Wealden Times | WT173 | July 2016 | Interiors supplement inside
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The Mill House<br />
WADHURST<br />
, EAST SUSSEX<br />
COTTONS<br />
FARM<br />
STAPLEHURST, KENT<br />
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Laddin<br />
Laddingford | Maidstone |<br />
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, London<br />
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Wells<br />
awkhurst<br />
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2. The Mill House<br />
3. Cottons Farm<br />
4. Laddingford Farm Oast<br />
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Where? The Mill House is between<br />
the coveted villages of Wadhurst and Frant<br />
(Google Maps TN5 6LB).<br />
What? A lovely, thatched grade II<br />
listed former mill house dating from the<br />
early 16th Century, the property has<br />
been lovingly improved over the years to<br />
make a superb family home. The house<br />
retains many original features and of<br />
particular note is the vaulted drawing<br />
room, historically used as an iron foundry<br />
and featuring an impressive inglenook<br />
fireplace and three sets of double doors<br />
to the terrace. Also downstairs there is a<br />
sitting room, dining room and kitchen/<br />
breakfast room with AGA. Upstairs there is<br />
a stunning, vaulted master bedroom with<br />
dressing room and bathroom. There are<br />
three further double bedrooms, one with<br />
en suite bathroom. On the second floor<br />
there is another bedroom, a bathroom and<br />
study. The 19 acres of grounds encompass<br />
a garage block with a two-bedroom flat,<br />
a two-storey studio, formal gardens, a<br />
swimming pool partly heated by solar<br />
panels and surrounded by a covered heated<br />
logia, an orchard, woodland, a machinery<br />
store and two pig pens.<br />
How much? The Mill House is on<br />
the market at £1,950,000 and is with<br />
Knight Frank in Tunbridge Wells.<br />
Call 01892 515035 or visit<br />
www.knightfrank.com<br />
Where? Cottons Farm is on a<br />
no-through-road country lane on the<br />
outskirts of the village of Staplehurst.<br />
(Google Maps TN12 0DP).<br />
What?Originally a medieval hall house,<br />
this beautiful, grade II listed and recently<br />
renovated property dates back to the<br />
late 15th Century. Accommodation on<br />
the ground floor includes an entrance<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
From our hall office with in Stone fireplace, Street, Cranbrook a drawing proceed room out of with the town passing main Cranbrook reception School room on the left. with Upon exposed reaching timbers, the Wilsley Pound Roundabou<br />
Staplehurst and Maidstone. Continue on this road into Staplehurst and passing the village shops. At the traffic lights turn right to Headcorn, continue on t<br />
ground on inglenook the left, take fireplace, the next turning a dining on the right, room sign with posted Cradducks a feature Lane, then fireplace take the first with turning bressummer left into Chickenden and Lane. Cottons Farm can<br />
left hand side.<br />
inglenook fireplace, a light and spacious<br />
kitchen/breakfast room with pantry area,<br />
a utility room and a shower room on<br />
the ground floor. On the first floor the<br />
landing is ideal for a study. The master<br />
bedroom connects with both a Jack and<br />
Jill bathroom and a second bedroom and<br />
there are two further double bedrooms.<br />
Outside, in grounds of about two-anda-half<br />
acres, there is a stunning wisteria<br />
walk, several ponds, a well-managed<br />
vegetable garden with green house, a<br />
hard tennis court bordered with mature<br />
hedgerows, a paddock and a swimming<br />
pool with a sliding cover.<br />
How much? Cottons Farm is on<br />
the market at £1,250,000 and is with<br />
Harpers & Hurlingham in Cranbrook.<br />
Call 01580 715400 or visit www.<br />
harpersandhurlingham.com<br />
Where? Laddingford Farm Oast is<br />
close to the centre of Laddingford village,<br />
about seven miles southwest of Maidstone<br />
(Google Maps ME18 6BX).<br />
What? The property’s central barn is<br />
believed to date back 450 years. Two of its<br />
three roundels date back to early Victorian<br />
times and the third to the late Victorian<br />
era. Downstairs accommodation includes a<br />
log burner, sliding glass door to the garden.<br />
A second roundel contains a sitting room<br />
with a door to a Swedish log cabin housing<br />
an indoor swimming pool with four doors<br />
on to the garden, a roundel dining room,<br />
a roundel kitchen and a snug. Upstairs<br />
there is a galleried landing, a dressing<br />
area roundel and bathroom with stairs<br />
to the master bedroom roundel. There is<br />
also a second roundel bedroom with en<br />
suite bathroom, a third roundel bedroom<br />
and two further bedrooms. Outside, two<br />
acres of grounds backing on to farmland<br />
encompass gardens, a stable block and a<br />
studio with vaulted ceiling and a triple<br />
garage.<br />
How much? Laddingford Farm Oast<br />
is priced at £1,295,000 and is with Fine<br />
& Country in West Malling. Call 01732<br />
222272 or visit www.fineandcountry.com<br />
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