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House & single-family home for sale in Birchington
USD 1,676,424
House & Single-family home (For sale)
6 bd
2 ba
Reference:
EDEN-T100071379
/ 100071379
Reference:
EDEN-T100071379
Country:
GB
City:
Birchington
Postal code:
CT7 9ET
Category:
Residential
Listing type:
For sale
Property type:
House & Single-family home
Rooms:
4
Bedrooms:
6
Bathrooms:
2
Garages:
1
Features:
- Garage
- Garden View more View less Considered to be one of the most fascinating and characterful houses in Birchington, ‘Tudor Court,’ was built in the late 1920s for a wealthy industrialist to his own individual design. This impressive six-bedroom residence retains a charming variety of Tudor inspired features including original carved stone fireplaces, archways, oak doors, leaded light windows, carved motifs and oak beams as well as interesting Modernist features that add to its individuality. Bright and spacious with around 4,000 square feet of well-proportioned living space, the property is beautifully presented throughout. If you like plastic, this probably isn’t the house for you. With its charming central balcony, high chimneystacks, multi-patterned brickwork, oak-framed casement windows and the magnificent pitched roof garage with studded oak doors, this is one the foremost properties on Shakespeare Road. Behind the solid oak front door is a wide entrance porch, a cloakroom and ample storage space; the porch gives way to the sun-drenched open plan reception hall and sitting room. There is a carved stone fireplace (with a Yeoman multi-fuel stove); the chimney breast is oak-panelled. French doors lead to the large south-facing rear gardens. Fully restored oiled-oak floorboards run throughout the downstairs reception rooms. The gracefully-decorated dining room features a stone and brick fireplace for an open fire, an oak mantle and panelling featuring delightful acorn carvings. Its sweeping bay window is framed by roses throughout the summer. The elegant double-aspect drawing room features the original stone and brick fireplace, oak mantelpiece and panelling. The bright, country-style kitchen benefits from extensive built-in storage including the original Welsh dresser with glazed doors matching the house’s windows, a deep larder, pretty built-in pantry and a Falcon induction range and hood. A large utility room with further storage cupboard (large enough for an additional freezer) and a study with views over the gardens complete the ground floor. On the first floor five airy double bedrooms with high ceilings open off a bright galleried landing with a door out to the front balcony with a sea view. Four of the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and storage as well as original, well-preserved feature fireplaces. The two front rooms have sea views, and the three at the rear look over the gardens. There are two recently re-designed, well-proportioned family bathrooms and a home office. The second floor is the house’s best kept secret: an enormous bedroom with splendid triple aspect views to the gardens and the sea. Several small ancillary rooms beg to become an ensuite - the current owners intended this floor along with the home office to become an enclosed two-floor master suite. There is plenty of eaves storage, and a hatch to the flat roof provides access to possibly the highest view in Birchington. The secluded, south-facing gardens combine pretty herbaceous beds with easy-to-maintain lawns and mature trees providing privacy and calm as well as an excellent place to entertain. Two lawns with formal boarders and large olive trees near the house lead via steps and a pergola with rambling roses to the large lawn which has a number of specimen and fruit trees. There is an original lily pond, firepit/BBQ area, tree-house, and a large shed as well as vegetable beds, poultry-pens/fruit cages and a compost area. Side access could be opened to provide storage for a boat. The overall plot measures 0.3568 of an acre. Birchington boasts an award-winning greengrocer, family-run butcher, bakery, delicatessen, florists, pet shops, a post-office, bank, beautician and three small supermarkets as well as a number of good restaurants, cafés, a wine bar, pubs and micropubs, plus two dentists, an optician, a large medical centre and well-regarded schools. The village has a sailing club, two riding schools and an 18-hole golf course. Quex Barn sells local, ethically raised meat, and has an outstanding cheese counter, fish-monger, and deli, and sells locally grown produce – including local wines & spirits. The Quex Estate has a museum, stately home, cafes, garden centre, riding school, mini-golf, paint-balling and a fantastic maize-maze. Tudor Court is just 500 metres from Birchington-on-Sea station with trains to St Pancras and Victoria, as well as Ramsgate and Dover, and there are regular direct buses to Canterbury. Good transport links further increase educational options including excellent state grammar and independent secondary schools in nearby Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Sandwich and Canterbury; in addition to the well-regarded local state primary schools, there are also two independent prep schools in the area.
Features:
- Garage
- Garden