Believed to date from the 18th century and offered for sale for the first time, Hoath Cottage is an attractive, detached vernacular Kentish property with traditional Kentish weather-boarding, stone and brick elevations. The house is surrounded by open farmland with long distant views towards the North Downs.

A good sized entrance hall, with charming and unusual features, leads to the sitting room with a wide window with fitted bench seat overlooking the front garden. The focus of the room is a brick-built Inglenook fireplace, with a pretty Georgian mantle over and a fitted wood-burner; there is a deep cupboard to one side. A lobby with a door to the front garden leads to a peaceful study with painted ceiling beams, fitted alcove storage and a pretty brick fireplace.

The formal dining room also enjoys pleasant garden views, a brick fireplace and painted ceiling beams, with a part-glazed door opening directly into the gardens. There is also a dual-aspect kitchen/breakfast room with terracotta floor tiles and a variety of cabinets. A small corridor flows into a well-sized utility with butler sink. Just off the hall is a small office and an adjoining cloakroom.

A turned staircase rises to the first floor. To the right is a short passageway leading to the bathroom and a bright double aspect bedroom with an open Victorian fireplace. The passageway to the left leads to three further bedrooms, the first of which has a delightful en suite dressing room. The principal bedroom is at the end of the corridor - this is a generous room with views to the east and over the garden. The en suite bathroom is Jack and Jill with the adjoining fourth bedroom.

This property has 0.75 acres of land.

Outside

Set at the end of a long drive, Hoath Cottage sits towards the back of its generous plot. All three sides of the garden are surrounded by open farmland, giving lovely views and access to a network of footpaths.

Adjacent to the house is a period barn. It has a set of double doors to one side and a separate pedestrian door. The barn would be ideal as a workshop or, subject to any necessary consents, conversion to an annexe.

The rear garden is mainly laid to lawn and has a gate directly onto the fields. To the front of the house a shrub and herbaceous bed has a small pond. A bank of rhododendrons and other flowering shrubs leads to an area of copse. There are two magnificent trees in the garden an ancient oak and a mature silver birch.

Situation

Smeeth and Brabourne villages offer a range of local facilities including an excellent village school, a shop and pubs. Locally there are good schools in both the independent and state sectors. Between them, Ashford and Canterbury offer a broad array of educational, recreational, cultural and shopping amenities.

Ashford International station benefits from the High-Speed train service to London St Pancras (from around 36 minutes). There are excellent road communications, with the nearby M20 giving access to the motorway network. The area has good access to the Continent.

Directions

From M20 (Junction 10A): Exit and continue onto the Hythe Road/A20 towards Folkestone. Continue on the A20 for approximately 1.8 miles, passing The Ridgeway and a layby on the left. The driveway is immediately next to a green footpath sign on the left just before reaching the Caldecott Foundation (on the right).