantly landscaped lawn, interspersed with a variety of established shrubs and specimen trees. An expansive paved terrace spans the side of the property and has fantastic views from an elevated position over the property’s own paddocks and beyond. Stone steps lead to a lower level terrace and a natural swimming pool with an overhanging decked area, surrounded by a pond with aquatic planting, raised flower beds stocked with perennials and wildflower, and arbours adored with climbing plants. The lawns continue to gently slope down to a hedge with paddocks beyond.
The impressive equestrian facilities at Coldharbour Farm include a large American barn, currently with four stables to one side, with a tack room and sliding doors to either end. The other side is currently used as a barn for agricultural storage but additional stables could be installed if required. Above the stables is a mezzanine area accessed via a ladder and providing additional storage. There is also a generous covered machinery store area outside. An Olympic-sized all weather surface manège has lighting and a separate turnout/lunge pen.
The pastureland is divided into some smaller turnout paddocks and three larger open and level fields which the current owner uses to produce hay and for cross country riding. An established tree line to the perimeter provides natural shelter and privacy, and there are two substantial ponds also surrounded with woodland. The land amounts to about 23 acres in total. A bridlepath abuts the land and provides an excellent network of off-road riding.
The property is just over two miles from Hildenborough station, with services to London Bridge/Charing Cross/Cannon Street, 3.9 miles from Tonbridge, just under six miles from Sevenoaks and eight miles from Tunbridge Wells.
David Johnston of Savills Sevenoaks, says: “This unique property has so much to offer — an excellent family home, ancillary accommodation, fabulous equestrian facilities and outbuildings, and the most delightful gardens and grounds of about 23 acres. A real rarity with easy access to a station that provides direct trains to London Bridge from 31 minutes.”
Coldharbour Farm is being marketed by Savills for a guide price of £4,750,000. For more information,
