- 4 bedrooms +
- 3 reception rooms +
- 2 bathrooms +
- 0.56 acres +
- Sevenoaks High Street 2 Miles +
- Riverhead Infants School 0.5 Miles +
- O.56 Acre plot +
- Sevenoaks Station 1.4 Miles +
- Detached +
- Double Garage +
Linden Cottage is an attractive detached family house located on a prestigious private road in Bessels Green, 1.4 miles from Sevenoaks Station within the Riverhead and Amherst catchment area of Sevenoaks. The property has been in the same ownership since 1972 and benefits from a truly wonderful established garden of just over half an acre.
The accommodation is arranged over two floors and extends to just under 2,500 sq ft and provides enormous potential to extend and modernise subject to the necessary planning consents. On the ground floor, the accommodation comprises an entrance hall, and kitchen/breakfast room. three reception rooms, a study, a conservatory, and a tandem-length attached garage. On the first floor, there are four bedrooms served by a family bathroom.
Externally the property is set back from the quiet road and enjoys a delightful outlook. A drive with parking for several cars leads up to the front of the house providing off-road parking for numerous vehicles and to the tandem-length attached garage to the side creating a superb sense of arrival. From the driveway, steps lead down to a level area of manicured lawn, enclosed by a mature shrub and screened from Packhorse Road with an evergreen hedge.
The beautiful park-like gardens extend to just over half an acre and feature numerous specimen trees including over thirty different acer's, with planted borders and mature lime trees. At the rear of the property, a paved patio extends out from the living areas and conservatory.
Sevenoaks station 1.4 miles,
Riverhead Infants School 0.5 Miles
Sevenoaks High Street 2.0 miles,
M25 J3 1.3 miles.
(all distances approximate)
The property is located in the highly sought-after Packhorse Road, a private road in Bessels Green, just 1.4 miles from Sevenoaks station with its mainline links to London Bridge and Charing Cross. The popular Kings Head public house is a five-minute walk from the house (0.3 miles), as is the Chipstead Place Lawn Tennis Club. The picturesque Chipstead village is also within easy reach of the property with two public houses and a lake and popular sailing club. Sevenoaks High Street with its excellent range of boutique shops, restaurants and supermarkets is 2 miles. There are numerous excellent schools in the vicinity including the Ofsted Outstanding rated Riverhead Infants School, Amherst, Trinity, Weald of Kent Grammar School, Sevenoaks School and The Granville to name a few. The M25 at Junction 5 is 1.3 miles away providing excellent links to the national motorway network, London and the Channel Tunnel. Leisure facilities in the area include Knole Park, golf at Wildernesse and Knole, Hollybush and swimming at Sevenoaks leisure centre.