'Mini-Versailles' 28-bed chateau with walled garden could be yours for £8million

02 January 2024 , 14:47

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The outside of the 28-0bedroom home known as the mini-Versailles of Kent (Image: mediadrumimages / @Savills)

A massive 28-bedroom home known as the “mini-Versailles” of Kent and dating back to the fourteenth century has gone on the market - for just under £8 million.

Located in Sevenoaks, Oxon Hoath boasts 21 bathrooms on 74 acres of idyllic parkland and pasture once part of a medieval royal deer park.‌ The home is a Grade II listed Georgian mansion with French Chateau influences and a history dating back to the 14th century. The house has been a private stately home for centuries but for the past 24 years has been operated by the owner as an exclusive venue for retreats, conferences and celebratory events.

The listing reads: “These include the library, with a magnificent bay window with three full length sash windows with working shutters, a range of fitted bookshelves in a heavy Jacobean style with carving depicting fruits and leaves and with carved stone open fireplace with ornate carvings either side.

“The Drawing Room, which has a late 18th century carved fireplace with a pink marble surround which is an outstanding feature of this room depicting Marie Antoinette rustic shepherd style, with vines, pomegranates, baskets, flowers, ferns and rams heads and the beautiful ceiling cornice depicts scallop shells and leaves.

The incredible main bedroom of the impressive home (mediadrumimages / @Savills)

“The glorious gardens and grounds provide the most impressive backdrop with formal, landscaped lawns and terraces, including parterre gardens retaining much of the original planting and decoration.

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Oxon Hoath comes with 74 acres of property (mediadrumimages / @Savills)

“The Georgian Walled Garden provides abundant fresh fruit, flowers, herbs and vegetables for the house. It has been cultivated using entirely organic farming methods under the guidance of The Soil Association.”

The library inside the incredible home (mediadrumimages / @Savills)

In addition to the main house is the 16th-century, Grade II listed Dower House, provides five bedrooms and bathrooms, four reception rooms and an indoor swimming pool, as well as three staff apartments. Highlights of the property include its elegant details, such as in the drawing room, library and grounds which include over two acres of a Georgian walled garden.

Antony Clements-Thrower