4 Bed Detached House, Planning Permission, Sittingbourne, ME9 7RY £1,500,000

The series of reception rooms each offer their own atmosphere and purpose. The Green Room centres around a magnificent inglenook fireplace inset with a log burner, creating a warm and inviting retreat, while the Blue Room provides a peaceful study or reading space. The third reception room, a comfortable television lounge, has been the setting for countless cherished memories, a place to unwind with family and enjoy evenings together in comfort and warmth.

Ascend the beautiful oak staircase with glazed balustrade to discover four well-appointed bedrooms, each framing captivating views of the gardens and surrounding countryside. The principal suite enjoys a luxurious en suite, complemented by a stylish family bathroom and a further ground-floor shower room, all designed to deliver modern comfort while preserving historic grace.

Beyond the main house lies an array of distinctive outbuildings, each with its own personality and purpose. A double car barn with workshop, kitchenette and shower room has planning permission to extend, creating a substantial space ideal for a gym, home office or leisure suite, with an integrated storage shed completing the design. Another outbuilding serves as an arts and crafts studio, while a charming timber studio with log burner, mezzanine and bi-fold doors opens directly into the gardens, offering an inspiring setting for creativity, reflection or enterprise. The striking Octagon building, with its vaulted ceiling and panoramic woodland views, provides an exceptional space that could lend itself to a variety of uses, blending practicality with tranquillity.

Three acres of formal gardens surround the property, extending to a total of seven acres, providing a private and peaceful sanctuary of lawns, woodlands, and timeless charm, where the landscape opens to reveal a field of summer daisies and a graceful circle of willow trees, a whimsical, almost magical feature that captures the essence of this enchanting home. Beyond the estate, the expansive grounds of the Woodland Trust gently envelope Icknor House, offering a natural extension to its setting, with bluebell walks weaving through ancient woodland. As dusk falls, the absence of light pollution reveals a celestial canopy of stars, a nightly reminder of Icknor House’s rare and almost spiritual calm.

Despite its rural seclusion, the estate enjoys excellent access to the M20 and M25, with Maidstone just eight miles and Sittingbourne fifteen minutes away. The Hook and Hatchet Inn is a short stroll, and the surrounding area offers an abundance of fine dining and country walks through the glorious Kentish countryside.

For the next custodian, Icknor House promises a lifestyle both refined and restorative, a private sanctuary, a multigenerational family home or a versatile estate for those seeking to live, create and work amid history and nature. It is, quite simply, where period charm meets contemporary elegance.

Freehold
Council Tax Band G
EPC Rating TBC
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Property is in a conservation area
Utilities:- Electric / Private Water Bore / Cable TV or Satellite / Phone / Broadband
Drainage is via private sewage treatment plant which is understood to be compliant
The grounds of Icknor House are reached via a private driveway belonging to the Woodland Trust. Icknor House enjoys full access with no restrictions or covenants. Yetnor Farm has right of access to reach a field. There is no public right of way. Maintenance is conducted on an ad-hoc basis and is a joint responsibility between Icknor House and the Woodland Trust. In practice, the Woodland Trust look after the driveway, with the residents of Icknor House occasionally placing stones/ gravel in areas as needed.