waystrode manorKENT

A beautifully situated farming estate with great sporting and amenity appeal,featuring a delightful primary residence and five additional cottages, all set within a 532 acre estate.

WAYSTRODE MANORSPODE LANE • COWDEN • KENT • TN8 7HW

Superb example of a Grade II* listed Tudor manor house with excellent secondaryaccommodation set within wonderful gardens and grounds of about 7.8 acres

Waystrode ManorDining Hall, Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Kitchen/Breakfast/Family Room,

Cloakroom, Utility Room, Wine Cellar, Master Bedroom Suite, Four further Bedrooms, Two Family Bathrooms

CottageGround floor: Utility Room, Store Room, Garaging

First Floor: Sitting/Dining Room, Kitchen, Three Bedrooms, Bathroom

BarnGrade II listed double vaulted timber frame barn

OastRecreation Room, Kitchen, Office/Storage Room

ORANGERY

Coach House Providing excellent storage and garaging

Swimming Pool, Pool House, Tennis Court, Gardens and Grounds

Total area about 7.8 acres

If there is any point which is of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property.

Savills Sevenoaks

74 High Street, Sevenoaks,

Kent TN13 1JR

01732 789700

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savills.co.uk

Savills LONDON

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LONDON W1J 6ER

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WAYSTRODE MANOR

Description

History of the Manor

The exact date of origin is unknown but Elizabethan historians have said the firstowner bore the name Wheystrode, and that he was a Knight to whom the unscrupulous King Johngave the Manor for services rendered in 1208. Wheystrode and his descendants were Lords of theFee, and held the Manor until 1460 when it was passed to John Style, and remained in the familyfor 300 years, with descendants living in Cowden until the 1960s.

Waystrode Manor is an exceptional Grade II* listed Tudor house which has been the subject ofcomplete refurbishment and extending by the present owners. The house now provides wellproportioned accommodation with a wealth of character features together with a subtle mix ofmodern styling. Features include exposed wall and ceiling timbers, oak floor boards, lattice andlead light windows, inglenook fireplaces, high ceilings, modern bathroom suites, a bespokekitchen/breakfast room and under floor heating to the ground floor. The property is located in arural location with uninterrupted views over the adjoining countryside.

In addition to the manor house is the comprehensive secondary accommodation which could beutilized for annexe accommodation, home office and entertaining areas. They comprise a largedetached cottage with a spacious first floor flat and storage and garaging on the ground floor. Anoast house provides a kitchen, recreation room and first floor room. A coach house has a numberof storage rooms and garaging. The Grade II listed timber frame barn has an impressive doubleheight vaulted interior.

• The principal reception rooms provide well proportioned areas for formal entertaining. Thedrawing room and sitting room both have exposed oak floor boards and brick inglenookfireplaces together with a double aspect over the front and rear gardens. The dining hall haslimestone flooring and an attractive fireplace with stone surround. All these rooms have underfloor heating.

• The impressive kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a comprehensive range of bespoke walland base cupboards with granite work surfaces incorporating a 1½ bowl sink and apreparation sink. There is a dresser style unit and useful walk-in larder cupboard. Appliancesinclude an electric four oven Aga, electric induction hob, oven, an integral fridge-freezer anddishwasher. The breakfast/family area is glazed on two sides with double doors opening to therear terrace. This area provides ideal family living and has a wonderful outlook over the gardensand beyond.

• A utility room has ample storage cupboards and space for appliances.• There is an inner lobby with coats cupboard and a cloakroom.• An attractive oak staircase rises to the first floor landing which has an exposed sandstone walland an outlook over the rear garden.

• The master suite comprises a generous double aspect bedroom, a dressing area with hangingspace and a stylish en suite bathroom with bath and separate shower cubicle.

• There are four further bedrooms, two on the first floor and two on the second floor. Three haveimpressive vaulted ceilings, and all are of a good proportion.

• Completing the first floor is a stylish and modern family bathroom, and the second floorcomprises a further modern bathroom and dressing room.

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Restricted height

Ground floor

5.53 x 3.50

Sitting room

18'2'' x 11'6''6.67 x 4.61

Drawing room

21'10'' x 15'1''

6.66m x 3.87m

Kitchen / Breakfast room

21'10'' x 12'8''

6.59 x 5.69

Reception hall

21'7'' x 18'8''

6.81m x 4.57m

Dining room

22'4'' x 15'0''

Utilityroom

4.84 x 3.54

Bedroom

15'10'' x 11'7''

6.86 x 4.84

Master bedroom

22'6'' x 15'10''

5.07 x 4.01

Bedroom

16'7'' x 13'1''

First floor

4.42 x 4.01

Store room

14'6'' x 13'2''

Cellar

Waystrode Manor, CowdenGross internal area (approx.)

For identification only - Not to scale© Trueplan (UK) Limited

House - 412.1 sq m (4435 sq ft)

4.78 x 3.61

Bedroom

15'7'' x 11'10''

4.85 x 3.50

Bedroom

15'11'' x 11'5''

Second floor

WAYSTRODE MANORGROSS INTERNAL AREA : 412.1 SQ.M (4,435 SQ.FT)

Ground FloorGround Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Cellar

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The BARN

• The barn is Grade II listed and comprises an impressive double heightvaulted ceiling with superb exposed timbers.

The Coach House

• The coach house is arranged as two store rooms with access toadditional first floor storage, garden implement store and a garage.

