We moved here some 26 years ago and it has been a wonderful place to bring up our family and over the years we have enjoyed entertaining guests and even had our son’s wedding here in a marquee in the garden. We originally arrived with three children, two horses and two dogs and spent the first couple of months putting in the manège and the swimming pool and then extended the house with a two storey extension at the front to include the games room and master en suite bedroom while at the rear we extended the utility room and created the garden room. All this has provided a spacious family home which we love but now that all the children have ‘flown the nest’ and have their own families and the horses and dogs are no more, we feel it is time for us to downsize and hand over the baton to new owners with similar equestrian and country life interests. At the same time the property has potential for business activities as it could make a superb events venue and there could be the opportunity to create a four double bedroom barn conversion, subject to the appropriate permissions.

The location is great as we are only a couple of miles or so from Whitstable and about three miles from Canterbury while the nearby Blean primary school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Whitstable is a charming town full of individual shops, bars and restaurants as well as the harbour where you can buy the famous Whitstable oysters as well as a wide variety of other delicious fish. There is the Crab and Winkle route between Canterbury and Whitstable for cyclists and plenty of places to enjoy a walk with the dog. For golfing enthusiasts there is the Whitstable and Seasalter golf club that also includes 10 pin bowling, tennis and water sports and if you want more choice there is also the Chestfield Golf club, while sailors can join the Whitstable Yacht Club or the Tankerton sailing club.

Canterbury is a wonderful city with a wide variety of historic buildings, high street stores and individual shops as well as numerous restaurants, bars and the cinema as well as the Marlowe and Gulbenkian theatres and two stations including Canterbury West servicing the high speed train to St Pancras. There are also excellent grammar and private schools, three universities and a further education college and plenty of opportunities for sporting enthusiasts with the Kent cricket ground within walking distance as well as a golf club, sports club and swimming pool.

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