North Stream, Marshside

The Old Barn is a superb home in Marshside, a small hamlet with a highly regarded village pub, and sits within what The Sunday Times describes as 'deepest Kent, surrounded by orchards and oast houses, wheat fields and windmills, under the kind of vast open skies that once inspired Turner'. The house has been created from a wonderful Grade II listed barn with traditional black weather-boarded elevations and offers fantastically generous living spaces. The former cart bay provides a striking vaulted entrance hall with parquet flooring. Tall windows and glazed doors flood the space with light and stairs rise to a galleried landing, where the beautiful structure of the barn is fully exposed.

A door opens to a large triple aspect sitting room, with a further door to outside. Slightly stepped down, the sitting area is arranged around a deep fireplace with a wood-burning stove, creating an intimate focus to this generous room, with additional sitting/study spaces to the edges. Behind the hall, overlooking the garden, is a room currently used as a study. With full length windows this lovely, bright room would also provide an accessible fifth bedroom.

The layout makes for flexible accommodation, with the dining room currently used as a home office. This sits adjacent to the kitchen/breakfast room, providing a brilliant family space for everyday living. The kitchen has terracotta flooring and is fitted with a range of wooden units. The breakfast/dining area has a wood-burning stove in a brick fireplace. A utility, boot room and downstairs shower room provide all the practical spaces a country property so benefits from having.

The spaciousness of the barn continues on the first-floor galleried landing, which provides ample room for a sitting area or such like. The principal bedroom has an en suite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe. A family bathroom services the three further bedrooms, all having attractive exposed beams.

This property has 1 acres of land.