16.53 x 6.68

Barn

54'2'' x 21'11''

Voidoverstoreroom

5.09 x 4.38

Store room

16'8'' x 14'4''5.06 x 4.36

Store room

16'7'' x 14'3''

5.87 x 4.38

Garage

19'3'' x 14'4''

4.98 x 3.48

Store room

16'4'' x 11'5''

4.80 x 4.39

Store room

15'9'' x 14'4''

6.02 x 2.98

Store room

19'9'' x 9'9''

Store room

Ground floor

First floor

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Restricted height

THE BARNGROSS INTERNAL AREA

107.8 SQ.M (1,160 SQ.FT)

THE COACH HOUSEGROSS INTERNAL AREA

158 SQ.M (1,700 SQ.FT)

First Floor

Ground Floor

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THE OAST• The oast has a vaulted recreation room with adjoining kitchen, and stairs rise to a room with views overthe garden and a vaulted ceiling.

• The house is approached over a tree lined drive which splits leading to the house, where there is aturning circle, and to the cottage, barn and coach house. There are two ponds flanking the drive andmany deciduous trees. The gardens are principally laid to lawn interspersed with trees and shrubs andwell stocked borders. There is an attractive ragstone wall to the front of the house with wall flowers and aflagstone path leads around the house to the rear. Here are two terraces which provide excellent areasfor al fresco entertaining and where views over the formal gardens and orchard can be enjoyed.

• There is an attractive oak frame orangery providing a wonderful area for entertaining and a place toadmire the house and garden.

• The formal gardens comprise a delightful area with arches clad with honeysuckle and flanked by deepherbaceous borders and established hedging. The swimming pool area has a shaped pool and poolhouse with an adjacent pond and water feature. On from the pool is a hard tennis court. A kitchengarden is located to one side of the cottage and comprises a number of beds and two poly-tunnels.There are two greenhouses located by the orchard which has a number of fruit trees.

• The gardens and grounds provide a wonderful backdrop to the house and amounts to about 7.8 acre.

OAST HOUSEGROSS INTERNAL AREA

105.2 SQ.M (1,132 SQ.FT)

4.17 x 4.17

Kitchen

13'8'' x 13'8''

7.58 x 4.41

Entertainment room

24'10'' x 14'5''

Void overentertainment room4.17 x 4.15

Office

13'8'' x 13'7''

First floor

5.08 x 3.96

Pool house

16'8'' x 13'0''

Plantroom

First Floor

Ground Floor

POOL HOUSEGROSS INTERNAL AREA

22.3 SQ.M (240 SQ.FT)

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ORANGERYGROSS INTERNAL AREA

34.3 SQ.M (369 SQ.FT)

9.10 x 3.93

Orangery

29'10'' x 12'10''

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The Cottage

• The cottage is a large brick and tile hung, two storey property comprising a utility room and hobbiesroom on the ground floor with access to the garaging. Arranged over the first floor is a three bedroomflat with well appointed kitchen and bathroom and reception room with far reaching views and an openfireplace. Approached from outside is a plant room and W.C.

THE COTTAGE / GARAGINGGROSS INTERNAL AREA : 242 SQ.M (2,604 SQ.FT)

6.76 x 4.82

Sitting / Dining room

22'2'' x 15'10''

3.79 x 3.30

Bedroom

12'5'' x 10'10''

4.56 x 3.70

Bedroom

14'11'' x 12'1''

3.33 x 3.31

Bedroom / Study

10'11'' x 10'10''4.76 x 2.27

Kitchen

15'7'' x 7'5''

9.76 x 6.66

Garage

22'0'' x 32'0''

6.66 x 3.02

Store room

21'10'' x 9'11''

3.64 x 3.28

Utility room

11'11'' x 10'9''

5.51 x 2.75

Plant room

18'1'' x 9'0''

Ground floor First floor

Ground Floor First Floor

COACH HOUSE

THE COTTAGE

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Situation

• The property is located within a rural location within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty andMetropolitan Greenbelt with far reaching views over the adjoining countryside on the edge ofCowden village, with its public house, church, village hall and primary school.

• Comprehensive shopping East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells.• Schools There are many highly regarded schools in the area both state and private.www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk.

• Mainline rail service Cowden (London Bridge), East Grinstead (London Victoria),Tunbridge Wells (London Charing Cross/Cannon Street), Edenbridge Town (London Bridge andHildenborough (London Cannon Street). www.nationalrail.co.uk

• Communications The A22 lies to the west and provides access to the M25 orbitalmotorway linking to other road networks, Gatwick and Heathrow Airports and the coast.

DirectionsFrom Edenbridge town centre, proceed south on the B2026 for approximately 4 miles passingthrough the first set of cross-roads signposted to Cowden Pound and Mark Beech. Proceed to thenext set of cross-roads and turn right into Cowden village. Turn right onto Spode Lane andcontinue out of the village and the drive for Waystrode Manor will be found on the left-hand side.

ServicesManor House - Heat source pump for the central heating. Mains electricity and water connected.Private drainage. The Cottage – Oil fired central heating

Local AuthoritySevenoaks District Council - 01732 227000. Band ‘H’ Rate for 2015/2016 - £3,102.08

viewingStrictly by appointment with Savills Sevenoaks 01723 789700If there is any point which is of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us,especially before you travel to view the property.

important noticeSavills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:1. They have no authority to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to theproperty. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be reliedupon as statements or representations of fact.

2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans arefor guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that theproperty has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have nottested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspectionor otherwise. AB/514051

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Not to Scalemapping with the permission of the Controller of HerMajesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright(100041908) NOT TO SCALE