6 Bedrooms Detached house for sale in St Stephens Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 | £ 780,000
Overview
Price: | £ 780,000 |
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Contract type: | For Sale |
Type: | Detached house |
County: | Kent |
Town: | Canterbury |
Postcode: | CT2 |
Address: | St Stephens Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 |
Bathrooms: | 5 |
Bedrooms: | 6 |
Property Description
Entrance lobby | Sitting room | Snug | Study | Kitchen/family room | Boot room | Utility | First floor sitting room | 6 Bedrooms | 3 bathrooms | Garage | Store room | Garden with river frontage
Kingsmead House is a beautiful Grade II listed timber framed house dating from 1620. The house is full of wonderful period features including exposed beams and timbers. In recent years the house has been remodelled to the rear to create a fabulous family kitchen with bifold doors opening to the garden. This stylish space sits well nest to the historic original house and provides all that is needed for modern family life.
The front door opens to a lobby off which is a practical boot room. The spacious ground floor accommodation includes three well-proportioned reception rooms all with open fireplaces, the room closet to the family room/kitchen is a well positioned snug.
The kitchen is a wonderful bright space with bifold doors and further natural light provided by roof lights. The kitchen is fitted with a range of wooden units with Corian work surfaces. There is room for a dining table and a sofa and the fireplace houses a wood burning stove.
Stairs rise to the first floor where there is a superb sitting room. The room is double aspect including an oriel window to the front. There are three bedrooms at this level two of which could arranged within a master suite if preferred, to provide a dressing room and en-suite bathroom. On the second floor are three further good bedrooms.
The house has various staircases and external doors which offers great flexibility and potential for creating independent access should separate spaces be required for family members or perhaps use for Airbnb style letting.
Kingsmead House is well positioned to enjoy all that Canterbury has to offer, including a wide choice of cultural and leisure facilities and an excellent range of well- regarded educational facilities.
Canterbury has two stations with direct rail links to London, with Canterbury West being the closest to the property and from which the High Speed train will take you to London St Pancras in less than an hour. There are also excellent road links within easy reach, as the A2 links directly to the motorway network.
Ashford International and the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone provide regular Eurostar and Shuttle services to the Continent.
The property offers off road parking in front of the integral garage together with a generous rear garden backing directly onto the River Stour.
Laid mainly to level lawn bordered by mature shrubs and trees, the rear garden has raised flowerbeds and a spacious paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.
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