7 Bed Detached House For Sale Shorthorn Drive, Milton Keynes, MK8

A beautiful Grade II listed country estate in immaculate condition throughout.


\rDescription

Close to Sutton Valence school, this historic property benefits from excellent secondary and tertiary accommodation with beautiful and extensive gardens and grounds. All set in a delightful rural position.

Main House
Entrance hall, sitting room, family room, wc, utility room, laundry room, drawing room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, pantry, cellar, 3 bedrooms (2 with en suite shower room).
To the first floor are the principal suite with bedroom, dressing room and en suite bathroom and 3 further bedrooms all with en suite bath/shower rooms.

Tawny Lodge
Kitchen/dining/sitting room, utility room, wc, 3 bedrooms (both with en suite shower room), principal suite to the first floor with en suite bath/shower room.

The Granary
2 Garage/tractor stores, store room, 2 workshops, shower room and gardener’s wc, boardroom with wc and small kitchen area. Office space with kitchen, shower room, and store room giving access to a kitchen/living room and shower room with 2 bedrooms over.

Pool House
With external kitchen, wc, store room, 2 changing rooms both with shower.

Outbuildings & Courtyard
New modern 29m x 9.5m barn. Workshop, extensive garaging, store room. Planning Permission has been granted for the single storey barns on the south west side of the courtyard to be demolished and replaced with an indoor swimming pool (Maidstone Borough Council 17/501482/FULL)

Gardens & Grounds
Extensive gardens, further outbuildings, Floodlight 5G surface football pitch and tennis court, swimming pool with pool house and fire pit, paddocks, reservoir, farmland and orchards.

In all about 97.45 acres

Location

Comprehensive Shopping: can be found in Staplehurst (3.9 miles), Maidstone (5.9 miles), Tunbridge Wells (18.6 miles) and Ashford (19.1 miles). Bluewater shopping is located just off the M25 Junction 2 (A2/M2).

Mainline rail services: to London Charing can be found at Staplehurst (3.5miles) or from Maidstone East station into London Victoria. LeShuttle trains are available from Folkestone (33 miles)

Education: Like many parts of Kent there are an excellent range of schools nearby. In the state sector there are grammar schools for boys and girls in Maidstone, Cranbrook (boarding) and Tonbridge. There are also some local primary schools with excellent Ofsted reports. In the private sector there are independent girl and boy's schools in Sutton Valence, Canterbury and Tonbridge.

Motorway links: The M25 via the M20/M26 can be accessed at J5 and the M20 (6 miles) via J8 both providing links to Gatwick and Heathrow airport and other motorway networks.

Square Footage: 5,736 sq ft
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Acreage: 97.45 Acres

Directions

From our Cranbrook office and heading north towards Staplehurst, continue over the railway bridge and on for about 1.5 miles and turn right at the (former) Cross in Hand garage signed to Chart Sutton. Proceed along this road for approximately 2.1 miles (passing The Lord Raglan public house) and the driveway to Heronden will be on the left hand side. \r

Additional Info

Ancillary Accommodation Council Tax Bands
The Granary Tax Band: A
Tawny Lodge Tax Band: G