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House |4 bedrooms |Sleeps 10

Faversham in Canterbury

From £775 per week

1 night minimum stay

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Swimming pool, beach or lakeside relaxation, car advised, private garden, pets welcome

About the home

This traditional Oast building has recently been beautifully renovated to make a comfortable and spacious home from home. The building nestles in a quiet location in glorious countryside on the North Downs and yet within just a few miles of motorway connections and the Channel Tunnel for visits to France.

This lovely conversion has been finished to the very highest standard with a bespoke oak and granite kitchen and traditional tiled floor yet leaving many original features, which give the house so much character. The oast overlooks landscaped gardens to the front and rear and shares the use of a heated swimming pool and tennis court.

The rooms themselves are spacious and light with a wonderful open plan kitchen dining and living space with doors onto the sunny south facing patio. In addition this living area has large comfortable sofas and is a lovely room to relax in after a busy day enjoying yourself!

Pets are welcome as long as they behave themselves and there is good mobile coverage at the house.

This is a lovely family house with space and light lots to do right on your doorstep and yet within easy reach of all that Kent has to offer – not to mention both France and London within an hour!

The Oast has been rated 4 Star by Visit Britain.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The oast house is entered through the spacious tiled hallway with lots of space for coats and boots, which lead through to the spacious open plan living space - At one end of this light and airy space is a brand new limed oak kitchen with granite work surfaces. The kitchen area has dishwasher, fridge, freezer, washing machine, electric oven and hob, microwave and extractor fan. Doors lead onto the sunny south facing patio. The dining tables comfortably seats 10 and is the perfect place to host a dinner party with family or friends. Three comfortable sofas grouped around a coffee table, colourful rugs on the oak flooring and plump cushions add to the cosy feel of the oast house. A TV, DVD player and Sky TV complete the scene, and this sunny room looks out over the patio area and garden to the rear of the property.

There is a family bedroom on the ground floor a double bed and two single beds dressed in crisp cotton bed linen, bedside tables and lamps and a woodburning stove give the room a cosy feel. There is also a cloakroom on the ground floor.

The staircase leads from the hallway to the first floor, which is fully carpeted. The master bedroom has an oak double bed and with pretty floral bed linen. Bedside tables and stylish lamps complete the room. The ensuite has a shower cubicle, wash hand basin and WC, fresh cotton towels have been provided.
There are two twin double rooms, both have a chest of drawers offering plenty of storage during your stay. The family bathroom with bath and hand-held shower over, wash hand basin and WC.

A cot and high chair are available on request.

Further details outdoors:
There is car parking under cover for two cars in the restored open fronted wagon shed, together with further parking available on the driveway. The house has a large patio area to the front with seating for 10 and a barbeque, with a larger area to the rear for more boisterous play. The house has a large patio area to the front with seating for 10 and a barbecue, with a larger area to the rear for more boisterous play. There is a shared swimming pool (summer only) and tennis court.

Further details

This is a carbon neutral development and all heating is supplied by the estates own coppiced woodland at no charge to the holidaymaker. In addition, much of the electricity comes from a renewable source. Dogs are welcome as long as they behave themselves. A refundable security deposit of £150.00 is payable. Booking fee of £26.40 payable.

Conditions

Dogs are welcome as long as they behave themselves. Cots and highchairs available upon request.

Please note that the changeover day for this property during high season is Friday.

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Living room

 

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Kitchen, dining and living area

 

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Bluebell Woods

The South East England / Kent region

Kent is in the South-East of England and consists of many important districts such as Dartford, Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury and Dover.

Arts:
Canterbury inspired Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and William Golding worked in Maidstone.

Transport:
Kent is easily accessible by road, sea or rail. Indeed, Dover is the closest point to France and remains a hub for ferry travel to the rest
of Europe.

Tourist Attractions:
Canterbury Cathedral
Chartwell, Winston Churchill's home
Deal Castle
Dover Castle
Leeds Castle
Rochester Castle
Coldrum Stones
Brockhill Country Park

This is an area of the UK which contains many walking and cycling routes as well as over 500 years of history.

