BROOMHILL Ramsden Lane, Benenden, Kent TN17 4JT

BROOMHILL
Ramsden Lane, Benenden, Kent TN17 4JT

Cranbrook approx 4 miles Tenterden approx 5 miles Staplehurst mainline station approx 10½ miles
BROOMHILL
Ramsden Lane, Benenden, Kent TN17 4JT
A fine Grade II Listed 5 Bedroom farmhouse for renovation with timber framed barn in enviable rural location with far reaching views standing in land
extending to 32.54 acres (13.16 hectares) including attractive woodland and ponds. Cranbrook School catchment area.
SITUATION: Broomhill is located in an elevated position enjoying a fine southerly
aspect with far reaching views on the rural periphery of this much favoured Wealden
village noted for its village green and Listed buildings. The High Street provides
good basic day to day amenities. The historic market town of Cranbrook provides
a more comprehensive range of shopping and recreational amenities. Excellent
educational facilities in both the state and private sectors include independent
preparatory schooling at Dulwich Prep, Cranbrook, St Ronans and Marlborough
House, Hawkhurst. Cranbrook School 13+, grammar schools in Tonbridge and
Tunbridge Wells, secondary education at Angley School in Cranbrook and
Homewood School and Sixth Form College in Tenterden (www. schools.net.com).
DESCRIPTION: Broomhill is a fine detached Grade II Listed farmhouse with origins
understood to date back to the 16th century and possibly earlier, L-shaped
presenting brick Flemish bond lower elevations, tile hung upper elevations, part
jettied first floor, set with a mixture of timber and metal ”Crittal” framed leaded light
windows, feature bow windows with interesting supporting grotesques, set beneath
a pitched, hipped and half hipped tiled roof with partial catslide and tall chimneys.
Features indicative of a classic timber frame building include a wealth of exposed
timbers, inglenook fireplaces, feature vaulted ceiling in the reception hall with mullion
window, some exposed floorboards over the first floor, oak staircase with newel
post and some exposed studwork.
The family accommodation can be summarised as:
Ground Floor: Reception Hall, Sitting Room with inglenook fireplace, Dining Room
with inglenook fireplace, Study, large Kitchen/Breakfast Room with walk in larder,
rear Hall and Cloakroom with bathroom with 2 staircases leading to -
First Floor: 5 Bedrooms, 2 Family Bathrooms.
Approximate room sizes are noted on the illustrative floor plan.
Broomhill is set well back from Ramsden Lane, accessed over a private driveway.
Located to the north of the farmhouse is a traditional timber framed Kent Barn (1672
ft²)on a ragstone and brick plinth with timber and brick elevations under a pitched
roof with a large rear catslide. Attached to the back of the Barn are 3 brick and tile
Stables. The Barn may have potential, subject to planning, for alternative uses.
The house and barn have a generous garden curtilage sitting central to the larger
areas of farmland which extend to about 26 acres (10.5 hectares). The farmland
has not been actively managed for some years but provides significant amenity to
the farmhouse. In addition to the pasture land, there are woodland areas totalling
some 6.26 acres including a substantial lake and ponds with great conservation
appeal.
Broomhill sits almost centrally within its grounds which comprises garden approx.
1.84 acres, rough pasture, approximately 6.26 acres of woodland, set to the north,
including a small lake and pond.
SERVICES: Mains electricity and water, private drainage, solid fuel Windhager
range providing domestic hot water and firing some radiators.
LOCAL AUTHORITY: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Town Hall, Mount
Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1RS.
DIRECTIONS: Postcode TN17 4JT. From the centre of Benenden proceed in an
easterly direction towards Rolvenden along the High Street passing the village
green on your right. After exiting the village look out for the minor right hand turning
into Ramsden Lane, signposted Dingleden. Follow this narrow lane whereupon the
drive to Broomhill will be found shortly on the left hand side, look out for the post
box and new metal gate.
VIEWING: By appointment with the agents, Cranbrook Office Tel 01580 712888
Opening Hours Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

GROUND FLOOR
1611FT 2 (149.7M 2)
FIRST FLOOR
1148FT 2 (106.7M 2 )
BROOMHILL ILLUSTRATIVE FLOOR PLANS
(For Identification Purposes Only and Not to Scale)
BROOMHILL BARN
ILLUSTRATIVE FLOOR PLAN
1672FT 2 (155.4M 2 )

Not to Scale
This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey
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Survey National Geographic Database and
incorporating surveyed revision available at this
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