Mays Farmhouse is a striking property steeped in history yet updated for the 21st century. Combining 16th-century origins with Victorian aesthetics and contemporary conveniences, the five-bedroom, three-bathroom property offers a seamless blend of old and new.
Inside: Spread over 2882 sq ft, the farmhouse offers spacious, multi-aspect rooms filled with natural light and charming fireplaces. An elegant fitted kitchen overlooks a picturesque garden terrace and includes top-of-the-line appliances. There's a home office/dining room with bespoke walnut bookshelves, and a modern cinema room in the converted cellar. Period features include exposed beams, fireplaces, sash and casement timber windows, contemporary tiled flooring to the entrance hall and timber flooring to the kitchen and sitting room.
Outside: Driving up to the house on the gravel driveway, you're met with beautifully-kept lawns and mature shrubbery. The property is enclosed, featuring expansive lawns, a stone terrace ideal for outdoor dining, potential room for a pool, and a well-appointed garden room, with full height bi-fold windows, currently set up as a gym. There's a detached double garage with a substantial first floor store room above.
Why we love it:
The perfect blend of historic charm and modern practicality.
01892 507 000
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Why you should move to Tunbridge Wells
Great housing stock in a range of prices, highly regarded schools in both the private and state sectors, several lovely parks and a leisurely cafe culture - all this, yet only a 50-minute commute into London's Charing Cross. Who wouldn't want to move to Tunbridge Wells?
For centuries the chosen bolt-hole of the well-to-do, who came to take the health-giving waters of its Chalybeate spring, Royal Tunbridge Wells was at the peak of fashion in the mid 17th century. Then, luminaires such as the Prince Regent himself and his pal Beau Brummel would have promenaded, perhaps along the pathways following the town's many sandstone rocks, and certainly through the colonnaded Pantiles area, still home to independent shops, a hotel and cafes today. It's here that one of the wells from which the town takes its name is located - and if you're feeling strong enough you can still slurp it today - though be warned it's a rusty brown, thanks to its high iron carbonate content.
