Home Farm Lot 1 – Home Farmhouse About 41.74 acres (16.89 ha)

At the very heart of the estate is the vendors’ former family home, comprising a Grade II listed Georgian farmhouse surrounded by mature parkland and gardens with Grade II listed walled garden, two ancillary cottages, and further outbuildings including former village hall, engine shed and Grade II listed granary.

The farmhouse was the subject of refurbishment in 2016 and comprises approximately 4,750 sq ft (441 sq m) of characterful accommodation. On the ground floor the house provides formal dining room, drawing room, study, kitchen breakfast room, and adjacent family living/dining space, together with cloakroom and utility room. On the first floor is a principal suite with dressing room and bathroom, four further bedrooms, family bathroom and shower room.

On the second floor is a further bedroom and bathroom. The house has a wonderful south-easterly outlook over historic parkland to the front, with lawned gardens falling away to traditional park rail fencing. To the side and rear of the house are formal gardens, including swimming pool with detached pool house, and terraced lawns.

To the south of Home Farmhouse lie a range of buildings, including Home Farm Annexe, The Estate Office and Barn Cottage, which form a single brick built building under a slate roof. Home Farm Annexe is at the northern end of this building and was refurbished and redecorated in 2019. This characterful cottage now provides a kitchen and two reception rooms on the ground floor, and three bedrooms three bedrooms and bathrooms on the first floor. The Estate Office is mid-terraced, and is spread over two floors. Barn Cottage lies at the southern end of this row, with a kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, double bedroom and shower room on the ground floor. On the first floor is a sitting room, study, a further bedroom and bathroom.

To the rear of the cottages is a traditional timber granary on staddle stones, which has been used for storage in recent times. The former village hall, engine shed and garage lie to the west. Both the village hall and engine shed benefitted from planning consent granted in 2019 for conversion to form holiday accommodation, though these consents have now lapsed. This range of buildings offer potential for further residential, ancillary or holiday use, subject to obtaining necessary planning consents.

Lot 1 comprises approximately 41.74 acres (16.89 ha) surrounding Home Farmhouse. The land includes a mix of historic parkland with mature specimen trees and two sections of historic tree lined avenues.

Lot 1a - Shepherds Cottage About 0.19 acres (0.08 ha)

A Grade II listed three bedroom detached cotttage

In all about 41.93 acres

This property has 41.93 acres of land.

Situation

Home Farm lies at the heart of the historic Waldershare Park Estate which has been within the ownership of the Earls of Guilford for over 250 years. Now offered for sale by the 10th Earl Guilford, the property offers a wonderful Grade II listed farmhouse with good let property income in an accessible but rural east Kent location.

Local amenities include public house, church and village store in the nearby village of Eythorne.

The property is approximately 14 miles from Canterbury's schools, shops and array of further amenities. Locally there are superstores at Whitfield (about 3 miles), and stops in Temple Ewell and River. There are good schools locally, both in the independent and state sectors.

The A2 and A20/M20 are easily accesssesd and the High Speed service to London St Pancras runs from Dover Priory and Ashford International, with journey times from 66 and 36 minutes respectively.

Directions

The driveway adjacent to Home Farmhouse is situated at exploring.mild.renamed.