This property comprises a Picturesque Cottage Residence with a small garden at the front.
On the ground floor there is a Porch, an inner hall part panelled in Jacobean Oak. Dining room with bay, Sitting room also with bay, Gun Room & Kitchen. Beneath are excellant cellars with stone facings and brick floors comprising a Dairy with Larder, Beer and Wine Cellars.
On the upper floor there are four Bed & Dressing rooms, a large Bathroom with porcelain enamel bath and lavatory basin.
The Garden in the rear of the house is an unusually pretty Rock Garden, also a smaller Winter Rock Garden; there is also a large Tomatoe and Crysanthemum House and a very productive Kitchen Garden.
The Farmery comprises a Picturesque Old Stone built Oast House, including a 3-stall stable and implement store, and on the first floor, a large Loft and Apple Store. The building could be converted into a Cottage, or used as an Annexe to the house. There is a large implement shed and Garage; timber and tile cow shed for 12 cows; Calving Lodge, and Cart Lodge.
At a short remove is an excellent Double Cottage enjoying a picturesque site, having two good sitting rooms, 4 Bedrooms, Kitchen etc.
The extent of the property extends to 31 acres of land which, with the exception of a prolific Apple Orchard of 6 Acres, is sound Pasture Land prettily interspersed with timber trees, and supplied by water from the Company's mains.
The outgoings paid in the past year were believed to be as follows:- Tithe £6 15s 6d. Land Tax £1 7s. 0d. The rates are very low. Company's Water is laid in the Main Road. (There is also a large underground soft water tank.) Electricty is supplied from a good private plant & there is modern drainage. The Property is to be sold with advantage of Vacant Possession on completion.
It was offered for sale on the instructions of the owner H. Odell Esq. in residence, by Private Treaty. The agents were Messrs Geering and Colyer, Hawkhurst. This item consists of twopages, (four sides) folded in half. There is a black and white photograph to the front showing the streetside elevation of the farmhouse and with the oast house in the background. Although it is probably over eighty years old, it is in remarkably good, clean condition.
There are annotations on the last page of the prospectus indicating that the price was reduced from £2,500 to £2,250.