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"Rare opportunity to create a detached contemporary home with over half an acre, situated in the heart of the popular village of Weald.

Description

St Edward the Confessor s Church is a former Catholic church with planning permission to convert and extend into an impressive three bedroom single storey home.

The church was designed by the architect JJ Aylward and completed in 1965 and retains all of its original features. The proposed designs take advantage of the high ceilings and envisages a large open plan living space extending outside and incorporating a newly constructed bedroom extension.

The planning consent provides an entrance hall, open plan living dining room kitchen breakfast room with study area, utility room, cloakroom, principal bedroom with en suite shower room, two further bedrooms and bathroom all arranged over the ground floor. Externally there is an attached garage, rear terrace and garden, and in total the plot is about 0.54 of an acre, including some specimen trees.

Planning consent is available to view on Sevenoaks District Council s website. Ref 23 03133 FUL Change of use and extension of Church to 3 bed dwelling house and garage.

The property is situated within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Conservation Area and Green Belt, in the heart of the popular village of Weald with a village green, village hall, church, pre school and primary school, public house, restaurant, garage & hairdresser.

The sought after town of Sevenoaks is approximately 3 miles away and is ideally located for local schools and the station which provides frequent services to London. Sevenoaks High Street offers a multitude of shops, supermarkets, pubs and restaurants.

Location

Comprehensive Shopping Sevenoaks 3 miles , Tonbridge 5.8 miles , Tunbridge Wells and Bluewater.

Mainline Rail Services Sevenoaks 3.6 miles and Hildenborough 3.1 miles to London Bridge Charing Cross Cannon St Waterloo East. Primary Schools Weald Primary School. Various in Hildenborough and Sevenoaks.

Secondary Schools Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar, Weald of Kent Girls Grammar, Knole Academy and Trinity Schools in Sevenoaks. Several state and grammar schools in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

Private Schools Sevenoaks, New Beacon, Solefields, The Granville and Walthamstow Hall prep schools in Sevenoaks. Tonbridge, Sackville, Sevenoaks and Walthamstow Hall senior schools. Radnor House, Sundridge. St Michaels & Russell House Prep Schools in Otford. Hilden Grange, Hilden Oaks and The Schools at Somerhill in Tonbridge.

Leisure Golf clubs in Sevenoaks include Wildernesse and Knole with Nizels in Hildenborough which also has a private health fitness centre. Sevenoaks sports and leisure centre. The Stag Theatre and Cinema in Sevenoaks.

All distances are approximate.

Square Footage 2,129 sq ft


Acreage 0.54 Acres

Directions

From Sevenoaks High Street head south past Sevenoaks School and turn right into Weald Road. Continue towards the village of Weald and upon reaching the village outskirts as the road forks, turn right onto Church Road. At the T junction in the centre of the village turn right, pass the village green on your left hand side and after approximately 0.3 miles the driveway to the church can be found on the left hand side.

Additional Info

Please note TPOs are in place for three trees to the front.

Services Mains electric and water. Electric storage heaters."