6 bedroom detached house for sale

Phillippines Shaw is an exclusive and highly sought‐after gated development on the edge of the popular village of Ide Hill, set within the heart of a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Greenbelt, and National Trust land. Ide Hill offers a vibrant and friendly community with a wide range of clubs and activities, including a choir, book club, Nordic walking, gardening club, Cubs/Beavers/Scouts, a football club, yoga and Pilates classes, and the Ide Hill Society, which hosts an annual programme of lectures. Verulam House is a handsome Georgian‐style mansion built in 2008, providing immaculately presented, well‐proportioned accommodation arranged over four floors - ideal for both family living and more formal entertaining. Key features include a bespoke kitchen, contemporary bathroom suites, multi‐pane sash windows, high ceilings, recessed lighting and a feature fireplace. The impressive gardens and grounds are a particular highlight, enjoying a predominantly southerly aspect and extending to approximately 3.2 acres. The reception spaces are superb and include a triple‐aspect family room, an elegant drawing room with feature fireplace, a bright and spacious orangery with a vaulted light well, and a dining room that opens to the kitchen and leads directly into the orangery-together offering excellent areas for entertaining and day‐to‐day living. The bespoke kitchen is fitted with an extensive range of stylish wall and base units, integral appliances, and a matching island incorporating a breakfast bar. The adjoining breakfast room features doors opening to both the orangery and the south‐facing terrace. A cloakroom completes the ground floor. The lower ground floor offers versatile additional accommodation, comprising a well‐appointed gym and study - both with doors to the front along with a shower room, plant room, wine store and utility room. From the impressive entrance hall, stairs rise to the first floor and the principal bedroom suite, which includes two dressing areas with fitted wardrobes, an en suite bathroom and doors opening to a south‐facing balcony with glass balustrading. There are three further double bedrooms on this floor, each benefiting from built‐in wardrobes and stylish en suite shower rooms. The second floor occupies the full footprint of the house and provides two generous bedrooms, a well‐appointed family bathroom and extensive eaves storage. Verulam House is approached via a private, sweeping tree‐lined driveway and accessed through wrought‐iron electric gates. A further gated entrance leads to the driveway serving the house and garage, providing ample off‐road parking. Steps rise to an impressive portico entrance framed by manicured front gardens. To the rear, the beautifully established gardens benefit from a southerly aspect and form one of the standout features of the property. The immediate gardens are predominantly laid to landscaped lawn, complemented by a generous paved terrace spanning the rear of the house, perfect for al fresco entertaining and bordered by deep, well‐stocked flower beds. Mature trees, hedging and fencing offer excellent privacy. Beyond the formal lawns, expanses of mixed woodland extend outwards, providing a peaceful and natural setting ideal for walking and exploration. Residents of the Phillippines Shaw Estate also enjoy access to a further 25 acres of communal woodland, featuring attractive walking routes and children's play areas. Located on the rural fringes of Ide Hill with the village green at its centre, primary school and popular community farm shop, it is within easy reach of Sevenoaks, its mainline train station and excellent schools. Phillippines Shaw combines the benefits of being in the countryside with practicality, with its access to amenities, transport links and schools all close by. Schools in immediate area include Radnor House in Sundridge, The New Beacon, Sevenoaks School (Senior and Prep) Walthamstow Hall School for Girls and Solefields as well as Tonbridge (boys) and excellent Grammar schools including Judd, Skinners, Weald of Kent Girls and the grammar annexes in Sevenoaks. There are local primary Schools in Ide Hill, Sundridge and Brasted. The house is conveniently set for access to the M25 motorway via the A21 at Chipstead and its links (via the M26) to the Channel Ports and to the airports at Gatwick and Heathrow as well as London and the wider UK motorway network. Sevenoaks station has fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross, Cannon Street and London Bridge (from 22 minutes). The area includes many sporting and leisure facilities including Nizels Golf and Health club in Hildenborough together with well respected golf courses at Wildernesse and Knole Park in Sevenoaks. Sailing and water sports are available at Bough Beech or Chipstead Lakes and there is Tennis at Chipstead village club together with Ide Hill football and cricket clubs.