5 bedroom detached house for sale

The White House is an impressive and substantial period house set in a sought-after and picturesque position overlooking Meopham’s Hook Green. The property features splendid white rendered elevations and sash windows, while inside there are various elegant original details, alongside stylish modern fittings. The accommodation is divided into a main house and a self-contained annexe at the rear. Reception rooms include the formal drawing room, which features picture-frame style mouldings, ceiling cornicing and a fireplace fitted with a log burner. The ground floor also offers a private study and a dining room, while towards the rear, the kitchen is fitted with shaker-style units to base and wall level in white, a central island with a breakfast bar and an Aga, with the utility room providing useful storage space. The main house also benefits from a cellar with additional storage and a games room. A turned staircase leads to four well-presented first-floor double bedrooms. These include the luxury principal bedroom, which benefits from two dressing rooms and an en suite bathroom with a bathtub and a separate shower. The first floor also has access to a large family bathroom with a central roll-top bathtub. The annexe is accessed at the rear and is located on the first floor. There is a comfortable sitting room, a fully equipped kitchen and a comfortable bedroom, as well as a bathroom. Outside, the front gardens have wrought-iron fence borders, a well-presented lawn and a central pathway leading to the entrance, with views across the picturesque green. At the side, gates open to the driveway, which leads through a further five-bar wooden gate to the courtyard, workshop and garage at the rear. The private rear gardens include a lawn bordered by high hedgerows, and a pergola providing shaded al fresco dining space The property is located in an idyllic setting in the heart of the village of Meopham, on the edge of the Kent Downs National Landscape. Meopham offers various everyday amenities, including local pubs, a village hall, several shops, a library, a leisure centre and both primary and secondary schooling. Gravesend and the Medway towns of Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham are all within easy reach, offering a range of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, cafs and leisure facilities. Sevenoaks is also easily accessible, providing further shopping and leisure facilities. The town is home to the renowned independent Sevenoaks School. The area is well connected by road with the M26, M20 and the A2/M2 within easy reach, while Meopham’s mainline station provides regular direct services to London Victoria.