Wonderfully sited, with exceptional leisure facilities and two cottages, The Ringleton Manor Estate represents a rare opportunity to purchase one of Kent’s most prestigious private estates
Entrance and reception halls
5 Reception rooms, library and office
Breakfast room and 2 kitchens
Master bedroom suite with dressing area, en-suite shower room and bathroom
5/6 Further bedrooms (1 en-suite) and 2 further bathrooms
Extensive leisure complex
Secondary accommodation
Garage for 6 cars, outbuildings, tennis court and outdoor pool
Formal gardens and parkland
Ringleton Manor: Entrance hall | Drawing room | 2 Sitting rooms | Family room | Reception hall | Dining room | 2 Kitchens | Breakfast room | 2 Utility rooms | 3 Cloakrooms | Office | Gym | 2 Cellars | Library | Master bedroom suite with dressing area, en-suite shower room and bathroom | Guest bedroom with dressing room/bedroom 7 and en-suite shower room | 4 Further bedrooms | 2 Further bathrooms
Leisure Complex: Comprising ozone swimming pool, 2 male and female changing rooms, Nordic sauna, Turkish bath, Jacuzzi, sun bed/treatment room and kitchen | Games room/office and kitchenette
Pool Apartment: Sitting room/kitchen | Double bedroom | Shower room
Ringleton Cottage: Games room with reception area | 2 Seating areas | Bar | Male and female cloakrooms
Ringleton Lodge: 2/3 Reception rooms | Conservatory | Kitchen | Cloakroom | 2/3 Bedrooms | Bathroom | Garden | Garage
Double garage for 6 cars | Workshop | Greenhouse | Garden stores | Hard tennis court | Heated outdoor swimming pool | Summer house with sauna and cloakroom | Formal gardens | Parkland
Internally approx 20,000 sq ft and grounds of over 20 acres
Mentioned in The Domesday Book and set in a little known and relatively undiscovered part of rural East Kent, The Ringleton Manor Estate is located in gently undulating countryside between Canterbury and Sandwich.
Approached over a quiet country lane that terminates at the automatic gates of the house, a long, private drive with well-tended parkland on each side leads up to the principal house. This estate offers a wonderful opportunity for the purchaser to acquire a compact, manageable estate with excellent ancillary accommodation.
At the mouth of the drive is Ringleton Lodge, a detached two/three bedroom Victorian lodge house. The main house is a most handsome Grade II Listed building, the core of which dates from the 17th century and which was significantly extended and improved in the 19th century with the addition of the glorious symmetrical red brick façade on the south eastern elevation. Set in the middle of the estate, the house benefits from high levels of privacy and seclusion. Arranged to provide excellent family accommodation and with a fine range of reception rooms there are many opportunities for entertaining on both a formal and a more informal basis.
A wide, panelled, elegant front door leads into an impressive entrance hall, dominated by a series of beautifully crafted timber archways opening into a delightful reception area with a gorgeous Georgian style fire surround; the joinery here is exceptional. All the principal reception rooms are reached from the hallway, and a beautifully turned oak staircase leads to the first floor. The feeling of quality is evident from the start and is enhanced by the silk wallpaper found throughout the hallway and reception rooms.
Beyond the hall, located in the oldest part of the house, is a second sitting room/family room, which is double aspect and has an open Georgian style fire. Running the rear of the hallway is a wide passageway with a half glazed door with original shutters; this leads directly into the Amdega conservatory with marble tiled, underheated flooring. There is access to a secondary cellar in this area.
The stylish drawing room is a lovely, light room of elegant proportions, with tall ceilings and deep sash windows with shutters on two aspects; double doors lead into the conservatory. There is an open fireplace with log-effect gas fire set within an ornate marble surround and hearth, and tall windows on either side fill the room with light. There is fielded wooden panelling to dado height.
A passageway runs to the left of the hall, off which is sited the morning room, an attractive room with a door leading directly into the reception hall. It has a central fireplace with ornate Georgian-style surround and inset log-effect gas fire. A dining room is at the end of the passageway, a beautiful room fully panelled in lime pine with a centrally sited open Georgian-style surround and fitted log-effect gas fire with beautifully crafted illuminated display niches. There is