Listed for £795,000
February 16, 2026
Sold for £460,000
2015
Sold for £370,000
2013
Sold for £249,950
2002
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- Attached garage with double doors and rear door for accessing directly to garden
- Electric car charging points to the front of the property
- Summer house and additional garden store
- Cat 6 cabling throughout the ground floor
SITUATION
Orchard Cottage is set in Iden Green, a hamlet on the rural periphery of the highly regarded village of Benenden and within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is conveniently located a short distance of the historic and highly regarded Woodcock Inn.
Benenden provides a range of local services, a primary school and shops including a butcher, village store, post office and The Bull Inn and Restaurant. Hawkhurst offers Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets as well as the Kino cinema. The nearby market towns of Cranbrook and Tenterden have a good selection of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and facilities and Tunbridge Wells slightly further afield provides more comprehensive amenities.
There are numerous schools for children of all ages within the public and private sectors, including Benenden Primary School, Benenden Girls School and Dulwich Preparatory in Cranbrook, Saint Ronan’s and Marlborough House in Hawkhurst plus Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre in Tenterden. The property also falls within the catchment area for the much sought after Cranbrook School. Further grammar schools are available in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford.
The mainline stations in Headcorn and Staplehurst offer frequent services to London Bridge, Charing Cross and Canon Street with journey times of just under an hour. Ashford International Station operates high speed services to London St Pancras with journey times from just 37 minutes as well as Eurostar services to the continent. Gatwick and Heathrow Airports can be accessed via the A21.
Cranbrook 4 miles
Tenterden 6 miles
Staplehurst Station 8 miles
A21 – 6 miles
Rye and The Coast 14 miles
(All distances are approximate)
DIRECTIONS
From central Benenden travel north west on the B2086 towards Cranbrook and turn left at the cross roads into Iden Green Road. Continue for about 1 mile passing the turning for Standen Street on the left where Iden Green Road becomes Mill Street. Orchard Cottage is located on the left after a short distance identified by our sale board.
PROPERTY INFORMATION
- Services: Oil fired and electric central heating. Mains electric, water and drainage. Charging points for up to two electric vehicles and space for a further point on the left of the driveway, and Cat 6 cabling on the ground floor.
- Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
- Council Tax band: G (2022/23)
- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.
- Viewings: Strictly by appointment on .