This beautiful Grade I, timber-framed listed home – built in the early 1700s – sits at one end of a much-photographed row of weavers’ cottages in the picturesque village of Biddenden, Kent. Nearby are a village shop, the highly-regarded Bakehouse Café, a pub, and a Michelin-listed restaurant. The mainline station to London is 4 miles away in Headcorn and the property lies within the catchment area for Cranbrook School and a selection of Kent grammars.

Behind its picturesque façade lies a surprisingly spacious and wonderfully versatile home, arranged over three floors and filled with a wealth of beautiful period detail. Currently entirely residential, part of the ground floor is used as an artist’s studio, while the property has, in its previous life, been home to both a tea room and a shop.

The generous sitting room is wonderfully cosy, centred around a magnificent inglenook fireplace with a wood-burning stove. Partially divided, yet remaining connected to the sitting room, is the kitchen/dining room. With the range at its centre, there is also a utility room and a generous pantry leading off the room; while in the warmer months the door to the rear can be thrown open, creating an effortless connection with the courtyard beyond and providing an additional space for summer dining.

The first floor provides a generous double bedroom alongside a smaller room which is currently used as a library and music room. These are served by a particularly charming bathroom with a Velux window. Completing this floor is an open area currently used as a dressing area, which would also make an excellent study or a useful office space for those who work from home or simply need a quiet retreat.

The second floor is home to two further spacious double bedrooms, one of which is currently arranged as a generous double office. Once again, the space in these rooms has been cleverly used, with built-in storage tucked beneath the eaves and additional open storage within the vaulted areas of the ceiling.

Outside, the property boasts a delightful south facing courtyard garden to the rear. A short walk from the house is the particularly valuable benefit of dedicated off-street parking – a rare and highly desirable convenience for a home in such a central village location.