Great Engeham Manor – Woodchurch, Kent
Great Engeham Manor is an impressive Grade II listed manor house with an indoor pool in the village of Woodchurch, Kent. It comes with a stunning detached barn which is used as a holiday let, with fabulous interiors and its own private garden area. The seven-bedroom manor house is believed to date in part from the 15th century with later additions. The property has been sympathetically refurbished with an emphasis on attention to detail, the result being beautifully presented accommodation including a stylish refitted kitchen, bath and shower rooms, a fantastic billiards/function room with its own bar and a heated indoor swimming pool.
Great Engeham Manor is an impressive Grade II listed manor house with an indoor pool in the village of Woodchurch, Kent. It comes with a stunning detached barn which is used as a holiday let, with fabulous interiors and its own private garden area. The seven-bedroom manor house is believed to date in part from the 15th century with later additions. The property has been sympathetically refurbished with an emphasis on attention to detail, the result being beautifully presented accommodation including a stylish refitted kitchen, bath and shower rooms, a fantastic billiards/function room with its own bar and a heated indoor swimming pool.
The main house exudes character and charm, with its abundance of oak timbers and beams. Generously proportioned reception rooms offer superb areas for entertaining and include an elegant, panelled drawing room which is open to the formal dining room, with an open fireplace and log burner. This is believed to form part of the original 15th century Wealden Hall house. Further reception rooms include a sitting room, music room and billiards/recreation room with a bar and a door opening to a terrace.
The remodelled and bespoke kitchen by Mountshill Woodcraft features two central islands and appliances including an electric three-oven Aga. Off the kitchen, there is a separate breakfast room with a staircase leading up to the first floor. A laundry room with two washing machines and dryers and an integral dishwasher complete the ground floor.
Upstairs are five bedrooms, including the principal suite and the fifth bedroom which is currently used as a study. They are served by luxuriously appointed bath and shower rooms with stylish sanitaryware. The second floor, currently used as a teenager’s suite, has two bedrooms and a shower room.
The indoor swimming pool complex incorporates a 44ft heated pool, a WC and shower room.
A short distance from the main house is the outstanding timber framed barn Great Engeham Barn, which was beautifully converted in 2002 and is open to the pitch, incorporating contemporary-style accommodation over two floors, with generous reception space, three bedrooms, a shower room, WC and a private gravelled courtyard garden. This is currently used as a holiday yet.
Great Engeham Manor is approached via a sweeping carriage drive and the house nestles within its lovely 3.7 acre gardens and grounds, which feature ancient oak and horse chestnut trees, level lawns and attractive ponds. There is a range of outbuildings including a pretty stone folly and detached garaging.
The sought after town of Tenterden is about 5.8 miles to the south west, where there is a wide variety of independent shops, supermarkets, historic pubs, coffee shops and various restaurants.
There is a leisure centre and further sporting facilities nearby including London Beach Golf Club and Spa, Tenterden Golf Club, Chart Hills Golf Club at Biddenden (8 miles), walking and cycling trails through beautiful High Weald countryside and fishing at Tenterden Trout Waters. Chapel Down Vineyard, incorporating the highly regarded Swan Restaurant, and Biddenden Vineyards are also both nearby. The pretty historic hilltop town of Rye, with its cobbled streets, is about 14 miles away and has an excellent selection of antique shops, restaurants and gift shops. Sport and leisure facilities include Rye Golf Club, Rye Lawn Tennis and Squash Club and various water sports at Camber (16 miles).
Guide price £3,250,000.
