4 bed detached house for sale

Preston Hill, Wingham, Kent CT3

** no onward chain **

Torrepoint is a light, airy and attractive detached home that provides four bedrooms and attractive period details, including sash windows, ceiling cornicing and original fireplaces, combined with elegant, understated décor and styling.

There are four flexible reception rooms on the ground floor, including the dual aspect sitting room at the front, which has a bay window and a fireplace fitted with a woodburning stove. There is also a comfortable family room and a formal dining room, as well as a sunny conservatory overlooking the garden; part of the cellar has been used as a gym, cinema room and workroom.

The kitchen/breakfast room opens onto the garden via French doors and includes fitted units to base and wall level, as well as integrated appliances and a breakfast area with built-in banquette seating.

Upstairs, the generous principal bedroom has built-in storage and an en suite bathroom with a separate shower unit, while one further bedroom is also en suite. There are two further good size bedrooms (one currently utilised as a study) and a family bathroom.<br /><br />At the entrance, electric gates open onto the driveway, which leads to a parking area at the rear, as well as to the detached double garage. At the rear of the garage is the generous home office – separate from the house.

The attractive front garden has established hedgerow borders, an area of lawn, paved pathways and colourful flowerbeds, while at the rear, an area of patio for al fresco dining leads via steps to the lawn, with borders of established shrubs, flowering perennials, mature hedgerows and trees.

There is also a greenhouse and at the end of the garden, a summer house, an area of timber decking, a pond and a swimspa pool and barbecue area, with views over beautiful open fields.<br /><br />Wingham is a thriving village with a useful range of local amenities and shops including village store, 2 pubs, a doctor's surgery, a dentist and a well-regarded primary school. The city of Canterbury, with its wide range of cultural, sporting and recreational amenities, also has array of well-regarded state and private sector schools, including the King's School, St Edmund's School, Kent College and the Simon Langton grammar schools.

Wimgham is on a frequent bus route to Canterbury which has two mainline stations offering a variety of commuter and stopping services to London. The high-speed service to St. Pancras takes just under an hour from Canterbury West.

The A2/M2 can be joined just south of Canterbury at Bridge and links with the remaining southern motorway systems, Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The area has good access to the Continent via the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel at Folkestone.