This has been a wonderful family home and I have enjoyed modernising it over the years and it is in an ideal location as I can easily drive to the M20 or A2 for access to London and major cities as well as to the Continent. However I am now starting a new chapter in my life so hope that new owners will be able to enjoy everything this country property has to offer.

The hamlet of Selsted includes a good primary school and an active cricket club as well as being on the bus route between Folkestone and Canterbury. It is almost equidistant between the villages of Barham and Hawkinge and just a very short drive to Denton where you can enjoy a delicious meal and a drink at the Jackdaw.

Barham is a very friendly village with an historic church and a modernised and extended village hall that offers a variety of activities and facilities. These include two large halls, a conference/meeting room and a post office as well as a useful village shop run by volunteers that sells everything you need from light bulbs to specialist local wines and homemade bread and cakes to fresh meat. There is an excellent pub/restaurant nearby, a well-respected village school and an active tennis and bowls club.

The village of Hawkinge also includes plenty of activities. There is the well-attended cricket and social club as well as a football club, four pubs including the White Horse and the historic Cat and Custard Pot along with the Battle of Britain Museum. You will also find a number of takeaways, a restaurant and an enormous state-of-the-art Lidl for all your grocery shopping plus a dentist and doctor’s surgery. There are stables in the village for anyone who enjoys riding and plenty of places to enjoy wonderful walks with the dog. As well as the regular bus service you can be on the M20 motorway in a few minutes for Ashford, Dover and London while Folkestone is not far so you can even pop over to France for lunch via Eurotunnel. There are excellent grammar schools in Folkestone, Dover and Canterbury and private schools in Canterbury, Dover and Ashford.