A delightful three bedroom late Victorian cottage situated in the heart of Otford Village, within easy reach of Otford Primary School, Main Line Station, and local shops. The property has been thoughtfully and stylishly upgraded throughout to a high specification to include an extremely well-planned rear extension incorporating a comprehensively fitted kitchen and open plan dining/family room and a spacious and light loft conversion.
Location Otford Village is an attractive 16th century village approximately 3.7 miles from Sevenoaks town centre. The village has a variety of small shops, historic houses, several pubs and a restaurant, a 16th century church, a library, the village primary school and nursery, a recreation ground and playground for small children as well as two halls which host events and club meetings. There are two private prep schools in the area: St Michael's school which takes children from age 2 to 13, and Russell House School. At the centre of the village is a very picturesque spring-filled pond which is the location of the smallest listed duck pond in England. The attractive village green is surrounded by historic buildings including Chantry Cottage and St Bartholomew's Church. Otford has a mainline rail service with frequent services to Victoria. Sevenoaks mainline station is approximately 3 miles away and provides frequent services to London Bridge/ Charing Cross.
Directions From our Clifton & Co office in Otford Village head south on High Street, the property is located on the left-hand side.
Ground Floor The cosy sitting room has double glazed windows to the front, the original fireplace surround and open chimney with alcove cupboards and bookshelves and wall lights and an engineered oak floor.
The bespoke ‘Wren’ kitchen has been perfectly designed for family living with an excellent range of wall units task lighting, soft close base, and drawer units and two full height larder units, one with pull out basket storage. Quartz worktops run above the base units with an inset ‘Butler’ sink, and there is a breakfast bar with storage below. The kitchen and family room have attractive slate floors. Natural light floods the kitchen and family room from the three angled skylight windows and double-glazed French doors which open out to the paved patio and delightful south facing garden.
The inner lobby has cleverly fitted full height bookshelves, a concealed desk area, stairs rising to the first floor.
There is an extremely spacious family bathroom with a freestanding slipper bath with shower above, a Victorian style high level WC and a pedestal wash hand basin. A unique feature of the bathroom is an original exposed brick fireplace, currently used as a storage area and in addition there is an extremely useful deep storage cupboard runs beneath the stairs.
First Floor The first-floor landing is bi-directional with door and stairs to the attic conversion.
Bedroom One has double glazed windows to the front, a deep walk in wardrobe and built in wardrobe.
Cloakroom with low level WC, wash hand basin and storage cupboard housing gas central heating boiler.
Bedroom Two has double glazed windows to the rear
Top Floor Bedroom Three on the upper floor has twin Velux windows to the rear with views across the garden. A galleried style balustrade and eaves storage pods.
Rear Garden The south facing rear garden has a generous paved patio and is well established with a central lawn area and delightful range of flowering shrubs and well stocked borders.
Transport Information Otford Railway Station: 0.4 miles
Shoreham Railway Station: 1.3 miles
Sevenoaks Railway Station: 2.5 miles
The distances calculated are as the crow flies.
Local Schools Primary Schools
Otford Primary School: 0.05 miles
Shoreham Primary School: 1.46 miles
Dunton Green Primary School: 1.15 miles
Secondary Schools
The Knole Academy: 1.78 miles
Trinity: 1.92 miles
Wrotham School: 5.32 miles
Sen Schools
Knole Development Centre: 3.42 miles
Browns School: 3.78 miles
West Heath School: 4.01 miles
Information sourced from www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school-search
Please check with the local authority as to catchment areas and intake criteria.
Useful Information We recognise that buying a property is a big commitment and therefore recommend that you visit the local authority website www.sevenoaks.gov.uk and the following websites for more helpful information about the property and local area before proceeding.
Some information in these details is taken from third party sources. Should any of the information be critical in your decision making, then please contact Clifton & Co Otford for verification.
Council Tax We are informed this property is in council tax band D you should verify this with Sevenoaks Borough Council on 01732 227000.
Tenure The vendor advises us that this property is Freehold. Should you proceed with the purchase of the property your solicitor must verify these details.
Appliances/Services The mention of any appliances and/or services within these sales particulars does not imply that they are in full efficient working order.
Measurements All measurements are approximate and therefore may be subject to a small margin of error.
Opening Hours Monday to Saturday 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
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This is a Freehold property.
