Rectory Road, Ridley | £2.35m (Sold)

This incredible residence has been hand built by the current owner over a number of years, ensuring it has been finished to the very highest standard. A labour of love, using his years of experience in construction and resourcing materials from around the world to create a truly unique family home. Offering fabulous countryside views from all angles in a tranquil, rural position, this exquisite home is ready to be handed to the next generation.

Details

Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 4
Receptions: 4
Square Feet: 6635

Driving through the electric iron gates and up the sweeping gravel driveway, this imposing home comes into view and your eyes are drawn to the unique site of the rotundra. After parking your car in front of the triple garage, you walk up the stairs of vaulted entrance and into what can only be described as an expansive entrance hall that leads off in multiple directions to the many reception rooms. The main space at the rear really is something special, with its vaulted ceilings and glass doors across the whole width that allow you take in the stunning views across fields in the distance. The second main reception room benefits from the rotunda and is a more intimate space, perfectly suited for winter months due to the stunning inglenook fireplace with a beautifully carved beam with grape vine detailing. The kitchen is a perfect space for the whole family to relax in, providing a dining and seating area, along with the carefully crafted Smallbone kitchen units and expansive granite island. Off here is a separate utility room and boot room to enter after enjoying the plentiful country walks on your doorstep. We can’t forget what has now become an essential, the study, with fully equipped double workspaces and cabinets.

Walking upstairs to the first floor is one of the most spacious landings we have seen and on walking to the Master Bedroom, the impact is even greater. You enter directly opposite one of the most stunning ensuites you will ever see that has been installed into the rotunda, with a vast walk-in/out rainfall shower and beautiful wood vanity unit. The bedroom itself has been split into a sleeping area and a dressing area which is what dreams are made of, providing all the wardrobe space you could ever possibly require. There are a further three double bedrooms and an exceptional family bathroom with a contemporary freestanding bath, separate walk-in shower and his and hers basins. Finally, you have the guest suite on the top floor that feels like you have just been fortunate enough to book into a five-star boutique hotel with an open ensuite bathroom and storage along both sides.

Going back outside, you have a wonderful wraparound garden that looks out across fields at the rear, and a triple garage that benefits from a separate space at the back currently used as a gym.

Location Guide

Ridley is ideally located for access to Bluewater and Stratford, with multiple easy train routes into London for example Meopham to Victoria (35mins) or the high speed from Ebbsfleet to St Pancras International (17mins) plus the O2 Arena is a short 30 minute drive. The A2 and M20 easily accessed providing links to both Gatwick and Heathrow airports, channel ports and London.

One of the benefits of living in rural Kent is being surrounded by Country Pubs and Farm Shops. There is also the benefits of many pleasant hikes directly from the house such as to Trosley Country Park or for a gentler scroll to White Finch Bakery for coffee and speciality cakes. There are local shopping facilities available in the villages of Longfield and Meopham.

Ridley is just 10 miles from Sevenoaks which boasts its own cinema and theatre with a wide range of shows, box office films and NT Live broadcasts. Sevenoaks School is a highly selective coeducational independent school in Sevenoaks. There is a good selection of Grammar, private and state schools in Sevenoaks and Maidstone areas, and more locally, Cobham Hall for girls, Gads Hill and Kings Rochester.

Leisure facilities with the London Golf Club and Brands Hatch Place Hotel and Spa on the outskirts of the village, Reynolds Country Club Retreat in Borough Green and David Lloyds Health Club in Kings Hill. Cricket clubs at Meopham and Ash.

 
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