The Canterbury / Faversham area

The house is part of the Torry Hill Estate and holidaymakers will have full use of the estate, its 30 km of woodland paths and bridle paths. On the estate there is an established circular walk through the elegant parkland and along a Victoria carriage drive. In the spring the bluebell woods and blossom from the cherry orchards are a sight to see! There is a riding stable nearby for horse riding and mountain bikes are available for hire together with maps of recommended routes through the estate’s woodland. In addition clay pigeon shooting can be organised by prior arrangement at a cost of £45 per person which includes cost of cartridges - please contact us for further details as this needs to be booked well in advance of your stay.

The county town of Maidstone is 15 miles away to the west with the historic cathedral city of Canterbury within 25 minutes. Access to the Channel Tunnel is at junction 12 of M20 and it can be reached in half an hour - crossings take 35 minutes. Bookings can be made via the link on our website. For day trips to London, there is a regular service every half hour from Sittingbourne which takes about an hour. The North Kent coast is only a few miles away, where the reserves at Elmley and Oare offer some of the best bird watching in the south-east, especially in winter.

Further afield the house is well placed for visits to Sissinghurst Castle and Gardens, the naval dockyards at Chatham or a visit to the wonderful medieval castles dotted right along the Kent and Sussex coast (we have more castles in Kent than any other county!). For further ideas please look at our ‘Holiday Information' section of the website.

How to get there

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Car / Bus / Train for local travel.

London Gatwick Airport has many flights available from all over Europe and the rest of the world.

Activities near Canterbury

Guestbook for Great Higham Oast

"The housekeeper was especially helpful" January 2009

"We would recommend you to friends & family - very impressed!" January 2009

'We would highly recommend this accommodation. The tennis courts and heated swimming pool were fantastic for the children, even swimming in April as the weather was a bonus' April 2009

'We had a great stay and I would be happy to recommend any time' May 2009

'A lovely comfortable property - we had a great weekend' November 2009

Rental prices

Prices for group size 10
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Period 1	5 Feb 12	30 Mar 12	825£ 825	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 2	30 Mar 12	13 Apr 12	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Week
Period 3	13 Apr 12	4 May 12	825£ 825	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 4	4 May 12	1 Jun 12	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 5	1 Jun 12	8 Jun 12	1050£ 1050	0-	0-	1 Week
Period 6	8 Jun 12	29 Jun 12	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 7	29 Jun 12	31 Aug 12	1050£ 1050	0-	0-	1 Week
Period 8	31 Aug 12	28 Sep 12	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 9	28 Sep 12	26 Oct 12	825£ 825	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 10	26 Oct 12	2 Nov 12	900£ 900	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 11	2 Nov 12	21 Dec 12	775£ 775	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 12	21 Dec 12	4 Jan 13	1250£ 1250	0-	0-	1 Week
Period 13	4 Jan 13	15 Feb 13	840£ 840	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 14	15 Feb 13	29 Mar 13	890£ 890	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 15	29 Mar 13	12 Apr 13	1000£ 1000	0-	0-	1 Week
Period 16	12 Apr 13	3 May 13	890£ 890	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 17	3 May 13	24 May 13	1000£ 1000	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 18	24 May 13	31 May 13	1160£ 1160	0-	0-	1 Week
Period 19	31 May 13	28 Jun 13	1000£ 1000	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 20	28 Jun 13	30 Aug 13	1160£ 1160	0-	0-	1 Week
Period 21	30 Aug 13	27 Sep 13	1000£ 1000	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 22	27 Sep 13	25 Oct 13	890£ 890	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 23	25 Oct 13	1 Nov 13	1000£ 1000	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 24	1 Nov 13	21 Dec 13	840£ 840	0-	0-	1 Night
Period 25	21 Dec 13	4 Jan 14	1260£ 1260	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Pricing for short breaks is calculated as follows: - 2 nights = 60% of weekly rent, 3 = 65% of weekly rent, 4 Nights = 75% of weekly rent (unless otherwise stated).

Short Breaks are not available for the periods 2nd July - 2nd September '11 and 21st December '11 - 4th January '12.

Please note that the changeover day for this property during high season is Friday.

Availability

See below for next 9 months' availability - to see the next 24 months click here

Availability notes:

Short Breaks are not available for the periods 2nd July - 2nd September '11 and 21st December '11 - 4th January '12.

Please note that the changeover day for this property during high season is Saturday.

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