The Hill Littlebourne, Canterbury Offers Over £900,000

A substantial detached Grade II listed village house with a most handsome frontage incorporating a converted oast to the rear. The property offers elegant and versatile accommodation of extensive proportions arranged over three floors. On the ground floor is an impressive reception hall with attractive staircase rising to the first floor. There is a study to the side and attractive dual aspect sitting room with exposed brick fireplace. The separate dining room has sliding doors overlooking and opening onto the garden. To the rear is a kitchen/breakfast room with walk-in larder and adjoining rear lobby with further storage and a door to the courtyard garden area. On the first floor is an attractive landing plus five substantial bedrooms and the family bathroom. On the second floor are a further five large bedrooms and an additional shower room. The bedrooms to the rear of the house are part of the attractive former oast building and those on the second floor of the main property form part of a substantial loft conversion undertaken at the same time as the oast conversion. The property benefits from an oil-fired heating system and part secondary-glazed windows.

From the road vehicular access is gained to the driveway with a five-bar gate leading to a brick paved drive accessing the rear of the property with parking, turning and access to both the integral garage located in the oast and the detached pre-cast concrete double garage. To the front of the house is a lawned garden with mature rose beds and borders. A path from the pavement leads to the front door and extends to the side of the property accessing a courtyard seating area opening to the rear. The lawn extends to the remaining side with further mature trees and borders reaching the driveway.

The main garden area lies behind the house principally laid to grass with mature trees and a selection of fruit trees to the far end. To the side, a timber bridge leads to a wooded area with a selection of mature trees and conifers. Towards the rear of the house are two timber sheds, an aluminium greenhouse and the oil tank. It is thought it may be possible to create an annexe/ancillary accommodation towards the bottom of the plot (subject to all necessary planning consents).

The property is set on the edge of the village of Littlebourne with easy access to the village centre, the surrounding countryside which provides lovely walking, riding and cycling and the Cathedral City of Canterbury. The local amenities include a village shop with a post office, popular primary school, pub and doctors’ surgery. The Cathedral City of Canterbury is easily accessible and offers an impressive range of shopping and leisure facilities, schools, colleges and universities plus the High-Speed rail link from Canterbury West station with services to London St. Pancras in approx. 55 mins. The neighbouring village of Bridge provides further local facilities.